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Caiter2013

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on: Jul 22, 2018
Discuss some of the impacts of fire on rangeland vegetation.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What are some of the mechanisms that explain the increase in woody plants in the southwestern United States?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Reduction in woody plant levels, increased cycling of nutrients, reduction in allelopathic and pathogenic substances associated with old decaying vegetation.

Answer to Question 2

Heavy grazing by domestic livestock, spread of seed by livestock, reduction in wildfires, climatic shift, activities of rabbits and rodents, atmospheric CO2 enrichment.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Gracias!

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