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- Library Collection RecordLong-term changes in plant community composition and vegetative structure were measured using 10 permanent plots established in 1992 and revisited in 2001. Permanent plots were established in four…Publication Date 1969
- monitoring
- disturbance
- Great Basin National Park
- livestock removal
- riparian ecosystems
- tree diameter
- woody vegetation
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of cattle grazing on soil moisture were determined during this two year study conducted on five sites: three sites under forage (one on reclaimed mine lands), and two sites under pasture…Publication Date 1969
- forage
- grazing
- water retention
- runoff
- pasture
- total soil water
- Library Collection RecordRunoff, infiltration rates and accumulated infiltration were measured near Keephills, Alberta (53� 30� N; 114� 27� W) on two pasture sites, and three…Publication Date 1969
- infiltration
- runoff
- grazing
- Rainfall Simulator
- reclaimed mineland
- 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 RecordEighteen communally grazed grasslands and adjacent ungrazed areas with different periods grazing and exclusion were examined in South Africa, nine sites within eutrophic soil near Mpumalanga (25Ëš…Publication Date 1969
- Communal lands
- grazing
- South Africa
- degraded
- protected lands
- rapid change
- resilience
- state-and-transition models
- Library Collection RecordIndividual species response to grazing, physical disturbance, competition and fire was analyzed at a population-level and community-level in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania (34˚ 05â…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- herbivores
- species diversity
- Community organization
- community structure
- disturbance
- functional response group
- mammalian grazer
- Manipulation
- Library Collection RecordThree new predictions of grazing impacts on arid rangelands: (plant species richness will exhibit a negative but moderate decrease with grazing; a separate degradation state within the impact zone…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- soil texture
- Australia
- arid lands
- desert
- distance gradients
- disturbance
- state and transition models
- water remoteness
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of moderate grazing, topsoil removal and hay transfer on species diversity and abundance on a eutrophic fen grassland site in northern Germany of Schleswig’s-Holstein (54° 13’ N, 10…Publication Date 1969
- Peat
- grazing
- colonization
- dispersal
- hay transfer
- riparian area
- seed bank
- seed limitation
- seed transfer
- species-rich hay material
- three-factorial field experiment
- topsoil removal
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of 4 grazing treatments (rest-rotation, deferred-rotation, season-long, and no grazing) on riparian soil infiltration, bulk density, and penetrability were examined in a study located on…Publication Date 1969
- infiltration
- grazing
- riparian zones
- Oregon
- grazing systems
- bulk density
- penetrometer penetrability
- riparian soils
- sediment production
- Library Collection RecordSoil-water infiltration rates of established multi-species riparian buffer (MBR), cultivated fields and grazed pasture were examined along Bear Creek in Story County, Iowa (42° 11’ N, 93° 30’…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- switchgrass
- Panicum virgatum
- conservation buffer
- filter strip
- riparian forest buffer
- soil quality
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of disturbances caused by greater snow goose (Chen caerulescens atlantica) grubbing, ice scouring, and the combination of the two were examined on a tidal marsh (47° 00’N ; 70° 35’…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- primary production
- Quebec
- disturbance
- grubbing
- ice drift
- plant dynamics
- Scirpus marsh
- St. Lawrence estuary
- Library Collection RecordThis article emphasizes the importance of the streambank stability to the habitat conditions for fish in streams.Publication Date 1969
- Sediment
- grazing
- channel profile
- fish habitat
- streambank stability
- streambank vegetation
- Library Collection RecordThe impacts of grazing on soil heterogeneity and changing soil dynamics on desert and semiarid grasslands using both classical and geostatistical methods of analysis were examined in a study in Inner…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- soil properties
- desertification
- Degraded sandy grassland
- geostatistical analysis
- restoration
- semivariograms
- spatial heterogeneity
- 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 RecordAdler and Lauenroth recorded canopy cover, density, litter, bareground, soil texture, and small mammal activity on eight paired plots of moderately grazed pastures and ungrazed exclosures.…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- plant competition
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Buchloe dactyloides
- Agropyron smithii
- Stipa comata
- Aristida longiseta
- bunchgrasses
- disturbance
- Moran's I
- Sitanion hystrix
- spatial dependence
- 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 RecordAuthors use a bioeconomic dynamic programming model building on physical relationships presented by Noy-Meir (1975), which incorporates both animal performance over time and resultant stream of…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- overgrazing
- bioeconomic model
- financial return
- rangeland
- stocking rates
- 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 RecordThe effects of cattle grazing alone and grazing paired with herbicide application on yellow starthistle, ability of annual and perennial grasses to suppress yellow starthistle through competition,…Publication Date 1969
- plant density
- weed management
- grazing
- Centaurea solstitialis
- Herbicide Treatment
- plant canopy
- plant mortality
- Plant Size
- Library Collection RecordThis article is a summary of 83 papers on the use of grazing in restoration projects within the tallgrass prairie ecosystem highlighting species distributions dynamics, the relationship between…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- plant communities
- degradation
- floral history
- microsites
- plant diversity
- rare species
- restoration
- species dominance
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordAarssen and Turkington studied the effects of four pasture ages, seeded in 1914, 1939, 1958, and 1977, on vegetative and reproductive characteristics of three plant species (Holcus lanatus, Lolium…Publication Date 1969
- Holcus lanatus
- Lolium perenne
- Trifolium repens
- grazing
- genetic selection
- pasture age
- Library Collection RecordA two year study was conducted in Newfoundland on the Gros Morne National Park, a boreal ecosystem, to determine the level of susceptibility to invasion and if any kind of disturbance would cause…Publication Date 1969
- soil pH
- herbivory
- forests
- boreal ecosystem
- disturbance
- human activity
- natural areas
- weed spread
- Library Collection RecordEstablishment and survival of five weeds were examined across a gradient from uplands to lowlands with 5 combinations of disturbances (long-term grazed, and grazed during experiment, long-term grazed…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- compensatory growth
- Cirsium arvense
- disturbance
- establishment
- Kochia scoparia
- landscape topography
- Lepidium densiflorum
- Salsola iberica
- Sisymbrium altissimum
- Library Collection RecordCurrent disturbance models (predation hypothesis, intermediate-disturbance hypothesis, and the Huston hypothesis) do not adequately account for the wide range of responses by grassland plants…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- herbivory
- evolutionary history of grazing
- grassland community structure
- grazing model
- Huston hypothesis
- intermediate-disturbance hypothesis
- moisture
- predation hypothesis
- Library Collection RecordSurface runoff and soil erosion, as well as non-point source (NPS) pollutants carried with them, are a concern in watershed management. A study was conducted at Agriculture Canada Stavely Range…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- snow
- soil water assessment tool (SWAT)
- statistical evaluation
- surface runoff
- watershed
- Library Collection RecordPlains cottonwood and peachleaf willow seedling establishment was studied to determine the effects of seedbed disturbance and irrigation along Boulder Creek, Colorado (40° 3' N, 105° 8…Publication Date 1969
- Populus deltoides
- disturbance
- Flood
- natural seedfall
- peachleaf willow
- plains cottonwood
- restoration
- riparian
- Salix amygdaloides
- seedling establishment
- Library Collection RecordEvapotranspiration (ET) along with soil water content, aboveground biomass and leaf area index (LAI) was investigated to gain a better understanding of how grazing affects water availability in the…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- biomass
- evapotranspiration
- soil water
- forage production
- 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 effects of multiple grazing sessions (no grazing, early season grazing 1-6 times every 12 days, or early season grazing 2-3 times every 24 days or late-season once every 12 days for three…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Chen caerulescens caerulescens
- forage quality
- lesser snow goose
- net above-ground primary production (NAPP)
- Puccinellia phryganodes
- shoot nitrogen content
- 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 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 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 RecordThis article is a summary of five economic studies (South Dakota, North Dakota, Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico) that examined the economic effects of short-duration grazing where four questions [1)…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- risk management
- beef production
- biological conditions
- cash-flow requirements
- Ecological Conditions
- economics research
- optimal investment
- optimal stocking level
- Short-duration grazing (SDG)
- 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 RecordThis scientific opinion is based on the authors' experience with riparian restoration while focusing on one riparian restoration project in northeastern Oregon where cattle grazing was stopped…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- cottonwoods
- active restoration
- alder
- passive restoration
- Populus spp.
- riparian ecosystems
- Salix spp.
- willows
- Library Collection RecordChanges in plant cover due to Lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) herbivory along the salt marshes of La Pérouse Bay, Manitoba (58° 45’ N, 93° 30’ W) were…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Bare Soil
- bareground
- Chen caerulescens caerulescens
- fecal density
- grubbing
- lesser snow geese
- species assemblage
- standing crop
- Library Collection RecordDuck nest success on 12 pastures grazed under a once-over rotational grazing system and 12 pastures grazed season-long was measured in the prairie pothole region of southern Saskatchewan. In 1995 and…Publication Date 1969
- ducks
- grazing
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- Saskatchewan
- nest success
- 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 effects of mowing, burning, and grazing on big sacaton (Sporobolus wrightii) grasslands were measured 80 km south of Tucson, Arizona (31° 47' N; 110° 37' W). Study area was…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- mowing
- carrying capacity
- livestock production
- plant production
- pasture management
- big sacaton
- forage quality
- Sporobolus wrightii
- standing crop
- 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 is a literature review of 146 papers that synthesized scientific research to determine if stubble height is an appropriate tool for monitoring riparian areas. In addition, the authors examined…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- livestock management
- trampling
- utilization
- willow
- streambanks
- Library Collection RecordA 10-year riparian grazing study was conducted on Stanley Creek, approximately 6 km northwest of Stanley, Idaho (Lat 44°15’46â€Â, Long 114°59’02â€Â). The area has had a…Publication Date 1969
- willow
- fisheries
- livestock management
- grazing
- Mountain Meadow
- riparian
- salmonid
- species richness
- streambank stability
- width/depth ratio
- Library Collection RecordThe Versatile Soil Moisture Budget (VB2000) is a model that was developed to describe soil water movement in one dimension through the use of meteorlogical and soil/crop properties. It was used in a…Publication Date 1969
- runoff
- grazing
- model performance
- moisture budget
- slope position
- total soil water
- Water Infiltration
- 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 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 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 cattle manure application and duration on runoff quality with respect to N, P, and fecal coliform (FC) from fescue dominated pastures were measured at the University of Kentucky Maine…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- runoff
- nutrients
- fecal coliform
- Library Collection RecordThis scientific opinion paper focuses on the weaknesses of recent studies out at La Perouse Bay on the coast of Hudson Bay that have examined the effect of Lesser Snow Geese grazing on net above-…Publication Date 1969
- geese
- grazing
- forage
- net-above ground primary production (NAPP)
- nutrient cycling
- succession