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- Library Collection RecordMartinez et al. looked at the dietary similarities between cattle and white-tailed deer under two grazing regimes on the Rio Grande plains. Cattle and deer dietary overlap was the greatest on the…Publication Date 1969
- livestock
- cervids
- forage preferences
- grazing methods
- zacate toboso
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this study was to evaluate differences in aboveground biomass production by plant species between grazed and ungrazed sites on Yellowstone National Park's northern elk (Cervus…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Cervus elaphus
- bison
- Bison bison
- bunchgrasses
- elk
- native ungulates
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to determine the impact of sediment-bound bacteria on water quality, in a rangeland stream in Oregon. The stream bottom was disrupted (raked) at three locations along…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- bacteria
- livestock
- streams
- runoff
- fecal coliform
- fecal streptococcus
- resuspended organisms
- 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 RecordWater quality, riparian vegetation, and bank stability were measured in pastures that were ungrazed, season-long grazed pastures, and pastures grazed early or late in the year. Bank stability and…Publication Date 1969
- agriculture
- livestock
- water quality
- Algae
- riparian
- Library Collection RecordRyerson and Parmenter report observations of vegetation change in a region of central New Mexico, from 1976-1996, following the removal of all livestock and prairie dogs in 1972-1975, in order to…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- livestock
- desert grasslands
- Exclosure
- prairie dogs
- Library Collection RecordPlatts and Nelson examined the effects of a rest-rotation grazing system versus complete rest on streams that had experienced wildlife use exclusively, in the previous 20 years, as well as streams…Publication Date 1969
- forage
- watersheds
- livestock
- rest-rotation grazing
- stream-bank alteration
- stream-side meadows
- 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 RecordResearch cited by Painter and Belsky (1993) may have demonstrated overcompensation or compensatory growth by individual plants in response to harvesting. Patten states that when considering the…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- compensatory growth
- grazing
- overgrazing
- elk
- herbivore optimization
- mixed cattle and elk grazing
- overcompensation
- Southwest
- western rangelands
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordPainter and Belsky (1993) use the debate over compensatory growth as the focus for discussion about the development of basic ecological research and its application to rangeland management. They…Publication Date 1969
- grazing systems
- range management
- livestock grazing
- Selectivity
- semi-arid rangelands
- Library Collection RecordEcological research can be misinterpreted by the popular press and misapplied in land management. One example of this concerns the controversial concepts of overcompensation by grazed plants and…Publication Date 1969
- compensatory growth
- overgrazing
- range management
- application of research
- herbivore optimization
- holistic resource management
- livestock grazing
- management of public land
- misinterpreting research results
- semi-arid western rangelands
- shaping public opinions
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, Merrill et al. sampled above and belowground biomass of Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis) and bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum) plants, as well as nematode densities associated…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Agropyron spicatum
- nematodes
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- Cervus elphus
- elk
- Festuca idahoensis
- Idaho fescue
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordMcInnis and McIver studied the differences in riparian area damage between pastures that provided free-choice, off-stream watering and salt and those that did not. Over the 2-year study, average…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- water quality
- livestock
- greenline
- off-stream water
- Library Collection RecordThe authors present data on the effects of elk (Cervus elaphus) herbivory on grassland species composition, biomass production, and forage quality, and to document any changes in ungulate-grassland…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- grazing
- grasslands
- herbivory
- elk
- fire effects
- forage quality
- ungulate winter range
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordLaycock states that past history of range management is important in understanding where we are and how we got here. However, dogmatic clinging to the past, has, in some situations, hindered our…Publication Date 1969
- range management
- grazing systems
- climax communities
- monitoring methodology
- rangeland health
- Library Collection RecordTo determine the history of browsing by elk (Cervus elaphus) on narrowleaf cottonwood (Populus angustifolia), at a site in northern Yellowstone National Park, Keigley assigned each individual…Publication Date 1969
- architecture
- Cervus elaphus
- Growth Form
- browsing history
- elk
- narrowleaf cottonwood
- populus angustifolia
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing by sheep and wildlife on willow (Salix spp.) communities in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem were compared in this study. Willow communities grazed by wildlife (elk, Cervus…Publication Date 1969
- willow
- grazing
- elk
- rangeland health
- repeat photography
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordSome researches state that willows (Salix spp.) on Yellowstone National Park's northern range have declined because of climatic change, fire suppression, reduced chemical defenses, or other…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- aboriginal overkill
- beaver
- elk
- Native Americans
- natural regulation
- park management
- Yellowstone National Park
- 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 RecordTo evaluate streambank fencing as a management tool, for two years Homyack and Giuliano measured the richness, abundance, and biomass of reptile and amphibian species on 10 grazed streams and…Publication Date 1969
- biomass
- livestock
- vegetation
- water quality
- abundance
- amphibian
- herpetofauna
- macroinvertebrate
- reptile
- riparian areas
- species richness
- streambank fencing
- 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 RecordHeitschmidt's objectives in this review are to (1) examine the potential impact of livestock and other large herbivores on rangeland vegetation; and (2) relate these concepts to the concept of…Publication Date 1969
- livestock
- grazing optimization theory
- management goals
- management practices
- range improvement
- terrestrial ecosystems
- 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 RecordGiuliano and Homyack looked at the effects of cattle grazing on small mammal composition in riparian areas, where cattle have been previously excluded from grazing. Ungrazed areas were 1.7 times…Publication Date 1969
- fencing
- livestock
- vegetation
- wildlife
- litter
- pasture
- stream
- Library Collection RecordAfter a 3-year study, Ganskopp et al. determined the cumulative effects of grazing on young bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) plants for combinations of winter wildlife use and early- or late-season…Publication Date 1969
- antelope bitterbrush
- Purshia tridentata
- livestock
- big game
- wildlife
- habitat
- shrub
- winter range
- Library Collection RecordOver the past dozen years, the population of bison (Bison bison) on the northern winter range of Yellowstone National Park has expanded from the traditional core along the lower Lamar River, occupied…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- distribution
- group size
- forage
- Bison bison
- population counts
- range expansion
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordFour, 0.5 acre sampling areas were established in spring 1983 along 0.93 mile of a canyon in Sheeprock Mountains of western Utah. Half of each area was randomly excluded from cattle grazing. Forage…Publication Date 1969
- livestock
- mule deer
- wildlife
- nutrition
- Library Collection RecordEffects of streambank fencing on reptile and amphibian species richness, abundance, and biomass were investigated within and around the Pike Run watershed of southwestern Pennsylvania. This was done…Publication Date 1969
- biomass
- livestock
- vegetation
- water quality
- abundance
- amphibian
- herpetofauna
- macroinvertebrate
- reptile
- riparian areas
- species richness
- streambank fencing
- Library Collection RecordThis opinion paper is a summary of 43 articles outlining the challenges (species of grazing animal and rangeland factors) and how to overcome these challenges to set appropriate stocking rates.Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- livestock production
- range management
- Annual Precipitation
- forage production
- Key Species
- range types
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordHistorical changes in stocking rates of domestic livestock on fenced ranches was used to determine if rangeland degradation has taken place in semi-arid and arid rangelands of Cape Province, South…Publication Date 1969
- degradation
- grazing
- livestock
- primary productivity
- South Africa
- Arid rangelands
- biome
- semi-arid rangelands
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordThe landscape history of the last 150 years was reconstructed by the examination of the sedimentary record of eight small lakes in the northern range of Yellowstone National Park. The purpose was to…Publication Date 1969
- range management
- ungulates
- diatom stratigraphy
- elk populations
- erosion rates
- lead-210 dating
- paleoecology
- paleolimnology
- pollen analysis
- sediment geochemistry
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection Record: In the summer of 1994, five narrowleaf cottonwood stands in northeastern Yellowstone National Park were measured for the effects of elk herbivory. These stands were dated by photographs from…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- browsing
- herbivory
- elk
- narrowleaf cottonwood
- Populus augustifolia
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordThis is a scientific synthesis based on the author’s PhD dissertation along with 141 other studies on elk, moose, and beaver herbivory in riparian communities in the northern range of…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- moose
- Alces alces
- beaver
- Castor canadensis
- elk
- Intermountain West
- native ungulates
- riparian communities
- water cycle
- Yellowstone National Park
- 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 RecordThe degree that cottonwood recruitment has not occurred and the identification of potential links between environmental factors and recruitment were examined in this study conducted along the Lamar…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- wolves
- Canis lupus
- cottonwood
- elk
- Populus spp.
- riparian
- trophic cascades
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordEffect of three grazing regimes on the habitat selection of passerines and nest selection of waterfowl along the St. Lawrence River in Quebec was examined. The study was conducted on three islands…Publication Date 1969
- agriculture
- birds
- livestock
- Quebec
- waterfowl
- flooded prairies
- pasture
- 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 RecordEffects of elk browsing on willows following simulated beaver use were examined to determine if heavy elk browsing on riparian willows was causing the beaver population to decline. This three year…Publication Date 1969
- compensatory growth
- Cervus elaphus
- herbivory
- livestock
- willow
- beaver
- Castor canadensis
- elk
- plant-herbivore interactions
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Salix monticola
- standing crop
- ungulate
- 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 RecordA clipping study was set up to examine the optimal defoliation timing, intensity (stubble height), and frequency for maximum seed reduction and to prepare an effective seedbed for native reseeding…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- livestock
- weed control
- cheatgrass
- cheatgrass control
- clipping
- native plant restoration
- Library Collection RecordThe total biomass response of Stipa occidentalis to elevated CO2 was similar (averaging 18% increase in biomass) to the response found for other grassland species. However, the increase in total…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- herbivory
- grasslands
- CO2 enrichment
- global change
- Stipa occidentalis
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordInfiltration rate and sediment production were observed over two years in Texas in an intensive rotational grazing system. Midgrass-dominated interspaces were characterized by significantly higher…Publication Date 1969
- livestock
- Infiltration Rate
- intensive rotational grazing
- sediment production
- Library Collection RecordGeneral review article discussing the direction of grazing management and research in the next millennium. Discussed are trends of the future that will affect societal demands and available…Publication Date 1969
- livestock
- grazing
- research
- distribution
- timing
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordIn a recent Journal of Range Management article, Singer et al. (1994) reported that evidence from his study indicates that suppressed willows (Salix spp.) on Yellowstone National Park's northern…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- willow
- production
- browsing
- elk
- forage quality
- Moisture Stress
- Salix spp.
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordValone and Sauter looked at the effects of cattle exclusion, for over 20 years, from a shrub-dominated site to see how rodents and grass species would respond. The authors believe that high cattle…Publication Date 1969
- Arizona
- livestock
- overgrazing
- alternate stable state
- perennial grass
- time lag
- Library Collection RecordAccording to Trlica and Rittenhouse, grazing is more than just defoliation of plants. Large grazing herbivores change energy balance at the soil surface, create different levels of system…Publication Date 1969
- compensatory growth
- Plant fitness
- range management
- defoliation responses
- grazing avoidance vs. tolerance
- grazing resistance
- hierarchical ecological levels
- information needs of natural resources managers
- plant physiological status
- semi-arid rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThis study assessed effects of voles (Microtus) on nitrogen dynamics using exclosures in two riparian meadows (Crystal Bench and Blacktail Deer Creek), in Yellowstone National Park. Results showed…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- legumes
- voles
- Microtus
- mineralization
- nitrogen
- plant litter
- soil organic matter
- Trifolium
- nitrogen cycling
- potentially mineralizable
- riparian
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordThe authors of this study linked the overall decline of willows (Salix spp.) in Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain National Parks to the increasing elk (Cervus elaphus) populations in these parks since…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- growth environment
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Salix spp.
- ungulate management
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordSinger et al. reviewed new and previously published data on ungulate numbers and soil and vegetation characteristics in and out of long-term exclosures in Yellowstone National Park (YNP), 25 years…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- overgrazing
- elk
- exclosures
- National Park Service Policy
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordSinger et al. present in this paper an evaluation of the abundance of elk (Cervus elaphus) and bison (Bison bison) and their grazing on ungulate winter ranges in two national parks (Yellowstone…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- Cervus elaphus
- mineralization
- Bison bison
- elk
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- ungulate herbivory
- Yellowstone National Park