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- Library Collection RecordIn Nebraska, Mousel et al. conducted a 3-year (1999, 2000, 2001) pasture experiment to determine the effects of timing and frequency of grazing on big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) etiolated tiller…Publication Date 1969
- Andropogon gerardii
- timing
- big bluestem
- frequency
- recovery
- rest period
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordMower and Smith looked at the diet similarity of elk and mule deer in northcentral Utah. Elk and mule deer had a 71% diet similarity with little separation in type of forage selected. Two reasons…Publication Date 1969
- competition
- diet composition
- forage availability
- human disturbance
- Library Collection RecordThe authors of this study used exclosures and simulated grazing to determine if arrowgrass (Triglochin palustris) plant biomass allocation and reproductive strategy was related to goose herbivory.…Publication Date 1969
- Alaska
- sexual reproduction
- brant geese
- subarctic salt marsh
- Vegetative Reproduction
- Library Collection RecordArrowgrass (Triglochin palustris), a forage species preferred by some geese, was transplanted to 4 community types, representing zones in an Alaskan salt marsh, where fertilizers and altered salinity…Publication Date 1969
- arrowgrass
- biomass allocation
- goose herbivory
- subarctic salt marsh
- Triglochin palustris
- Library Collection RecordVarious timings and frequencies of simulated grazing were applied to little bluestem plants (Schizachyrium scoparium) over three years in order to determine the appropriate grazing management for…Publication Date 1969
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- clipping frequency
- grazing frequency
- little bluestem
- persistence
- plant yield
- simulated grazing
- Library Collection RecordResearchers applied various timings and frequencies of simulated grazing to sand bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) and prairie sandreed (Calamovilfa longifolia) plants over three years, to determine…Publication Date 1969
- Andropogon gerardii
- grazing management
- Calamovilfa longifolia
- clipping frequency
- forage yield
- Prairie Sandreed
- sand bluestem
- Library Collection RecordThis study was designed to isolate the differential effects of (1) herbivory, (2) competition of entangling vegetation, (3) nutrient augmentation, and (4) flood stress on growth rates of baldcypress…Publication Date 1969
- baldcypress
- Taxodium distichum
- Nutria
- Louisiana
- Myocastor coypus
- Pontchartrain
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordData was collected over 5, non-continuous years, at two locations in Nevada. Streams were classified according to their pool/riffle ratio, percent soil stability, percent vegetation stability and…Publication Date 1969
- riparian vegetation
- watershed management
- aquatic ecosystems
- fish habitat
- livestock grazing impact
- stream morphology
- stream stability
- wildland hydrology
- Library Collection RecordTo better sort natural influences from livestock influences, stream stability rating indicator variables were related to stream types and levels of ungulate bank damage, in a large database for…Publication Date 1969
- riparian vegetation
- watershed management
- aquatic ecosystems
- livestock grazing impact
- nonpoint source pollution
- sediment supply
- stream stability
- wildland hydrology
- Library Collection RecordMyers and Swanson studied three streams in central Nevada, two of which had been managed under a deferred rotation system for 7 years, and the other had complete rest for that same amount of time.…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- utilization
- management
- bank stability
- deferred rotation grazing
- gradients
- stream morphology
- width to depth ratio
- Library Collection RecordBy using paired watersheds in northwestern Nevada, Myers and Swanson assessed the long-term recovery, after abusive grazing, of watershed scale livestock exclosures and rest rotation grazing, as well…Publication Date 1969
- watershed management
- Sedimentation
- environmental monitoring
- aquatic habitat
- climatic perturbations
- rangeland streams
- wildland hydrology
- Library Collection RecordThis study used government agency aquatic habitat, stream morphologic, and ocular stability data to assess land management impacts over four years on three stream reaches in northwestern Nevada.…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- watershed management
- aquatic habitat
- rangeland streams
- stream morphology
- Library Collection RecordThis review looks at nonpoint source pollution in watersheds caused by cattle excrement, and how rangeland managers must address certain concerns regarding impacts on water quality due to nutrient…Publication Date 1969
- water quality
- watersheds
- management
- cattle excrement
- nonpoint source pollution
- nutrient loading
- pathogen loading
- Library Collection RecordThe authors quantified water holding capacity of litter and organic matter in three different ecosystems, subjected to different grazing treatments. The water holding capacity differed between…Publication Date 1969
- grazing intensity
- Field Capacity
- precipitation
- grazing timing
- interception
- rangeland hydrology
- Library Collection RecordNaeth et al. assessed the impacts of long-term cattle grazing on litter and soil organic matter in mixed prairie, parkland fescue, and foothills fescue grasslands of Alberta, Canada. In the mixed…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- chernozemic soils
- ground cover
- organic carbon
- rough fescue
- solonetzic soils
- Library Collection RecordNaeth and Chanasyk measured surface soil water, soil water at a depth of 50 cm, and evapotranspiration in grasslands exposed to no grazing, heavy, or severe grazing for one week in June (short…Publication Date 1969
- hydrology
- evapotranspiration
- soil water
- fescue grasslands
- grazing effects
- Library Collection RecordNaeth and Chanasyk monitored soil water and evapotranspiration in four grazing treatments (short duration, heavy and severe grazing treatments, and continuous, heavy and severe grazing treatments),…Publication Date 1969
- soil water
- hydrology
- evapotranspiration
- continuous grazing
- fescue grasslands
- grazing effects
- Library Collection RecordNaeth and Chanasyk quantified the effects of short duration and continuous (season-long) grazing systems on runoff and sediment yield from sloped areas of the foothills fescue grasslands of Alberta…Publication Date 1969
- runoff
- Sediment
- rainfall
- grazing intensity
- agricultural hydrology
- grazing duration
- rangeland hydrology
- snow hydrology
- Library Collection RecordThe authors measured soil water in several grassland ecosystems under different grazing treatments. Soil water was generally reduced at all depths by grazing, with differences between the controls…Publication Date 1969
- soil water
- grazing
- rangelands
- water uptake
- fescue grasslands
- mixed prairie
- Library Collection RecordNaeth et al. measured soil bulk density, moisture and penetration resistance in three Alberta plant communities, grazed at different intensities and times of the year. The impacts of grazing on…Publication Date 1969
- rangelands
- grazing intensity
- bulk density
- compaction
- grazing season
- penetration resistance
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to determine the effects of season and intensity of grazing on infiltration capacity in mixed prairie and fescue grassland ecosystems of Alberta, Canada. Grazing…Publication Date 1969
- infiltration
- grazing
- rangelands
- foothills fescue
- Infiltration Rate
- mixed-grass prairie
- parkland fescue
- Library Collection RecordThis study re-evaluated the changes of stream channel cross sections since the 1986 study on Wickiup Creek. This site included an exclosure that has excluded cattle for 60 years, which has been used…Publication Date 1969
- monitoring
- channel changes
- Exclosure
- pool/riffle ratio
- riparian grazing
- stream morphology
- Library Collection RecordAnimals continue to play major ecological roles that go beyond their immediate requirements for food or habitat. In many cases, they are responsible for biogeochemical, successional, and landscape…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- Trophic levels
- animal population cycles
- community structure
- ecosystem
- successional pathways
- Library Collection RecordReview article, no summary available.Publication Date 1969
- Library Collection RecordNear Coshocton, Ohio, a 26-ha, unimproved pasture watershed was grazed year-round and no fertilizer was applied. This report covers the differences in sediment losses from a pasture for seven years…Publication Date 1969
- runoff
- erosion
- precipitation
- fencing
- sediment transport
- vegetative cover
- Library Collection RecordFertilizers were applied in slow-release form, or as ammonium nitrate, to grazed watersheds in Ohio. Authors measured nitrogen (N) concentrations in surface runoff and sub-surface flow to determine…Publication Date 1969
- closed system
- fertilized pastures
- fertilizer application rates
- fertilizer type
- subsurface flow
- watershed
- Library Collection RecordOwens et al. measured concentrations and transport of nutrients from a 38-ha, unimproved grassed watershed in east-central Ohio, for 2 years without the presence of livestock, for 3 years with a 17-…Publication Date 1969
- pollution
- water quality
- potassium
- grazing season
- sediment load
- Storm Runoff
- stream degradation
- Library Collection RecordNitrogen and phosphorous losses from manure and fertilizers were modeled for dairy farms, with different stocking densities and fertilizer rates, to determine combinations that could reduce water…Publication Date 1969
- stocking density
- nitrogen
- economics
- manure
- nutrient losses
- phosphorous
- Library Collection RecordOrtega et al. studied the effects of moderate and heavy cattle (Bos taurus) stocking rates, under continuous and short-duration grazing treatments, on white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) diets…Publication Date 1969
- crude protein
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Bos taurus
- continuous grazing
- IVDOM
- short-duration grazing
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordPlant community homogeneity was not influenced by the cattle (Bos taurus) grazing treatments used. Plant diversity increased under all cattle grazing treatments, until a persistent drought led to a…Publication Date 1969
- phytomass
- Odocoileus virginianus
- cattle
- continuous grazing
- Coastal Bend of Texas
- diversity
- short-duration grazing
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordOrtega et al. studied the botanical composition of cattle (Bos taurus) and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) diets and the partitioning of dietary resources between the two species under…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Bos taurus
- continuous grazing
- Ambrosia psilostachya
- Carolina geranium
- evening primrose
- Geranium carolinianum
- Oenothera speciosa
- Oxalis dillenii
- prairie coneflower
- Ratibida columnaris
- short-duration grazing
- western ragweed
- white-tailed deer
- wood-sorrel
- Library Collection RecordLong-term heavy grazing had little effect on root and crown biomass of Indian ricegrass (Oryzopsis hymenoides), nor did it significantly affect the total nonstructural carbohydrate (TNC) reserve…Publication Date 1969
- belowground biomass
- carbohydrate reserves
- ecotypic differentiation
- Heavy Grazing
- Indian Ricegrass
- Oryzopsis hymenoides
- Library Collection RecordIndian ricegrass (Oryzopsis hymenoides) plants were clipped at anthesis in a field study that compared the seed production, weight, and germination of plants that were exposed to heavy grazing or…Publication Date 1969
- protection
- defoliation
- germination
- viability
- ecotypic variation
- Indian Ricegrass
- Oryzopsis hymenoides
- Library Collection RecordOpperman and Merenlender sampled willow (Salix spp.), white alder (Alnus rhombifolia), and Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia) density, inside and outside of unreplicated, 4 to 15-year old deer (…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- California
- Alnus rhombifolia
- exclusionary fencing
- Mendocino County
- native ungulates
- Salix spp.
- Library Collection RecordOnsager examined the effects of two grazing systems on the presence of grasshoppers in western North Dakota. The author compared at a twice-over rotational grazing system to a season long (May-…Publication Date 1969
- rotational grazing
- Melanoplus sanguinipes
- crested wheatgrass
- grasshopper management
- twice-over grazing system
- Library Collection RecordTo determine the impact of packhorse (Equus caballus) grazing on mountain meadows in southwestern Montana, Olson-Rutz et al. measured vegetation one and two years following single or repeated 4-, 8…Publication Date 1969
- Equus caballus
- grazing
- grazing response
- ground cover
- horse
- plant growth
- Library Collection RecordTo determine the impact of occasional or repeated packhorse (Equus caballus) grazing on mountain meadows in southwestern Montana, Olson-Rutz et al. evaluated vegetation use and diet selection for…Publication Date 1969
- Equus caballus
- grazing
- diet selection
- Forage Removal
- horse
- Mountain Meadow
- Library Collection RecordOlson et al. complied data over a 25-year period, at the Livestock and Range Research Station in Montana, to describe quantitative changes in basal cover of vegetation in response to variation in…Publication Date 1969
- precipitation
- grazing intensity
- Multiple regression analysis
- basal cover
- Great Plains
- Library Collection RecordCattle gains and vegetation measurements on Kansas shortgrass prairie under intensive-early stocking management were compared to season-long (SLS) grazing management at the normal stocking density,…Publication Date 1969
- beef cattle
- weight gain
- grazing system
- Native Range
- species composition
- stockers
- Library Collection RecordA simulation model was created and verified using data from field experiments, to determine the compensatory growth of crested wheatgrass (Agropyron desertorum) after grazing, at different times…Publication Date 1969
- crested wheatgrass
- Agropyron desertorum
- defoliation
- production model
- ramet population model
- ramets
- tiller
- Library Collection RecordOlson and Richards examined the regrowth of a tussock grass, Agropyron desertorum, after grazing by cattle in the cold-desert shrub steppe of Utah. On tussocks grazed before internode (culm)…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron desertorum
- grazing
- regrowth
- culm elongation
- intercalary meristem activity
- tillers
- tussock grass
- Library Collection RecordOlson and Richards assessed the spatial arrangement of tiller replacement on grazed and ungrazed tussocks of Agropyron desertorum. In both ungrazed and grazed areas, replacement tillers tended to be…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron desertorum
- grazing effects
- spatial replacement
- tussock disintegration
- tussock grass
- Library Collection RecordIn Utah, heavy grazing of a grazing-tolerant Eurasian tussock grass, Agropyron desertorum, before internode elongation seldom affected tiller replacement. Heavy grazing during or after internode…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron desertorum
- annual tiller replacement
- grazing effects
- tussock grass
- Library Collection RecordReview article, no summary available.Publication Date 1969
- Library Collection RecordHerbivores are generally thought to enhance plant diversity by their direct consumption of competitively dominant plant species and indirect effects on plants competition. Consequently, management…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- biodiversity
- grasslands
- extinction dynamics
- habitat scales
- local plant colonization
- spatial scales
- temporal scales
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, Nash et al. measured annual plant community dynamics along transects at several distances away from livestock watering points, to determine how livestock grazing intensity affects…Publication Date 1969
- multivariate analysis
- boundary locations
- Chihuahuan Desert
- desert plant communities
- livestock grazing
- semivariogram
- Library Collection RecordNash et al. studied the effect of three consecutive years of short duration and intense grazing on soil surface microtopography in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland. The results of this study document…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- wind erosion
- microdepressions
- micromounds
- microtopography index
- 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 RecordThe authors of this study hypothesized that livestock use around a watering point would reduce soil microtopography and consequently reduce perennial grass composition and cause desertification in…Publication Date 1969
- desertification
- water storage
- drought survival
- Jornada Experimental Range
- perennial grass cover
- piosphere
- Watering Point
- Library Collection RecordNavarro et al. measured the long-term (1952-1999) effects of livestock use on range condition and species composition in the Chihuahuan Desert. Range condition was the same after 47 years, however,…Publication Date 1969
- drought
- grazing management
- plant ecology
- environmental factors
- precipitation fluctuations
- rangeland condition
- succession
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