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- Library Collection RecordIn this Yukon study, McIntire and Hik looked at an alpine herbivory gradient established by collared pikas (Ochotona collaris), a small central foraging lagomorph, to examine the effects of multiple…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- collared pikas
- grazing history
- net above-ground primary production
- Ochotona collaris
- Yukon
- Library Collection RecordMcInnes et al. examined the influence of moose (Alces alces) on aboveground biomass, production, and annual litterfall using four moose exclosures and paired browsing plots on Isle Royale, Michigan…Publication Date 1969
- moose
- biomass
- browsing
- herbivory
- production
- ungulates
- Alces alces
- Boreal Forest
- litter
- Library Collection RecordMcAuliffe studied the factors limiting seedling establishment of a common Sonoran Desert tree, Cercidium microphyllum, at three sites in bajada habitat in Arizona and Mexico. Distribution patterns…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- Cercidium microphyllum
- perennial ground cover
- seedling distribution
- seedling mortality
- Library Collection RecordIn order to determine whether developmentally sequestered mutations could be released by herbivory (i.e., meristem destruction), a characterized genetic mosaic was subjected to simulated herbivory.…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- Nicotiana sylvestris
- cell fate
- mutational loading
- periclinal chimeras
- plant evolution
- Library Collection RecordTo determine how a migrating caribou (Rangifer tarandus) herd influences plant community and productivity of summer range, authors compared grazed (in previous years) and ungrazed sites on two plant…Publication Date 1969
- Caribou
- herbivory
- overgrazing
- plant-animal interaction
- Rangifer tarandus
- ungulate
- Library Collection RecordLusk et al. studied habitat characteristics affecting Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) nest-site selection and nest success in a southern mixed-grass prairie in Oklahoma. The authors used a…Publication Date 1969
- management
- grazing
- Chondestes grammacus
- habitat characteristics
- Lark Sparrows
- nest-site selection
- neural model
- Library Collection RecordUsing a simple optimization model, Lundberg and Astrom analyzed whether low nutritive quality in terms of low nutrient concentration can be a profitable anti-herbivory strategy for plants. Contrary…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- biomass
- food-plant selection
- low nutritive quality
- optimization model
- Library Collection RecordIn Sanicula arctopoides, a perennial monocarp, removal of umbels, both naturally by deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and by artificial clipping early in the flowering season in California, led to no loss…Publication Date 1969
- compensation
- herbivory
- Odocoileus hemionus
- seed production
- umbels
- black-tailed deer
- plant-herbivore interactions
- Sanicula arctopoides
- seed/fruit abortion
- Library Collection RecordThis review evaluated riparian sites associated with streams or rivers in 9 western states to determine the feasibility of using ecological site concepts in describing and evaluating riverine…Publication Date 1969
- management
- riparian classification
- site progression
- water features
- Library Collection RecordOf the six Wyoming relict sites with historic vegetation data, three lie in Hot Springs County. In the summer of 1997, the University of Wyoming team located and photographed the sites, conducted…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- herbivory
- Leafy spurge
- bison
- cattle
- big sagebrush
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- cheatgrass
- downy brome
- inventory
- relict sites
- threadleaf sedge
- Library Collection RecordKielland et al. examined the effect of winter browsing by moose (Alces alces) and snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) on primary succession of willow (Salix sp.) and alder (Alnus tenuifolia) communities…Publication Date 1969
- Alaska
- moose
- respiration
- herbivory
- Alces alces
- Lepus americanus
- snowshoe hare
- soil carbon
- winter browsing
- 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 Record
113 Is aspen doomed?
Communities of aspen (Populus tremuloides) are deteriorating throughout the western United States. Many aspen stands contain old-age or single-age trees and have not successfully regenerated for 80…Publication Date 1969- Populus tremuloides
- management
- Aspen
- aspen ecology
- population decline
- ungulate grazing
- Western United States
- Library Collection RecordMechanical abrasion of cotyledons induced resistance to spider mites (Tetranychus urticae) in cotton plants in four of six replicates. Mite population growth was reduced on plants that had either…Publication Date 1969
- Cotton
- herbivory
- Induced resistance
- Spider mites
- abrasion
- secondary chemicals
- Tetranychus spp.
- Library Collection RecordJohnson-Nistler et al. measured the effects of black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colonies on native range vegetation, in the mixed grass prairie of northeastern Montana. Plant biomass…Publication Date 1969
- vegetation
- nutrition
- herbivory
- black-tailed prairie dog
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- Library Collection RecordJefferies et al. state that there is little evidence that across northern ecosystems herbivores do influence plant species assemblages in the different communities in the long-term, or alter the…Publication Date 1969
- plant response
- herbivory
- plant succession
- forage species
- northern plant communities
- nutrient cycling
- Library Collection RecordHuntly tested the effects of pikas (Ochotona princeps) on talus-border vegetation by excluding pikas from small plots at several distances from talus on a site in Colorado. Vegetational cover and…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- herbivory
- plant competition
- cushion plants
- Ochotona princeps
- perturbation experiment
- pikas
- plant community
- predation gradient
- refuging consumer
- sub-alpine meadow
- Library Collection RecordHuff and Varley review the information on the subject of natural regeneration in Yellowstone National Park's northern range. The greatest concern to park managers and their critics over recent…Publication Date 1969
- carrying capacity
- overpopulation
- range management
- wildlife management
- herbivory
- elk
- National Park Service
- natural process management
- natural regulation
- policy
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordHolland and Detling examined plant responses to herbivory and links to belowground nitrogen cycling at Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota. In laboratory tests, net nitrogen mineralization was…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- roots
- nitrogen cycling
- plant carbon allocation
- plant ecophysiology
- soil ecology
- Wind Cave National Park
- Library Collection RecordHobbs et al. hypothesized that grazing by large herbivores results in conservation of nitrogen that would otherwise be lost from burned grasslands. They tested this hypothesis in a series of…Publication Date 1969
- burning
- cattle
- grazing
- herbivory
- fire
- nitrogen budgets
- nutrient cycling
- patch dynamics
- spatial variation
- Library Collection RecordGrazing is needed for the maintenance of a grassland system. Hill notes that altering the well-documented relationship between producer and consumer (grass and herbivore) seems unwise. Removing…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- herbivores
- grasslands
- management
- biological diversity
- policy
- Library Collection RecordThree plant species (Poa pratensis, Poa compressa, Dactylis glomerata) were grown in three soil types, varying in nutrient contents, and then subjected to simulated grazing (clipping) to determine if…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- regrowth
- nutrients
- Poa pratensis
- Poa compressa
- Dactylis glomerata
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of light, moderate, and heavy Black Brant (Branta bernicla) gosling herbivory on Carex subspathacea grazing lawns and slough levee vegetation were measured in this study. Forage…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- grazing intensity
- black brant geese
- Branta bernicla nigricans
- Carex subspathacea
- forage availability
- foraging efficiency
- Triglochin palustris
- Library Collection RecordHendon and Briske investigated the response of Texas cupgrass (Eriochloa sericea), a warm season perennial bunchgrass, to clipping of 75% of canopy volume prior-, during, and post- culm elongation,…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- defoliation
- mortality
- Eriochloa sericea
- herbivory-sensitivity
- perennial bunchgrass
- Texas cupgrass
- tiller demography
- Library Collection RecordFall burning and continuous grazing of California coastal prairie on upper, middle, and lower slopes had varied effect on 3 native perennial grasses. Foliar cover of California oatgrass (Danthonia…Publication Date 1969
- burning
- grazing
- management
- California
- coastal grassland
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordHartnett measure the responses of Andropogon gerardii and Panicum virgatum to defoliation under different clipping intensities, plant densities, and plant growth forms. In general, defoliation…Publication Date 1969
- Andropogon gerardii
- Panicum virgatum
- herbivory
- plant density
- clonal growth
- competition
- simulated herbivory
- Library Collection RecordHamilton and Frank performed a 13C pulse-chase experiment on a common grazing tolerant grass, Poa pratensis, of Yellowstone National Park, to follow carbon flow into the soil rhizosphere and…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- herbivory
- nitrogen
- Poa pratensis
- grassland
- microbe
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, Gough and Grace studied plant community responses to fertilization and herbivory in Louisiana brackish and freshwater marshes. Species density was greater in plots that were grazed…Publication Date 1969
- biomass
- fertilization
- herbivory
- Nutria
- nutrients
- productivity
- species diversity
- coastal marsh
- diversity
- Myocastor coypus
- Sagittaria lancifolia
- Scirpus americanus
- Spartina patens
- Library Collection RecordGillis addresses the issue of stocking rate on western public rangelands. Many groups argue that chomping cattle are the scourge of western ranges and that grazing has been the major force…Publication Date 1969
- cows
- forage
- management
- cheatgrass invasion
- grazing fees
- plant community
- riparian degradation
- western U.S. rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThe authors observed the effects of small mammal grazing and herbivory by above- and below-ground invertebrates on plant species abundance and richness in the tallgrass prairie of Kansas. Small…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- invertebrates
- plant communities
- small mammals
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordThis review examines the interactions between herbivores, plants, and climatic factors in arctic wetlands using, as a case study, results of research on grazing by snow geese (Chen caerulescens) on…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- grazing
- nitrogen
- plant production
- reproduction
- arctic ecosystems
- Chen caerulescens
- plant-herbivore interaction
- snow geese
- Library Collection RecordFecal analysis and direct grazing observations in salt marshes and pens indicated that feral horses on Assateague Island, Maryland selectively graze Spartina alterniflora and avoid Distichlis spicata…Publication Date 1969
- Distichlis spicata
- Spartina alterniflora
- halophytes
- herbivory
- plant competition
- Assateague Island
- salt marsh ecology
- Zonation
- Library Collection RecordThis Louisiana study was initiated using exclosures to determine whether mammalian herbivory by nutria (Myocastor coypus), muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus), and waterfowl had a measurable impact on the…Publication Date 1969
- Nutria
- Salix nigra
- Louisiana
- herbivory
- Ammania coccinea
- Cyperus difformis
- Eleocharis spp.
- muskrat
- Myocastor coypus
- Ondatra zibethicus
- plant biomass
- Sagittaria latifolia
- species composition
- Sphenoclea zeylandica
- Typha latifolia
- Library Collection RecordAt Texas A&M University Agricultural Research Station, Fuhlendorf and Smeins analyzed long-term (45-years) basal area dynamics of dominant graminoid species, across three grazing intensity…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- herbivory
- stability
- climax community
- diversity
- scale
- succession
- vegetation model
- Library Collection RecordAuthors analyze a 44-year record of herbaceous vegetation change for three contrasting grazing regimes, within a semi-arid savanna, to evaluate the relative contribution of confined livestock grazing…Publication Date 1969
- climate
- grazing
- herbivory
- stability
- plant-animal interaction
- rangeland evaluation
- resilience
- state and transition model
- Vegetation Change
- vegetation monitoring
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, Frank and McNaughton tested the theory that herbivory would stimulate above-ground production by measuring the effects of elk (Cervus elaphus) and bison (Bison bison) grazing on plant…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- primary production
- grasslands
- Cervus elaphus
- bison
- Bison bison
- elk
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordIn Yellowstone National Park, Frank et al. examined the effects of large herds of migratory herds of ungulates on ecosystem primary production by comparing aboveground (NAP) and belowground…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- primary production
- ungulates
- grassland
- minirhizotron
- root growth
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordFrank et al. determined how nitrogen (N) cycling in Yellowstone National Park related to topography and ungulate use. As found in previous grassland studies, the N mineralization rates in…Publication Date 1969
- grasslands
- herbivory
- nitrogen cycling
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordA year long study was conducted to examine how large herbivores and landscape factors affect soil C and N dynamics in grasslands of Yellowstone National Park. Results from the in situ experiment…Publication Date 1969
- carbon
- grazing
- herbivory
- bison
- nitrogen
- elk
- grassland
- Library Collection RecordFrank and Groffman examined the influence of native migratory ungulates on denitrification in grasslands of Yellowstone National Park in two ways, by (1) examining the effect of artificial urine…Publication Date 1969
- denitrification
- herbivory
- nitrogen
- grassland
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordMass migration of Yellowstone's ungulates is, not only a critical step to enhance their nutritional quality, but also a key factor in the nutrient cycle of the Park's grass and shrublands…Publication Date 1969
- diet
- forage
- herbivory
- migration
- nitrogen
- ungulates
- Bison bison
- elk
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordFrank and McNaughton measured net aboveground primary productivity (ANPP), large herbivore consumption (C), and dung deposition (D), an index of nutrient flow from herbivores to the soil, in…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- consumption
- drought
- Cervus elaphus
- herbivory
- primary production
- Bison bison
- elk
- forage quality
- grassland function
- ungulate migration
- Library Collection RecordFowler and Rausher studied the effects of simulated grazing and interspecific competition on Texas dutchman's pipevine (Aristolochia reticulata), in a greenhouse setting, to determine if a model…Publication Date 1969
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- herbivory
- Aristolochia reticulata
- Battus philenor
- community structure
- competition
- interspecific interactions
- little bluestem
- pipevine swallowtail butterfly
- Rubus trivialis
- southern dewberry
- Texas Dutchman's pipevine
- Library Collection RecordFitter reviews Westoby's (1989) comments about the selective effects that vertebrate herbivores may have on plants, using the detailed studies by Jefferies and co-workers at La Perouse Bay on…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- grazing
- genotypes
- above-ground standing crop
- below-ground primary production
- La Perouse Bay
- net annual primary production
- nitrogen cycling
- Library Collection RecordDubois et al. examined the effects of tree shelters and herbaceous weed control on second-year seedling survival, browse by deer and rabbits, and seedling growth of hand-planted cherrybark oak (…Publication Date 1969
- economics
- herbivory
- regeneration
- Sulfometuron
- cherrybark oak
- deer browsing
- Quercus pagoda
- tree protectors
- tree shelters
- Library Collection RecordDekker examined the decline of elk populations and other ungulates, in the Snake Indian Valley of Jasper National Park, by counting numbers of ungulates seen in this area from 1970 to 1985. The…Publication Date 1969
- Alberta
- wolves
- predation
- moose
- mule deer
- management
- elk
- Jasper National Park
- population fluctuations
- white-tailed deer
- winter range
- 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 RecordBased on resource availability models of plant defense investment, several authors have predicted and documented that herbivores tend to accelerate the pace of plant community succession. Davidson…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- granivory
- plant community succession
- plant defense
- terrestrial ecosystems
- Library Collection RecordCrawley notes that there has been a resurgence of the density dependence debate (TREE Letters, March 1987), and the argument about whether or not competition is important in structuring communities (…Publication Date 1969
- natural selection
- genotypes
- herbivory
- ecosystem levels
- plant populations
- plant-herbivore interactions
- Library Collection RecordA study conducted at Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, following preliminary assessments of bison (Bison bison) use of prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) towns, found that midsummer was when…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- herbivory
- grazing
- Bison bison
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- forage interactions
- habitat use patterns
- mixed-grass prairie
- prairie dogs