Long-term changes in plant community composition and vegetative structure were measured using 10 permanent plots established in 1992 and revisited in 2001. Permanent plots were established in four separate watersheds on the eastern side of the southern Snake Range in the Great Basin National Park in east central Nevada. Livestock grazing occurred in the GBNP to achieve a 45% utilization level prior to 1992 though livestock grazing was ceased at the end of 1999. Vegetation measurements (basal cover, understory canopy cover, overstory canopy cover, and DBH of trees at 1.5 m height) were taken from late-July to late-August.
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