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- Library Collection RecordThis is a synthesis of issues surrounding livestock grazing on riparian areas and possible pathways to mitigation. It is based on a review of 36 articles.Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- grazing systems
- riparian
- riparian grazing
- Library Collection RecordTo understand what cattle eat in a mountain riparian area, the diets of five steers were analyzed during several periods over two grazing seasons. In 1994 a series of paddocks were established along…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- utilization
- willow
- diet composition
- preference
- Salix spp.
- Steer diets
- Library Collection RecordThis is a scientific opinion based on 11 scientific sources in addition to the authors own experience, and was developed to be a guidance document for establishment of grazing protocols on National…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- management
- utilization
- riparian ecosystems
- riparian grazing guidelines
- stubble heights
- Western United States
- Library Collection RecordThis scientific opinion paper focuses on importance and challenges to developing a riparian management plan for all users and the opportunities that land managers and livestock producers have to…Publication Date 1969
- management
- erosion
- streams
- grazing fees
- Grazing Practices
- riparian recovery
- riparian zone
- water cycle
- Library Collection RecordThis scientific opinion paper focuses on the need for riparian buffers across the Great Plains and the challenges that remain in wide spread acceptance of this management tool.Publication Date 1969
- guidelines
- management
- water quality
- stream protection
- Library Collection RecordThis is a literature review of 47 published scientific articles examining management strategies to obtain even cattle distribution and use of mountainous riparian meadows in the Pacific Northwest.Publication Date 1969
- shade
- stocking rate
- management
- grazing distribution
- offstream water
- rangeland slope
- riparian areas
- salt supplements
- Library Collection RecordThis is a literature review of 40 published scientific articles covering potential enhancements to riparian habitats in headwater and downstream river environments with watershed practices in…Publication Date 1969
- watersheds
- erosion
- management
- riparian vegetation
- Southwestern United States
- streamflow
- Library Collection RecordThis article presents arguments against using utilization limits as the only management tool to base decisions on.Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- utilization
- herbivory
- management
- grazing strategies
- North American rangelands
- riparian ecosystems
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing on a managed ecological systems were quantified from 1993 to 1995 in a study near Beer Sheva in the semiarid desert in Northern Negev of Israel (31°17’ N, 34°37’ E).…Publication Date 1969
- biomass
- management
- organic matter
- productivity
- soil moisture
- diversity
- Library Collection RecordRate of spotted knapweed reinvasion in relation to Picloram, fertilizer and defoliation treatments was examined in this clipping study west of Bozeman, Montana from 1994 through 1997. Sixteen…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- Kentucky bluegrass
- smooth brome
- Bromus inermis
- Centaurea maculosa
- defoliation frequency
- grass defoliation
- integrated weed management
- Phleum pratense L.
- Poa pratensis L.
- spotted knapweed
- Timothy
- Library Collection RecordThis short-term greenhouse study in Montana examined the effects of clipping the native Idaho fescue and soil water content on seedling emergence and growth of spotted knapweed. Clipping treatments…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- plant competition
- soil water
- Centaurea maculosa
- Festuca idahoensis
- weed invasion
- Library Collection RecordPicloram was applied to a leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) infested range site on the 5E Ranch near Grass Range, Montana (46° 50’ W, 108° 50’ W), but only to create different levels of leafy…Publication Date 1969
- Euphorbia esula
- picloram
- grazing management
- weed management
- density
- canopy cover
- Leafy spurge
- available forage
- range improvement
- Library Collection RecordSurface water quality data were collected from 1990-1994 across the state of Oregon, including eastern arid lands with high desert prairie. Data were analyzed according to landscape metrics and a…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- nutrients
- Waste management
- enterococci
- grazing potential index (GPI)
- landscape metrics
- surface water quality
- Library Collection RecordA two year study in southeastern Oregon, forage kochia and seeds were clipped, ground and place in the rumens of cannulated steers for 0, 2, 8 12, 24, and 48 hours and tested for forage quality.…Publication Date 1969
- weed management
- seed germination
- seed viability
- grazing management
- rumen digestibility
- weed invasion
- Library Collection RecordGrowth and miserotoxin content of Columbia milkvetch following early season cattle grazing were measured. Cow/calf pairs grazed Columbia milkvetch infested rangeland near Lac du bois, British…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- Astragalus miser
- toxic plants
- weed biomass
- Weed Growth
- weed utilization
- Library Collection RecordEffects of short duration grazing by sheep or cattle combined with picloram treatments on leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) and Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) outside of Clyde Park, Montana. A…Publication Date 1969
- Euphorbia esula
- Kentucky bluegrass
- biological control
- density
- grazing management
- weed management
- noxious weeds
- Poa pratensis L.
- rangeland
- Library Collection RecordDensity, cover and biomass of spotted knapweed was examined on Idaho fescue, bluebunch wheatgrass dominated sites in outside of Bozeman, Montana. This study was designed to examine the effects of…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- Centaurea maculosa
- defoliation frequency
- Festuca idahoensis
- Idaho fescue
- weed invasion
- Library Collection RecordThis article is a summary of 58 articles on the effect of rotational grazing systems (RGS) on livestock grazing behavior in shrublands, with attention to riparian area impacts.Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- grazing systems
- stocking density
- foraging strategies
- livestock behavior
- livestock distribution
- Library Collection RecordYeo et al. examined cattle grazing behavior and vegetation measurements to determine the effects of implementing a rest-rotation grazing system on federally owned grazing allotments in Idaho. Cattle…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- grazing allotments
- plant community composition
- range condition
- species composition
- wildlife forage
- Library Collection RecordIn this synthesis paper, Wissmar evaluates some major environmental factors that can influence the sustainability of riparian corridors and fluvial systems along lowland-arid to mountain gradients,…Publication Date 1969
- management
- arid ecosystems
- connectivity
- cumulative impacts
- fluvial
- landscapes
- Library Collection RecordLong-term monitoring programs are viewed as key components for bringing together management organizations, researchers, and decision-makers to improve the management and health of natural resources…Publication Date 1969
- environmental monitoring
- management
- forest ecosystems
- Pacific Northwest
- stream monitoring
- watershed
- Library Collection RecordThis study in the Southern Great Plains looked at grazing duration effects on winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) and grain yield. Growth and grain yield responses to grazing duration were…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- grazing management
- tillering
- forage
- leaf area index
- biomass
- winter wheat
- Triticum aestivum
- ground cover
- heading date
- Library Collection RecordWeigel et al. broadcast seeded a kleingrass cultivar (Panicum coloratum L. 'Selection 75') into tobosagrass (Hilaria mutica) range, managed under a short-duration grazing regime, to test…Publication Date 1969
- soil compaction
- grazing management
- Panicum coloratum
- Kleingrass
- seedling establishment
- Library Collection RecordVolesky et al. measured animal performance and vegetation response to 3 different grazing systems (frontal, continuous, and rotational) with varying stocking rates. The frontal grazing system…Publication Date 1969
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- stocking rate
- grazing management
- animal production
- Plains Old World bluestem
- steer performance
- Library Collection RecordUnterschultz et al. simulated a cow/calf operation in southwestern Alberta to determine the economic viability of cattle grazing on riparian pastures and various improvements associated with…Publication Date 1969
- economics
- cattle
- grazing
- management
- rangeland
- riparian
- Library Collection RecordThe suitability of tall wheatgrass (Agropyron elongatum) as an early spring to late summer cattle forage was determined by exposing this plant to different clipping frequencies and measuring it'…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron elongatum
- nitrogen
- potassium
- calcium
- magnesium
- grazing management
- forage yield
- phosphorous
- Library Collection RecordSpecies composition of a Texas grassland under rotational grazing (3 days graze, 51 days rest) was measured when cattle were stocked at rates that were 1, 1.5, 2 and 2.5 times the recommended…Publication Date 1969
- botanical composition
- grazing management
- rotational grazing
- Exclosure
- livestock grazing
- Native Range
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of two grazing systems, short duration (graze 7 days, rest 42 days) and high-intensity, low-frequency (graze 14 days, rest 84 days) grazing, on the vegetation of the Edward's Plateau…Publication Date 1969
- primary production
- grazing management
- multi-species grazing
- species composition
- standing crop
- Vegetation Change
- Library Collection RecordStout et al. used experimental data from the northeast U.S. and the literature to assess the relationships between stocking rate and nitrate leaching losses beneath an intensively grazed pasture. A…Publication Date 1969
- leaching
- water quality
- grazing management
- stocking rate
- Nitrate
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, seed production was determined for subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum) plants exposed to no grazing, early season, late season, or extended (early and late season combined)…Publication Date 1969
- Subterranean Clover
- Trifolium subterraneum
- grazing management
- leaf area index
- components of yield
- Moisture Stress
- photosynthetically active radiation
- Library Collection RecordThis review looks at the concept of utilization. It is the authors' belief that the use of utilization data to adjust management programs, particularly with a simple mathematical formula, is an…Publication Date 1969
- utilization
- management
- crested wheatgrass
- grazing
- livestock
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordThe author used a hierarchical forage model that included the effects of palatability and availability of food plants to predict cattle grazing use of shortgrass steppe species. Validation data was…Publication Date 1969
- palatability
- grazing management
- forage models
- hierarchical models
- landscape composition
- limiting biomass
- Library Collection RecordThis paper outlines the origin of a typical riparian livestock exclosure presented in the literature, summarizes and critiques some recurrent assumptions in exclosure-based research, and presents…Publication Date 1969
- management
- ecological restoration
- livestock exclosures
- riparian ecosystems
- Western United States
- Library Collection RecordRomo et al. examined the effects of cattle grazing and simulated grazing, at different times in the growing season on winterfat (Ceratoides lanata) growth and production to determine the appropriate…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- grazing management
- productivity
- Ceratoides lanata
- standing crop
- Winterfat
- Library Collection RecordIn this long term study, vegetation utilization was measured during an 8-year period from 1975 through 1982 at locations in Idaho, Nevada, and Utah. Vegetation use was measured at streamside and…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- rotational grazing
- Cattle Distribution
- riparian
- vegetation Use
- Western United States
- 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 RecordThis review paper tracks Idaho's rangeland livestock-fishery resources from their historic development to the future, and discusses the importance of managing rangelands to produce the optimum…Publication Date 1969
- management
- forage
- livestock
- grazing
- fisheries resource
- Idaho rangelands
- riparian degradation
- Library Collection RecordEvans et al. hypothesized that cattle diet selection would shift from herbaceous species to willows (Salix spp.) as the growing season progressed. They designed their study using 14 paddocks of…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- utilization
- Carex spp.
- Salix spp.
- seasonal cattle diets
- stubble height
- Library Collection RecordPedreira et al. determined persistence of the "Florakirk" cultivar of bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) at different stocking rates (stubble heights of 8-,16-,24-cm) and management regimes (…Publication Date 1969
- Cynodon dactylon
- photosynthesis
- management
- carbohydrate reserves
- Florakirk bermudagrass
- light interception
- persistence
- rest period
- stubble height
- Library Collection RecordNavarro et al. measured the long-term (1952-1999) effects of livestock use on range condition and species composition in the Chihuahuan Desert. Range condition was the same after 47 years, however,…Publication Date 1969
- drought
- grazing management
- plant ecology
- environmental factors
- precipitation fluctuations
- rangeland condition
- succession
- Library Collection RecordMany ecologists and managers tend to treat the roles and effects of each species on river corridors individually. According to Naiman and Rogers, this focus on individual species often results in…Publication Date 1969
- management
- feeding
- hydrology
- channel processes
- functional groupings
- habitat
- large animals
- river corridors
- vegetative patch structure
- Library Collection RecordThis review looks at nonpoint source pollution in watersheds caused by cattle excrement, and how rangeland managers must address certain concerns regarding impacts on water quality due to nutrient…Publication Date 1969
- water quality
- watersheds
- management
- cattle excrement
- nonpoint source pollution
- nutrient loading
- pathogen loading
- Library Collection RecordMyers and Swanson studied three streams in central Nevada, two of which had been managed under a deferred rotation system for 7 years, and the other had complete rest for that same amount of time.…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- utilization
- management
- bank stability
- deferred rotation grazing
- gradients
- stream morphology
- width to depth ratio
- Library Collection RecordResearchers applied various timings and frequencies of simulated grazing to sand bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) and prairie sandreed (Calamovilfa longifolia) plants over three years, to determine…Publication Date 1969
- Andropogon gerardii
- grazing management
- Calamovilfa longifolia
- clipping frequency
- forage yield
- Prairie Sandreed
- sand bluestem
- Library Collection RecordThis study was initiated in Oregon in 1980 to monitor the effects on forage production of simultaneously varying both defoliation frequency and defoliation intensity in a grass-clover (Lolium perenne…Publication Date 1969
- perennial ryegrass
- Lolium perenne
- Subclover
- Trifolium subterraneum
- mowing
- grazing management
- short-duration grazing
- 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 RecordLewis et al. measured the effects of three rotational grazing systems on understory species composition and growth of longleaf pine (Pinus elliottii) trees in areas that were burned, planted, or…Publication Date 1969
- prescribed burning
- grazing management
- Longleaf Pine
- Pinus elliottii
- mechanical site disturbance
- multiple-use management
- pine-wiregrass vegetation
- 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 RecordNorthern wheatgrass (Agropyron dasystachyum, syn. Elymus lanceolatus) plants were mowed at various times during the grazing season and the amount of time required to recover to pre-defoliation…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron dasystachyum
- Elymus lanceolatus
- grazing management
- regrowth
- above-ground net primary production
- degree-days
- growing degree-days
- Northern Mixed Prairie
- northern wheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordCommunities 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