Range plant clipping studies were conducted at two elevations on Utah's Wasatch Plateau during 1966 and 1967. It was found that extreme clipping treatments (complete denudation) resulted in significantly less soil moisture withdrawal than the unclipped controls at the mid-elevation location. No significant differences were found among clipping treatments at the subalpine location, however.
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