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- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2020-06
- bison
- burning
- elk
- hunting
- indigenous people
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordNative bison and elk co-dominate the assemblage of wild ungulates on the Northern Range, one of the largest and most diverse assemblages of wild ungulates in the western hemisphere. The elk…Publication Date 2018-12
- bison
- brucellosis
- elk
- Northern Range
- wild ungulates
- Yellowstone
- Library Collection RecordFor thousands of years before Yellowstone National Park was created in 1872, hunting and burning by Native Americans were fundamental components of the natural ecological processes on the Northern…Publication Date 2018-12
- bison
- brucellosis
- elk
- Native Americans
- Northern Range
- Yellowstone
- Library Collection RecordObservation is a simple method of acquiring information and is a critical step in the scientific method for both developing and investigating testable hypotheses. Cameras have long played a role in…Publication Date 2017
- Arizona
- cattle
- elk
- grazing
- riparian
- time-lapse photography
- Library Collection RecordWild horse (Equus ferus caballus) management in western North America is an escalating concern for ecological integrity on these landscapes. Identifying potential diet overlap among horses, livestock…Publication Date 2016
- cattle
- diet composition
- domestic sheep
- elk
- Equus ferus caballus
- microhistological fecal analysis
- mule deer
- pronghorn
- Library Collection RecordWild horse (Equus ferus caballus) management in western North America is an escalating concern for ecological integrity on these landscapes. Identifying potential diet overlap among horses, livestock…Publication Date 2016
- cattle
- diet composition
- domestic sheep
- elk
- Equus ferus caballus
- microhistological fecal analysis
- mule deer
- pronghorn
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Managers charged with managing landscapes influenced by elk are challenged to establish monitoring protocols that identify when impacts are responsible for declining ecological…Publication Date 2013-06-01
- trampling
- herbivory
- plant communities
- elk
- winter range
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • In 1990, cattle grazed private land in Utah’s Book Cliff Mountains until late July. Elk in the area ate about 50% of the forage regrowth on this land from late July to mid-September…Publication Date 2013-02-01
- cattle
- elk
- grazing
- competition
- rancher
- wildlife
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordSagebrush (Artemisia L.) taxa historically functioned as the keystone species on 1 090 000 km2 of rangeland across the western United States, and Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp…Publication Date 2012-09-01
- Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis
- elk
- greater sage-grouse
- herbicide applications
- mechanical treatments
- mule deer
- prescribed burning
- pronghorn
- Library Collection RecordRangelands provide a home for many kinds of animals, including mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, and fish. An effective management plan will consider the resident and neighboring wildlife when…Publication Date 2012
- elk
- habitat management
- merriam's turkey
- rangeland management
- sage grouse
- United States
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordQuaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) recruitment and overstory stem densities were sampled in 315 clones in 1991 and 2006 on 560 km2 of the Northern Yellowstone Winter Range (NYWR). A primary…Publication Date 2011-03-01
- browse
- Cervus elaphus
- elk
- Populus tremuloides
- recruitment
- trophic cascade
- Library Collection RecordSpring elk grazing may reduce forage availability for wildlife or livestock in summer and may harm forage resources on foothill rangeland. We quantified bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata…Publication Date 2007-09-01
- clipping
- defoliation response
- elk
- grazing management
- herbivory
- overcompensation
- Library Collection RecordLivestock grazing has been considered detrimental to wildlife habitat. Managed grazing programs, however, have the potential to maintain habitat diversity and quality. In cases in which single-…Publication Date 2005-03-01
- cattle
- facilitation
- herbivory
- deer
- elk
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing by cattle (Bos taurus) and recently reestablished elk (Cervus elaphus) on mountain meadows in northeastern Nevada are poorly understood. We evaluated production, use, and…Publication Date 2004-07-01
- elk
- cattle
- Cervus elaphus
- clipping treatments
- compensation
- grazing exclosures
- meadow production
- species richness
- utilization
- Library Collection RecordTrue mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus Raf.) provides nutritional winter forage for big game species in the mountain brush zone. To determine browsing effects, animal use, percent vegetation…Publication Date 2003-11-01
- Utah
- canopy
- Cercocarpus montanus
- browsing
- wildlife food habits
- plant characteristics
- utilization
- grazing
- big game
- winter range
- herbivory
- mountain brush
- exclosures
- moose
- deer
- elk
- pronghorn
- Library Collection RecordThe nutritional quality (digestible energy, crude protein, and minerals) of 7 known elk (Cervus elaphus Linnaeus) forages was assessed at 4 different time periods from May to November. Species…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- Coptis
- ceanothus sanguineus
- Salix scouleriana
- Amelanchier alnifolia
- Trifolium repens
- Carex geyeri
- digestible energy
- Salix
- nutrient content
- mineral content
- Carex
- Poa pratensis
- Idaho
- crude protein
- Cervus elaphus canadensis
- wildlife management
- forage
- elk
- Cervus elaphus
- forage quality
- nutrition
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordWe developed and used association matrix, association pattern, and pattern recognition software (ASSOC1) to investigate the spatio-temporal association of individual radio-collared elk with other…Publication Date 2001-01-01
- herds
- home range
- territory
- computer software
- temporal variation
- Cervus elaphus canadensis
- spatial distribution
- wildlife management
- Montana
- elk
- wildlife
- herds
- home range
- similarity
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1983-02-01
- wild animals
- diet
- soil eating
- soil pellets
- forested ranges
- droppings
- pellets
- elk
- Oregon
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of cattle trampling in a Douglas-fir plantation the first year after planting were assessed. Trees partially girdled due to trampling were much more likely to die than untrampled trees (α…Publication Date 1982-11-01
- deer
- elk
- Cattle Distribution
- Dead
- damage
- establishment
- girdling
- Northern Idaho
- bottomland
- Trampling Damage
- forest plantations
- Douglas fir
- Headquarters
- Southwest Slope
- Northeast Slope
- Alive
- gophers
- browse
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordIn an attempt to get a clearer picture of pristine landscape conditions in the Canadian grasslands and the natural processes affecting that landscape, the authors perused a wide cross-section of the…Publication Date 1969-03-01
- Canadian Grassland
- bison
- Rubbing
- Wallowing
- bison
- moose
- Cervus canadensis
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Virginia Deer
- ungulates
- Native Animals
- environment
- influence
- mule deer
- trampling
- animals
- conditions
- elk
- landscapes
- overgrazing
- Odocoileus virginianus
- grasslands
- Library Collection RecordIn Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, Gage and Cooper identified possible constraints on willow (Salix spp.) establishment in two heavily browsed riparian areas, in 2000 and 2001, by examining…Publication Date 1969
- willow
- ungulates
- Cervus elaphus
- dispersal
- elk
- riparian
- Salix spp.
- 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 RecordHessl synthesized and compared current hypotheses regarding aspen decline by focusing on studies of aspen in the elk winter ranges of Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), Jackson Hole (JH), and…Publication Date 1969
- regeneration
- Aspen
- decline
- elk
- invasion
- species decline
- Library Collection RecordThree densities of elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) were grazed in the winter and early spring to determine how each effected the availability and use of forage by cattle (Bos taurus) in the spring.…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- Bos taurus
- Cervus elaphus canadensis
- competitive effects
- elk
- facilitative effects
- 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 study the effects of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and elk (Cervus elaphus) on buckbrush (Ceanothus fendleri), Huffman and Moore built exclosures around plots in 3 ponderosa pine (Pinus…Publication Date 1969
- buckbrush
- Cervus elaphus
- mule deer
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Ceanothus fendleri
- ecological restoration
- elk
- flower production
- stem morphology
- Library Collection RecordIrby et al. reported the perceptions that commercial agriculture producers have about the effect wild ungulate grazing has on their crops and pasture land. The majority of the ranchers surveyed said…Publication Date 1969
- agriculture
- damage
- deer
- Cervus elaphus
- Montana
- Antilocapra americana
- elk
- Odocoileus spp.
- perceptions
- pronghorns
- Library Collection RecordJenkins and Wright looked at the spatial overlap of white-tailed deer, elk and moose niches and how that effected habitat selection and vegetation preferences. The main factor found to influence all…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Cervus elaphus
- moose
- Alces alces
- community type
- elk
- habitat overlap
- vegetation preferences
- white-tailed deer
- 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 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 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 RecordVegetation and soil chemistry variables were measured inside and outside of a 7 year old exclosure to determine the effects of moose (Alces alces) herbivory on Alaskan taiga forest succession.…Publication Date 1969
- soil chemistry
- willow
- Alces alces
- alder
- Alnus tenuifolia
- ecosystem development
- elk
- exclosures
- forest development
- Salix spp.
- vegetation dynamics
- Library Collection RecordKingery et al. looked at the possible interactions between cattle, elk and white-tailed deer through fecal analysis to determine the species composition. They found that elk and cattle were most…Publication Date 1969
- interspecific competition
- Bos taurus
- Cervus elaphus
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Abies grandis
- Thuja plicata
- diet selection
- elk
- resource partitioning
- white-tailed deer
- 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 RecordIn this study, Paige measured the vegetative and reproductive growth of scarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata) plants growing in smooth brome (Bromus inermis) and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) plant…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- mule deer
- Odocoileus hemionus
- plant competition
- elk
- fitness overcompensation
- Ipomopsis aggregata
- reproductive growth
- scarlet gilia
- secondary herbivory
- Library Collection RecordPlants of scarlet gilia, Ipomopsis aggregata, are exposed to high levels of mammalian herbivory (by mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus, and elk, Cervus elaphus) early in the season, before flowering.…Publication Date 1969
- browsing
- compensatory growth
- mule deer
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Cervus elaphus
- herbivory
- elk
- Ipomopsis aggregata
- scarlet gilia
- Library Collection RecordRipple and Beschta used historic data, photo records, and current vegetation measurements to determine the impacts of elk (Cervus elaphus) herbivory on willows (Salix spp.) before the extirpation of…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- herbivory
- elk
- predation risk
- Salix spp.
- trophic cascades
- willows
- Library Collection RecordThis review looks at current management of western rangelands and notes that in most western states, big game and livestock competition is a subject of long-standing controversy. In Montana, the…Publication Date 1969
- monitoring
- forage
- elk
- elk management plan
- modern wildlife management
- private land
- public land
- western rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThrough the study of historical records, photographs, and current vegetation measurements inside and outside of grazing exclosures, the authors determined that high elk (Cervus elaphus) populations…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- Populus tremuloides
- regeneration
- environmental degradation
- Aspen
- elk
- natural regulation
- over-browsing
- Library Collection RecordBarnett and Stohlgren investigated aspen (Populus tremuloides) regeneration in the Gros Ventre River valley, the National Elk Refuge, and a small part of Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, to see if…Publication Date 1969
- Populus tremuloides
- Cervus elaphus
- regeneration
- Wyoming
- Aspen
- elk
- Gros Ventre River valley
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, Beck and Peek determined the effects of elk (Cervus elaphus) use and cattle (Bos taurus) use on three mountain meadows in northeastern Nevada during different seasons through exclosure…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- Bos taurus
- cattle
- compensation
- utilization
- clipping treatments
- elk
- grazing exclosures
- meadow production
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordBergelson examined the ability of scarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata) to compensate for grazing on young bolting shoots at 14 sites, distributed throughout the northwest United States. Scarlet gilia…Publication Date 1969
- shade
- regrowth
- deer
- elk
- Exclosure
- overcompensation
- reproductive growth
- Rocky Mountains
- simulated herbivory
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, long-term exclosures were used to determine the effects of elk (Cervus elaphus) herbivory on soil physical and chemical characteristics in sagebrush (Artemisia spp.), aspen (Populus…Publication Date 1969
- leaching
- nitrogen mineralization
- grazing
- Cervus elaphus
- elk
- ungulate grazing
- Library Collection RecordClark et al. report basal area change and mortality responses of bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum) to 3 spring, 1 winter, and 3 spring + winter defoliation treatments. Clipping half, when…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron spicatum
- Cervus elaphus
- mortality
- phenology
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- elk
- forage conditioning
- plant vigor
- winter range
- Library Collection RecordClark et al. used four clipping treatments to simulate livestock grazing to assess the effects each clipping level has on bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum) crude protein (CP), in vitro dry…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron spicatum
- Cervus elaphus
- phenology
- elk
- forage conditioning
- winter range
- Library Collection RecordCoggins and Conover determined the effects of pocket gophers (Thomomys spp.), herbivore grazing, and the combination of the two, on aspen (Populus tremuloides) regeneration through use of grazing…Publication Date 1969
- browsing
- deer
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Populus tremuloides
- herbivory
- Aspen
- Cervus canadensis
- elk
- Pocket Gopher
- Thomomys spp.
- Library Collection RecordOn the northern winter range of Yellowstone National Park, Frank and Zhang measured ammonia volatilization at three times in 1995, at three topographic positions: hilltop, midslope, and slope-bottom…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- bison
- nitrogen
- Ammonia Volatilization
- Bison bison
- elk
- grassland
- ungulate
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordCoughenour examined dormant season elk (Cervus elaphus) impacts on shoot and root standing crop and nitrogen concentration in and outside of 35 year old exclosures in Yellowstone National Park's…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- grazing
- biomass
- elk
- grazing impacts
- nitrogen concentration
- winter range
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordDekker examined the decline of elk populations and other ungulates, in the Snake Indian Valley of Jasper National Park, by counting numbers of ungulates seen in this area from 1970 to 1985. The…Publication Date 1969
- Alberta
- wolves
- predation
- moose
- mule deer
- management
- elk
- Jasper National Park
- population fluctuations
- white-tailed deer
- winter range
- Library Collection RecordFrank and McNaughton measured net aboveground primary productivity (ANPP), large herbivore consumption (C), and dung deposition (D), an index of nutrient flow from herbivores to the soil, in…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- consumption
- drought
- Cervus elaphus
- herbivory
- primary production
- Bison bison
- elk
- forage quality
- grassland function
- ungulate migration