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- Library Collection RecordThis is a summary of 171 papers on livestock grazing in the West.Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- alteration of ecosystem structure
- ecosystem functioning
- livestock grazing
- riparian habitats
- species composition
- Western United States
- Library Collection RecordThis is a synthesis of issues surrounding livestock grazing on riparian areas and possible pathways to mitigation. It is based on a review of 36 articles.Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- grazing systems
- riparian
- riparian grazing
- 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 RecordTo understand what cattle eat in a mountain riparian area, the diets of five steers were analyzed during several periods over two grazing seasons. In 1994 a series of paddocks were established along…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- utilization
- willow
- diet composition
- preference
- Salix spp.
- Steer diets
- Library Collection RecordTo estimate lesser snow geese populations and determine the effects of geese herbivory along the Hudson Bay in the Northwest Territories, nesting and population surveys were conducted along with…Publication Date 1969
- Hudson Bay
- Chen caerulescens caerulescens
- fen
- grubbing
- lesser snow geese
- species composition
- 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 grazing on vegetation and soils were examined in two different ecosystems, the sagebrush steppe in the northwestern United States and the Patagonia steppe located in southern Argentina…Publication Date 1969
- consumption
- grazing
- primary production
- Aridity gradients
- ecosystem structure and function
- generalist herbivores
- graminoid nutritional quality
- Patagonia
- plant traits
- sagebrush steppe
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordRate of spotted knapweed reinvasion in relation to Picloram, fertilizer and defoliation treatments was examined in this clipping study west of Bozeman, Montana from 1994 through 1997. Sixteen…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- Kentucky bluegrass
- smooth brome
- Bromus inermis
- Centaurea maculosa
- defoliation frequency
- grass defoliation
- integrated weed management
- Phleum pratense L.
- Poa pratensis L.
- spotted knapweed
- Timothy
- Library Collection RecordThis short-term greenhouse study in Montana examined the effects of clipping the native Idaho fescue and soil water content on seedling emergence and growth of spotted knapweed. Clipping treatments…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- plant competition
- soil water
- Centaurea maculosa
- Festuca idahoensis
- weed invasion
- Library Collection RecordPicloram was applied to a leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) infested range site on the 5E Ranch near Grass Range, Montana (46° 50’ W, 108° 50’ W), but only to create different levels of leafy…Publication Date 1969
- Euphorbia esula
- picloram
- grazing management
- weed management
- density
- canopy cover
- Leafy spurge
- available forage
- range improvement
- Library Collection RecordRange condition, vegetation production, composition, and cover were compared between lightly and moderately grazed rangelands in the Chihuahuan Desert in southwestern New Mexico to determine if these…Publication Date 1969
- stocking rate
- livestock
- range management
- utilization
- arid lands
- range condition
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordSurface water quality data were collected from 1990-1994 across the state of Oregon, including eastern arid lands with high desert prairie. Data were analyzed according to landscape metrics and a…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- nutrients
- Waste management
- enterococci
- grazing potential index (GPI)
- landscape metrics
- surface water quality
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of excluding grazing by lesser snow geese (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) on the salt marsh at La Perouse Bay, Manitoba on species composition, live standing crop and plant litter have…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Anser caerulescens caerulescens
- Carex subspathacea
- exclosures
- lesser snow geese
- Plantago maritima
- Potentilla egedii
- Puccinellia phryganodes
- salt marsh
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordThe impacts of light and moderate cattle grazing on vegetative cover and species composition in areas surrounding cold-water springs on three watersheds on the Sierra Foothill Research and Extension…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- cover
- creek
- riparian
- species composition
- watershed
- Library Collection RecordA two year study in southeastern Oregon, forage kochia and seeds were clipped, ground and place in the rumens of cannulated steers for 0, 2, 8 12, 24, and 48 hours and tested for forage quality.…Publication Date 1969
- weed management
- seed germination
- seed viability
- grazing management
- rumen digestibility
- weed invasion
- Library Collection RecordGrowth and miserotoxin content of Columbia milkvetch following early season cattle grazing were measured. Cow/calf pairs grazed Columbia milkvetch infested rangeland near Lac du bois, British…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- Astragalus miser
- toxic plants
- weed biomass
- Weed Growth
- weed utilization
- Library Collection RecordEffects of short duration grazing by sheep or cattle combined with picloram treatments on leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) and Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) outside of Clyde Park, Montana. A…Publication Date 1969
- Euphorbia esula
- Kentucky bluegrass
- biological control
- density
- grazing management
- weed management
- noxious weeds
- Poa pratensis L.
- rangeland
- Library Collection RecordDensity, cover and biomass of spotted knapweed was examined on Idaho fescue, bluebunch wheatgrass dominated sites in outside of Bozeman, Montana. This study was designed to examine the effects of…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- Centaurea maculosa
- defoliation frequency
- Festuca idahoensis
- Idaho fescue
- weed invasion
- Library Collection RecordThis article is a summary of 58 articles on the effect of rotational grazing systems (RGS) on livestock grazing behavior in shrublands, with attention to riparian area impacts.Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- grazing systems
- stocking density
- foraging strategies
- livestock behavior
- livestock distribution
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, Valone measured the effects of fire and grazing, alone and in combination, in an arid Arizona plant community. The combination of grazing and burning enhanced annual plant species…Publication Date 1969
- disturbance frequency
- disturbance intensity
- free-range grazing
- prescribed fire
- species composition
- species richness
- synergistic effects
- Library Collection RecordAuthors used a multiscale approach by studying the effects of soil type/fertilizer, burning, or mowing on species composition within both large- (10,000 m2) and small-scale (100 m2) experimental…Publication Date 1969
- burning
- classification
- mowing
- soil
- grassland
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordYeo et al. examined cattle grazing behavior and vegetation measurements to determine the effects of implementing a rest-rotation grazing system on federally owned grazing allotments in Idaho. Cattle…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- grazing allotments
- plant community composition
- range condition
- species composition
- wildlife forage
- Library Collection RecordTwenty-five ungulate exclosures were established in Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest in the 1930's and 1950's. Information from earlier studies and resampled vegetation (…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- Odocoileus hemionus
- black-tailed deer
- elk
- exclosures
- native ungulates
- Olympic National Park
- species composition
- 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 study, authors used exclosures to determine the effects of continuous grazing at light, moderate, heavy and severe stocking rates, in Alberta rough fescue grasslands for 32 years. In…Publication Date 1969
- danthonia parryi
- Exclosure
- Festuca scabrella
- parry oat grass
- recovery
- species composition
- 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 RecordOver 4 years, Willms et al. compared vegetation in overgrazed and undergrazed patches, in rough fescue grasslands. Overgrazed patches were dominated by grazing-resistant seral species, while…Publication Date 1969
- organic matter
- grazing pressure
- Herbage Yield
- patches
- spatial stability
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordWikeem and Pitt determined utilization and vegetation responses of areas grazed by California bighorn sheep in British Columbia. Bighorn sheep diets consisted mostly of grasses. Although their…Publication Date 1969
- diet composition
- Ovis canadensis californiana
- plant community composition
- plant vigor
- range condition
- 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 RecordWeitkamp et al. measured the effects of short-duration cattle grazing on plant community diversity and soil structure in the Texas rolling plains. Short-duration grazing altered the species…Publication Date 1969
- plant density
- soil strength
- rotational grazing
- grazing system
- plant diversity
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordWeigel et al. broadcast seeded a kleingrass cultivar (Panicum coloratum L. 'Selection 75') into tobosagrass (Hilaria mutica) range, managed under a short-duration grazing regime, to test…Publication Date 1969
- soil compaction
- grazing management
- Panicum coloratum
- Kleingrass
- seedling establishment
- Library Collection RecordWatts et al. summarize the vegetation composition of pastures managed under rest-rotation and continuous grazing systems for 10 years, following fire in the Missouri River Breaks. Rest-rotation…Publication Date 1969
- canopy cover
- bare ground
- exclosures
- litter
- species composition
- vegetation cover
- Xanthium strumarium
- Library Collection RecordVujnovic et al. determined how different levels of disturbances, including grazing, affect the plant species composition and diversity in Alberta's Aspen Parkland. Species diversity was…Publication Date 1969
- invasive species
- disturbance frequency
- disturbance severity
- exotic species
- Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis
- plant community composition
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordVolesky et al. measured animal performance and vegetation response to 3 different grazing systems (frontal, continuous, and rotational) with varying stocking rates. The frontal grazing system…Publication Date 1969
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- stocking rate
- grazing management
- animal production
- Plains Old World bluestem
- steer performance
- Library Collection RecordThe suitability of tall wheatgrass (Agropyron elongatum) as an early spring to late summer cattle forage was determined by exposing this plant to different clipping frequencies and measuring it'…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron elongatum
- nitrogen
- potassium
- calcium
- magnesium
- grazing management
- forage yield
- phosphorous
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing on seed bank composition were measured on nine farms in the northeastern United States. Seedbanks in grazed pastures had lower seed species diversity, a lower percentage of…Publication Date 1969
- dairy farms
- aboveground vegetation
- management-intensive grazing
- seed bank
- species composition
- temperate grasslands
- viable seed
- 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 RecordChanges in vegetation were measured over six years in pastures exposed to different grazing systems and stocking rates on the Edwards Plateau of Texas. In general the moderate continuously grazed…Publication Date 1969
- stocking rate
- Aboveground Biomass
- bunchgrass
- grazing system
- sodgrass
- species composition
- vegetation community structure
- vegetation cover
- Library Collection RecordVegetative composition was measured in large pastures managed with rotational and continuous grazing systems to determine which grazing system was more appropriate to maintain or improve the…Publication Date 1969
- continuous grazing
- environmental conditions
- basal area
- patch overgrazing
- patch selection
- rotational grazing system
- spatial heterogeneity
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordSpecies composition of a Texas grassland under rotational grazing (3 days graze, 51 days rest) was measured when cattle were stocked at rates that were 1, 1.5, 2 and 2.5 times the recommended…Publication Date 1969
- botanical composition
- grazing management
- rotational grazing
- Exclosure
- livestock grazing
- Native Range
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of two grazing systems, short duration (graze 7 days, rest 42 days) and high-intensity, low-frequency (graze 14 days, rest 84 days) grazing, on the vegetation of the Edward's Plateau…Publication Date 1969
- primary production
- grazing management
- multi-species grazing
- species composition
- standing crop
- Vegetation Change
- Library Collection RecordStout et al. used experimental data from the northeast U.S. and the literature to assess the relationships between stocking rate and nitrate leaching losses beneath an intensively grazed pasture. A…Publication Date 1969
- leaching
- water quality
- grazing management
- stocking rate
- Nitrate
- Library Collection RecordSteuter et al. determined the effects of bison (Bos bison) grazing and the diet and distribution of bison and pocket gophers (Geomys bursarius) on sandhills prairie pastures. All pastures were…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- Bos bison
- exclosures
- forbs
- Geomys bursarius
- perennial C4 grasses
- plant-herbivore interaction
- pocket gophers
- species composition
- vegetation community structure
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, seed production was determined for subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum) plants exposed to no grazing, early season, late season, or extended (early and late season combined)…Publication Date 1969
- Subterranean Clover
- Trifolium subterraneum
- grazing management
- leaf area index
- components of yield
- Moisture Stress
- photosynthetically active radiation
- Library Collection RecordSharrow and Kuntz measured the level of elk (Cervus canadensis) grazing on three subalpine green fescue (Festuca viridula) meadows in Mt. Rainier National Park, and simulated grazing at different…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Alpine climate
- Cervus canadensis
- elk
- Festuca viridula
- grazing tolerance
- green fescue
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordThe author used a hierarchical forage model that included the effects of palatability and availability of food plants to predict cattle grazing use of shortgrass steppe species. Validation data was…Publication Date 1969
- palatability
- grazing management
- forage models
- hierarchical models
- landscape composition
- limiting biomass
- Library Collection RecordRomo et al. examined the effects of cattle grazing and simulated grazing, at different times in the growing season on winterfat (Ceratoides lanata) growth and production to determine the appropriate…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- grazing management
- productivity
- Ceratoides lanata
- standing crop
- Winterfat
- 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 RecordThe authors examined changes in winterfat (Ceratoides lanata) communities following 26 years of release from grazing pressure on ranges in southern Utah. Soil characteristics, plant cover and type…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Ceratoides lanata
- community response
- Soil Characteristics
- species composition
- Winterfat
- Library Collection RecordRalphs et al. determined the impacts of increasing stocking rates on plant species composition and standing crop, under short-duration grazing management, in a Texas mixed-grass prairie. Standing…Publication Date 1969
- forage availability
- frequency
- short-duration grazing
- species composition
- standing crop