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- Library Collection RecordRunoff and infiltration was measured on the Central Plains Experimental Range, near Nunn, Colorado to see how these attributes change after cattle grazing is stopped. Along with runoff and…Publication Date 1969
- erosion
- runoff
- soil compaction
- cattle grazing
- cattle removal
- infiltration rates
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing intensity on a montane willow community in the Sheep Creek riparian ecosystem located in Roosevelt National Forest (40Ëš 56.46’ N, 105Ëš 39.55’ W) of Colorado…Publication Date 1969
- Salix
- population dynamics
- cattle grazing
- grazing exclusion
- riparian areas
- willow height
- Library Collection RecordThe relationship of soil and vegetation factors to soil loss and runoff were examined near Center, North Dakota on reclaimed mine-land pastures (Cabba Soils) and adjacent native rangeland (Sen Soils…Publication Date 1969
- erosion
- runoff
- pastures
- rangelands
- grazing
- vegetation
- Simulated rainfall
- soil loss
- Library Collection RecordTwelve habitat characteristics were measured inside and outside three livestock exclosures on two different streams in the Golden Trout Wilderness (118°15'N, 36°22'W), Sierra Nevada…Publication Date 1969
- riparian vegetation
- California golden trout
- cattle grazing
- habitat degradation
- Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita
- riparian health
- threatened species
- Library Collection RecordSeven strip-transects were setup in both the grazed (65% utilization) and livestock excluded areas to determine the differences of bird species present in those areas. Fourteen species of birds were…Publication Date 1969
- birds
- Colorado
- cattle grazing
- riparian wildlife
- Rocky Mountains
- small mammals
- western jumping mouse
- Wilson's warbler
- Library Collection RecordThis article is a summary of 23 papers (experiments, data sets and literature reviews) on effectiveness of removing or not removing grazing cattle from western rangelands for restoration purposes.Publication Date 1969
- livestock
- grazing
- rangelands
- degradation
- conservation
- restoration
- western U.S.
- Library Collection RecordThis study was conducted to further determine relationships of soil and vegetation factors to soil loss and water runoff from reclaimed pastures and rangeland in Nebraska. Results showed that soil…Publication Date 1969
- erosion
- runoff
- pastures
- rangelands
- grazing
- vegetation
- Simulated rainfall
- soil loss
- Library Collection RecordThe response of aquatic insect populations to manure inputs in stream channels was measured in two distinct California stream systems in the Coastal (37Ëš 57’ N; 122Ëš 43’ W) and…Publication Date 1969
- Aquatic insects
- streams
- carbon isotopes
- cattle grazing
- manure
- organic enrichment
- Library Collection RecordThe use of riparian meadows, upland grasslands, and forests by cattle grazed in a twice grazed high-density rotational grazing system (early season-stocking rate = 1.1 AUM/ha for 4 days, late season-…Publication Date 1969
- rotational grazing
- aspen forest
- cattle grazing
- forage quality
- Herbage Utilization
- riparian meadow
- upland grassland
- Library Collection RecordWalsberg studied the effect of cattle grazing on a small ground-nesting song bird in northwestern Arizona. The author located 17 nests in the cattle-grazed pasture and 21 nests in the ungrazed…Publication Date 1969
- cattle grazing
- Junco
- Junco hyemalis
- nest success
- Library Collection RecordWambolt examined differences in bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum) nutrient content in elk (Cervus elaphus) winter range between a pasture grazed by cattle (Bos taurus) in the spring, rested…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron spicatum
- Cervus elaphus
- crude protein
- big game nutrition
- cattle grazing
- rest-rotation grazing system
- Library Collection RecordThis article reviews evidence for the contention that chronic high densities of white-tailed deer are having multiple and substantial, deleterious ecological impacts across many regions. Deer have…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- forage
- Eastern United States
- habitat
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordVan Auken documents woody species population changes in the Edwards Plateau region of Texas. Photographic evidence showed a lack of Mexican juniper (Juniperus ashei) seedlings in evergreen woodlands…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- woody plants
- population structure
- Edwards Plateau
- plant population change
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordTurner et al. hypothesized that overcompensation most likely occurs in previously ungrazed tallgrass prairie as a result of stored photosynthate. In a 3-year experiment, the authors found that…Publication Date 1969
- history
- mowing
- nitrogen
- aboveground and belowground biomass
- cattle grazing
- defoliation intensity
- frequency
- Konza Prairie Research National Area
- maximization of production
- overcompensation
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordThe impacts of deer (Odocoileus virginianus) herbivory on forest regeneration were determined in clearcut, thinned, and uncut Pennsylvania hardwood forest plots stocked at different deer densities.…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- species diversity
- clearcutting
- Alleghany hardwood forests
- herbivore density
- species composition
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and moth (Periploca ceanothiella) herbivory on the vegetative and reproductive growth of New Jersey tea (Ceanothus herbaceous) was measured in burned and…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Flint Hills
- grazing tolerance
- Periploca ceanothiella
- plant growth form
- stem galling moth
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordHabitat burning influenced white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) forage-class use more than cattle (Bos taurus) grazing, except in the winter. Yearlong cattle grazing resulted in less browse on…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Bos taurus
- diet diversity
- forage availability
- generalist forager
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordWhite-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) diet selectivity and diet digestibility was reduced, but foraging efficiency was increased, due to cattle (Bos taurus) grazing. Deer were able to more…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Bos taurus
- diet digestibility
- diet selectivity
- foraging efficiency
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordWhite-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) preferred browse and forbs yearlong, while cattle (Bos taurus) preferred grasses during the spring and summer and browse and herbage during the fall and…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Bos taurus
- browse
- competition
- dietary overlap
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordTewksbury et al. found three main factors that lead to the reduction of riparian avifauna. Loss of deciduous forests, cattle grazing and human encroachment are having the greatest effect on…Publication Date 1969
- agriculture
- avian abundance and richness
- cattle grazing
- landscape fragmentation
- multi-scale
- riparian habitat
- Library Collection RecordStromayer and Warren examined the evidence describing white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) browsing impacts on woody vegetation communities in the eastern United States, and revealed 3 possible…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- browsing
- alternate stable state
- Eastern United States
- forest regeneration
- white-tailed deer
- woody-plant communities
- Library Collection RecordStrauss measured the impacts of deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and beetle (Blepharida rhois and Oberea ocellata) herbivory on smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) plants at the Minnesota Cedar Creek Natural…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- additive effects
- Blepharida rhois
- chrysomelid beetle
- Oberea ocellata
- Rhus glabra
- smooth sumac
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordStrauss measured the effects of deer (Odocoileus virginianus) selection of smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) shoots on plant growth, and compared the results to a similar study that utilized simulated…Publication Date 1969
- deer
- Odocoileus virginianus
- plant growth
- Rhus glabra
- selective browsing
- simulated grazing
- smooth sumac
- Library Collection RecordIn this Florida study, Steinman et al. used a recently established, replicated cattle ranch to investigate the effects of cattle grazing and pasture land use on invertebrate communities in seasonal…Publication Date 1969
- invertebrates
- nutrients
- land use
- cattle grazing
- Chironomids
- Florida wetlands
- Improved Pasture
- semi-native pasture
- Library Collection RecordSeigel Thines et al. feels that cattle grazing may be depredating the habitat used by the endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit. They feel that cattle grazing is altering the vegetative structure…Publication Date 1969
- sagebrush
- Brachylagus idahoensis
- cattle grazing
- Columbia Basin
- habitat selection
- Pygmy Rabbits
- Library Collection RecordA study near Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada was conducted over two years to determine the effects of cattle grazing on streambank stability and also on benthic invertebrates. Three streams were fenced…Publication Date 1969
- Algae
- Benthos
- cattle grazing
- functional feeding groups
- riparian
- streambank stability
- Library Collection RecordFollowing 40 years of rest, Wyoming mixed grass prairie grazed at light and heavy intensities for 12 years had significantly greater carbon and nitrogen in the root zone of the soil profile than an…Publication Date 1969
- carbon
- nitrogen
- rangelands
- C and N balance
- mixed-grass prairie
- Library Collection RecordSchulz and Leininger examined the differences in riparian communities, canopy cover, density and standing crop of important riparian species (Salix spp., Poa palustris, Poa pratensis, Deschampsia…Publication Date 1969
- Colorado
- Poa palustris
- Poa pratensis
- cattle grazing
- Rocky Mountains
- Salix spp.
- Library Collection RecordSandoval et al. studied the dietary similarities between elk and mule deer on the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Dietary overlap between elk and mule deer, over the life of the study…Publication Date 1969
- rangelands
- forage
- wildlife
- grazing
- competition
- Library Collection RecordTo investigate plant adaptations across ecoregions, this study investigated the influences of a natural disturbance (flooding) and an artificial disturbance (cattle grazing) on reproductive and…Publication Date 1969
- age structure
- Populus
- flooding
- reproduction
- cattle grazing
- cottonwood
- Mountain
- prairie
- riparian
- Rocky Mountains
- Library Collection RecordSaiwana et al. suggest that scaled quail (Callipepla squamata) abundance in the Chihuahuan Desert could be maximized with a mixture of late-seral and mid-seral plant communities. Vegetation…Publication Date 1969
- arid lands
- black grama
- Bouteloua eriopoda
- Callipepla squamata
- cattle grazing
- Mesa Dropseed
- Sporobolus flexuosus
- threeawn
- Library Collection RecordAccording to Russell et al., sufficient evidence exists to conclude that white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) can have a substantial impact upon plant morphology and, in some cases, plant…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- plant communities
- deer populations
- Growth Rates
- plant populations
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordQuercus buckleyi acorn predation and seedling establishment and survival were measured by Russell and Fowler, on sites with or without deer (Odocoileus virginianus) browsing and Juniperus ashei…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- population dynamics
- herbivory
- woodlands
- facilitation
- Quercus buckleyi
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordRagotzkie and Bailey examined the habitat use of mule deer in cattle grazed and ungrazed pastures by radio collaring 19 deer over a two year period. They found that mule deer spent most of their…Publication Date 1969
- cattle grazing
- deer-cattle relationships
- habitat use
- odocoileus hemionus crooki
- semidesert grass-shrublands
- Library Collection RecordGrazed areas had less avian species abundance and richness than control streams that had been fenced off from cattle (Bos taurus) grazing. This could be due to greater amounts and structure of cover…Publication Date 1969
- fencing
- Pennsylvania
- reproduction
- abundance
- avian
- cattle grazing
- cover
- nest
- pasture
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordAccording to Platts, the overgrazing of the late 1800s and early 1900s basically destroyed the natural vegetation communities of the Western range. Major efforts to improve range conditions came…Publication Date 1969
- rangelands
- grazing
- grazing systems
- management
- water cycle
- Western United States
- Library Collection RecordOrtega et al. studied the effects of moderate and heavy cattle (Bos taurus) stocking rates, under continuous and short-duration grazing treatments, on white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) diets…Publication Date 1969
- crude protein
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Bos taurus
- continuous grazing
- IVDOM
- short-duration grazing
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordPlant community homogeneity was not influenced by the cattle (Bos taurus) grazing treatments used. Plant diversity increased under all cattle grazing treatments, until a persistent drought led to a…Publication Date 1969
- phytomass
- Odocoileus virginianus
- cattle
- continuous grazing
- Coastal Bend of Texas
- diversity
- short-duration grazing
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordOrtega et al. studied the botanical composition of cattle (Bos taurus) and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) diets and the partitioning of dietary resources between the two species under…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Bos taurus
- continuous grazing
- Ambrosia psilostachya
- Carolina geranium
- evening primrose
- Geranium carolinianum
- Oenothera speciosa
- Oxalis dillenii
- prairie coneflower
- Ratibida columnaris
- short-duration grazing
- western ragweed
- white-tailed deer
- wood-sorrel
- Library Collection RecordThis study's objective was to determine if ant species could be used as indicators of rangeland condition in the Mojave Desert. Data was collected at different distances from cattle (Bos taurus…Publication Date 1969
- Bos taurus
- cattle grazing
- indicator
- intermediate level of grazing
- organic debris
- rangeland condition
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to determine the effects of season and intensity of grazing on infiltration capacity in mixed prairie and fescue grassland ecosystems of Alberta, Canada. Grazing…Publication Date 1969
- infiltration
- grazing
- rangelands
- foothills fescue
- Infiltration Rate
- mixed-grass prairie
- parkland fescue
- Library Collection RecordNaeth et al. measured soil bulk density, moisture and penetration resistance in three Alberta plant communities, grazed at different intensities and times of the year. The impacts of grazing on…Publication Date 1969
- rangelands
- grazing intensity
- bulk density
- compaction
- grazing season
- penetration resistance
- Library Collection RecordThe authors measured soil water in several grassland ecosystems under different grazing treatments. Soil water was generally reduced at all depths by grazing, with differences between the controls…Publication Date 1969
- soil water
- grazing
- rangelands
- water uptake
- fescue grasslands
- mixed prairie
- Library Collection RecordMorrow et al. found that a combination of factors affect the Attwater's prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) population. Open areas, needed for prairie-chicken movement between clumps…Publication Date 1969
- burning
- Bos taurus
- cattle grazing
- core habitat
- Tympanuchus cupido attwateri
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordThis study found that privately owned cattle ranches prove to be preferable habitat for the crested caracara (Caracara cheriway) in southcentral Florida. Compared to nesting pairs on lands managed…Publication Date 1969
- Bos taurus
- Caracara cheriway
- cattle grazing
- cattle ranches
- nest sites
- private property
- Library Collection RecordEquilibrium theory predicts that following disturbance, ecosystem structure and function will eventually converge with those of undisturbed ecosystems that are not changing. This study tested this…Publication Date 1969
- Carex stricta
- cattle grazing
- Cornus sericea
- disturbance dynamics
- fen
- shrub carr
- succession
- Library Collection RecordPrevious research indicated that long-term grazing altered the physiological characteristics of Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis) plants at the Northern Great Basin Experimental Range, and the…Publication Date 1969
- cattle grazing
- Festuca idahoensis
- genetic differentiation
- Idaho fescue
- Inter-Simple Sequence Repeat markers
- Monte Carlo procedure
- plant populations
- Library Collection RecordThe winter diets of moose (Alces alces) and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), in Baxter State Park, Maine, showed some dietary overlap, with the major distinction being greater use of white…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- White spruce
- Picea glauca
- balsam fir
- Abies balsamea
- Alces alces
- browse
- Library Collection RecordLehmhuhl et al. developed a Bayesian Belief network to asses the habitat capability for elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer in the Columbia River basin. Their model weighed factors such as…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Cervus elaphus
- forest management
- Bayesian model
- ecosystem management
- Library Collection RecordKnight measured the effects of early and late deer (Odocoileus virginianus) herbivory (actual and simulated), on Trillium grandiflorum. Early season herbivory reduced the potential of the plant to…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- tolerance
- eastern North America
- reproductive success
- simulated herbivory
- spatial variation
- timing of herbivory
- Trillium grandiflorum
- white-tailed deer