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Title

The Long-term Effects of Grazing on Desert Soils in the Great Basin

Authors

Alexander Olson, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Neil Hansen, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Loreen Allphin, Brigham Young University - Provo
Sam Spackman, Brigham Young University - Provo

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Keywords

soils, agriculture, desert, ecosystem, conservation

Abstract

The Desert Experimental Range in the Great Basin region of southwestern Utah was created by President Hoover in 1933 to study cold-desert rangeland ecology and observe the effects of cattle and sheep grazing on the arid ecosystem. This 225 square kilometer area was initially set up with a series of paddocks and exclosures. Various grazing intensities throughout multiple seasons were permitted within the paddocks since its origin. For the purposes of this research, samples were taken within a given exclosure and the greater paddock to monitor the long term effects of grazing and its permanent or semi-permanent impacts. Samples were taken at a depth of about 10 cm given the difficulty of extracting from such a terrain. All samples were collected on the same day.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Olson, Alexander; Hansen, Neil; Allphin, Loreen; and Spackman, Sam, "The Long-term Effects of Grazing on Desert Soils in the Great Basin" (2023). Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2023. 5.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/library_studentposters_2023/5

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

2023-03-03

Language

English

College

Life Sciences

Department

Plant and Wildlife Sciences

University Standing at Time of Publication

Junior

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