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- Library Collection RecordResearch cited by Painter and Belsky (1993) may have demonstrated overcompensation or compensatory growth by individual plants in response to harvesting. Patten states that when considering the…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- compensatory growth
- grazing
- overgrazing
- elk
- herbivore optimization
- mixed cattle and elk grazing
- overcompensation
- Southwest
- western rangelands
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordPainter and Belsky used Agropyron smithii and Bouteloua gracilis plants, from intensively grazed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colonies and from a grazing exclosure in South Dakota, to compare…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron smithii
- Bouteloua gracilis
- grazing
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- intercompetition
- intracompetition
- prairie dogs
- Library Collection RecordThe research was conducted on three management intensive rotational grazing (MIRG) dairy farms, and continuously grazed pastures (CON) on three conventional dairy farms in Wisconsin in 1994 to 1995…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- production
- dairy farms
- crude protein
- acid detergent fiber
- continuous grazing systems
- forage growth
- height density
- management intensive rotational grazing (MIRG)
- neutral detergent fiber
- rotational grazing systems
- Library Collection RecordOpperman and Merenlender sampled willow (Salix spp.), white alder (Alnus rhombifolia), and Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia) density, inside and outside of unreplicated, 4 to 15-year old deer (…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- California
- Alnus rhombifolia
- exclusionary fencing
- Mendocino County
- native ungulates
- Salix spp.
- Library Collection RecordTo determine the impact of packhorse (Equus caballus) grazing on mountain meadows in southwestern Montana, Olson-Rutz et al. measured vegetation one and two years following single or repeated 4-, 8…Publication Date 1969
- Equus caballus
- grazing
- grazing response
- ground cover
- horse
- plant growth
- Library Collection RecordTo determine the impact of occasional or repeated packhorse (Equus caballus) grazing on mountain meadows in southwestern Montana, Olson-Rutz et al. evaluated vegetation use and diet selection for…Publication Date 1969
- Equus caballus
- grazing
- diet selection
- Forage Removal
- horse
- Mountain Meadow
- Library Collection RecordOlson and Richards examined the regrowth of a tussock grass, Agropyron desertorum, after grazing by cattle in the cold-desert shrub steppe of Utah. On tussocks grazed before internode (culm)…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron desertorum
- grazing
- regrowth
- culm elongation
- intercalary meristem activity
- tillers
- tussock grass
- Library Collection RecordOesterheld and McNaughton tested the hypothesis that the amount of compensatory growth after defoliation is affected by the level of stress at which plants grow when defoliated and by the length of…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- growth
- stress
- Allocation
- Briza subaristata
- Library Collection RecordThis case study in Utah was conducted to determine the location and extent of big-game damage to agriculture. Results of this study indicate that losses involve more than the feed or crops consumed…Publication Date 1969
- Utah
- grazing
- herbivory
- big-game animals
- damage costs
- damage to agriculture
- Domestic Livestock
- private land
- Library Collection RecordThis two-year study found that most of the wildlife species were found on mid-seral ecological rangeland conditions compared to late seral conditions. This is attributed to mid-seral rangelands…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- songbirds
- arid lands
- jackrabbits
- pronghorn
- quail
- Library Collection RecordNeff et al. studied three sites (one that was never grazed and two that were historically grazed), in southwestern Utah. Their results show that erosion of nutrient-rich soil fine materials results…Publication Date 1969
- carbon
- erosion
- grazing
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- soil
- Utah
- Arid
- desert
- soil crust
- Library Collection RecordNavarro et al. measured the long-term (1952-1999) effects of livestock use on range condition and species composition in the Chihuahuan Desert. Range condition was the same after 47 years, however,…Publication Date 1969
- drought
- grazing management
- plant ecology
- environmental factors
- precipitation fluctuations
- rangeland condition
- succession
- Library Collection RecordIn the Yukon, a study of snowshoe hares, Lepus americanus, showed that they produced more pellets on plots with more fertilizer, than on plots with less fertilizer. Snowshoe hares also produced more…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- grazing
- pellets
- Arctic ground squirrel
- Lepus americanus
- nitrogen fertilization
- snowshoe hare
- Spermophilus parryi
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to determine the effects of season and intensity of grazing on infiltration capacity in mixed prairie and fescue grassland ecosystems of Alberta, Canada. Grazing…Publication Date 1969
- infiltration
- grazing
- rangelands
- foothills fescue
- Infiltration Rate
- mixed-grass prairie
- parkland fescue
- Library Collection RecordThe authors measured soil water in several grassland ecosystems under different grazing treatments. Soil water was generally reduced at all depths by grazing, with differences between the controls…Publication Date 1969
- soil water
- grazing
- rangelands
- water uptake
- fescue grasslands
- mixed prairie
- Library Collection RecordNaeth et al. assessed the impacts of long-term cattle grazing on litter and soil organic matter in mixed prairie, parkland fescue, and foothills fescue grasslands of Alberta, Canada. In the mixed…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- chernozemic soils
- ground cover
- organic carbon
- rough fescue
- solonetzic soils
- Library Collection RecordThis study used government agency aquatic habitat, stream morphologic, and ocular stability data to assess land management impacts over four years on three stream reaches in northwestern Nevada.…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- watershed management
- aquatic habitat
- rangeland streams
- stream morphology
- Library Collection RecordMyers and Swanson studied three streams in central Nevada, two of which had been managed under a deferred rotation system for 7 years, and the other had complete rest for that same amount of time.…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- utilization
- management
- bank stability
- deferred rotation grazing
- gradients
- stream morphology
- width to depth ratio
- Library Collection RecordResearchers applied various timings and frequencies of simulated grazing to sand bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) and prairie sandreed (Calamovilfa longifolia) plants over three years, to determine…Publication Date 1969
- Andropogon gerardii
- grazing management
- Calamovilfa longifolia
- clipping frequency
- forage yield
- Prairie Sandreed
- sand bluestem
- Library Collection RecordThis study in Nebraska determined the effect of timing and frequency of grazing big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) pasture following a May grazing period on herbage availability and herbage…Publication Date 1969
- Andropogon gerardii
- grazing
- basal cover
- big bluestem
- early-season grazing
- herbage production
- leaf/stem ratio
- stand persistence
- Library Collection RecordThis study was initiated in Oregon in 1980 to monitor the effects on forage production of simultaneously varying both defoliation frequency and defoliation intensity in a grass-clover (Lolium perenne…Publication Date 1969
- perennial ryegrass
- Lolium perenne
- Subclover
- Trifolium subterraneum
- mowing
- grazing management
- short-duration grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe horizontal and vertical distribution of plant biomass was examined by Milchunas and Lauenroth, on shortgrass steppe communities that were heavily grazed or protected from grazing for 47 years.…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- community distribution
- plant biomass
- root biomass
- 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 RecordIn this study, Merrill et al. sampled above and belowground biomass of Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis) and bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum) plants, as well as nematode densities associated…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Agropyron spicatum
- nematodes
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- Cervus elphus
- elk
- Festuca idahoensis
- Idaho fescue
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordIntroduced, alien annual grass and forb species evolved during thousands of years of heavy grazing and periodic drought in southern Europe, and thus have many adaptations to compete successfully…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- California grasslands
- enhancement
- fire
- introduced species
- native perennial grasses
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordThis study was done to evaluate changes over a nine-year period in channel morphology and riparian vegetation in lightly grazed and essentially ungrazed sections of McKnight Creek, on the Gila…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- channel morphology
- Gila National Forest
- riparian ecosystems
- vegetation cover
- Library Collection RecordGrazing cattle deposit feces on the landscape that can contain Escherichia coli (E. coli), which can then be transported to water sources and contaminate drinking water supplies. The survival of E.…Publication Date 1969
- water quality
- pathogens
- grazing
- E. coli
- fecal bacteria
- Fecal Contamination
- Library Collection RecordMcNaughton wrote this article in response to Belsky's (1986) paper titled, "Does herbivory benefit plants?" since he felt that she developed an argument that is neither internally…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- grazing
- Plant fitness
- plant-herbivore relations
- Library Collection RecordIn southern British Columbia, McLean and Wikeem conducted clipping trials at two upper grassland sites for rough fescue, two lower grassland sites for crested wheatgrass, and one site each in the…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- crested wheatgrass
- British Columbia
- grazing
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- growth cycle
- rough fescue
- Library Collection RecordTo identify morphological and life history adaptations to grazing, mowing, and cultivation, authors collected seeds of the grass, Cenchrus incertus, from two populations in each of three types of…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Cenchrus incertus
- genetic differentiation of populations
- grass
- life history strategies
- unpalatable plant
- Library Collection RecordMcInnis and McIver studied the differences in riparian area damage between pastures that provided free-choice, off-stream watering and salt and those that did not. Over the 2-year study, average…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- water quality
- livestock
- greenline
- off-stream water
- Library Collection RecordThis study determined the effects of cattle trampling and grazing on vegetation and soil surface variables, and evaluated their effects on sediment movement and filtration in a montane riparian…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- trampling
- NPS pollution
- rainfall simulation
- stem density
- Vegetation filter strip
- Library Collection RecordMatlack et al. examined the indirect effects of grazing by bison (Bos bison) and cattle (Bos taurus) on small mammal populations in annually burned tallgrass prairie in Kansas. The authors sampled…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- bison-grazed
- cattle-grazed
- deer mice
- enclosures
- Peromyscus maniculatus
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordDuring 1990 and 1991, 'Callie' bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon var. aridus) pastures grazed by cattle were used to determine the effects of two rotational stocking methods and continuous…Publication Date 1969
- phosphorus
- potassium
- grazing
- defoliation management
- soil nitrogen
- soil nutrients
- Library Collection RecordResponses in forage growth and botanical composition of pastures may differ according to the species of animals being grazed and the closeness and frequency of grazing. Cattle (Bos taurus) are less…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- grazing intensity
- animal diet preferences
- Forage Composition
- forage evaluation
- plant growth
- Library Collection RecordAs the demand for rangeland resource use grows and diversifies, public land management involves more special interest groups. Some of these groups oppose grazing on public lands unless rangeland…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- grazing
- riparian vegetation
- rotational grazing
- alternative grazing strategies
- deferred grazing
- Library Collection RecordMarlow and Pogacnik studied the concentration areas of cattle on upland and riparian areas within 8 pastures, over a 2 year period in Montana. Through June and July, cattle use was concentrated in…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- utilization
- Upland areas
- cattle behavior
- forage quality/production
- riparian areas
- Library Collection RecordMarble and Harper inventoried the cover and species richness of vascular and cryptogamic components of the plant community, within experimental grazing paddocks at the Desert Range Experimental…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- cryptogamic crust
- desert rangeland
- species richness
- vegetation cover
- Library Collection RecordSoil samples from pastures in Wyoming, which were grazed for 11 years using three management practices, were collected and compared to those subjected to light grazing and livestock exclosures.…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Grazing Intensities
- grazing management strategies
- mixed grass prairie
- soil carbon
- soil nitrogen
- Library Collection RecordTo investigate the potential significance of virus-mediated mortality for early survivorship of bunchgrass seedlings, Malmstrom et al. compared the separate and combined effects of virus infection,…Publication Date 1969
- Barley yellow dwarf virus
- invasive species
- grazing
- apparent competition
- native bunchgrasses
- pathogen
- Library Collection RecordMagilligan and McDowell compared stream channels with active grazing and where grazing had been removed for more than 14 years. They compared channels inside exclosures and in adjacent grazed…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- channel adjustment
- exclosures
- fish habitat
- riparian disturbance
- Library Collection RecordLusk et al. studied habitat characteristics affecting Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) nest-site selection and nest success in a southern mixed-grass prairie in Oklahoma. The authors used a…Publication Date 1969
- management
- grazing
- Chondestes grammacus
- habitat characteristics
- Lark Sparrows
- nest-site selection
- neural model
- Library Collection RecordLarge areas of the southern California desert ecosystem have been negatively affected by off-road vehicle use, overgrazing by domestic livestock, agriculture, urbanization, construction of roads, air…Publication Date 1969
- California
- grazing
- Colorado Desert
- human impacts
- Mojave Desert
- recovery
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordLoeser et al. looked at the effects of removing cattle grazing on canopy cover, as it relates to pronghorn fawning habitat and forb abundance. The authors found no difference in the amount of cover…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- plant cover
- Arizona grassland
- horizontal cover
- plant composition
- semiarid grassland
- Library Collection RecordLiu et al. examined the effect of an intensive grazing system on the diversity of below ground microorganisms in the Chihuahuan Desert. The authors set up a severe grazing situation to simulate an…Publication Date 1969
- microorganisms
- grazing
- stress
- activity
- diversity
- Library Collection RecordWater quality was measured before and after improvements were made in two grazed pastures. An alternate water source was installed in a lightly grazed pasture, and an alternate water source,…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- water pollution
- grazing intensity
- alternative water source
- riparian fencing
- sediment load
- watershed
- Library Collection RecordIn the John Day basin of Oregon, Li et al. examined the cumulative effects of riparian disturbance by grazing on the trophic structure of high desert trout streams. Watersheds with greater riparian…Publication Date 1969
- Rainbow trout
- Oncorhynchus mykiss
- grazing
- algal biomass
- fish habitat
- invertebrate biomass
- trophic structure
- Library Collection RecordLewis et al. measured the effects of three rotational grazing systems on understory species composition and growth of longleaf pine (Pinus elliottii) trees in areas that were burned, planted, or…Publication Date 1969
- prescribed burning
- grazing management
- Longleaf Pine
- Pinus elliottii
- mechanical site disturbance
- multiple-use management
- pine-wiregrass vegetation
- Library Collection RecordOn North American rangelands lower successional stable states occur in sagebrush and other shrub-dominated vegetation types in the Great Plains, the short-grass steppe, the Southwestern desert…Publication Date 1969
- climate
- grazing
- site potential
- succession
- transition
- Library Collection RecordNorthern wheatgrass (Agropyron dasystachyum, syn. Elymus lanceolatus) plants were mowed at various times during the grazing season and the amount of time required to recover to pre-defoliation…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron dasystachyum
- Elymus lanceolatus
- grazing management
- regrowth
- above-ground net primary production
- degree-days
- growing degree-days
- Northern Mixed Prairie
- northern wheatgrass