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Three levels of goat browsing on a blackbrush site in southwestern Utah had no significant impact on infiltration rates. The probable reason for these results was the presence of a vesicular soil crust, which is unstable when wet and therefore masks any browsing impacts.
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Gifford et al. (1983) studied this question.
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