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- Library Collection RecordStudy was conducted in two montane riparian areas in the Black Range of western New Mexico, approximately 230 km northwest of Las Cruces to evaluate the effects of different grazing intensities and…Publication Date 1969
- grazing intensity
- streambank morphology
- 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 RecordRunoff and infiltration was measured on the Central Plains Experimental Range, near Nunn, Colorado to see how these attributes change after cattle grazing is stopped. Along with runoff and…Publication Date 1969
- erosion
- runoff
- soil compaction
- cattle grazing
- cattle removal
- infiltration rates
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing intensity on a montane willow community in the Sheep Creek riparian ecosystem located in Roosevelt National Forest (40Ëš 56.46’ N, 105Ëš 39.55’ W) of Colorado…Publication Date 1969
- Salix
- population dynamics
- cattle grazing
- grazing exclusion
- riparian areas
- willow height
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of different grazing intensities (no grazing, light, moderate, and heavy) of Black Brant (Branta bernicla) gosling on grazing lawns planted to Carex subspathacea and native slough levees (…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- grazing intensity
- black brant geese
- Branta bernicla nigricans
- Carex subspathacea
- forage availability
- foraging efficiency
- Triglochin palustris
- Library Collection RecordTwelve habitat characteristics were measured inside and outside three livestock exclosures on two different streams in the Golden Trout Wilderness (118°15'N, 36°22'W), Sierra Nevada…Publication Date 1969
- riparian vegetation
- California golden trout
- cattle grazing
- habitat degradation
- Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita
- riparian health
- threatened species
- Library Collection RecordSeven strip-transects were setup in both the grazed (65% utilization) and livestock excluded areas to determine the differences of bird species present in those areas. Fourteen species of birds were…Publication Date 1969
- birds
- Colorado
- cattle grazing
- riparian wildlife
- Rocky Mountains
- small mammals
- western jumping mouse
- Wilson's warbler
- Library Collection RecordThe response of aquatic insect populations to manure inputs in stream channels was measured in two distinct California stream systems in the Coastal (37Ëš 57’ N; 122Ëš 43’ W) and…Publication Date 1969
- Aquatic insects
- streams
- carbon isotopes
- cattle grazing
- manure
- organic enrichment
- Library Collection RecordAltering the stocking rate in a rotational grazing system, time of year, and plant species affected the non-structural carbohydrate storage in Florida stargrass pastures. Pastures with high stocking…Publication Date 1969
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- Digitaria decumbens
- Paspalum notatum
- bahiagrass
- Cynodon spp.
- plant regrowth
- stargrass
- Transcala digitgrass
- 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 RecordEffects of grazing management and N fertilization on the persistence of vaseygrass (Paspalum urvillei), a weedy species in limpograss (Hemarthria altissima) pastures were examined at the Beef…Publication Date 1969
- grazing intensity
- Paspalum urvillei
- fertilization
- grazing system
- Hemarthria altissima
- limpograss
- vaseygrass
- weedy species
- 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 RecordThe use of riparian meadows, upland grasslands, and forests by cattle grazed in a twice grazed high-density rotational grazing system (early season-stocking rate = 1.1 AUM/ha for 4 days, late season-…Publication Date 1969
- rotational grazing
- aspen forest
- cattle grazing
- forage quality
- Herbage Utilization
- riparian meadow
- upland grassland
- 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 RecordMendoza determined the effects of light, heavy or severe simulated herbivory on understory palms (Astrocaryum mexicanum) at different growth stages. Plant response to defoliation varied by plant age…Publication Date 1969
- grazing intensity
- mortality
- compensatory growth
- Astrocaryum mexicanum
- recovery from grazing
- simulated herbivory
- tropical rainforest
- 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 RecordWalsberg studied the effect of cattle grazing on a small ground-nesting song bird in northwestern Arizona. The author located 17 nests in the cattle-grazed pasture and 21 nests in the ungrazed…Publication Date 1969
- cattle grazing
- Junco
- Junco hyemalis
- nest success
- 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 RecordAuthors examined vegetation, surface seed and soil seed bank composition in rough fescue grasslands under grazing intensities, varying from no grazing to heavy grazing. Seeds in the soil were least…Publication Date 1969
- native species
- grazing intensity
- introduced species
- season
- seed bank
- soil depth
- species composition
- 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 RecordWambolt examined differences in bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum) nutrient content in elk (Cervus elaphus) winter range between a pasture grazed by cattle (Bos taurus) in the spring, rested…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron spicatum
- Cervus elaphus
- crude protein
- big game nutrition
- cattle grazing
- rest-rotation grazing system
- Library Collection RecordVolesky et al. determined the effects of grazing wet meadows, in the Nebraska sandhills, at low, moderate, and heavy stocking rates, three or five times per growing season. Stocking rate had greater…Publication Date 1969
- grazing intensity
- slender wheatgrass
- forage quality
- herbage dynamics
- plant community composition
- subirrigated meadow
- Wet Meadow
- woolly sedge
- Library Collection RecordVarnamkhasti measured the effects of long-term grazing history (ungrazed, light, heavy), current year defoliation (clipped, unclipped), and water availability (normal, wet) on primary production and…Publication Date 1969
- compensatory growth
- grazing intensity
- primary production
- plant community composition
- precipitation use efficiency
- semiarid grassland
- simulated grazing
- 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 RecordIn this study, soil water dynamics were measured in pastures that were seeded with annual (Triticosecale, Triticosecale and Hordeum vulgare) or perennial (Bromus inermis, Bromus riparius) species and…Publication Date 1969
- evapotranspiration
- grazing intensity
- Forages
- water-use efficiency
- Library Collection RecordNormalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) of experimental plots that were exposed to different intensities (5, 10, or 20 cm stubble height) and frequencies (0, 1, 3, or 6 times during the growing…Publication Date 1969
- prescribed burning
- grazing intensity
- defoliation
- grazing frequency
- normalized difference vegetation index
- remote sensing measurements
- simulated grazing
- Library Collection RecordTurner et al. hypothesized that overcompensation most likely occurs in previously ungrazed tallgrass prairie as a result of stored photosynthate. In a 3-year experiment, the authors found that…Publication Date 1969
- history
- mowing
- nitrogen
- aboveground and belowground biomass
- cattle grazing
- defoliation intensity
- frequency
- Konza Prairie Research National Area
- maximization of production
- overcompensation
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordTewksbury et al. found three main factors that lead to the reduction of riparian avifauna. Loss of deciduous forests, cattle grazing and human encroachment are having the greatest effect on…Publication Date 1969
- agriculture
- avian abundance and richness
- cattle grazing
- landscape fragmentation
- multi-scale
- riparian habitat
- 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 RecordSvejcar and Christiansen measured root mass, root length, and leaf area index on Caucasian bluestem (Bothriochloa caucasica) pastures that were lightly or heavily grazed by cattle. Plants in heavily…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- grazing intensity
- Bothriochloa caucasica
- Caucasian Bluestem
- grazing tolerance
- root length density
- root:shoot ratio
- Library Collection RecordSvejcar and Christiansen measured xylem water potential, stomatal conductance and soil moisture of Caucasian bluestem (Bothriochloa caucasica) pastures, that were lightly or heavily grazed by cattle…Publication Date 1969
- stomatal conductance
- soil moisture
- grazing intensity
- water stress
- Bothriochloa caucasica
- xylem potential
- Library Collection RecordIn this Florida study, Steinman et al. used a recently established, replicated cattle ranch to investigate the effects of cattle grazing and pasture land use on invertebrate communities in seasonal…Publication Date 1969
- invertebrates
- nutrients
- land use
- cattle grazing
- Chironomids
- Florida wetlands
- Improved Pasture
- semi-native pasture
- Library Collection RecordSeigel Thines et al. feels that cattle grazing may be depredating the habitat used by the endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit. They feel that cattle grazing is altering the vegetative structure…Publication Date 1969
- sagebrush
- Brachylagus idahoensis
- cattle grazing
- Columbia Basin
- habitat selection
- Pygmy Rabbits
- Library Collection RecordShariff et al. examined the impact of moderate and heavy grazing on above-ground net primary productivity (ANPP), growing season root productivity (GSRP), and plant nitrogen in the grasslands of…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- productivity
- grasslands
- grazing intensity
- Nitrogen Uptake
- 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 RecordA study near Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada was conducted over two years to determine the effects of cattle grazing on streambank stability and also on benthic invertebrates. Three streams were fenced…Publication Date 1969
- Algae
- Benthos
- cattle grazing
- functional feeding groups
- riparian
- streambank stability
- Library Collection RecordSchulz and Leininger examined the differences in riparian communities, canopy cover, density and standing crop of important riparian species (Salix spp., Poa palustris, Poa pratensis, Deschampsia…Publication Date 1969
- Colorado
- Poa palustris
- Poa pratensis
- cattle grazing
- Rocky Mountains
- Salix spp.
- Library Collection RecordTo investigate plant adaptations across ecoregions, this study investigated the influences of a natural disturbance (flooding) and an artificial disturbance (cattle grazing) on reproductive and…Publication Date 1969
- age structure
- Populus
- flooding
- reproduction
- cattle grazing
- cottonwood
- Mountain
- prairie
- riparian
- Rocky Mountains
- Library Collection RecordSaiwana et al. suggest that scaled quail (Callipepla squamata) abundance in the Chihuahuan Desert could be maximized with a mixture of late-seral and mid-seral plant communities. Vegetation…Publication Date 1969
- arid lands
- black grama
- Bouteloua eriopoda
- Callipepla squamata
- cattle grazing
- Mesa Dropseed
- Sporobolus flexuosus
- threeawn
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of moderate to heavy sheep use (100, 150, and 200% of moderate use) were measured by Rosiere, on species composition and forage production in two major subtypes, the grass-woodland…Publication Date 1969
- botanical composition
- grazing intensity
- annual range
- herbage production
- Herbage Yield
- 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 RecordRagotzkie and Bailey examined the habitat use of mule deer in cattle grazed and ungrazed pastures by radio collaring 19 deer over a two year period. They found that mule deer spent most of their…Publication Date 1969
- cattle grazing
- deer-cattle relationships
- habitat use
- odocoileus hemionus crooki
- semidesert grass-shrublands
- Library Collection RecordGrazed areas had less avian species abundance and richness than control streams that had been fenced off from cattle (Bos taurus) grazing. This could be due to greater amounts and structure of cover…Publication Date 1969
- fencing
- Pennsylvania
- reproduction
- abundance
- avian
- cattle grazing
- cover
- nest
- pasture
- species richness