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Modification of Mixed-Conifer Forests by Ruminant Herbivores in the Blue Mountains Ecological Province

Creator:

Riggs, Robert A., Tiedemann, Arthur R., Cook, John G., Ballard, Teena M., Edgerton, Paul J., Vavra, Martin, Krueger, William C., Hall, Frederick C., Bryant, Larry D., Irwin, Larry L., and Delcurto, Timothy

Abstract:

Secondary plant succession and the accumulation of biomass and nutrients were documented at seven ruminant exclosures in Abies and Pseudotsuga forests variously disturbed by logging, burning, and grass seeding. Long-term (25 or more years) foraging by Rocky Mountain mule deer (Odocolleus hemionus) and Rocky Mountain elk (Genius elaphus) suppressed the...

Resource Type:

Technical Report