UC Berkeley researchers find fences in Wyoming impact deer migration
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According to UC Berkeley doctoral candidate Wenjing Xu, deer grazing grasslands promotes a “very healthy growth cycle in grasses, which can remove more carbon from the atmosphere than forests. Grazers that are trapped in a pasture by an impenetrable barrier – such as a fence – can overgraze, ultimately resulting in fragmented landscapes and negative impacts on climate change. (Photo by marksbunker.)
Last Updated January 18, 2021