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- Library Collection RecordVujnovic et al. determined how different levels of disturbances, including grazing, affect the plant species composition and diversity in Alberta's Aspen Parkland. Species diversity was…Publication Date 1969
- invasive species
- disturbance frequency
- disturbance severity
- exotic species
- Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis
- plant community composition
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordIn pastures grazed by cattle (Bos taurus), elk (Cervus elaphus) used forested areas, draws, spur ridges, steep slopes, and higher elevations more than in ungrazed pastures. Elk avoided pastures when…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Bos taurus
- Cervus elaphus
- grazed pastures
- rested pastures
- steep slope
- Library Collection RecordTwenty-five ungulate exclosures were established in Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest in the 1930's and 1950's. Information from earlier studies and resampled vegetation (…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- Odocoileus hemionus
- black-tailed deer
- elk
- exclosures
- native ungulates
- Olympic National Park
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, authors used exclosures to determine the effects of continuous grazing at light, moderate, heavy and severe stocking rates, in Alberta rough fescue grasslands for 32 years. In…Publication Date 1969
- danthonia parryi
- Exclosure
- Festuca scabrella
- parry oat grass
- recovery
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordAuthors examined vegetation, surface seed and soil seed bank composition in rough fescue grasslands under grazing intensities, varying from no grazing to heavy grazing. Seeds in the soil were least…Publication Date 1969
- native species
- grazing intensity
- introduced species
- season
- seed bank
- soil depth
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordOver 4 years, Willms et al. compared vegetation in overgrazed and undergrazed patches, in rough fescue grasslands. Overgrazed patches were dominated by grazing-resistant seral species, while…Publication Date 1969
- organic matter
- grazing pressure
- Herbage Yield
- patches
- spatial stability
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordWikeem and Pitt determined utilization and vegetation responses of areas grazed by California bighorn sheep in British Columbia. Bighorn sheep diets consisted mostly of grasses. Although their…Publication Date 1969
- diet composition
- Ovis canadensis californiana
- plant community composition
- plant vigor
- range condition
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordFrom the time they initially colonize new areas, prairie dogs disturb grasslands by burrowing and grazing, thereby creating large patches of altered vegetation in the landscape. In this South Dakota…Publication Date 1969
- above-ground net primary production
- black-tailed prairie dogs
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- disturbance
- mixed-grass prairie
- N concentration
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordWerner and Urness looked at the forage use by elk in pastures that were on rest in a rest-rotation grazing system in central Utah. Elk use varied from 14-42% utilization, within the four rested…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- herbivory
- forage growth
- Library Collection RecordThis study evaluated the influence of flash grazing and livestock trampling on selected hydrologic variables, on the Rio Bonito watershed in central New Mexico. Mean terminal infiltration rates,…Publication Date 1969
- New Mexico
- trampling
- cattle
- bulk density
- flash grazing
- infiltration rates
- sediment yield
- Library Collection RecordWeltz and Wood conducted a study to determine the effects of short duration grazing, continuous grazing with two stocking rates (moderate and heavy), and exclusion from grazing, on infiltration rates…Publication Date 1969
- continuous grazing
- infiltration
- hydrology
- cattle
- hydrologic variables
- short duration grazing
- Library Collection RecordWeitkamp et al. measured the effects of short-duration cattle grazing on plant community diversity and soil structure in the Texas rolling plains. Short-duration grazing altered the species…Publication Date 1969
- plant density
- soil strength
- rotational grazing
- grazing system
- plant diversity
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordWatts et al. summarize the vegetation composition of pastures managed under rest-rotation and continuous grazing systems for 10 years, following fire in the Missouri River Breaks. Rest-rotation…Publication Date 1969
- canopy cover
- bare ground
- exclosures
- litter
- species composition
- vegetation cover
- Xanthium strumarium
- 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 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 RecordThis review shows how cows are important agents of geomorphological change. On the uplands, heavy grazing compacts the soil, reduces infiltration, increases runoff, and increases erosion and…Publication Date 1969
- erosion
- runoff
- cattle
- cover
- riparian
- sediment yield
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing on seed bank composition were measured on nine farms in the northeastern United States. Seedbanks in grazed pastures had lower seed species diversity, a lower percentage of…Publication Date 1969
- dairy farms
- aboveground vegetation
- management-intensive grazing
- seed bank
- species composition
- temperate grasslands
- viable seed
- 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 RecordChanges in vegetation were measured over six years in pastures exposed to different grazing systems and stocking rates on the Edwards Plateau of Texas. In general the moderate continuously grazed…Publication Date 1969
- stocking rate
- Aboveground Biomass
- bunchgrass
- grazing system
- sodgrass
- species composition
- vegetation community structure
- vegetation cover
- 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 RecordUngrazed grasslands were the most productive for bird numbers, while rotationally grazed pastures were the least productive. Cattle (Bos taurus) trampling and nest desertion after cattle had grazed…Publication Date 1969
- Bos taurus
- avian productivity
- nest cover
- nest desertion
- population sink
- pro-bird grassland management system
- Library Collection RecordVegetative composition was measured in large pastures managed with rotational and continuous grazing systems to determine which grazing system was more appropriate to maintain or improve the…Publication Date 1969
- continuous grazing
- environmental conditions
- basal area
- patch overgrazing
- patch selection
- rotational grazing system
- spatial heterogeneity
- species composition
- 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 RecordUtilization of upland and riparian vegetation was measured from 1976-1982 on sites in Idaho, Utah, and Nevada under rotation, rest-rotation, deferred, and season-long continuous grazing strategies,…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- grazing management
- grazing strategies
- riparian health
- vegetation Use
- Library Collection RecordCattle grazed a mixture of cool-season grass frost seeded with a mixture of legumes over a three year study at the Iowa State University Rhodes Research Farm (41° 52’ N, 93° 10’ W). This study…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- continuous grazing
- rotational grazing
- grazing systems
- dandelion
- Improved Pasture
- landscape topography
- weed populations
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of herbivory by waterfowl and nutria were measured because of vegetation loss in Sagittaria spp. dominated marshes along the coast of Louisiana. One set of study plots was set up on…Publication Date 1969
- Nutria
- biomass
- waterfowl
- coastal marsh
- muskrat
- Myocastor coypus
- Ondatra zibethicus
- Sagittaria latifolia
- Sagittaria platyphylla
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordSteers were used to evaluate the effects of stocking density on grazing behavior, dietary selection, forage intake, digesta kinetics, and growth rates of Carex nebraskensis and Juncus balticus in a…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- stocking density
- biomass
- steers
- Carexnebraskensis
- forage intake
- Juncusbalticus
- Library Collection RecordTo estimate lesser snow geese populations and determine the effects of geese herbivory along the Hudson Bay in the Northwest Territories, nesting and population surveys were conducted along with…Publication Date 1969
- Hudson Bay
- Chen caerulescens caerulescens
- fen
- grubbing
- lesser snow geese
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of increasing stocking rates on live weight gain and gain/hectare using light-weight (141 kg) and heavy-weight (265 kg) steers grazing Plains Old World bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum)…Publication Date 1969
- animal performance
- cattle
- grazing
- animal weight
- average daily gains
- Plains Old World bluestem
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordDuring the summer of 1985, the effects of browsing by beaver were studied at two beaver ponds in Minnesota (46°50’N, 92°11’W). Pond one (colonized from 1980-1985) was located on a…Publication Date 1969
- Trembling aspen
- Populus tremuloides
- biomass
- beaver
- beaver ponds
- Castor canadensis
- selective herbivory
- species composition
- stem diameter
- Library Collection RecordAfter more than a century of heavy, season-long cattle grazing, a study was implemented on Meadow creek in the Starkey Experimental Forest, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in the Blue Mountains of…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- cattle
- willow
- Alnus incana
- Black cottonwood
- Populus trichocarpa
- cessation
- riparian ecosystems
- Salix spp.
- thin-leaf alder
- wild ungulates
- Library Collection RecordIn this 3 year study, grazing sheep and cattle together tended to reduce the impacts of grazing on vegetation and soils, when compared to grazing either herbivore alone. Mixed species pastures had…Publication Date 1969
- Bos taurus
- Ovis aries
- soil compaction
- botanical composition
- selective grazing
- multi-species grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of simulated grazing on concentrations of N, P, and total suspended solids (TSS) in runoff from fescue dominated pastures were measured at the University of Kentucky Maine Chance…Publication Date 1969
- runoff
- nutrients
- cattle
- forage
- manure
- Rainfall Simulator
- Library Collection RecordOver nearly three years runoff from four Northwest Arkansas (36Ëš 00’ N; 94Ëš 25’ W) pasture fields was collected and analyzed for fecal coliform (FC) and fecal streptococcus (FS),…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- runoff
- water quality
- fecal coliform
- fecal streptococcus
- manure
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing on vegetation and soils were examined in two different ecosystems, the sagebrush steppe in the northwestern United States and the Patagonia steppe located in southern Argentina…Publication Date 1969
- consumption
- grazing
- primary production
- Aridity gradients
- ecosystem structure and function
- generalist herbivores
- graminoid nutritional quality
- Patagonia
- plant traits
- sagebrush steppe
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordCattle position, stocking densities, and stream discharges were measured to determine the effects of alternate watering sources with and without riparian area fencing on stream cross-sectional data…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- Sediment
- alternate water source
- best management practice
- riparian fencing
- riparian zone
- Library Collection RecordA field study conducted near Waynesville, North Carolina (35.50’ N, 83.00’ W) examined if rotationally grazing goats and cattle was effective in management of an overgrown mountain pasture.…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- goats
- Robinia pseudoacacia
- browse
- Rosa multiflora
- Rubus spp
- vegetation management
- 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 RecordLucas et al. studied the effects of none, light, and moderate cattle grazing during cool, warm, and dormant seasons on narrowleaf cottonwood (Populus angustifolia) populations and herbaceous…Publication Date 1969
- New Mexico
- cattle
- cottonwood
- populus angustifolia
- season of use
- Southwest
- Library Collection RecordRange condition, vegetation production, composition, and cover were compared between lightly and moderately grazed rangelands in the Chihuahuan Desert in southwestern New Mexico to determine if these…Publication Date 1969
- stocking rate
- livestock
- range management
- utilization
- arid lands
- range condition
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordThis study in Colorado examined the effects of variation in population density of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) on the availability and use of forage resources by cattle in a…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- grazing
- ungulates
- competition
- diet quality
- diet selection
- elk
- facilitation
- forage quality
- functional response
- net primary production
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of excluding grazing by lesser snow geese (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) on the salt marsh at La Perouse Bay, Manitoba on species composition, live standing crop and plant litter have…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Anser caerulescens caerulescens
- Carex subspathacea
- exclosures
- lesser snow geese
- Plantago maritima
- Potentilla egedii
- Puccinellia phryganodes
- salt marsh
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordThe impacts of light and moderate cattle grazing on vegetative cover and species composition in areas surrounding cold-water springs on three watersheds on the Sierra Foothill Research and Extension…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- cover
- creek
- riparian
- species composition
- watershed
- Library Collection RecordChanges due to grazing on perennial streams and resultant creeks were estimated with permanent channel cross-sectional transects perpendicular to flow at Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center…Publication Date 1969
- livestock
- cattle
- grazing
- creek
- cross-section
- riparian
- stream
- Library Collection RecordCattle foraging behavior was observed over three years on a 121 ha pasture near Leonard, North Dakota. Cattle were grazed season long at a heavy stocking rate (0.53 AUM/ha - 0.61 AUM/ha) in a…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- density
- Euphorbia esula
- economic loss
- forage production
- herbage use
- rangeland management
- Season Long Grazing
- weed utilization
- Library Collection RecordA clipping study was designed to simulate herded goat grazing and measure the effects on a leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) infested rangeland on the Sheyenne National Grasslands in North Dakota.…Publication Date 1969
- Euphorbia esula
- cattle
- biological control
- density
- biological control
- density
- Angora goats
- clipping
- EPHES
- leafy spruge
- noxious weed
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, Valone measured the effects of fire and grazing, alone and in combination, in an arid Arizona plant community. The combination of grazing and burning enhanced annual plant species…Publication Date 1969
- disturbance frequency
- disturbance intensity
- free-range grazing
- prescribed fire
- species composition
- species richness
- synergistic effects
- Library Collection RecordAuthors used a multiscale approach by studying the effects of soil type/fertilizer, burning, or mowing on species composition within both large- (10,000 m2) and small-scale (100 m2) experimental…Publication Date 1969
- burning
- classification
- mowing
- soil
- grassland
- species composition