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- 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 RecordThe relationship of soil and vegetation factors to soil loss and runoff were examined near Center, North Dakota on reclaimed mine-land pastures (Cabba Soils) and adjacent native rangeland (Sen Soils…Publication Date 1969
- erosion
- runoff
- pastures
- rangelands
- grazing
- vegetation
- Simulated rainfall
- soil loss
- Library Collection RecordThe Goodwin Creek Experimental Watershed in northern Mississippi was used to investigate how switching from cultivated land to non-cultivated land, including pastures, alters the amount and rate of…Publication Date 1969
- erosion
- land use
- rainfall
- runoff
- sediment transport
- Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT model)
- watershed
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of summer grazing by captive lesser snow geese goslings (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) on the vegetation of the La Perouse Bay salt marsh in Manitoba, Canada (58Ã�ï¿Â…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- vegetation
- Chen caerulescens caerulescens
- forage quality
- herbivore-optimization model
- lesser snow goose
- net above-ground primary production (NAPP)
- Puccinellia phryganodes
- Library Collection RecordThis study was conducted to further determine relationships of soil and vegetation factors to soil loss and water runoff from reclaimed pastures and rangeland in Nebraska. Results showed that soil…Publication Date 1969
- erosion
- runoff
- pastures
- rangelands
- grazing
- vegetation
- Simulated rainfall
- soil loss
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of prescribed fire and livestock grazing on a semi-arid grassland community dominated by the non-native invasive grass, Lehman lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees) were evaluated at…Publication Date 1969
- Arizona
- prescribed burning
- species diversity
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- invasive grasses
- Lehmann lovegrass
- livestock grazing
- native plants
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordThe progression of land use changes in El Dorado County, California from 1957 to 1997 was summarized by cataloging past and present land management practices in addition to associated political…Publication Date 1969
- land management
- land use
- ranching
- conservation
- hardwood rangeland
- political ecology
- Sierra Nevada
- Library Collection RecordA land-use plan and a soil conservation strategy for reducing catastrophic soil erosion in the central eastern area of Nigeria (05Ëš 38’, 7Ëš 07’ N; 06Ëš 36’, 8Ëš 30 Publication Date 1969
- erosion control
- land degradation
- land management
- land use
- Nigeria
- soil conservation
- soil erosion
- water conservation
- soil loss tolerance
- Library Collection RecordMcClaren and Anable measured the changes in density of Lehmann lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana) and native grasses, and the proportion of lovegrass present along a livestock grazing intensity…Publication Date 1969
- invasive species
- Arizona
- disturbance
- mesquite-grass savanna
- repeated measure analysis
- 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 RecordBased on their previous experience and research results, Taylor et al. present the following conclusions relative to vegetation and soil response to intensive grazing systems: 1) rest, rather than…Publication Date 1969
- rest
- vegetation
- productivity
- deferred-rotation grazing
- Edwards Plateau
- high-intensity low-frequency grazing
- short duration grazing
- soil stability
- Library Collection RecordIn this Florida study, Steinman et al. used a recently established, replicated cattle ranch to investigate the effects of cattle grazing and pasture land use on invertebrate communities in seasonal…Publication Date 1969
- invertebrates
- nutrients
- land use
- cattle grazing
- Chironomids
- Florida wetlands
- Improved Pasture
- semi-native pasture
- Library Collection RecordBandelier National Monument erected a series of ungulate exclosures and paired reference areas to evaluate elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) impacts on the vegetative community in pinyon (Pinus edulis)-…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- trampling
- vegetation
- Cervus elaphus nelsoni
- elk
- impacts
- Simulated
- Library Collection RecordNash et al. found a difference in the community structure of ants between a rangeland in good condition and a rangeland in poor condition, but could not find differences in the ant communities of…Publication Date 1969
- vegetation
- ant
- bare patches
- cool desert
- Formica spp.
- Great Basin
- indicator
- livestock grazing
- Pheidole spp.
- range condition
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, Martorell and Peters measured the impacts of human and livestock disturbance on Mammillaria pectinifera, a threatened Mexican globose cactus. In general, decreases in cactus…Publication Date 1969
- methods
- overgrazing
- land use
- land degradation
- density
- multimetric indices
- Library Collection RecordChanges in vegetation under yearlong grazing were compared with those under Santa Rita grazing system, a rotation system designed for southwestern US rangelands where 90% of the forage is produced in…Publication Date 1969
- Arizona
- 3-pasture
- grass density
- Rotation Grazing
- semidesert grasslands
- shrub intercept
- Library Collection RecordIntensive rotational grazing was used to see if it could be used as an alternative to costly buffer strips to restore streambanks following continuous grazing. The authors compared bank erosion,…Publication Date 1969
- erosion
- fish
- land use
- riparian vegetation
- streams
- buffer strips
- fish habitat
- index of biotic integrity
- intensive rotational grazing
- 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 RecordJepson-Innes and Bock looked at the effect of cattle grazing on the abundance of grasshopper species on the Appleton-White Research Ranch in southeastern Arizona. The subfamilies Gomphocerinae,…Publication Date 1969
- Acrididae
- Arizona
- grazing
- abundance
- Gomphocerinae
- Melanoplinae
- Library Collection RecordHerbivores influence growth, recruitment, and mortality rates of plants and may do so in ways correlated with plant density, frequency, or other neighborhood traits, or with competitive abilities.…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- vegetation
- competition
- disturbance
- frequency-dependence
- Library Collection RecordThe data from 10 exclosures examined in Arizona shows few differences in species frequencies between the inside and outside, with some exceptions. The large amount of sameness between the grazed and…Publication Date 1969
- Arizona
- grazing
- grazing management
- Exclosure
- sagebrush grasslands
- 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 grazing gradient in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah was identified with field measurements and spectral mixture analysis (SMA) of remotely sensed hyperspectral imagery. Grazing…Publication Date 1969
- land degradation
- land use
- overgrazing
- rangelands
- grazing gradient
- hyperspectral
- imaging spectroscopy
- Library Collection RecordHalstad et al. looked the effects of a deferred, rest-rotation grazing system on the feeding site selection by elk at the Walker Basin Allotment in Central Arizona. Cattle grazed a four pasture…Publication Date 1969
- Arizona
- deferred grazing
- paired-plots
- rest-rotation
- stubble height
- western wheatgrass
- 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 RecordOne of the goals of the Buenos Aries National Wildlife Refuge is to preserve native vegetation on grasslands that have been invaded by mesquite (Prosopis velutina) and many non-native species,…Publication Date 1969
- climate
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- grazing
- Arizona
- fire
- long-term monitoring
- non-native
- Semi-Desert Grassland
- Library Collection RecordDuebbert et al. examined the intensity of grazing on the nesting success of dabbling ducks in central North Dakota. The two main nesting habitats within the study area were the western snowberry/…Publication Date 1969
- rotational grazing
- vegetation
- nesting cover
- prairie health
- wetland
- Library Collection RecordBristow et al. looked at the effects of cattle grazing on the habitat selection of Montezuma quail in Arizona. The most important aspect of quail habitat was ample hiding cover followed closely by…Publication Date 1969
- Arizona
- grazing
- cattle
- Cyrtonyx montezumae
- habitat selection
- Madrean evergreen woodland
- Montezuma quail