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Grazing-induced heterogeneity: Large-scale experiment Long-term monitoring plan

2. Grasslands National Park Strategic Goal. Grazing essential to conserve diversity and integrity of the Region Manage grazing to Complement adjacent ranch management. Why an Experiment?. 3. Range Succession Model (Dyksterhuis 1949). Climax Species (%). 1.00.50.0. 25 50 75. .

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Grazing-induced heterogeneity: Large-scale experiment Long-term monitoring plan

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    1. 1 acknowledge the work of Darcy Henderson here who designed the study and put together this presentation acknowledge the work of Darcy Henderson here who designed the study and put together this presentation

    2. 2 Grasslands NPC management plan Commitment to conserve diversity and ecological integrity A complementary approach Challenge to prove that this is the correct approach Small patches of much higher than conventional, large areas of much lower than conventional and large areas ungrazedGrasslands NPC management plan Commitment to conserve diversity and ecological integrity A complementary approach Challenge to prove that this is the correct approach Small patches of much higher than conventional, large areas of much lower than conventional and large areas ungrazed

    3. 3 rationale originates with Dyksterhuiss concept of the ecological basis for range assessment rationale originates with Dyksterhuiss concept of the ecological basis for range assessment

    4. 4 applied to the grasslands fauna, you get an argument for creating heterogeneity in rangelands through disturbance regimes applied to the grasslands fauna, you get an argument for creating heterogeneity in rangelands through disturbance regimes

    5. 5 - location of grazing experiment in GNPC- location of grazing experiment in GNPC

    6. 6 largely upland tableau grassland, very open, perhaps a touch more productive than onefour, but not much largely upland tableau grassland, very open, perhaps a touch more productive than onefour, but not much

    7. 7 uplands dominated by stipa-bouteloua- pascoprum assemblage uplands dominated by stipa-bouteloua- pascoprum assemblage

    8. 8 - valleys a shrubbier landscape dominated by silver sage and northern wheatgrass- valleys a shrubbier landscape dominated by silver sage and northern wheatgrass

    9. 9 Riparian zone is a shrub based community (snowberry, silversage, the occasional cinqfoil) Riparian zone is a shrub based community (snowberry, silversage, the occasional cinqfoil)

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