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- 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 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 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 RecordIn this review, Edwards looks at the populations of diverse native grass species, that are found in cattle pastures throughout central California, and how many of these areas have been overgrazed,…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- California
- livestock
- browsing
- biodiversity
- competition
- exotic herbaceous species
- native grasses
- paleontological studies
- wildflowers
- Library Collection RecordAfter considering all the available evidence, Edwards notes that the Californian Pleistocene megafauna was a complex of grazing-browsing-trampling effects. Edwards infers that California's…Publication Date 1969
- California
- grazing
- bunchgrasses
- grazing ecology
- management strategies
- native wildflowers
- Pleistocene megafauna
- Library Collection RecordThis study is a quantitative description of the response of vegetation from 1973 to 1983 on the Goldbanks and Pueblo Mountain cattle allotments in northern Nevada managed under a 3-year pasture rest-…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- cattle
- rest-rotation
- Vegetation Response
- Library Collection RecordCalifornia annual grasslands are often managed with seasonal grazing and prescribed burning on the assumption that such practices have long-term benefits for native species. Mature native perennial…Publication Date 1969
- burning
- grazing
- Life History
- topography
- bunchgrass
- long-term response
- Nassella pulchra
- purple needlegrass
- Library Collection RecordIn California, prescribed fire and grazing are management tools to reduce non-native species in annual grasslands. Purple needlegrass (Nassella pulchra) subject to summer grazing and fire produced…Publication Date 1969
- germination
- grazing
- Maternal effects
- seed viability
- California
- Annual Grassland
- Nassella pulchra
- prescribed fire
- purple needlegrass
- soil seed bank
- Library Collection RecordThe Mount Haggin Wildlife Management Area in Montana is managed under a three-pasture grazing system incorporating about 18,000 acres. Cattle graze these pastures (all similar in size and grazing…Publication Date 1969
- Mice
- grazing
- voles
- raptors
- Library Collection RecordThis study was initiated in 1984 to determine the feasibility of using cattle under operational conditions to enhance growth of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Laws) and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- seedlings
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- Pinus ponderosa
- xylem
- Douglas-fir
- ponderosa pine
- water relations
- Library Collection RecordAuthors discuss using cattle or other livestock as a vegetation management tool. Grazing has the potential to allow tree seedlings to establish on tree plantations in the absence of competing…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- cattle
- sheep
- Competing Vegetation
- tree establishment
- tree plantations
- Library Collection RecordDesmond looked at the effects of cattle and black-tailed prairie dogs on the abundance of birds in the Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico. Overall, birds were more abundant on private lands with prairie dog…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- winter
- banner-tailed kangaroo rat
- black-tailed prairie dog
- Chihuahuan desert grasslands
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- Dipodomys spectibilis
- grassland birds
- land-use
- Library Collection RecordThis article supports the belief that overcompensation of total primary production can occur in plant populations and communities subjected to grazing. However, it is noted that whether or not this…Publication Date 1969
- compensation
- grazing
- grasslands
- primary production
- rangelands
- herbivory
- herbivore optimization theory
- overcompensation
- Library Collection RecordDamhoureyeh and Hartnett measured the growth and reproduction of five forb species in tallgrass prairie pastures in Kansas that were grazed by bison or cattle, and burned every year or every four…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- bison
- cattle
- fire
- forbs
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordCoughenour examined dormant season elk (Cervus elaphus) impacts on shoot and root standing crop and nitrogen concentration in and outside of 35 year old exclosures in Yellowstone National Park's…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- grazing
- biomass
- elk
- grazing impacts
- nitrogen concentration
- winter range
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordCoughenour examines the problem of ascribing adaptive significance to traits that enable graminoids to tolerate or evade ungulate herbivory. Some of these traits may have originally evolved in…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- competitive ability
- fossil records
- graminoids
- grass-grazer coevolution
- herbivory tolerance
- ungulate herbivory
- Library Collection RecordA study conducted at Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, following preliminary assessments of bison (Bison bison) use of prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) towns, found that midsummer was when…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- herbivory
- grazing
- Bison bison
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- forage interactions
- habitat use patterns
- mixed-grass prairie
- prairie dogs
- Library Collection RecordCoppock and Detling observed bull and cow-calf bison (Bison bison) herd selection of feeding sites on a prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colony, before and after a prescribed burn on a nearby…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- burning
- grazing
- Bison bison
- black-tailed prairie dog
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- Wind Cave National Park
- Library Collection RecordCollins and Barber measured the effects of grazing, fire, buffalo wallows, and prairie dog towns on grassland plant community dynamics in an area of mixed-grass prairie, in southwestern Oklahoma.…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Oklahoma
- buffalo wallows
- disturbance
- diversity
- fire
- grassland
- prairie dog town
- Library Collection RecordCollins conducted a field study to address the roles of fire, cattle grazing, and the interaction of these two disturbances on plant species abundance and community structure in a tallgrass prairie…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Oklahoma
- community structure
- disturbance regime
- diversity
- fire
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordFrom field data collected in Colorado, Coffin and Lauenroth modeled the effects of three types of small patch-producing disturbances on a short-grass community, dominated by blue grama (Bouteloua…Publication Date 1969
- Bouteloua gracilis
- grazing
- animal burrows
- ant mounds
- blue grama
- disturbance frequency
- disturbance size
- gap turnover
- grassland
- patch dynamics
- simulation model
- Library Collection RecordChanasyk and Naeth quantified grazing effects on soil bulk density and soil strength of sloped areas in the Alberta foothills fescue grasslands. They measured the effects of two grazing intensities…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- soil strength
- bulk density
- fescue grasslands
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, the pre-grazing and post-grazing stubble heights, in rotationally grazed pastures, were modified to determine the effects of stubble height on individual species and total forage…Publication Date 1969
- rotational grazing
- Dactylis glomerata
- Kentucky bluegrass
- Poa pratensis
- grazing
- orchardgrass
- species harvest index
- Library Collection RecordBurrow et al. concluded that a wide mosaic of microhabitat types is needed to sustain healthy densities of Texas horned lizards. The lizards need adequate amounts of bare ground as well as cover…Publication Date 1969
- burning
- grazing
- habitat selection
- Phrynosoma cornutum
- southern Texas
- Texas horned lizard
- Library Collection RecordThe role of cattle in facilitating the ingress and establishment of mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) has broader implications with regard to the conversion of grasslands to woodlands. On the site with…Publication Date 1969
- dung
- grazing
- mesquite
- disturbance
- Prosopis glandulosa
- Rio Grande Plains
- succession
- Library Collection RecordBrown and McDonald detect a one-sided presentation of data and opinions on livestock grazing in an issue of Conservation Biology (Fleischner 1994; Noss 1994; Weurthner 1994). Much as been written…Publication Date 1969
- livestock
- grazing
- rangelands
- conservation
- ecosystem processes
- Library Collection RecordBristow et al. looked at the effects of cattle grazing on the habitat selection of Montezuma quail in Arizona. The most important aspect of quail habitat was ample hiding cover followed closely by…Publication Date 1969
- Arizona
- grazing
- cattle
- Cyrtonyx montezumae
- habitat selection
- Madrean evergreen woodland
- Montezuma quail
- Library Collection RecordBremer et al. measured soil surface carbon dioxide flux in an annually-burned Kansas tallgrass prairie to document the effects of clipping at continuous and intensive early-stocking levels, and…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- soil respiration
- carbon budget
- clipping
- grazing strategies
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordIn this 3-year study of the vegetation in 4 livestock exclosures in North Dakota, Brand and Goetz found that the exclosures had greater graminoid leaf heights and greater mulch accumulation than the…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Bouteloua gracilis
- blue grama
- Carex filifolia
- Carex heliophila
- livestock exclosures
- Sedge
- species composition
- thread-leaf sedge