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- 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 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 RecordAlthough biomass of cattail (Typha latifolia) was different among playas, there was no difference in biomass between exclosed and unexclosed quadrants in playas of Texas. Herbivory, therefore, does…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- Texas
- common cattail
- playa wetlands
- Typha latifolia
- 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 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 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 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 RecordThe impacts of redhead (Aythya americana) grazing in the shoalgrass (Halodule wrightii) habitat, of the Laguna Madre in Texas, were measured in this study. Redhead grazing did not affect root…Publication Date 1969
- Texas
- herbivory
- Aythya americana
- Halodule wrightii
- Laguna Madre
- redhead
- shoalgrass
- Library Collection RecordA grazing gradient in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah was identified with field measurements and spectral mixture analysis (SMA) of remotely sensed hyperspectral imagery. Grazing…Publication Date 1969
- land degradation
- land use
- overgrazing
- rangelands
- grazing gradient
- hyperspectral
- imaging spectroscopy
- Library Collection RecordAt 14-day intervals one of 7 cohorts of Thurber needlegrass (Stipa thurberiana Piper) plants was defoliated to a 2.5-cm stubble to describe initial growth rates, determine defoliation effects on…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- regrowth
- soil moisture
- rangelands
- forage conditioning
- herbage production
- livestock nutrition
- Stipa thurberiana Piper
- Thurber needlegrass
- Library Collection RecordFuhlendorf and Smeins compared the influences of soil depth on plant community composition at sites that were exposed to no grazing or long-term heavy grazing. Species composition varied between…Publication Date 1969
- rangelands
- diversity
- functional groups
- heterogeneity
- patch dynamics
- Pattern
- plant-animal interactions
- redundancy
- scale disturbance
- shifting mosaic
- succession
- Library Collection RecordFrank and Karn correlated vegetation and remote sensing measurements with CO₂flux data to determine which measured parameter was the most accurate predictor of CO₂flux in grazed,…Publication Date 1969
- rangelands
- remote sensing
- Bowen ratio
- global carbon cycle
- sequestration
- Library Collection RecordThis article supports the belief that overcompensation of total primary production can occur in plant populations and communities subjected to grazing. However, it is noted that whether or not this…Publication Date 1969
- compensation
- grazing
- grasslands
- primary production
- rangelands
- herbivory
- herbivore optimization theory
- overcompensation
- Library Collection RecordBrown and McDonald detect a one-sided presentation of data and opinions on livestock grazing in an issue of Conservation Biology (Fleischner 1994; Noss 1994; Weurthner 1994). Much as been written…Publication Date 1969
- livestock
- grazing
- rangelands
- conservation
- ecosystem processes
- Library Collection RecordThe prominent finding of this study was the high level of interaction effects between grazing pressure and soil type. Ground cover and plants used for forage responded to grazing pressure depending…Publication Date 1969
- continuous grazing
- Texas
- Colinus virginianus
- eastern meadowlark
- mourning dove
- northern bobwhite
- Soil Type
- sturnella magna
- Zenaida macroura