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- Library Collection RecordDonkor et al. investigate the effects of wapiti (Cervus elaphus canadensis) grazing on soil physical properties and Bromus-Poa pasture production in an Aspen Boreal forest ecosystem. The bulk…Publication Date 1969
- Wapiti
- moisture content
- bulk density
- Cervus elaphus canadensis
- Pasture Production
- penetration resistance
- 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 RecordDoescher et al. measured the effects of simulated herbivory on photosynthesis, water conductance, xylem potential and carbon isotope ratios of Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis) plants, removed from…Publication Date 1969
- photosynthesis
- water use efficiency
- compensatory photosynthesis
- Festuca idahoensis
- Idaho fescue
- simulated grazing
- Library Collection RecordDoak modeled the long term effects of Mompha albapalpella damage on dwarf fireweed (Epilobium latifolium) plants in Alaska using a transition matrix model based on data collected after natural and…Publication Date 1969
- compensation
- dwarf fireweed
- Epilobium latifolium
- Markov model
- Mompha albapalpella
- transition matrix
- Library Collection RecordIn Florida, Diz et al. evaluated the effects of three defoliation treatments on the height of the panicles produced, days to flowering, seed yield components, seed yield per plant, seed germination,…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- Pennisetum glaucum
- Pennisetum purpureum
- Panicles
- elephantgrass
- hybrid genotypes
- pearl millet
- plant biomass
- seed yield
- Library Collection RecordReview article, no summary available.Publication Date 1969
- Library Collection RecordDetling reviewed studies of plant and soil response to grazing by prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus), bison (Bison bison) and wild horses (Equus caballus) in Wind Cave National Park (South Dakota),…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- Equus caballus
- Bison bison
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- exclosures
- feral horses
- nitrogen cycling
- prairie dogs
- 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 RecordDekker examined the decline of elk populations and other ungulates, in the Snake Indian Valley of Jasper National Park, by counting numbers of ungulates seen in this area from 1970 to 1985. The…Publication Date 1969
- Alberta
- wolves
- predation
- moose
- mule deer
- management
- elk
- Jasper National Park
- population fluctuations
- white-tailed deer
- winter range
- 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 RecordIn this study, Day and Detling evaluated the influence of natural and simulated urine deposition by a native herbivore, American bison (Bison bison), on plant biomass, species composition, and N…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- defoliation
- nitrogen
- Poa pratensis
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- urine
- Bison bison
- Grazing Preference
- photosynthetic pathways
- Root
- Shoot
- Library Collection RecordBased on resource availability models of plant defense investment, several authors have predicted and documented that herbivores tend to accelerate the pace of plant community succession. Davidson…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- granivory
- plant community succession
- plant defense
- terrestrial ecosystems
- Library Collection RecordDanley et al. looked at the effects of rotational grazing in conjuncture with prescribed burns on the species richness and abundance of grassland passerine birds in the northwestern mixed-grass…Publication Date 1969
- rotational grazing
- species diversity
- grassland passerine
- habitat management
- mixed-grass prairie
- northern Great Plains
- prescribed fire
- Library Collection RecordDaniel et al assessed soil compaction, on Oklahoma tallgrass prairie pastures, 10 years after grazing treatments were installed, using penetration resistance, bulk density values, and rate of water…Publication Date 1969
- infiltration
- bulk density
- compaction
- resistance to penetration
- stocker grazing
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordDaniel et al. found little competition for forage between cattle (Bos taurus) and black-tailed jackrabbits (Lepus californicus) when cattle stocking rates and jackrabbit numbers are moderate.…Publication Date 1969
- poisonous plants
- grazing management
- arid lands
- black grama
- Black-tailed jackrabbit
- Bouteloua eriopoda
- Lepus californicus
- Mesa Dropseed
- Sporobolus flexuosus
- Library Collection RecordBlack-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) densities were greater on fair condition range compared to good condition range. In the past, the fair condition range had been heavily grazed, which…Publication Date 1969
- continuous grazing
- arid lands
- Black-tailed jackrabbit
- grass-shrub community
- Lepus californicus
- livestock grazing
- rangeland
- 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 RecordDahl et al. compared forage yield and species composition changes under continuous versus short duration grazing management over an eight year study in Texas. By maintaining equivalent stocking…Publication Date 1969
- continuos grazing
- forage production
- plant species composition
- short duration grazing
- Library Collection RecordIn a coastal grassland in northern California, Cushman et al. conducted a four-year exclosure experiment to assess the effects of soil disturbances by feral pigs (Sus scrofa) on plant community…Publication Date 1969
- Sus scrofa
- invasive species
- coastal grasslands
- community-level effects
- feral pigs
- functional groups
- nitrogen mineralization rates
- soil disturbances
- variable effects
- Library Collection RecordHarvest frequency and interaction with burn date affected growing season yield of 3 tallgrass prairie species in Nebraska. Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) was the most tolerant, increasing or…Publication Date 1969
- switchgrass
- Panicum virgatum
- Andropogon gerardii
- Sorghastrum nutans
- soil moisture
- big bluestem
- Indiangrass
- yield
- Library Collection RecordHarvest frequency decreased plant vigor of 3 tallgrass prairie species in Nebraska after only a single year. Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) was the most vigorous, and Indiangrass the least, but…Publication Date 1969
- switchgrass
- Panicum virgatum
- Andropogon gerardii
- Sorghastrum nutans
- basal cover
- big bluestem
- energy reserves
- etiolated growth
- Indiangrass
- tiller density
- Library Collection RecordReview article, no summary available.Publication Date 1969
- habitat
- sage grouse
- Library Collection RecordCullan et al. investigate the effects of early summer stocking rates on prairie sandreed (Calamovilfa longifolia) in the Nebraska sandhills. Over a two-year period, grazing pressure accounted for 69…Publication Date 1969
- stocking rate
- Calamovilfa longifolia
- little bluestem
- Prairie Sandreed
- recruitment and mortality
- sand bluestem
- Library Collection RecordCroonquist and Brooks used the community composition of birds and mammals as guilds to asses impacts on riparian-wetland habitats in central Pennsylvania. Species most sensitive to habitat…Publication Date 1969
- birds
- environmental assessment
- cumulative impacts
- riparian-watershed restoration
- wetland
- Library Collection RecordCrist and Wiens studied how seed harvesting by western harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis) was different across spatial scales and organizational levels from individual ants to populations,…Publication Date 1969
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- Indian Ricegrass
- Lepidium densiflorum
- Oryzopsis hymenoides
- pepperweed
- Phrynosoma douglassi
- Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
- prairie dog
- short-horned lizard
- western harvester ant
- Library Collection RecordCrawley notes that there has been a resurgence of the density dependence debate (TREE Letters, March 1987), and the argument about whether or not competition is important in structuring communities (…Publication Date 1969
- natural selection
- genotypes
- herbivory
- ecosystem levels
- plant populations
- plant-herbivore interactions
- Library Collection RecordCourtois et al. measured the long term effects of grazing in Nevada shrub steppe pastures by comparing the present condition of 16 grazed rangelands with the condition inside exclosures, that were…Publication Date 1969
- diversity
- exclosures
- herbivory effects
- recovery potential
- succession
- Taylor Grazing Act
- Library Collection RecordReview article, no summary available.Publication Date 1969
- 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 RecordCoppedge and Shaw examined the effects of bison (Bison bison) horning and rubbing behaviors on woody vegetation, over a two-year period on a tallgrass prairie site. Horning and rubbing activity was…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- Bison bison
- horning
- Rubbing
- tallgrass prairie
- woody vegetation
- Library Collection RecordCoppedge et al. measure the response of plant functional groups in a tallgrass prairie to environmental variables, presented alone or in combination with other variables. Species composition and…Publication Date 1969
- phytomass
- Bison bison
- canonical correspondence analysis
- functional group
- regression
- Library Collection RecordThis review looks at current management of western rangelands and notes that in most western states, big game and livestock competition is a subject of long-standing controversy. In Montana, the…Publication Date 1969
- monitoring
- forage
- elk
- elk management plan
- modern wildlife management
- private land
- public land
- western rangelands
- Library Collection RecordConover examines whether Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) grazing changed the species composition of grass species at 20 sites in Connecticut, where geese are considered a nuisance. Mean goose…Publication Date 1969
- carrying capacity
- herbivory
- Lawns
- Kentucky bluegrass
- Poa pratensis
- Branta canadensis
- Canada geese
- turf grass
- turf grazing
- urban wildlife
- wildlife damage control
- Library Collection RecordReview article, no summary available.Publication Date 1969
- Library Collection RecordChanges in grassland management that reverse the process of declining productivity can potentially lead to increased soil C. Therefore, rehabilitation of areas degraded by overgrazing can…Publication Date 1969
- grassland management
- pasture management
- overgrazing
- soil degradation
- carbon sequestration
- rangeland management
- soil carbon
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this Alaska study, by Collins et al., was to heavily graze Canadian bluejoint (Calamagrostis canadensis) to reduce its carbohydrate reserves and competitive vigor, to break down its…Publication Date 1969
- Boreal Forest
- Calamagrostis canadensis
- Canadian bluejoint
- forage quality
- overstocking
- Library Collection RecordHeavy grazing was initiated on wet, disturbed sites in southcentral Alaska to try and reduce competition from herbaceous species, namely Canadian bluejoint (Calamagrostis canadensis), and increase…Publication Date 1969
- Alaska
- paper birch
- Betula papyrifera
- willow
- Salix
- White spruce
- Picea glauca
- wildlife
- browse
- Calamagrostis canadensis
- Canadian bluejoint
- forest regeneration
- livestock grazing
- Library Collection RecordTwo long-term field experiments were performed in native tallgrass prairie grassland to assess the effects of fire, nitrogen addition, and grazing or mowing on plant species diversity. In the…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- species diversity
- mowing
- burning
- Bison bison
- fertilizer
- habitat fragmentation
- tallgrass prairie
- 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 RecordThe purpose of this study was to produce a Holocene vegetation history of Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, by reconstructing past changes in vegetation and relating those changes to their most…Publication Date 1969
- fossil pollen
- grazing impacts
- holocene vegetation history
- packrat middens
- presettlement vegetation
- Library Collection RecordRecreationists sometimes use horses and mules when travelling in the wilderness and current management does not regulate grazing by pack stock in these protected areas. In this study, Cole et al.…Publication Date 1969
- horses
- mules
- utilization
- meadow productivity
- wilderness
- Yosemite National Park
- Library Collection RecordCohen et al. looked at the effects of two different grazing treatments on the diurnal activity of white-tailed deer in southeastern Texas. The authors found that female deer were feeding more often…Publication Date 1969
- stress
- feeding time
- season
- Library Collection RecordThis study evaluated how white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) home ranges, movement indices and forage availability were effected by short-duration grazing (SDG) and continuous grazing (CG) by…Publication Date 1969
- continuous grazing
- Odocoileus virginianus
- cattle grazing
- home range
- movement indices
- short-duration grazing
- Library Collection RecordCoggins and Conover determined the effects of pocket gophers (Thomomys spp.), herbivore grazing, and the combination of the two, on aspen (Populus tremuloides) regeneration through use of grazing…Publication Date 1969
- browsing
- deer
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Populus tremuloides
- herbivory
- Aspen
- Cervus canadensis
- elk
- Pocket Gopher
- Thomomys spp.
- Library Collection RecordCoffin et al. evaluated the importance of disturbance intensity and herbivory by cattle and white grubs, or the larvae of June beetles, to recovery of shortgrass steppe ecosystems in Colorado over a…Publication Date 1969
- Bouteloua gracilis
- cattle grazing
- June beetle larvae
- root feeders
- shortgrass steppe
- succession
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