Basalt Hills 12-16
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Current ecosystem state
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Management practices/drivers
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Description
Shrubs and succulents ≥ annual grasses and forbs ≥ perennial grasses
Description
Shrubs dominate with greater than 50% overall canopy cover
Mechanism
Exotics invade coupled with greater fire frequency. Plus, often heavy grazing with greater than 50% utilization has occurred.
Mechanism
A decrease in fire frequency coupled with little rest or recovery from grazing and triggered by drought.
Mechanism
A decrease in vegetative canopy; an increase in soil loss; an increase in fire frequency; a decrease in perennial plants
Mechanism
Brush management coupled with grazing strategies that improve recovery and growth
Mechanism
Introduction of exotic species couple with a wet climate
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