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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 RecordLong-term effects of stocking rate and grazing system on livestock gains were assessed in the northern mixed-grass prairie at the USDA Agriculture High Plains Grassland Research Station in…Publication Date 1969
- continuous grazing
- rotational grazing
- stocking rate
- average daily gain
- grazing pressure
- short-duration grazing
- spring precipitation
- Library Collection RecordLong-term effects of stocking rate and grazing system on livestock gains were assessed in the northern mixed-grass prairie at the USDA Agriculture High Plains Grassland Research Station in…Publication Date 1969
- continuous grazing
- rotational grazing
- stocking rate
- average daily gain
- grazing pressure
- short-duration grazing
- spring precipitation
- Library Collection RecordChannel width, depth, water velocity, vegetation cover, and substrate size were measured along two different streams in the Golden Trout Wilderness (118°15'N, 36°22'W), in Sierra…Publication Date 1969
- reproduction
- California golden trout
- livestock grazing
- Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita
- recruitment
- salmonids
- Sierra Nevada
- spawning habitat
- stream alteration
- stream morphology
- Library Collection RecordWater vole populations were surveyed in the Big Horn Mountains of north central Wyoming to determine how livestock grazing affects their habitat. Voles were surveyed using a mark and recapture method…Publication Date 1969
- willow
- Carex
- habitat degradation
- habitat requirements
- livestock grazing
- Microtus richardsoni
- sensitive species
- water vole
- Library Collection RecordReduction of amphibian populations was investigated by looking at 40 ponds in the agricultural region of southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and southwestern Wisconsin to determine what…Publication Date 1969
- agriculture
- fish
- landscape
- nitrogen
- water quality
- agricultural pond
- amphibian
- Driftless Area Ecoregion
- farm pond
- habitat management
- livestock grazing
- stock pond
- Library Collection RecordSimulation model (Simple Ecological Sustainability Simulator- SESS) representing a hypothetical 100ha ranch in northern Mexico, southern TX, was used to determine ecological and economic consequences…Publication Date 1969
- stocking rate
- sustainability
- prescribed fire
- ranching systems
- range condition
- semi-arid
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of prescribed fire and livestock grazing on a semi-arid grassland community dominated by the non-native invasive grass, Lehman lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees) were evaluated at…Publication Date 1969
- Arizona
- prescribed burning
- species diversity
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- invasive grasses
- Lehmann lovegrass
- livestock grazing
- native plants
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordThis is a literature review of 47 published scientific articles examining management strategies to obtain even cattle distribution and use of mountainous riparian meadows in the Pacific Northwest.Publication Date 1969
- shade
- stocking rate
- management
- grazing distribution
- offstream water
- rangeland slope
- riparian areas
- salt supplements
- Library Collection RecordLong-term production and profitability of grazing on northern mixed-grass prairie using yearling steers on rangelands of three land condition classes (low-far, good and excellent), and actual…Publication Date 1969
- profit
- stocking rate
- livestock grazing
- Range Conditions
- variable stocking
- 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 RecordPlains cottonwood (Populus deltoides Marsh. subsp. monilifera) population dynamics were measured inside and outside of 4 exclosures along the Wild and Scenic portion of the Missouri River in Montana…Publication Date 1969
- dam
- exclosures
- Flood
- hydrogeomorphic
- livestock grazing
- plains cottonwood
- Populus deltoides Marsh. subsp. monilifera
- seedling demography
- streamflow
- Library Collection RecordA four year study evaluated pairing goat grazing and herbicide control (picloram plus 2,4-D) as a better long term control leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) infestations than either treatment alone.…Publication Date 1969
- density
- stocking rate
- picloram
- Euphorbia esula
- grazing
- integrated weed management
- rangeland weed control
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of complete and partial exclusion of cattle grazing on avian recovery was examined in a study conducted in riparian areas of Orestimba Creek and Garzas Creek on Simon Newman Ranch in…Publication Date 1969
- Avian conservation
- Breeding Bird Survey (BBS)
- cattle exclosures
- livestock grazing
- rangeland management
- riparian habitats
- seasonal exclusion
- species restoration
- Library Collection RecordWhite et al. measured the vegetative responses of a New Mexico blue grama rangeland to heavily stocked, short-duration grazing and moderately stocked, continuous grazing. In general, total produced…Publication Date 1969
- primary production
- defoliation
- Bouteloua gracilis
- stocking rate
- blue grama
- grazing system
- Library Collection RecordWeltz and Wood examined the influence of short-duration grazing, continuous grazing, and exclusion from grazing on soil erosion, in terms of sediment concentration and total suspended sediment…Publication Date 1969
- continuous grazing
- soil erosion
- stocking rate
- plant biomass
- sediment production
- short duration grazing
- 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 RecordPrevious research suggests that soil bulk density can affect infiltration rate, runoff, erosion and growth of plants. In this study, Van Haveren determined soil bulk density on fine and coarse…Publication Date 1969
- soil texture
- stocking rate
- compaction
- hoof action
- hydrologic characteristics
- Infiltration Rate
- 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 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 RecordStrand and Merritt reviewed the evidence of livestock production impacts on riverine ecosystems throughout the United States. Emphasis is placed on examinations of direct responses of aquatic…Publication Date 1969
- insects
- water quality
- habitat alteration
- livestock grazing
- riparian habitat
- riverine ecosystems
- 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 RecordIn this study, soil bulk density was compared among winter feeding pastures that were not used by cattle and those that were grazed and trampled by cattle at normal and very heavy stocking rates.…Publication Date 1969
- soil compaction
- stocking rate
- infiltration
- cattle trampling
- recovery
- soil bulk density
- Library Collection RecordPrairie falcon (Falco mexicanus) populations, in the study area, greatly declined from 1976 to 1997. Droughts, declines in Townsend's ground squirrel (Spermophilus townsendii) populations,…Publication Date 1969
- agriculture
- Falco mexicanus
- livestock grazing
- military training
- spermophilus townsendii
- Townsend's ground squirrel
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of a single intense March grazing by sheep, on the components of biomass yield in 'Yamhill' soft white winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) were evaluated in Oregon during the 1979…Publication Date 1969
- Triticum aestivum
- crop yield
- yield components
- cereal grain
- livestock grazing
- white winter wheat
- Library Collection RecordA grazing study initiated in 1983 on the Santa Rita Experimental Range in Arizona, provided an opportunity to evaluate cattle grazing patterns on Lehmann lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana) dominated…Publication Date 1969
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- stocking rate
- intensity
- Lehmann lovegrass
- patchiness
- regrowth potential
- repeated defoliation
- Library Collection RecordIn this review article, Ripple and Beschta examine the decline of deciduous woody species, found along riparian systems in the western U.S., and the need for restoration of those species at landscape…Publication Date 1969
- livestock grazing
- predation risk
- refugia
- ungulate browsing
- woody browse species
- Library Collection RecordShort-duration grazing studies have only recently been done on arid and semiarid rangelands. The benefits of short-duration grazing will be most evident in grazing situations characterized by…Publication Date 1969
- stocking rate
- arid/semi-arid rangeland
- biological crusts
- livestock distribution
- short-duration grazing
- Water Infiltration
- Library Collection RecordPainter and Belsky (1993) use the debate over compensatory growth as the focus for discussion about the development of basic ecological research and its application to rangeland management. They…Publication Date 1969
- grazing systems
- range management
- livestock grazing
- Selectivity
- semi-arid rangelands
- Library Collection RecordEcological research can be misinterpreted by the popular press and misapplied in land management. One example of this concerns the controversial concepts of overcompensation by grazed plants and…Publication Date 1969
- compensatory growth
- overgrazing
- range management
- application of research
- herbivore optimization
- holistic resource management
- livestock grazing
- management of public land
- misinterpreting research results
- semi-arid western rangelands
- shaping public opinions
- Library Collection RecordOwensby et al. examined the effects of increasing the stocking rate on intensive-early stocked pastures, in the Flint Hills of Kansas, by applying stocking rates that were 2, 2.5, and 3 times the…Publication Date 1969
- Andropogon gerardii
- Andropogon scoparius
- stocking rate
- big bluestem
- grazing system
- little bluestem
- livestock gain
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordGrasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) consumed horse (Equus caballus) and cattle (Bos taurus) dung even while lush vegetation was abundant. The cavities in the dung, created by feeding grasshoppers,…Publication Date 1969
- Equus caballus
- Bos taurus
- thermoregulation
- convective heat loss
- livestock grazing
- optimum body temperatures
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, Nash et al. measured annual plant community dynamics along transects at several distances away from livestock watering points, to determine how livestock grazing intensity affects…Publication Date 1969
- multivariate analysis
- boundary locations
- Chihuahuan Desert
- desert plant communities
- livestock grazing
- semivariogram
- Library Collection RecordNash et al. found a difference in the community structure of ants between a rangeland in good condition and a rangeland in poor condition, but could not find differences in the ant communities of…Publication Date 1969
- vegetation
- ant
- bare patches
- cool desert
- Formica spp.
- Great Basin
- indicator
- livestock grazing
- Pheidole spp.
- range condition
- Library Collection RecordIn the shortgrass steppe of Colorado, authors made comparisons of vegetation and species composition between grazed sites and geologic refuge sites, that were located in ravines and not exposed to…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- drought
- livestock grazing
- rare species
- refugia
- relict
- rock bluffs and outcrops
- Library Collection RecordAn analysis of willow canopy cover was completed using aerial photographs spanning 46 years, including a 23 year period of custodial grazing management and a 22 year period of a rest rotation grazing…Publication Date 1969
- degradation
- willow
- canopy cover
- livestock grazing
- riparian habitat
- stem replacement
- Library Collection RecordLoft et al. concluded that heavy stocking rates, which are considerably higher than federal recommendation, cause negative effects in deer habitat preference during their fawning season. Cattle seem…Publication Date 1969
- stocking rate
- competition
- corn lilies
- cover
- Library Collection RecordLoft et al. looked at the interaction of cattle and mule deer and the accompanied effects on mule deer home range in the Sierra Nevada's of California. The presence of cattle never removed mule…Publication Date 1969
- stocking rate
- competition
- habitat requirements
- home range
- Library Collection RecordKreuper et al, found that the removal of cattle from the San Pedro River NCA had a positive effect on the herbaceous vegetation in the riparian and mesquite areas. They found that cattle removal had…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- herbaceous vegetation
- livestock grazing
- overstocking
- Library Collection RecordKarn et al. compared animal gains, and forage production and utilization at two stocking rates (moderate and heavy) on flat and rolling native grasslands with seeded smooth bromegrass (Bromus inermis…Publication Date 1969
- crested wheatgrass
- Agropyron desertorum
- Bromus inermis
- stocking rate
- animal gains
- native rangelands
- Pascopyrum smithii
- smooth bromegrass
- western wheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordJung and Sahlu determined the effects of sheep grazing at two different stocking rates on available forage, forage quality, diet quality, and animal intake and weight gain. Forage quality declined…Publication Date 1969
- stocking rate
- selective grazing
- Bromus inermis
- animal gains
- diet composition
- diet quality
- intake
- smooth bromegrass
- Library Collection RecordHuffaker and Cooper have presented a model linking privately optimal annual stocking rates to their long-term impact on the succession of plant species on rangeland. The underlying motivation is the…Publication Date 1969
- environment
- plant succession
- stocking rate
- rangeland
- slow dynamics
- threshold analysis
- 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 RecordHerbaceous production, utilization, percent cover and species composition were compared for three grazing systems (continuous, rotationally deferred, short-duration rotation) at two stocking rates (…Publication Date 1969
- continuous grazing
- stocking rate
- range condition
- rotationally deferred grazing
- Savory Grazing Method
- short-duration rotation grazing
- Library Collection RecordHart et al. determined that cattle and elk appear to have very little habitat over lap, based on the soil types and slope/aspect of the areas where they were observed. Cattle seemed to spend most of…Publication Date 1969
- stocking rate
- cattle-elk competition
- range sites
- Library Collection RecordGoguen and Mathews found that cattle grazing has no direct effect on species richness, species abundance or nesting success. They compared two pinyon-juniper woodland sites; one that had been…Publication Date 1969
- New Mexico
- brown-headed cowbird
- livestock grazing
- Neotropical migrant songbird
- nesting success
- pinyon-juniper
- Library Collection RecordGodwin and Miner installed off-stream watering developments to lure livestock away from streams and riparian zones, and analyzed whether those developments were a more cost effective method to reduce…Publication Date 1969
- riparian zones
- water quality
- water quality
- livestock grazing
- manure
- offsite watering
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, Gillen et al. determined the effects of altering the rest period between grazing cycles and the stocking rate in a short-duration rotational grazing system in pastures that were spring…Publication Date 1969
- rotational grazing
- stocking rate
- rest
- grazing system
- seral successional stage
- Spring Burning
- Library Collection RecordGillen et al. examined the impact of 3 short-duration grazing treatments (2, 3, and 4-grazing cycles, ranging from 3 to 9 days) and 2 stocking rates on Oklahoma tallgrass prairie over 2 years. Grass…Publication Date 1969
- stocking rate
- defoliation frequency
- defoliation intensity
- Rotation Grazing
- 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