Short-term effects of pack animal grazing exclusion from Andean alpine meadows

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Barros, Agustina, Pickering, Catherine, Renison, Daniel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) 2014
• Subjects: Conservation and Biodiversity; Terrestrial Ecology; Aconcagua; Griffith; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Arctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/67309; https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-46.2.333

Grazing by livestock can have positive, neutral, and/or negative effects on vegetation depending on the intensity and type of grazing. This includes grazing by pack animals used for tourism in mountain protected areas. We assessed the response of vegetation to the exclusion of grazing by pack animal...