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- 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 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 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 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 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 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 RecordPlots in the southern Sierra Nevada’s were examined for species richness and cover of native and invasive species in three vegetation types (blue oak savanna, chaparral and coniferous forests)…Publication Date 1969
- alien plant species
- cover
- disturbance
- grazing history
- plant diversity
- species richness
- 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 RecordIn disturbed plots, species richness decreased with intensity of disturbance in early summer and increased in midsummer. No difference in richness or species composition was detected between control…Publication Date 1969
- Solidago canadensis
- New Jersey
- Ambrosia artemisiifolia
- disturbance
- dominance
- old fields
- species coexistence
- species richness
- succession
- Library Collection RecordA historical review of human activities influencing stream and riparian ecosystems in eastern Washington and Oregon shows that cumulative effects of resource uses and management, over the past two…Publication Date 1969
- Oregon
- Washington
- disturbance
- Resource Use
- riverine ecosystems
- Library Collection RecordFrom the time they initially colonize new areas, prairie dogs disturb grasslands by burrowing and grazing, thereby creating large patches of altered vegetation in the landscape. In this South Dakota…Publication Date 1969
- above-ground net primary production
- black-tailed prairie dogs
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- disturbance
- mixed-grass prairie
- N concentration
- species composition
- 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 RecordVan Auken documents woody species population changes in the Edwards Plateau region of Texas. Photographic evidence showed a lack of Mexican juniper (Juniperus ashei) seedlings in evergreen woodlands…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- woody plants
- population structure
- Edwards Plateau
- plant population change
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordValone and Kelt compared the effects of burning and grazing on summer and winter annuals and perennials, with regard to individual abundance, species richness, and diversity. On the grazed…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- species diversity
- disturbance
- fire
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordThe impacts of deer (Odocoileus virginianus) herbivory on forest regeneration were determined in clearcut, thinned, and uncut Pennsylvania hardwood forest plots stocked at different deer densities.…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- species diversity
- clearcutting
- Alleghany hardwood forests
- herbivore density
- species composition
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and moth (Periploca ceanothiella) herbivory on the vegetative and reproductive growth of New Jersey tea (Ceanothus herbaceous) was measured in burned and…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Flint Hills
- grazing tolerance
- Periploca ceanothiella
- plant growth form
- stem galling moth
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordHabitat burning influenced white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) forage-class use more than cattle (Bos taurus) grazing, except in the winter. Yearlong cattle grazing resulted in less browse on…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Bos taurus
- diet diversity
- forage availability
- generalist forager
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordWhite-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) diet selectivity and diet digestibility was reduced, but foraging efficiency was increased, due to cattle (Bos taurus) grazing. Deer were able to more…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Bos taurus
- diet digestibility
- diet selectivity
- foraging efficiency
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordWhite-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) preferred browse and forbs yearlong, while cattle (Bos taurus) preferred grasses during the spring and summer and browse and herbage during the fall and…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Bos taurus
- browse
- competition
- dietary overlap
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordTaylor et al. concluded that the removal of cattle from Ash Springs and Browne Springs caused a healthy rebound of the fish population in that stream. They had predicted that cattle were introducing…Publication Date 1969
- ammonia
- nitrates
- disturbance
- endemic fishes
- Library Collection RecordTaylor and Littlefield examined the effects that a reduction in disturbance had on the population numbers of two passerine species in southeastern Oregon. Cattle have grazed quite extensively on the…Publication Date 1969
- willow
- disturbance
- passerine birds
- riparian habitat
- Library Collection RecordStromayer and Warren examined the evidence describing white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) browsing impacts on woody vegetation communities in the eastern United States, and revealed 3 possible…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- browsing
- alternate stable state
- Eastern United States
- forest regeneration
- white-tailed deer
- woody-plant communities
- Library Collection RecordStrauss measured the impacts of deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and beetle (Blepharida rhois and Oberea ocellata) herbivory on smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) plants at the Minnesota Cedar Creek Natural…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- additive effects
- Blepharida rhois
- chrysomelid beetle
- Oberea ocellata
- Rhus glabra
- smooth sumac
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordStrauss measured the effects of deer (Odocoileus virginianus) selection of smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) shoots on plant growth, and compared the results to a similar study that utilized simulated…Publication Date 1969
- deer
- Odocoileus virginianus
- plant growth
- Rhus glabra
- selective browsing
- simulated grazing
- smooth sumac
- Library Collection RecordWhen herbivores preferentially feed on early successional species they may generate conditions favorable for these species and thus create a positive feedback. Positive feedbacks may create multiple…Publication Date 1969
- foraging
- grasslands
- herbivory
- alternate stable states
- disturbance
- herbivore population dynamics
- multiple stable state
- pocket gophers
- spatial structure
- succession
- Thomomys bottae
- Library Collection RecordAccording to Russell et al., sufficient evidence exists to conclude that white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) can have a substantial impact upon plant morphology and, in some cases, plant…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- plant communities
- deer populations
- Growth Rates
- plant populations
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordQuercus buckleyi acorn predation and seedling establishment and survival were measured by Russell and Fowler, on sites with or without deer (Odocoileus virginianus) browsing and Juniperus ashei…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- population dynamics
- herbivory
- woodlands
- facilitation
- Quercus buckleyi
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordLong-term (7-9 years) and short-term (1 year) grazing exclosures were used to determine the effects of grazing on plant and insect abundance, species richness and evenness over different time…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- community structure
- disturbance
- evenness
- exclosures
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordTo study disturbance in a system where minimal structure is not known, an initial, or the best available approximation to minimal structure should be used. Pickett et. al proposed an operational…Publication Date 1969
- stress
- disturbance
- ecological hierarchies
- minimal structure
- spatial dimension
- 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 RecordMosley looked at the possibilities of sheep grazing to enhance the aspects of food, cover, water and space for numerous wildlife species. He points out that grazing can improve habitat for species…Publication Date 1969
- Space
- water
- cover
- disturbance
- niche
- symbiotic relationships
- Library Collection RecordThrough GIS analysis of aerial photographs, Miller et al. evaluated vegetation alteration and mudflat/open-water-area landscape changes, and the disturbance agents related to any changes from 1939-…Publication Date 1969
- Distichlis spicata
- GIS
- cattle herbivory
- disturbance
- fire
- landscape pattern dynamics
- patch dynamics
- wetland vegetation loss
- Library Collection RecordIn Colorado, Milchunas et al. assessed the effects of 45 years of controlled, heavy grazing by cattle and grazing exclosures on the basal cover and density of species in plant communities along…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- landscape
- catena
- community structure
- disturbance
- evolutionary history
- shortgrass steppe
- Library Collection RecordMilchunas et al. examined plant community relationships across various scales and disturbance phenomena with the question of whether or not underlying generalities exist. They also examined the…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- belowground herbivory
- disturbance
- diversity
- evolutionary history
- nutrient enrichment
- semiarid grassland
- Library Collection RecordThe winter diets of moose (Alces alces) and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), in Baxter State Park, Maine, showed some dietary overlap, with the major distinction being greater use of white…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- White spruce
- Picea glauca
- balsam fir
- Abies balsamea
- Alces alces
- browse
- Library Collection RecordLehmhuhl et al. developed a Bayesian Belief network to asses the habitat capability for elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer in the Columbia River basin. Their model weighed factors such as…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Cervus elaphus
- forest management
- Bayesian model
- ecosystem management
- Library Collection RecordKnight measured the effects of early and late deer (Odocoileus virginianus) herbivory (actual and simulated), on Trillium grandiflorum. Early season herbivory reduced the potential of the plant to…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- tolerance
- eastern North America
- reproductive success
- simulated herbivory
- spatial variation
- timing of herbivory
- Trillium grandiflorum
- white-tailed deer
- 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 RecordDietary overlap between cattle (Bos taurus) and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) was greatest during the winter and least during the summer. Competition between deer and cattle in the…Publication Date 1969
- Bos taurus
- Odocoileus virginianus
- competition
- dietary overlap
- dietary quality
- facilitative effects
- Library Collection RecordThree study sites (heavy cattle stocking, moderate to light cattle stocking, and no cattle stocking) were used to determine how cattle (Bos taurus) stocking rates influence white-tailed deer (…Publication Date 1969
- Bos taurus
- Odocoileus virginianus
- carcass weights
- cattle stocking
- competition
- reproductive rates
- 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 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 RecordReview of several types of disturbances on the health and invasibility of natural plant communities. In the grazing section of the paper, the authors state that grazing is only detrimental in areas…Publication Date 1969
- species diversity
- grazing
- disturbance
- Ecosystem function
- historical use
- invasibility
- Library Collection RecordHall and Stout determined the effects of interseeding timothy (Phleum pratense) and orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata) with alfalfa (Medicago sativa) on deer (Odocoileus virginianus) forage…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- alfalfa
- Medicago sativa
- economics
- selective grazing
- Forage Value
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordGreen and Kauffman examined species frequency, richness, evenness, and utilization in grazed pastures and ungrazed exclosures in 8 plant communities, over a 10 year period, in a northeastern Oregon…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- species diversity
- community succession
- disturbance
- riparian
- Library Collection RecordGlenn et al. measured plant community composition, at the local and regional scale, following no disturbance, grazing, burning, or grazing and burning of tallgrass prairie pastures in Kansas.…Publication Date 1969
- plant communities
- disturbance
- heterogeneity
- hierarchy
- scale
- tallgrass prairie