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- Library Collection RecordThe authors of this study tested the production and survival of chicory (Cichorium intybus) and plantain (Plantago lanceolata) cultivars under different summer grazing regimes to determine if any of…Publication Date 1969
- Chicory
- Cichorium intybus
- Plantago lanceolata
- Dactylis glomerata
- plant production
- grazing intensity
- alternative forage species
- Dry Matter Yield
- grazing frequency
- orchardgrass
- plantain
- Library Collection RecordThis study looks at the number of defecations by cattle that occur directly in the stream during riparian livestock use during daylight hours. The cattle were observed in August and November. In…Publication Date 1969
- water quality
- Bacterial contamination
- livestock behavior
- livestock defecation
- livestock stream access
- riparian area
- Library Collection RecordLaundre measured the effects of ground squirrel (Spermophilus townsendii) burrows on soil moisture, sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) production, and western wheatgrass (Agropyron smithii) production…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron smithii
- Artemisia tridentata
- big sagebrush
- cool desert
- Plant Productivity
- spermophilus townsendii
- Townsend's ground squirrel
- western wheatgrass
- 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 RecordLaycock states that past history of range management is important in understanding where we are and how we got here. However, dogmatic clinging to the past, has, in some situations, hindered our…Publication Date 1969
- range management
- grazing systems
- climax communities
- monitoring methodology
- rangeland health
- Library Collection RecordReview article, no summary available.Publication Date 1969
- Library Collection RecordIn Wisconsin, the average absolute loss of species per site per year was 0.45% for dry prairies, 0.77% for mesic prairies, and 1.03% for wet prairies. These values imply that half the plant species…Publication Date 1969
- Wisconsin
- fire suppression
- fire
- landscape fragmentation
- nitrogen-fixing plants
- prairie remnants
- species loss
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, LeCain et al. measured the effects of light and heavy grazing on carbon exchange, soil respiration and vegetation characteristics, in the Wyoming mixed-grass prairie. Seasonal…Publication Date 1969
- grazing intensity
- productivity
- photosynthesis
- soil respiration
- seasonal fluctuations
- soil carbon
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordLong-term grazing had minimal impacts on soil microarthropod populations and their depth distribution. Linotetranidae exhibited the only considerable difference in depth distribution from grazing,…Publication Date 1969
- Pseudococcidae
- Tenuipalpidae
- Acaridae
- Ascidae
- Bdellidae
- Linotetranidae
- Tardigrade
- Library Collection RecordLehmhuhl et al. developed a Bayesian Belief network to asses the habitat capability for elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer in the Columbia River basin. Their model weighed factors such as…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Cervus elaphus
- forest management
- Bayesian model
- ecosystem management
- Library Collection RecordIn this study the effects of continuous and rotational cattle grazing on understory forage production, forage quality, animal performance and tree growth were determined in an established walnut…Publication Date 1969
- animal performance
- browsing
- Forage Composition
- forage production
- forage quality
- grazing system
- tree production
- Library Collection RecordLeininger and Sharrow evaluated sheep browsing of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) seedlings in 1981 and 1982, on the Coast Range of Oregon. Most sheep browsing of Douglas-fir seedlings was…Publication Date 1969
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- sheep
- browsing
- seedlings
- conifers
- Douglas-fir
- mechanical impacts
- Library Collection RecordThis review evaluated riparian sites associated with streams or rivers in 9 western states to determine the feasibility of using ecological site concepts in describing and evaluating riverine…Publication Date 1969
- management
- riparian classification
- site progression
- water features
- Library Collection RecordLeptich examined the effects of livestock grazing on the habitat selection of pheasants during the winter in southern Idaho. Pheasants were not found in grazed grasslands or in areas of sagebrush…Publication Date 1969
- sagebrush
- grassland
- Hiding Cover
- loafing
- thermal cover
- Library Collection RecordThe diets of Roosevelt elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti) and Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) were very similar and consisted of similar seral affinities. During the fall…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus roosevelti
- Columbian black-tailed deer
- dietary overlap
- Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
- Roosevelt elk
- seral affinities
- 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 RecordThe appropriate initial grazing date and severity was determined for 3 seeded pasture grasses (Altai wild ryegrass (Leymus angustus), Russian wild ryegrass (Psathyrostachys junceus), crested…Publication Date 1969
- crested wheatgrass
- Agropyron desertorum
- Altai wild ryegrass
- Leymus angustus
- Psathyrostachys junceus
- Russian Wild Ryegrass
- simulated grazing
- 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 RecordWater quality was measured before and after the installation of alternate water sources in two pastures, one lightly grazed pasture and one heavily grazed pasture, which was also treated with…Publication Date 1969
- water pollution
- alternative water source
- best management practices (BMP)
- fecal coliform
- riparian fencing
- watershed
- 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 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 RecordThis study was done to examine the potential of Justicia lanceolata, a wetland plant that is resistant to herbivory by nutria (Myocastor coypus), in wetlands restoration. Results from this study…Publication Date 1969
- Nutria
- Louisiana
- fresh marsh
- herbivore-resistant
- Justicia lanceolata
- lance-leafed water willow
- Myocastor coypus
- wetlands restoration
- Library Collection RecordLoamy prairie and claypan prairie range sites were preferred by the pen-reared Attwater's prairie chickens (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) with a cattle (Bos taurus) stocking rate of 1.96 AUM/ ha…Publication Date 1969
- Bos taurus
- bare ground
- litter depth
- plant height
- Tympanuchus cupido attwateri
- visual-obstruction
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of defoliation in ungrazed, recently grazed, and long-term grazed high elevation grasslands were determined in this study. A single early season defoliation enhanced above-ground…Publication Date 1969
- above-ground net primary production (ANPP)
- Elymus elymoides
- high-elevation grasslands
- overcompensation
- Pascopyrum smithii
- root biomass
- squirreltail
- western wheatgrass
- 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 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 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. found that cattle can have an affect on mule deer habitat selection when forage quality and quantity are low in the late summer. Moderate to heavy cattle grazing seemed to push mule deer…Publication Date 1969
- forage
- fitness
- habitat shift
- optimal growth
- Library Collection RecordThis review looks at nonpoint source pollution in watersheds caused by cattle excrement, and how rangeland managers must address certain concerns regarding impacts on water quality due to nutrient…Publication Date 1969
- water quality
- watersheds
- management
- cattle excrement
- nonpoint source pollution
- nutrient loading
- pathogen loading
- Library Collection RecordMower and Smith looked at the diet similarity of elk and mule deer in northcentral Utah. Elk and mule deer had a 71% diet similarity with little separation in type of forage selected. Two reasons…Publication Date 1969
- competition
- diet composition
- forage availability
- human disturbance
- Library Collection RecordThe authors of this study used exclosures and simulated grazing to determine if arrowgrass (Triglochin palustris) plant biomass allocation and reproductive strategy was related to goose herbivory.…Publication Date 1969
- Alaska
- sexual reproduction
- brant geese
- subarctic salt marsh
- Vegetative Reproduction
- Library Collection RecordArrowgrass (Triglochin palustris), a forage species preferred by some geese, was transplanted to 4 community types, representing zones in an Alaskan salt marsh, where fertilizers and altered salinity…Publication Date 1969
- arrowgrass
- biomass allocation
- goose herbivory
- subarctic salt marsh
- Triglochin palustris
- Library Collection RecordVarious timings and frequencies of simulated grazing were applied to little bluestem plants (Schizachyrium scoparium) over three years in order to determine the appropriate grazing management for…Publication Date 1969
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- clipping frequency
- grazing frequency
- little bluestem
- persistence
- plant yield
- simulated grazing
- 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 was designed to isolate the differential effects of (1) herbivory, (2) competition of entangling vegetation, (3) nutrient augmentation, and (4) flood stress on growth rates of baldcypress…Publication Date 1969
- baldcypress
- Taxodium distichum
- Nutria
- Louisiana
- Myocastor coypus
- Pontchartrain
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordData was collected over 5, non-continuous years, at two locations in Nevada. Streams were classified according to their pool/riffle ratio, percent soil stability, percent vegetation stability and…Publication Date 1969
- riparian vegetation
- watershed management
- aquatic ecosystems
- fish habitat
- livestock grazing impact
- stream morphology
- stream stability
- wildland hydrology
- Library Collection RecordTo better sort natural influences from livestock influences, stream stability rating indicator variables were related to stream types and levels of ungulate bank damage, in a large database for…Publication Date 1969
- riparian vegetation
- watershed management
- aquatic ecosystems
- livestock grazing impact
- nonpoint source pollution
- sediment supply
- stream stability
- wildland hydrology
- 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 RecordBy using paired watersheds in northwestern Nevada, Myers and Swanson assessed the long-term recovery, after abusive grazing, of watershed scale livestock exclosures and rest rotation grazing, as well…Publication Date 1969
- watershed management
- Sedimentation
- environmental monitoring
- aquatic habitat
- climatic perturbations
- rangeland streams
- wildland hydrology
- 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 RecordNaeth and Chanasyk quantified the effects of short duration and continuous (season-long) grazing systems on runoff and sediment yield from sloped areas of the foothills fescue grasslands of Alberta…Publication Date 1969
- runoff
- Sediment
- rainfall
- grazing intensity
- agricultural hydrology
- grazing duration
- rangeland hydrology
- snow hydrology
- Library Collection RecordAnimals continue to play major ecological roles that go beyond their immediate requirements for food or habitat. In many cases, they are responsible for biogeochemical, successional, and landscape…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- Trophic levels
- animal population cycles
- community structure
- ecosystem
- successional pathways
- Library Collection RecordThis study re-evaluated the changes of stream channel cross sections since the 1986 study on Wickiup Creek. This site included an exclosure that has excluded cattle for 60 years, which has been used…Publication Date 1969
- monitoring
- channel changes
- Exclosure
- pool/riffle ratio
- riparian grazing
- stream morphology
- 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 RecordNaeth et al. measured soil bulk density, moisture and penetration resistance in three Alberta plant communities, grazed at different intensities and times of the year. The impacts of grazing on…Publication Date 1969
- rangelands
- grazing intensity
- bulk density
- compaction
- grazing season
- penetration resistance
- 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 and Chanasyk measured surface soil water, soil water at a depth of 50 cm, and evapotranspiration in grasslands exposed to no grazing, heavy, or severe grazing for one week in June (short…Publication Date 1969
- hydrology
- evapotranspiration
- soil water
- fescue grasslands
- grazing effects
- Library Collection RecordThe authors quantified water holding capacity of litter and organic matter in three different ecosystems, subjected to different grazing treatments. The water holding capacity differed between…Publication Date 1969
- grazing intensity
- Field Capacity
- precipitation
- grazing timing
- interception
- rangeland hydrology
- 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 RecordIn Nebraska, Mousel et al. conducted a 3-year (1999, 2000, 2001) pasture experiment to determine the effects of timing and frequency of grazing on big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) etiolated tiller…Publication Date 1969
- Andropogon gerardii
- timing
- big bluestem
- frequency
- recovery
- rest period
- tallgrass prairie
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