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- 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 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 RecordReduction of amphibian populations was investigated by looking at 40 ponds in the agricultural region of southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and southwestern Wisconsin to determine what…Publication Date 1969
- agriculture
- fish
- landscape
- nitrogen
- water quality
- agricultural pond
- amphibian
- Driftless Area Ecoregion
- farm pond
- habitat management
- livestock grazing
- stock pond
- 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 effects of grazing and drought on runoff, erosion, and nutrient transport were measured over three years with 12, 50 m² lysimeters on native grassland near Miles City, Montana on the Fort…Publication Date 1969
- erosion
- nutrient transport
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- Great Plains
- lysimeter
- nutrient yield
- sediment yield
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of defoliation, compaction, nutrient return, and season of use were examined on three study areas (Willow Creek, approximately 16 km north-northwest of Brogan, Oregon, Valley Creek…Publication Date 1969
- Agrostis stolonifera
- Meadow Foxtail
- Alopecurus pratensis
- defoliation
- Carex spp.
- compaction
- nutrient return
- redtop
- Sedge
- 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 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 short term greenhouse study examined the effects of species competition and clipping on carbon allocation in leafy spurge plants grown with Idaho fescue, Kentucky bluegrass and alfalfa plants.…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- Leafy spurge
- plant competition
- Medicago sativa
- carbon allocation
- Festuca idahoensis
- grazing tolerance
- noxious range weed
- Poa pratensis L.
- 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 RecordIn a three year study, Gauthier et al. studied the response of sedges and grasses on Bylot Island to summer grazing by greater snow geese (Chen caerulescens atlantica). Study sites were selected on…Publication Date 1969
- nitrogen
- Arctic
- Dupontia fisheri
- Eriophorum scheuchzeri
- grass
- polygon fens
- Sedge
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of defoliation on biomass distribution were studied in plants of Holcus lanatus, Lolium perenne, and Trifolium repens, collected from three different-aged pastures in British Columbia.…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- Holcus lanatus
- Lolium perenne
- Trifolium repens
- grass-grazer relationship
- pasture age
- Library Collection RecordWraith et al. compared soil moisture and plant water status on grazed and ungrazed portions of a 10-paddock, short duration grazing system, on established crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum)…Publication Date 1969
- soil moisture
- water balance
- defoliation
- crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum)
- leaf water potentials
- spring grazing
- Library Collection RecordWood et al. measure infiltration and sediment production under two grazing techniques: 1, by doubling the stocking rate on rangeland fertilized by nitrogen, and 2) conventional stocking on…Publication Date 1969
- Bouteloua gracilis
- runoff
- nitrogen
- urea
- Infiltration Capacity
- Infiltrometer
- microtopography
- soil bulk density
- Library Collection RecordWood et al. sampled infiltration rates and runoff water quality on range units grazed by cattle under year-long continuous, seasonal continuous, or no grazing in Louisiana. There was no significant…Publication Date 1969
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- grazing
- interrill erosion
- sediment loss
- 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 RecordLesser snow geese (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) graze heavily on the salt marshes at La Perouse Bay, Manitoba, causing severe vegetational damage in some areas, resulting in hypersaline soils…Publication Date 1969
- nitrogen
- salinity
- temperature
- grubbing
- Hudson Bay Lowlands
- lesser snow geese
- Library Collection RecordWhite et al. measured the vegetative responses of a New Mexico blue grama rangeland to heavily stocked, short-duration grazing and moderately stocked, continuous grazing. In general, total produced…Publication Date 1969
- primary production
- defoliation
- Bouteloua gracilis
- stocking rate
- blue grama
- grazing system
- Library Collection RecordIn this Maryland study to simulate deer browsing, Whigham quantified the temporal effects of annual experimental defoliation on the growth rate of leaves and belowground corms, on senescence of corms…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- reproduction
- Orchidaceae
- defoliation
- biomass allocation
- Tipularia discolor
- woodland herb
- woodland orchid
- Library Collection RecordWeiss examined the role of livestock in maintaining nutrient-poor serpentine soil grasslands in California as suitable habitat for the threatened bay checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas cditya baycnsis…Publication Date 1969
- nitrogen
- grasslands
- grazing
- butterfly populations
- plant growth
- 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 RecordThe concentration of phenols, procyanidins, and protein in pine foliage was determined at two and eight weeks following mechanical defoliation of 0, 25, 50, and 75% in this greenhouse study. The…Publication Date 1969
- Pinus ponderosa
- Procyanidins
- defoliation
- Phenol
- ponderosa pine
- protein
- resistance
- 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 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 RecordNormalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) of experimental plots that were exposed to different intensities (5, 10, or 20 cm stubble height) and frequencies (0, 1, 3, or 6 times during the growing…Publication Date 1969
- prescribed burning
- grazing intensity
- defoliation
- grazing frequency
- normalized difference vegetation index
- remote sensing measurements
- simulated grazing
- Library Collection RecordTurner et al. hypothesized that overcompensation most likely occurs in previously ungrazed tallgrass prairie as a result of stored photosynthate. In a 3-year experiment, the authors found that…Publication Date 1969
- history
- mowing
- nitrogen
- aboveground and belowground biomass
- cattle grazing
- defoliation intensity
- frequency
- Konza Prairie Research National Area
- maximization of production
- overcompensation
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordSvejcar and Christiansen measured root mass, root length, and leaf area index on Caucasian bluestem (Bothriochloa caucasica) pastures that were lightly or heavily grazed by cattle. Plants in heavily…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- grazing intensity
- Bothriochloa caucasica
- Caucasian Bluestem
- grazing tolerance
- root length density
- root:shoot ratio
- Library Collection RecordThis study was conducted on two sites in Pennsylvania to measure NO3-N leaching loss from spring-, summer-, and fall-applied urine and summer applied feces beneath N-fertilized orchardgrass (Dactyls…Publication Date 1969
- nitrogen
- urine
- feces
- Dactyls glomerata
- management intensive grazing
- NO3-N leaching
- northeast United States
- orchardgrass
- soil water storage capacity
- Library Collection RecordSteinauer and Collins examined the influence of one and two applications of simulated bovine urine on vegetation structure on tallgrass prairie either every 2 or 4 years at Konza Prairie Research…Publication Date 1969
- nitrogen
- alpha diversity
- beta diversity
- clipping
- sandhills prairie
- simulated bovine urine
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordDuring a study in Florida, in the first year of defoliation, dry matter (DM) harvested for 'Mott' elephantgrass (Pennisetum purpureum) and 'S-Mott' varied little from that of the…Publication Date 1969
- Pennisetum glaucum
- elephant grass
- Pennisetum purpureum
- defoliation
- crude protein
- agronomic performance
- in vitro digestible organic matter
- pearl millet
- Pennisetum hybrids
- 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 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 RecordFollowing 40 years of rest, Wyoming mixed grass prairie grazed at light and heavy intensities for 12 years had significantly greater carbon and nitrogen in the root zone of the soil profile than an…Publication Date 1969
- carbon
- nitrogen
- rangelands
- C and N balance
- mixed-grass prairie
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of elk (Cervus elaphus) browsing on plant growth and nitrogen (N) cycling were measured in short willow and tall willow (Salix spp.), aspen (Populus tremuloides), and upland grass/shrub…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- mineralization
- nitrogen
- overgrazing
- plant production
- willow
- elk
- elk herbivory
- overabundance
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Salix spp.
- 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 RecordNitrogen losses and cycling due to goose (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) grazing and fecal deposition were measured by Ruess et al, on the La Perouse Bay, where large flocks of geese graze each year…Publication Date 1969
- nitrogen
- Ammonia Volatilization
- Chen caerulescens caerulescens
- forage quality
- lesser snow goose
- nutrient cycling
- 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 RecordThis study was initiated to determine if herbivores increase or decrease the rate of nutrient cycling in oak savanna plant communities. Plant communities inside of exclosures had more above-ground…Publication Date 1969
- legumes
- herbivores
- nitrogen
- plants
- positive feedback
- savanna
- Library Collection RecordRatliff and Westfall examined the responses of Nebraska sedge (Carex nebraskensis) to protection and grazing. The study took place in Tule Meadow, in the Sierra National Forest, California where…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- protection
- nitrogen
- carex nebraskensis
- clipping
- forage species
- phosphorous
- shoot density
- shoot frequency
- Library Collection RecordRaillard and Svoboda investigated the clipping on a natural stand of Carex aquatilis var. stans in Sverdrup Pass, Ellesmere Island, in the province of Nunavut, Canada. The authors subjected plots of…Publication Date 1969
- carbon
- nitrogen
- biomass production
- C/N ratio
- net primary production
- simulated grazing
- Library Collection RecordPolley and Detling collected western wheatgrass (Agropyron smithii) from a heavily grazed area in South Dakota, colonized by black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus), and from an adjacent…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron smithii
- nitrogen
- biomass yield
- black-tailed prairie dog
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- western wheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordPolley and Detling examined the effects of defoliation on growth and nitrogen nutrition in populations of Agropyron smithii (western wheatgrass) collected from a heavily grazed black-tailed prairie…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- grasslands
- biomass production
- nitrogen accumulation
- prairie dog colonies
- 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