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- Library Collection RecordOver nearly three years runoff from four Northwest Arkansas (36Ëš 00’ N; 94Ëš 25’ W) pasture fields was collected and analyzed for fecal coliform (FC) and fecal streptococcus (FS),…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- runoff
- water quality
- fecal coliform
- fecal streptococcus
- manure
- Library Collection RecordThis scientific opinion paper focuses on the weaknesses of recent studies out at La Perouse Bay on the coast of Hudson Bay that have examined the effect of Lesser Snow Geese grazing on net above-…Publication Date 1969
- geese
- grazing
- forage
- net-above ground primary production (NAPP)
- nutrient cycling
- succession
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of clipping height on forage quality and yield of three meadow communities (bluegrass-clover, grass-sedge and sedge) was examined on an unfertilized meadow in Southern Klamath County,…Publication Date 1969
- Carex
- Poa
- Bluegrass
- Deschampsia caespitosa
- Sedge
- tufted hairgrass
- Library Collection RecordThis scientific opinion paper focuses on the need for riparian buffers across the Great Plains and the challenges that remain in wide spread acceptance of this management tool.Publication Date 1969
- guidelines
- management
- water quality
- stream protection
- 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 RecordThe response of aquatic insect populations to manure inputs in stream channels was measured in two distinct California stream systems in the Coastal (37Ëš 57’ N; 122Ëš 43’ W) and…Publication Date 1969
- Aquatic insects
- streams
- carbon isotopes
- cattle grazing
- manure
- organic enrichment
- Library Collection RecordThis is a literature review of 40 published scientific articles covering potential enhancements to riparian habitats in headwater and downstream river environments with watershed practices in…Publication Date 1969
- watersheds
- erosion
- management
- riparian vegetation
- Southwestern United States
- streamflow
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of intensive grazing by black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) on water relations and community evapotranspiration on a northern-mixed prairie near Wind Cave National Park in…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron smithii
- Bouteloua gracilis
- grazing
- water potential
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- prairie dogs
- water vapor
- Library Collection RecordA simple model was developed to evaluate the impacts of long-term soil erosion on pasture productivity caused by storm-induced landslides steep (>25��) hill slopes. The study…Publication Date 1969
- erosion
- Landslides
- Risk analysis
- sustainability
- land stability
- mass movement
- Monte Carlo
- Pasture Productivity
- simulation model
- Library Collection RecordThe importance of long-term data collection to studies involving plant community dynamics and the apparent increased influence of grass seeding rates on sagebrush growth as the vegetation matures was…Publication Date 1969
- Seeding rates
- Artemisia tridentata spp. wyomingensis
- coal mine reclamation
- shrub
- structural diversity
- Structure
- Library Collection RecordThe growth form and vegetative characteristics of willows (Salix spp.), on the winter range in Rocky Mountain National Park, changed dramatically in response to protection from elk (Cervus elaphus)…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- herbivory
- Salix
- alternative stable states
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- stem morphology
- Library Collection RecordThis article presents arguments against using utilization limits as the only management tool to base decisions on.Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- utilization
- herbivory
- management
- grazing strategies
- North American rangelands
- riparian ecosystems
- Library Collection RecordThe progression of land use changes in El Dorado County, California from 1957 to 1997 was summarized by cataloging past and present land management practices in addition to associated political…Publication Date 1969
- land management
- land use
- ranching
- conservation
- hardwood rangeland
- political ecology
- Sierra Nevada
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of cattle grazing on soil moisture were determined during this two year study conducted on five sites: three sites under forage (one on reclaimed mine lands), and two sites under pasture…Publication Date 1969
- forage
- grazing
- water retention
- runoff
- pasture
- total soil water
- Library Collection RecordRunoff, infiltration rates and accumulated infiltration were measured near Keephills, Alberta (53� 30� N; 114� 27� W) on two pasture sites, and three…Publication Date 1969
- infiltration
- runoff
- grazing
- Rainfall Simulator
- reclaimed mineland
- Library Collection RecordA land-use plan and a soil conservation strategy for reducing catastrophic soil erosion in the central eastern area of Nigeria (05Ëš 38’, 7Ëš 07’ N; 06Ëš 36’, 8Ëš 30 Publication Date 1969
- erosion control
- land degradation
- land management
- land use
- Nigeria
- soil conservation
- soil erosion
- water conservation
- soil loss tolerance
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing on vegetation and soils were examined in two different ecosystems, the sagebrush steppe in the northwestern United States and the Patagonia steppe located in southern Argentina…Publication Date 1969
- consumption
- grazing
- primary production
- Aridity gradients
- ecosystem structure and function
- generalist herbivores
- graminoid nutritional quality
- Patagonia
- plant traits
- sagebrush steppe
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordAltering the stocking rate in a rotational grazing system, time of year, and plant species affected the non-structural carbohydrate storage in Florida stargrass pastures. Pastures with high stocking…Publication Date 1969
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- Digitaria decumbens
- Paspalum notatum
- bahiagrass
- Cynodon spp.
- plant regrowth
- stargrass
- Transcala digitgrass
- Library Collection RecordThis review article is a summary of 90 of studies on pertaining to grazing best management practices (BMPs) commonly implemented in the southern humid region of the United States to ascertain effects…Publication Date 1969
- sustainability
- agriculture
- water quality
- best management practices
- environmental impacts
- nonpoint source pollution
- Library Collection RecordCattle position, stocking densities, and stream discharges were measured to determine the effects of alternate watering sources with and without riparian area fencing on stream cross-sectional data…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- Sediment
- alternate water source
- best management practice
- riparian fencing
- riparian zone
- Library Collection RecordEighteen communally grazed grasslands and adjacent ungrazed areas with different periods grazing and exclusion were examined in South Africa, nine sites within eutrophic soil near Mpumalanga (25Ëš…Publication Date 1969
- Communal lands
- grazing
- South Africa
- degraded
- protected lands
- rapid change
- resilience
- state-and-transition models
- Library Collection RecordPlant succession was examined on reclaimed sites at zero, two, 10 and 25 years post-reclamation in the barren lands of Haukadalasheidi in Southern Iceland (64Ëš 35’ N; 20Ëš 28’ W…Publication Date 1969
- Iceland
- reclamation
- revegetation
- Aerial seeding
- arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
- barren lands
- succession
- Library Collection RecordThis article is a review of 123 articles on the chemically mediated interactions between browsing mammals and woody plants.Publication Date 1969
- mammals
- toxicity
- chemical defense
- community
- ecosystem
- secondary metabolite
- Library Collection RecordMoose (Alces alces) herbivory was assessed in relation to population parameters of both Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) and moose populations on Isle Royale National Park, Michigan (47° 55' N,…Publication Date 1969
- balsam fir
- Abies balsamea
- moose
- browsing
- foraging
- herbivory
- Alces alces
- boreal
- Conifer
- Isle Royale National Park
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of propoxycarbazone-sodium (labeled for downy brome control in small grains) and imazapic on downy brome and perennial grasses were evaluated in a study conducted at three rangeland…Publication Date 1969
- application timing
- moisture
- Perennial forage
- seedling establishment
- Library Collection RecordThe level of secondary chemical compounds and palatability of birch (Betula) and willow (Salix) with varied historic levels of browsing pressure were examined in a series of experiments using free-…Publication Date 1969
- birch
- Betula
- willow
- Salix
- winter
- Alaskan snowshoe hares
- Boreal Forest
- chemical defense
- Lepus americanus
- Library Collection RecordA five year study examined the effects of browsing by wildlife and domestic sheep on the structure, growth and reproduction of two common willow species (Salix boothii, and S. geyeriana) along Upper…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- Booths willow
- Geyer willow
- large mammals
- northeast Oregon
- wild ungulate versus sheep browsing
- willows
- Library Collection RecordWillow (Salix sp.) growth and use by beavers (Castor canadensis) was examined and compared on a site on the Yampa River (a free-flowing river) and a site on the Green River (downstream of a dam,…Publication Date 1969
- beaver
- Castor canadensis
- foraging behavior
- regulated flows
- Salix exigua
- sandbar willow
- Library Collection RecordIndividual species response to grazing, physical disturbance, competition and fire was analyzed at a population-level and community-level in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania (34˚ 05â…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- herbivores
- species diversity
- Community organization
- community structure
- disturbance
- functional response group
- mammalian grazer
- Manipulation
- Library Collection RecordFive techniques(herbicides and reseeding native species) for restoring grasslands that have been invaded by annual grasses were evaluated in Palouse Prairie remnants in Latah County, ID (46° 40’ N…Publication Date 1969
- invasive species
- soil moisture
- plant community
- restoration
- seed predation
- Library Collection RecordGoose exclosures were used to determine the effects of spring grazing by migratory spring greater snow geese (Chen caerulescens atlantica) on June hay harvests in agricultural fields, along the St.…Publication Date 1969
- agricultural fields
- biomass production
- Chen caerulescens atlantica
- hay fields
- migratory range
- reduced harvest
- Library Collection RecordThis study was designed to address the physiological factors which may be responsible for poor woody plant regeneration in montane riparian habitats of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. There…Publication Date 1969
- ungulates
- plant-animal interactions
- riparian ecosystems
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- stable isotopes
- Library Collection RecordEffects of grazing management and N fertilization on the persistence of vaseygrass (Paspalum urvillei), a weedy species in limpograss (Hemarthria altissima) pastures were examined at the Beef…Publication Date 1969
- grazing intensity
- Paspalum urvillei
- fertilization
- grazing system
- Hemarthria altissima
- limpograss
- vaseygrass
- weedy species
- Library Collection RecordThree years of controlled sheep grazing data was used to determine the use of spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) and Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis) south of Bozeman, Montana (45° 36' N;…Publication Date 1969
- nutritive value
- Centaurea maculosa
- diet selection
- Festuca idahoensis
- weed
- weed utilization
- Library Collection RecordThe spread of leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) seeds though the wool and feces of sheep was measured in southwestern Montana (45° 40’ N; 111° 33’ W) during the summers of 1993 and 1994.…Publication Date 1969
- Weeds
- feces
- fleece
- seed dispersal
- Euphorbia esula
- weed spread
- Library Collection RecordThe response of spotted knapweed and perennial grass to 16 mowing treatments (combinations of spring, summer, fall and no mowing) at 2 sites over 3 years. Site 1 was south of Belgrade, MT (45° 47â…Publication Date 1969
- weed control
- mechanical control
- Centaurea maculosa
- clipping frequency
- weed cover
- Weed Density
- Library Collection RecordThis short term study in California examined the vegetative cover of ungrazed roadside verges to adjacent grazed pastures in the inner northern coastal range (38° 40’ N; 122° 25’ W). Paired…Publication Date 1969
- exotic plants
- plant biomass
- roadside vegetation
- serpentine grassland
- soil comparison
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordThree new predictions of grazing impacts on arid rangelands: (plant species richness will exhibit a negative but moderate decrease with grazing; a separate degradation state within the impact zone…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- soil texture
- Australia
- arid lands
- desert
- distance gradients
- disturbance
- state and transition models
- water remoteness
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of moderate grazing, topsoil removal and hay transfer on species diversity and abundance on a eutrophic fen grassland site in northern Germany of Schleswig’s-Holstein (54° 13’ N, 10…Publication Date 1969
- Peat
- grazing
- colonization
- dispersal
- hay transfer
- riparian area
- seed bank
- seed limitation
- seed transfer
- species-rich hay material
- three-factorial field experiment
- topsoil removal
- Library Collection RecordEstimated field data was used in the development of a model to test the prediction that herbivory can result in grazing optimization. The 35 years of field data was collected on the savanna of Lamto…Publication Date 1969
- herbivores
- primary production
- herbivory
- Nitrogen cycle
- grazing equilibrium
- grazing model
- grazing optimization
- herbivore pathway
- nitrogen budget
- nutrient cycling
- plant pathway
- savanna
- Library Collection RecordThe establishment of Artemisia tridentata spp. wyomingensis (Wyoming big sagebrush) when sown with three perennial cool-season native grasses; Pascopyrum smithii (western wheatgrass), Elymus…Publication Date 1969
- sagebrush
- Seeding rates
- seedling emergence
- artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis
- coal mine reclamation
- competition
- ecological interactions
- resource limitations
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of restoration on three aspects of biodiversity (total plant species richness at a site, plant density at a meter² and a decimeter², and species composition) on abandoned semi-natural…Publication Date 1969
- Ecological Factors
- Abandonment
- diversity
- grazing indicators
- succession
- Library Collection RecordThe interaction of herbicides and seeded species when used to control cheatgrass was measured at two site in central Utah; the first site was located in a salt desert shrub community (40° 19’ 37.…Publication Date 1969
- assisted succession
- cheatgrass
- downy brome
- imazapic
- integrated weed management
- Plateau
- rangeland seeding
- seedling establishment
- 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 RecordCattle were excluded along a section of the riparian area from 2001 to 2007 within Watershed Evaluation of BMPs project on Lower Little Bow River in Alberta, Canada (112°37’ 30†N, 50°00’ 00â…Publication Date 1969
- Beneficial management practices (BMPs)
- cattle exclusion
- streambank fencing
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing on a managed ecological systems were quantified from 1993 to 1995 in a study near Beer Sheva in the semiarid desert in Northern Negev of Israel (31°17’ N, 34°37’ E).…Publication Date 1969
- biomass
- management
- organic matter
- productivity
- soil moisture
- diversity
- Library Collection RecordEwes that had previously shown high- and low-preference for sagebrush were used in a three year study at the USDA Sheep Experiment Station (44°14’ 44â€; N 112°12’ 47†W) near Dubois, Idaho…Publication Date 1969
- plant cover
- antelope bitterbrush
- Purshia tridentata
- cover reduction
- diet selection
- sheep grazing
- Library Collection RecordA three year study in Montana (45° 40' N; 111° 33' W) examined the cumulative effects of sheep grazing on leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) infested rangelands. Plant density of Idaho…Publication Date 1969
- density
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- frequency
- seedbank
- sheep grazing
- weed
- Library Collection RecordSheep were grazed in Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis) fields that were infested with spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) in Montana (45° 36' N; 111° 4' W), over the course of three…Publication Date 1969
- Allocation
- Centaurea maculosa
- Festuca idahoensis
- plant reserves
- sheep grazing
- weed
- Library Collection RecordVegetative and animal samples were taken over a two year period near Swift Current, Saskatchewan (50° 25' N; 107° 40' W) to determine feeding damage by grasshoppers on kochia plants.…Publication Date 1969
- degree days
- insect damage
- insect herbivory
- leaf damage
- plant biomass
- rangeland weed