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- Library Collection RecordIn Florida, average diameter (37 cm) of creeping bluestem (Schizachyrium stoloniferum) plants, grazed in June, August, and October and year-long to 15-cm stubble height, was less (P<0.05) than…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- creeping bluestem
- Schizachyrium stoloniferum
- stubble height
- tiller density
- Library Collection RecordJoseph et al. examined two different levels of grazing intensity and the possible effects on wildlife numbers in the New Mexico State University Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center. Two…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- cattle
- birds
- mammals
- doves
- jackrabbits
- quail
- Library Collection RecordIn this Utah study, Jones and Nielson evaluate the response of Snake River wheatgrass (Elymus lanceolatus ssp. wawawaiensis), thickspike wheatgrass (Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus), and two…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- basal area
- Boot Stage
- Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus
- Elymus lanceolatus ssp. wawawaiensis
- Snake River wheatgrass
- spike number
- spring clipping
- Thickspike Wheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordJones conducted a quantitative review of the effects of cattle grazing in arid systems on 16 response variables ranging from soil bulk density to total vegetative cover to rodent species diversity.…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- arid ecosystems
- grazing effects
- meta-analysis
- rangeland conservation
- Library Collection RecordJohnson and Matchett explored the roles of grazing and burning on root growth in experimental watersheds at Konza Prairie, Kansas. Annual burning resulted in a 25% increase in root regrowth compared…Publication Date 1969
- burning
- grazing
- Kansas
- soil respiration
- Konza Prairie
- N cycling
- net N mineralization
- root growth
- root ingrowth cores
- tallgrass prairie
- tissue chemistry
- Library Collection RecordJepson-Innes and Bock looked at the effect of cattle grazing on the abundance of grasshopper species on the Appleton-White Research Ranch in southeastern Arizona. The subfamilies Gomphocerinae,…Publication Date 1969
- Acrididae
- Arizona
- grazing
- abundance
- Gomphocerinae
- Melanoplinae
- Library Collection RecordHuntly tested the effects of pikas (Ochotona princeps) on talus-border vegetation by excluding pikas from small plots at several distances from talus on a site in Colorado. Vegetational cover and…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- herbivory
- plant competition
- cushion plants
- Ochotona princeps
- perturbation experiment
- pikas
- plant community
- predation gradient
- refuging consumer
- sub-alpine meadow
- Library Collection RecordHulbert examines the history and use of the Konza Prairie in Kansas. The research management plan was developed in 1972, and it involved only burning because the area was to small. In 1977, grazing…Publication Date 1969
- burning
- grazing
- Kansas
- mowing
- Konza Prairie Research Natural Area
- soils
- tallgrass prairie
- watershed studies
- Library Collection RecordThe data from 10 exclosures examined in Arizona shows few differences in species frequencies between the inside and outside, with some exceptions. The large amount of sameness between the grazed and…Publication Date 1969
- Arizona
- grazing
- grazing management
- Exclosure
- sagebrush grasslands
- Library Collection RecordIn this paper, Howe argues that history, recent experiments, and theory suggest that there is little compelling scientific argument for conservation or re-creation of a monotonous "tallgrass…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- species diversity
- conservation
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordThe authors evaluated changes in plant composition and forage productivity on two Chihuahuan Desert ranges with different grazing histories and different histories of woody plant control. A major…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- black grama
- Bouteloua eriopoda
- Chihuahuan Desert
- honey mesquite
- key forage species
- Mesa Dropseed
- Prosopis glandulosa
- Sporobolus flexuosus
- 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 RecordHobbs et al. hypothesized that grazing by large herbivores results in conservation of nitrogen that would otherwise be lost from burned grasslands. They tested this hypothesis in a series of…Publication Date 1969
- burning
- cattle
- grazing
- herbivory
- fire
- nitrogen budgets
- nutrient cycling
- patch dynamics
- spatial variation
- Library Collection RecordGrazing is needed for the maintenance of a grassland system. Hill notes that altering the well-documented relationship between producer and consumer (grass and herbivore) seems unwise. Removing…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- herbivores
- grasslands
- management
- biological diversity
- policy
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of repeated simulated grazing on big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) plants, with and without mycorrhizal fungi, were measured Hetrick et al. in this greenhouse experiment. Big bluestem…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Andropogon gerardii
- symbiosis
- big bluestem
- Herbage Yield
- plant stress
- vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae
- Library Collection RecordHeitschmidt et al. examined the sustainability of the livestock grazing industry, in the Great Plains of North America, relative to ecological processes, economic viability, and social acceptance.…Publication Date 1969
- economic viability
- grazing
- ecological sustainability
- social acceptance
- Library Collection RecordPermanently marked tillers of five perennial grasses, native to the mixed-grass prairie of North America, were monitored on a pasture in Texas, to determine patterns of defoliation, architectural…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- mixed-grass prairie
- perennial grasses
- tiller defoliation
- Library Collection RecordFall burning and continuous grazing of California coastal prairie on upper, middle, and lower slopes had varied effect on 3 native perennial grasses. Foliar cover of California oatgrass (Danthonia…Publication Date 1969
- burning
- grazing
- management
- California
- coastal grassland
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordHartnett et al. studied the effects of bison grazing in Kansas tallgrass prairie on plant species composition and diversity components in sites of contrasting fire frequency. Cover and frequency of…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- plant communities
- species diversity
- grazing
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordPlant biodiversity and evenness on shortgrass steppe range in Colorado were greater in light and moderately grazed pastures than ungrazed or heavily grazed pastures after 55 years of treatment.…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- grazing intensity
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Stipa comata
- Opuntia polyacantha
- Pascopyrum smithii
- plant species biodiversity
- Library Collection RecordHarrison et al. studied the effects of livestock grazing and fire in a mosaic of serpentine and nonserpentine soils in California, where most grasslands are dominated by exotic annuals and serpentine…Publication Date 1969
- grasslands
- grazing
- diversity
- exotic species
- fire
- invasion
- serpentine
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordHamilton and Frank performed a 13C pulse-chase experiment on a common grazing tolerant grass, Poa pratensis, of Yellowstone National Park, to follow carbon flow into the soil rhizosphere and…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- herbivory
- nitrogen
- Poa pratensis
- grassland
- microbe
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordCattle trampling of endangered plants, certain animal species, and ground nests may be a management concern on rangeland. Researchers need theoretical models of trampling loss to assist in design of…Publication Date 1969
- continuous grazing
- grazing
- trampling
- modeling
- probability
- short duration grazing
- Library Collection RecordGuo determined the long-term recovery of a Sonoran Desert plant community from historical human and livestock disturbances, using current and historic data sets. Since the removal of livestock from…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- climate effects
- long-term dynamics
- site history
- Sonoran Desert
- species turnover
- Library Collection RecordGuenther and Detling used vegetation measurements and observations of cattle activity and location to determine cattle use and preference of habitat types in grassland pastures that contained prairie…Publication Date 1969
- Bos taurus
- cattle
- grazing
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- Habitat Preference
- prairie dogs
- shortgrass steppe
- site selection
- 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 RecordIn a Quebec salt marsh, Giroux and Bedard determine the response of five plant species (Scirpus americanus, Zizania aquatica, Eleocharis spp., Sagittaria spp., Scirpus torreyi) to goose herbivory and…Publication Date 1969
- Zizania aquatica
- plant production
- grazing
- Eleocharis spp.
- greater snow goose
- macrophytes
- penetration resistance
- Sagittaria latifolia
- Scirpus americanus
- Scirpus torreyi
- 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 RecordGilbert et al. looked at the habitat requirements for nesting ducks, and how management practices effect nesting density and success on the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge (MVNWR) in southern…Publication Date 1969
- Biomonitoring
- grazing
- waterfowl
- line-transect sampling
- nest density
- nest success
- Library Collection RecordOne of the goals of the Buenos Aries National Wildlife Refuge is to preserve native vegetation on grasslands that have been invaded by mesquite (Prosopis velutina) and many non-native species,…Publication Date 1969
- climate
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- grazing
- Arizona
- fire
- long-term monitoring
- non-native
- Semi-Desert Grassland
- Library Collection RecordThis review examines the interactions between herbivores, plants, and climatic factors in arctic wetlands using, as a case study, results of research on grazing by snow geese (Chen caerulescens) on…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- grazing
- nitrogen
- plant production
- reproduction
- arctic ecosystems
- Chen caerulescens
- plant-herbivore interaction
- snow geese
- Library Collection RecordAt 14-day intervals one of 7 cohorts of Thurber needlegrass (Stipa thurberiana Piper) plants was defoliated to a 2.5-cm stubble to describe initial growth rates, determine defoliation effects on…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- regrowth
- soil moisture
- rangelands
- forage conditioning
- herbage production
- livestock nutrition
- Stipa thurberiana Piper
- Thurber needlegrass
- Library Collection RecordFuhlendorf et al. evaluated restored and native sites in Oklahoma, within long-term heavy and moderate grazing regimes, to determine if soil nutrients from reseeded cultivated land have recovered…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- carbon sequestration
- Great Plains
- mixed prairie soils
- nitrogen conservation reserve program
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordAt Texas A&M University Agricultural Research Station, Fuhlendorf and Smeins analyzed long-term (45-years) basal area dynamics of dominant graminoid species, across three grazing intensity…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- herbivory
- stability
- climax community
- diversity
- scale
- succession
- vegetation model
- Library Collection RecordAuthors analyze a 44-year record of herbaceous vegetation change for three contrasting grazing regimes, within a semi-arid savanna, to evaluate the relative contribution of confined livestock grazing…Publication Date 1969
- climate
- grazing
- herbivory
- stability
- plant-animal interaction
- rangeland evaluation
- resilience
- state and transition model
- Vegetation Change
- vegetation monitoring
- Library Collection RecordRanching is the dominant land use in much of the American West. Although a copious literature has examined the effects of various grazing practices on native ecosystems, Freilich et al. present that…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- grazing
- ranching
- range management
- Library Collection RecordOn the northern winter range of Yellowstone National Park, Frank and Zhang measured ammonia volatilization at three times in 1995, at three topographic positions: hilltop, midslope, and slope-bottom…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- bison
- nitrogen
- Ammonia Volatilization
- Bison bison
- elk
- grassland
- ungulate
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordA year long study was conducted to examine how large herbivores and landscape factors affect soil C and N dynamics in grasslands of Yellowstone National Park. Results from the in situ experiment…Publication Date 1969
- carbon
- grazing
- herbivory
- bison
- nitrogen
- elk
- grassland
- Library Collection RecordFrank and Groffman examined the influence of native migratory ungulates on denitrification in grasslands of Yellowstone National Park in two ways, by (1) examining the effect of artificial urine…Publication Date 1969
- denitrification
- herbivory
- nitrogen
- grassland
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordFrank and Evans investigated the effects of native ungulates on grassland N cycling in Yellowstone National Park by examining natural 15N abundance of soils and plants inside and outside long-term…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- Cervus elaphus
- nitrogen
- 15N
- Bison bison
- elk
- grassland
- herbivore
- stable isotopes
- ungulate
- Yellowstone National Park
- 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 RecordA five year study, in the desert grassland of New Mexico, sampled arthropods living in the canopies of two woody shrub species (Gutierrezia sarothrae and Prosopis glandulosa) and perennial grasses…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- mesquite
- arthropod
- growing season rainfall
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- Prosopis glandulosa
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordFondell and Ball looked at the effect that cattle grazing has on ground nesting bird nest success in Montana. Gadwall and western meadowlark nesting success did not differ between grazed and…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- grassland
- ground-nesting birds
- nest density
- nest success
- Library Collection RecordFitzGerald et al. evaluated the preferences of cattle for major plant species with regards to regenerating post-burned aspen (Populus tremuloides) forest. Cattle grazed forest more when grasses…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- cattle
- Populus tremuloides
- Aspen
- preference
- Library Collection RecordFitter reviews Westoby's (1989) comments about the selective effects that vertebrate herbivores may have on plants, using the detailed studies by Jefferies and co-workers at La Perouse Bay on…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- grazing
- genotypes
- above-ground standing crop
- below-ground primary production
- La Perouse Bay
- net annual primary production
- nitrogen cycling
- Library Collection RecordFehmi and Bartolome evaluated the effects of fall burning and excluding grazing on spatial patterns of Nassella pulchra, in a historically grazed Coastal Prairie of California. N. pulchra…Publication Date 1969
- burning
- grazing
- Coastal Prairie
- Nassella pulchra
- native perennial grasses
- pattern analysis
- purple needlegrass
- Library Collection RecordFay compared the effects of cattle and bison grazing, mixed with prescribed burning, on insect diversity in two grassland prairies. He found that bison-grazed plots had a higher species richness of…Publication Date 1969
- insects
- grazing
- fire
- Sandhill Prairie
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordIn Kansas, Fahnestock and Knapp examined two abundant tallgrass prairie forb species, Ambrosia psilostachya and Vernonia baldwinii, commonly found intact in patches where the grasses have been…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- grazing
- water availability
- productivity
- Ambrosia psilostachya
- inland ironweed
- Vernonia baldwinii
- western ragweed
- Library Collection RecordFahnestock and Knapp assessed the indirect effects of selective grass herbivory by bison on the xylem pressure potentials and primary production of ungrazed tallgrass prairie forbs, during the 1990…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- grazing
- Andropogon gerardii
- biomass
- Ambrosia psilostachya
- Aster ericoides
- Bison bison
- Vernonia baldwinii
- xylem pressure potential
- Library Collection RecordFahnestock and Detling measured the combined effects of selective grass grazing and irrigation in a water limited plant community and fertilization in a nutrient limited plant community on the Pryor…Publication Date 1969
- primary production
- nitrogen
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range
- wild horses