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VERNAL POOLS
Major Points
Ungrazed vernal pools have lower native plant cover than grazed vernal pools.
Ungrazed vernal pools have reduced plant and aquatic invertebrate diversity.
Periods of pool inundation, crucial to aquatic invertebrates, were reduced in ungrazed vernal pools.
Dr Jaymee Marty, an ecologist with The Nature Consevancy determined the importance of grazing for reducing annual plant competion in studies on vernal pools near Sacramento, California.
Useful Web Sites
Scientific Reports
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