Long-Term Herbivore Exclosure in the Chihuahuan Desert (IMAGE)

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Long-Term Herbivore Exclosure in the Chihuahuan Desert

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A recent study in Ecology used fenced exclosures like this one to show that, over 25 years, small herbivores like rodents and rabbits had a greater impact on Chihuahuan Desert vegetation than cattle and other non-native ungulates.

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Kieran Andreoni; from Andreoni et al., 2024

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