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- Library Collection RecordThis is a summary of 171 papers on livestock grazing in the West.Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- alteration of ecosystem structure
- ecosystem functioning
- livestock grazing
- riparian habitats
- species composition
- Western United States
- Library Collection RecordThe influence of stocking rates on animal’s performance and forage selectivity through co-grazing of sheep and goats within pastures that contain various species of grasses and forbs was…Publication Date 1969
- animal performance
- goats
- mixed pastures
- sheep
- average daily gains
- co-grazing
- forage selectivity
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordThis article is a survey and summary of 113 articles on the major effects of livestock grazing on riparian and stream ecosystems of the arid West.Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- riparian vegetation
- arid West
- cattle grazing impacts
- riparian ecosystems
- riparian exclosures
- riparian soils
- stream channel morphology
- stream water quality
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that late growing-season fire causes a short-term increase in frequency and species richness of subdominant and rare species in a warm-season…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- dominance
- ecological restoration
- fire season
- prescribed fire
- species richness
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordFleece of sheared sheep coming off winter range in Juab County, Utah were examined for presence of squarrose knapweed capitula. Viability of collected seeds was measured in greenhouse germination…Publication Date 1969
- wool
- sheep
- Centaurea virgata ssp.
- rangeland weeds
- squarrose knapweed
- weed dispersal
- Library Collection RecordFour different management systems were examined in this southwestern Wisconsin study: grass buffer strips, woody buffer strips, rotational grazing and continuous grazing. Among the treatments, woody…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- Wisconsin
- continuous grazing
- rotational grazing
- grassy buffer strips
- Phalaris arundinacea L.
- reed canarygrass
- woody buffer strips
- Library Collection RecordEwe-lamb pairs were grazed within a conifer plantation in northern Idaho for three summers. Botanical composition of sheep diets was estimated using microhistological analysis of fecal samples.…Publication Date 1969
- nutrition
- sheep
- diaminopimelic acid
- fecal nitrogen
- forage selection
- prescribed grazing
- Library Collection RecordResearchers in Oregon set out to determine the effects of four grazing durations by sheep in early stages of stem elongation on annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) seed yield. Results of this…Publication Date 1969
- Lolium multiflorum
- sheep
- Ovis aries
- grazing
- stem elongation
- Ryegrass
- seed yield
- tillers
- Library Collection RecordThis study sought to describe the nature, extent, and timing of sheep impacts upon well-established young Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) trees planted in two patterns of sheep/pasture/conifer…Publication Date 1969
- sheep
- deer
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- agroforestry
- browsing
- Debarking
- Douglas-fir
- Library Collection RecordHerbivores are generally thought to enhance plant diversity by their direct consumption of competitively dominant plant species and indirect effects on plants competition. Consequently, management…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- biodiversity
- grasslands
- extinction dynamics
- habitat scales
- local plant colonization
- spatial scales
- temporal scales
- Library Collection RecordMitchell et al. conducted a two-year lamb grazing trial, at the University of California Imperial Valley Research and Extension Center near El Centro, California, to test the effects of lamb grazing…Publication Date 1969
- sheep
- Ovis aries
- alfalfa
- Medicago sativa
- soil penetration
- Sonoran Desert
- water infiltration rate
- winter grazing
- Library Collection RecordLeininger and Sharrow evaluated sheep browsing of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) seedlings in 1981 and 1982, on the Coast Range of Oregon. Most sheep browsing of Douglas-fir seedlings was…Publication Date 1969
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- sheep
- browsing
- seedlings
- conifers
- Douglas-fir
- mechanical impacts
- Library Collection RecordKreuper et al, found that the removal of cattle from the San Pedro River NCA had a positive effect on the herbaceous vegetation in the riparian and mesquite areas. They found that cattle removal had…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- herbaceous vegetation
- livestock grazing
- overstocking
- Library Collection RecordIn New Mexico, Kerley et al. studied the effects of cattle browsing on the flowers of the soaptree (Yucca elata), and measured inflorescence consumption and population structure in six populations…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- cattle
- biodiversity
- nutritional value of inflorescences
- soaptree
- Yucca elata
- Library Collection RecordHerbivores influence growth, recruitment, and mortality rates of plants and may do so in ways correlated with plant density, frequency, or other neighborhood traits, or with competitive abilities.…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- vegetation
- competition
- disturbance
- frequency-dependence
- Library Collection RecordA 6-year study was conducted in tallgrass prairie to assess the effects of grazing management on plant community composition and diversity. Native plant species diversity, species richness, and…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- plant ecology
- range management
- grazing systems
- cattle grazing
- Flint Hills
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordHartnett et al. studied the effects of bison grazing in Kansas tallgrass prairie on plant species composition and diversity components in sites of contrasting fire frequency. Cover and frequency of…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- plant communities
- species diversity
- grazing
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordRanching is the dominant land use in much of the American West. Although a copious literature has examined the effects of various grazing practices on native ecosystems, Freilich et al. present that…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- grazing
- ranching
- range management
- Library Collection RecordIn this review, Edwards looks at the populations of diverse native grass species, that are found in cattle pastures throughout central California, and how many of these areas have been overgrazed,…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- California
- livestock
- browsing
- biodiversity
- competition
- exotic herbaceous species
- native grasses
- paleontological studies
- wildflowers
- Library Collection RecordAuthors discuss using cattle or other livestock as a vegetation management tool. Grazing has the potential to allow tree seedlings to establish on tree plantations in the absence of competing…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- cattle
- sheep
- Competing Vegetation
- tree establishment
- tree plantations
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of fall and spring grazing by sheep on cover components and recovery following a change in seasonality of grazing practices, were studied within long-term grazing treatments of three-tip…Publication Date 1969
- sheep
- herbivory
- Artemisia tripartita
- grazing season
- rangeland indicators
- resilience
- three-tip sagebrush