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  • noun an enclosed area for protection or shelter from dangerous animals, especially referring to being fenced

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Examples

  • So - fence this area off as an 'exclosure' and landscape with good acoustic dampening vegetation towards the freeway entrance.

    Exit133.com 2009

  • So - fence this area off as an 'exclosure' and landscape with good acoustic dampening vegetation towards the freeway entrance.

    Exit133.com 2009

  • Have a great pair of shots taken in Rocky Mountain National Park of C standing next to an exclosure (Yes, Melissa and Doug, an "exclosure" is an area fenced to keep critters out.

    grouse Diary Entry grouse 2005

  • However, one thing you can do to improve your chances of finding sheds is construct a deer exclosure or two.

    deer sheds 2009

  • However, one thing you can do to improve your chances of finding sheds is construct a deer exclosure or two.

    deer sheds 2009

  • The undergrowth will take 5-7 years to develop, but the edible browse at the edge of the exclosure tends to attract deer, especially during the winter.

    deer sheds 2009

  • The undergrowth will take 5-7 years to develop, but the edible browse at the edge of the exclosure tends to attract deer, especially during the winter.

    deer sheds 2009

  • Whortle-leaved willow (Salix myrsinites) fruiting and growing in a grazing exclosure on limestone grassland that had been heavily overgrazed.

    Human impacts on the biodiversity of the Arctic 2009

  • The results show that red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus), garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) and gastropod abundance as well as invertebrate richness (no. of species or higher level taxa) were higher in control than in exclosure plots.

    Deer and gastropods revisited AYDIN 2008

  • For those unfamiliar with the term, as it applies to management of rangelands, an exclosure is a piece of range fenced off from everything else.

    grouse Diary Entry grouse 2008

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