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Riparian Livestock Exclosure Research in the Western United States: A Critique and Some Recommendations

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  • DANIEL A. SARR

    (Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA)

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Over the last three decades, livestock exclosure research has emerged as a preferred method to evaluate the ecology of riparian ecosystems and their susceptibility to livestock impacts. This research has addressed the effects of livestock exclusion on many characteristics of riparian ecosystems, including vegetation, aquatic and terrestrial animals, and geomorphology. This paper reviews, critiques, and provides recommendations for the improvement of riparian livestock exclosure research. Exclosure-based research has left considerable scientific uncertainty due to popularization of relatively few studies, weak study designs, a poor understanding of the scales and mechanisms of ecosystem recovery, and selective, agenda-laden literature reviews advocating for or against public lands livestock grazing. Exclosures are often too small (

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  • Daniel A. Sarr, 2002. "Riparian Livestock Exclosure Research in the Western United States: A Critique and Some Recommendations," Environmental Management, Springer, vol. 30(4), pages 516-526, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envman:v:30:y:2002:i:4:d:10.1007_s00267-002-2608-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2608-8
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