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- 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 RecordMiller et al. measured the effects of timing of clipping on soil moisture, crested wheatgrass (Agropyron desertorum) regrowth and annual yield, to determine the grazing management that produced the…Publication Date 1969
- soil moisture
- biomass
- crested wheatgrass
- Agropyron desertorum
- regrowth
- Library Collection RecordMcInnes et al. examined the influence of moose (Alces alces) on aboveground biomass, production, and annual litterfall using four moose exclosures and paired browsing plots on Isle Royale, Michigan…Publication Date 1969
- moose
- biomass
- browsing
- herbivory
- production
- ungulates
- Alces alces
- Boreal Forest
- litter
- Library Collection RecordThis study took place in one well developed stand of riparian trees and shrubs that appeared to be even-aged along the San Juan River near Chinle Wash in southern Utah. The purpose of the study was…Publication Date 1969
- beavers
- forage
- cottonwoods
- Populus fremontii
- Castor canadensis
- central place foraging theory
- Selective Feeding
- Library Collection RecordThis study reports how beaver (Castor canadensis) activity has affected the benthic invertebrate community of a small woodland stream in northeastern Quebec. Dam construction and wood input by…Publication Date 1969
- Quebec
- organic matter
- density
- biomass
- beaver
- benthic invertebrate community
- Castor canadensis
- Library Collection RecordThe Aspen Parkland of western Canada constitutes a major portion of the agricultural areas of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, with 86% of the forage production and 66% of the beef cattle herd.…Publication Date 1969
- forage
- research
- aspen parkland
- pasture
- Review
- Library Collection RecordIn Alberta, Mapfumo et al. quantified soil water patterns from grazed and ungrazed perennial and annual forages and to evaluate the ability of Versatile Soil Moisture Budget (VB2000) model to…Publication Date 1969
- evapotranspiration
- forage
- Alberta
- model calibration
- model evaluation
- versatile soil moisture budget model
- Library Collection RecordUsing a simple optimization model, Lundberg and Astrom analyzed whether low nutritive quality in terms of low nutrient concentration can be a profitable anti-herbivory strategy for plants. Contrary…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- biomass
- food-plant selection
- low nutritive quality
- optimization model
- Library Collection RecordLoft et al. found that cattle can have an affect on mule deer habitat selection when forage quality and quantity are low in the late summer. Moderate to heavy cattle grazing seemed to push mule deer…Publication Date 1969
- forage
- fitness
- habitat shift
- optimal growth
- Library Collection RecordHughes examined four allotments that had been grazed consistently for 20 years in Arizona, under a rest-rotation grazing regime. The study data demonstrates that utilization levels play a role in…Publication Date 1969
- utilization
- forage
- desert grasslands
- Key Species
- rest-rotation grazing
- Library Collection RecordHudson and Nietfeld looked at the effects of late-summer elk foraging rates on a mature, grass-dominant vegetation stand. Four elk were contained in a 0.15 ha plot for a 7 day period, where bite/min…Publication Date 1969
- biomass
- stocking rate
- bite rate
- boreal grasslands
- foraging time
- Library Collection RecordTwelve ruminally cannulated and six intact crossbred beef steers were used in a randomized complete block design to evaluate the effects of stocking density of a riparian pasture in the Sierra Nevada…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- stocking density
- biomass
- forage intake
- Library Collection RecordSmall-plot runoff simulations were used to evaluate the influence of buffer width, slope, vegetation characteristics, and stubble height on sediment retention. Overall, sediment retention was…Publication Date 1969
- runoff
- biomass
- buffer width
- ground cover
- sediment retention
- slope
- stubble height
- Library Collection RecordA study in Denali National Park, Alaska, studied bark stripping by moose (Alces alces) in order to determine the proportion of bark in their diet, what conditions induce bark stripping, and assess…Publication Date 1969
- moose
- Populus tremuloides
- White spruce
- Picea glauca
- forage
- Alces alces
- aspen-spruce communities
- bark stripping
- Denali National Park
- quaking aspen
- Salix sp.
- willows
- Library Collection RecordIntermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium) and Russian wildrye (Psathyrostachys juncea) plants were exposed to three moisture levels and two levels of simulated grazing to determine the…Publication Date 1969
- biomass
- soil moisture
- axillary buds
- intermediate wheatgrass
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- Russian wildrye
- Thinopyrum intermedium
- Tiller recruitment
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, Gough and Grace studied plant community responses to fertilization and herbivory in Louisiana brackish and freshwater marshes. Species density was greater in plots that were grazed…Publication Date 1969
- biomass
- fertilization
- herbivory
- Nutria
- nutrients
- productivity
- species diversity
- coastal marsh
- diversity
- Myocastor coypus
- Sagittaria lancifolia
- Scirpus americanus
- Spartina patens
- Library Collection RecordGough and Grace used strategic sod placement and exclosures to determine if rising sea levels will impact salt marsh vegetation by increasing salinity, flooding frequency and sensitivity of plants to…Publication Date 1969
- biomass
- Louisiana
- Nutria
- species diversity
- Myocastor coypus
- Species Density
- Library Collection RecordThis study in Quebec compared the effect of Scirpus americanus rhizome removal by greater snow geese (Chen caerulescens atlantica) inside and outside two tidal-marsh sanctuaries. In autumn, geese…Publication Date 1969
- forage
- below-ground biomass
- Chen caerulescens atlantica
- greater snow geese
- net above-ground primary production (NAPP)
- Scirpus americanus
- tidal marshes
- Library Collection RecordThe intensity of removal of underground biomass, number of "bites" taken, and the number of adventitious buds removed were tested on Scirpus americanus, by clipping the marsh plants to…Publication Date 1969
- primary production
- rhizomes
- biomass
- Chen caerulescens atlantica
- coastal marsh
- Scirpus americanus
- simulated feeding
- Library Collection RecordGillis addresses the issue of stocking rate on western public rangelands. Many groups argue that chomping cattle are the scourge of western ranges and that grazing has been the major force…Publication Date 1969
- cows
- forage
- management
- cheatgrass invasion
- grazing fees
- plant community
- riparian degradation
- western U.S. rangelands
- Library Collection RecordGillen and Sims determined the impact of stocking rate on herbaceous production of a sand sagebrush (Artemisia filifolia)-grassland. Grasses contributed 89% of the total herbaceous production…Publication Date 1969
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- composition
- annual production
- Artemisia filifolia
- mixed prairie
- Sand Sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordA study to examine the runoff and sediment yields of annual and perennial forages under grazing in central Alberta was initiated in 1994. Total runoff was low but dominated by snowmelt. Total…Publication Date 1969
- forage
- soil erosion
- sustainability
- grazing
- rainfall simulation
- sediment yield
- Library Collection RecordThis study was designed to evaluate vegetation standing crop biomass and species composition at varying distances from water on 2 upland sandy ranges in different ecological conditions, in the…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- forage
- stocking rate
- range condition
- rangeland
- Library Collection RecordMass migration of Yellowstone's ungulates is, not only a critical step to enhance their nutritional quality, but also a key factor in the nutrient cycle of the Park's grass and shrublands…Publication Date 1969
- diet
- forage
- herbivory
- migration
- nitrogen
- ungulates
- Bison bison
- elk
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordThe diversity of responses of individual grasses to defoliation created a controversy years ago, which still needs clarification. Ferraro and Oesterheld quantitatively assessed the evidence of…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- biomass
- ecosystem primary production
- individual grass growth
- Linear Regressions
- meta-analysis
- nitrogen availability
- recovery time
- relative growth rate
- Library Collection RecordOver the past dozen years, the population of bison (Bison bison) on the northern winter range of Yellowstone National Park has expanded from the traditional core along the lower Lamar River, occupied…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- distribution
- group size
- forage
- Bison bison
- population counts
- range expansion
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordZoellick examined the density and biomass of redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri), relative to stream temperature, in the headwater reaches of Big Jacks and Little Jacks Creeks, in…Publication Date 1969
- water temperature
- density
- biomass
- desert streams
- Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri
- redband trout
- solar insolation
- southwest Idaho
- stream shading
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of herbivory by waterfowl and nutria were measured because of vegetation loss in Sagittaria spp. dominated marshes along the coast of Louisiana. One set of study plots was set up on…Publication Date 1969
- Nutria
- biomass
- waterfowl
- coastal marsh
- muskrat
- Myocastor coypus
- Ondatra zibethicus
- Sagittaria latifolia
- Sagittaria platyphylla
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordSteers were used to evaluate the effects of stocking density on grazing behavior, dietary selection, forage intake, digesta kinetics, and growth rates of Carex nebraskensis and Juncus balticus in a…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- stocking density
- biomass
- steers
- Carexnebraskensis
- forage intake
- Juncusbalticus
- Library Collection RecordThe influences of buffer width and slope, vegetation characteristics, and stubble height on sediment retention were examined at the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station’s Red Bluff Research…Publication Date 1969
- runoff
- biomass
- buffer width
- ground cover
- sediment retention
- slope
- stubble height
- 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 RecordDuring the summer of 1985, the effects of browsing by beaver were studied at two beaver ponds in Minnesota (46°50’N, 92°11’W). Pond one (colonized from 1980-1985) was located on a…Publication Date 1969
- Trembling aspen
- Populus tremuloides
- biomass
- beaver
- beaver ponds
- Castor canadensis
- selective herbivory
- species composition
- stem diameter
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of simulated grazing on concentrations of N, P, and total suspended solids (TSS) in runoff from fescue dominated pastures were measured at the University of Kentucky Maine Chance…Publication Date 1969
- runoff
- nutrients
- cattle
- forage
- manure
- Rainfall Simulator
- 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
- 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 RecordThe effects of grazing on a managed ecological systems were quantified from 1993 to 1995 in a study near Beer Sheva in the semiarid desert in Northern Negev of Israel (31°17’ N, 34°37’ E).…Publication Date 1969
- biomass
- management
- organic matter
- productivity
- soil moisture
- diversity
- Library Collection RecordThis study examined the effects of water-table depth, neighborhood species interactions, and herbivory on the survival, tillering, biomass, and seed production of Carex nebrascensis and Poa pratensis…Publication Date 1969
- tillering
- biomass
- clipping
- competition
- environmental gradient
- neighborhood
- Library Collection RecordThis two year study used yearling heifers near Mead, Nebraska on an improved pasture seeded to big blue stem (Andropogon gerardii var. gerardii). The goal was to determine if cattle grazing could…Publication Date 1969
- density
- biomass
- Amaranthus retroflexus
- Andropogon gerardii var. gerardii
- Improved Pasture
- mob grazing
- Nitrate
- redroot pigweed
- Library Collection RecordMulder and Harmsen evaluated the growth response of an arctic legume (Oxytropis viscida) to grazing by muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) on Banks Island, N.W.T. Results showed that removal of…Publication Date 1969
- Ovibos moschatus
- herbivory
- growth
- reproduction
- mortality
- biomass
- arctic legume
- muskox
- Oxytropis viscida
- 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 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 RecordIn this Texas study, Weltzin et al. determined the effects of prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) on herbaceous vegetation in a southern mixed-grass prairie ecosystem. They measured herbaceous…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- biomass
- black-tailed prairie dogs
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- ecosystem structure
- Great Plains
- mixed grass prairie
- Library Collection RecordThis article reviews evidence for the contention that chronic high densities of white-tailed deer are having multiple and substantial, deleterious ecological impacts across many regions. Deer have…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- forage
- Eastern United States
- habitat
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordObservations of cattle grazing pinegrass (Calamagrostis rubescens) indicated that in addition to cropping, pinegrass tillers were pulled up. The objective of this study in British Columbia was to…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- forage
- Calamagrostis rubescens
- grass
- Herbage Removal
- pinegrass
- tillers
- Library Collection RecordSpencer et al. assessed the impacts of pocket gophers (Geomys attwateri) on both burned and unburned grasslands of coastal Texas. Results suggested gopher mounds had a positive effect on vegetation…Publication Date 1969
- biomass
- Coastal Prairie
- dicotyledon
- Geomys attwateri
- monocotyledon
- mound building
- Pocket Gopher
- soil nutrient concentration
- Library Collection RecordIn a three year study period, Smith et al. observed seasonal habitat selection by cattle in relation to ephemeral channels and forage quality in a cold desert ephemeral watershed in northwestern…Publication Date 1969
- biomass
- utilization
- protein
- seasonal
- Succulence
- Library Collection RecordSchulz and Guthery examined how short duration grazing (SDG) and continuous grazing (CG) influenced seasonal densities of northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) and ground cover structure.…Publication Date 1969
- continuous grazing
- biomass
- trampling
- Bos taurus
- cattle
- Colinus virginianus
- herbaceous cover
- Library Collection RecordSandoval et al. studied the dietary similarities between elk and mule deer on the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Dietary overlap between elk and mule deer, over the life of the study…Publication Date 1969
- rangelands
- forage
- wildlife
- grazing
- competition
- Library Collection RecordIn two Kansas pastures, authors monitored indices of vegetation abundance, composition, and grazing from 1980-1981. At the beginning of the grazing season, some areas were grazed lightly to…Publication Date 1969
- soil properties
- cattle
- biomass
- patch-grazed
- species composition
- 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