Mesquite increases are most likely the result of livestock grazing and/or fire exclusion.

Claim · model-written summary

Mesquite increases are most likely the result of livestock grazing and/or fire exclusion.

Taxon

velvet mesquiteNeltuma velutinae1

Treatment

livestock grazing and/or fire exclusione6

Outcome

Mesquite increasese6

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Verbatim

e1

“the link between velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina Woot.) increases and precipitation trends since the turn of the century”

e6

“Mesquite increases, however, are irregular, show no clear relation to precipitation variations, and are most likely the result of livestock grazing and/or fire exclusion”