Three procedures were used to estimate snowberry biomass browsed at 3 stocking intensities by domestic sheep on mountain range in southwestern Utah. Two regression equations and (percentage of) grazed stems were compared. Each technique gave different estimates of utilization, which were affected by grazing intensity. The two regression equations we developed distinguished between two kinds of sheep browsing, leaf only and entire stem removal. Sheep usually strip only the leaves and rarely is the entire stem removed. The predictive equations accounted for both methods of browsing and related twig diameters to twig leaf weight (R2=.89) and twig plus leaf weight (R2=.90). This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from OJS platform August 2020
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