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- Library Collection RecordThe results of 1981-1984 summer helicopter surveys and ground reconnaissance of east-central Ellesmere Island showed that muskox (Ovibos moschatus) migrate freely through the 70 km long corridor…Publication Date 1969
- Ovibos moschatus
- Ellesmere Island
- high arctic vegetation
- muskox
- muskox habitat
- polar oases
- Sverdrup pass
- Library Collection RecordChapman and Ribic looked at the effect of buffer strips, farming and different grazing regimes on the presence of small mammal species in southwest Wisconsin. Small mammals were overwhelmingly more…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- buffer strips
- small mammals
- southwestern Wisconsin
- stream-side grazing
- Library Collection RecordChapman et al. looked at the difference between native mixed grass prairies and seeded grasslands bird community structure in northwestern Oklahoma. The authors attempted to determine if species…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- grassland
- grassland birds
- habitat management
- plant species composition
- Library Collection RecordTemperatures were lower in the control plots compared to the uniform and mosaic plots following cattle (Bos taurus) grazing. Grasshopper (Ageneotettix deorum, Aulocara elliotti, Melanoplus…Publication Date 1969
- Bos taurus
- Melanoplus sanguinipes
- Ageneotettix deorum
- Aulocara elliotti
- Camnula pellucida
- Melanoplus packardii
- mosaic plot
- uniform plot
- Library Collection RecordNitrate leaching was measured on orchardgrass (Dactyls glomerata) or ryegrass (Lolium perrene) dairy farm pastures that were either fertilized with nitrogen or inter-seeded with alfalfa (Medicago…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- alfalfa
- Medicago sativa
- white clover
- Trifolium repens
- Dactyls glomerata
- Lolium perrene
- orchardgrass
- Ryegrass
- Library Collection RecordFour different management systems were examined in this southwestern Wisconsin study: grass buffer strips, woody buffer strips, rotational grazing and continuous grazing. Among the treatments, woody…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- Wisconsin
- continuous grazing
- rotational grazing
- grassy buffer strips
- Phalaris arundinacea L.
- reed canarygrass
- woody buffer strips
- Library Collection RecordMulder and Harmsen evaluated the growth response of an arctic legume (Oxytropis viscida) to grazing by muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) on Banks Island, N.W.T. Results showed that removal of…Publication Date 1969
- Ovibos moschatus
- herbivory
- growth
- reproduction
- mortality
- biomass
- arctic legume
- muskox
- Oxytropis viscida
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, Liebig et al. measured soil chemical properties and nitrous oxide emissions from a crested wheatgrass (Agropyron desertorum) pasture that had been grazed for 74 years and native…Publication Date 1969
- soil properties
- Acidification
- crested wheatgrass
- Agropyron desertorum
- nitrous oxide emissions
- soil organic carbon
- Library Collection RecordLapointe et al. looked at the effects of a rotational grazing system on the nesting success of ducks on islands within the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. Dense nest cover (DNC) was achieved by…Publication Date 1969
- ducks
- rotational grazing
- Dnc
- Quebec
- nest density
- nesting success
- Library Collection RecordThe impact of short-term, high intensity livestock trampling on selected properties of a silty clay soil was determined at the Texas Agriculture Experiment Station located near Sonora, Texas.…Publication Date 1969
- aggregate size distribution
- aggregate stability
- bulk density
- microrelief
- rangeland
- Library Collection RecordThis study assessed conditions in two streams in Pennsylvania with extensive riparian grazing, and in a third stream with no riparian grazing, Spring Creek. Median daily discharge and temperatures…Publication Date 1969
- Brown trout
- Salmo trutta
- grazing
- fish
- macroinvertebrates
- sediment loads
- watershed
- Library Collection RecordThe unmanaged (idle) native prairie plots had the greatest number of species and more birds than grazed or alfalfa-wheatgrass plots. Bird species such as the dickcissel (Spiza americana) and sharp-…Publication Date 1969
- alfalfa-wheatgrass grassland
- Ammodramus caudacutus
- Calcarius ornatus
- chestnut-collared longspurs
- dickcissel
- eremophila alpestris
- Horned larks
- native prairie
- sharp-tailed sparrow
- Spiza americana
- Library Collection RecordWalsberg studied the effect of cattle grazing on a small ground-nesting song bird in northwestern Arizona. The author located 17 nests in the cattle-grazed pasture and 21 nests in the ungrazed…Publication Date 1969
- cattle grazing
- Junco
- Junco hyemalis
- nest success
- Library Collection RecordEwe-lamb pairs were grazed within a conifer plantation in northern Idaho for three summers. Botanical composition of sheep diets was estimated using microhistological analysis of fecal samples.…Publication Date 1969
- nutrition
- sheep
- diaminopimelic acid
- fecal nitrogen
- forage selection
- prescribed grazing
- Library Collection RecordCattle were fed Sandberg bluegrass (Poa secunda), bluebunch wheatgrass (Psuedoroegneria spicata), and crested wheatgrass (Agropyron desertorum) seeds, and their dung was deposited, naturally or in…Publication Date 1969
- revegetation
- seed dispersal
- seedling emergence
- fecal seeding
- seedling establishment
- Library Collection RecordOver a two year period at three sites in northeastern California, early summer grazing, late summer grazing, and site environmental factors were evaluated for their effects on planted willow cuttings…Publication Date 1969
- soil moisture
- water table
- survival
- Geyer willow
- riparian
- salix geyeriana
- Library Collection RecordThis review was based on Paige and Whitman (1987), who showed that browsed plants of Ipomopsis aggregata had greater seed production than unbrowsed plants, which supports Owen and Wiegert's (…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- seed production
- grazing
- apical dominance
- competition
- Ipomopsis aggregata
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of defoliation on biomass distribution were studied in plants of Holcus lanatus, Lolium perenne, and Trifolium repens, collected from three different-aged pastures in British Columbia.…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- Holcus lanatus
- Lolium perenne
- Trifolium repens
- grass-grazer relationship
- pasture age
- Library Collection RecordZoellick examined the density and biomass of redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri), relative to stream temperature, in the headwater reaches of Big Jacks and Little Jacks Creeks, in…Publication Date 1969
- water temperature
- density
- biomass
- desert streams
- Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri
- redband trout
- solar insolation
- southwest Idaho
- stream shading
- Library Collection RecordTiller demographics were studied on northern wheatgrass plants that were clipped at different frequencies (every 2 or 6 weeks), starting at different dates during the growing season (May, June, July…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron dasystachyum
- grazing
- population dynamics
- tillering
- mixed prairie
- northern wheatgrass
- simulated grazing
- tiller demographics
- Library Collection RecordNative northern wheatgrass range was defoliated at different frequencies (2 or 6 weeks) beginning in May, June, July or August, for 3 consecutive years to determine the effects on above- and below-…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron dasystachyum
- grazing
- regrowth
- roots
- litter
- mixed prairie
- northern wheatgrass
- yield
- Library Collection RecordIn 1987 and 1988, exclosures in arctic grasslands (dominated by Puccinellia phryganodes and Carex subspathacea, with sub-dominants of Calamagrostis deschampsioides and Festuca rubra under Salix spp…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- arctic coastal graminoids
- growth of forage species
- lesser snow geese
- Library Collection RecordExclosures and artificial beaver dams were used to determine the cause of willow (Salix spp.) declines in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Elk (Cervus elaphus) herbivory reduced annual growth…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- willow
- Colorado
- grazing
- herbivory
- hydrology
- elk
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Salix spp.
- Library Collection RecordStream bank erosion has high temporal and spatial variability. Although stream bank erosion exhibits high variability, land use has a significant impact on stream bank erosion rates, total bank…Publication Date 1969
- bank soil loss
- bulk density
- channelization
- eroding bank length
- fluid entrainment
- freeze/thaw
- Library Collection RecordZacheis et al. determined that litter accumulation was the major factor affecting nitrogen cycling in the goose (Anser caerulescens caerulescens and Branta canadensis)-grazed Susitna Flats of Alaska…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- nitrogen fixation
- nitrogen mineralization
- trampling
- organic nitrogen
- Library Collection RecordZacheis et al. measured the impacts of goose (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) herbivory in plots that were exposed to herbivory for 0, 3 or 6 hours, with or without feces deposited during that time…Publication Date 1969
- Alaska
- herbivory
- Carex ramenskii
- forage quality and availability
- foraging intensity
- Triglochin maritimum
- Library Collection RecordFor 3 years, Zacheis et al. measured the effects of annual browsing by migrating snow (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) and Canadian geese (Branta canadensis) on two vegetation communities, the herb…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- Canada goose
- Carex ramenskii
- Plantago maritima
- Potentilla egedii
- snow goose
- Triglochin maritimum
- Library Collection RecordResearchers in Oregon set out to determine the effects of four grazing durations by sheep in early stages of stem elongation on annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) seed yield. Results of this…Publication Date 1969
- Lolium multiflorum
- sheep
- Ovis aries
- grazing
- stem elongation
- Ryegrass
- seed yield
- tillers
- Library Collection RecordYeo et al. examined cattle grazing behavior and vegetation measurements to determine the effects of implementing a rest-rotation grazing system on federally owned grazing allotments in Idaho. Cattle…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- grazing allotments
- plant community composition
- range condition
- species composition
- wildlife forage
- Library Collection RecordIn pastures grazed by cattle (Bos taurus), elk (Cervus elaphus) used forested areas, draws, spur ridges, steep slopes, and higher elevations more than in ungrazed pastures. Elk avoided pastures when…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Bos taurus
- Cervus elaphus
- grazed pastures
- rested pastures
- steep slope
- Library Collection RecordTo determine the impacts of livestock grazing on range health, Yeo measured vegetation at 19 sites inside and outside of exclosures, that were 18-38 years old. Areas protected from grazing had less…Publication Date 1969
- erosion
- cryptograms
- grazing exclosures
- long-term vegetation change
- Poa secunda
- screening cover
- succession
- vegetative cover
- Library Collection RecordSites at the Wind Cave National Park (WCNP) in South Dakota dominated by warm-season grasses were used by elk (Cervus elaphus) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), while sites dominated by cool-…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- mule deer
- Odocoileus hemionus
- bison
- Antilocapra americana
- Bison bison
- elk
- forbs
- graminoids
- pronghorn
- Library Collection RecordWraith et al. compared soil moisture and plant water status on grazed and ungrazed portions of a 10-paddock, short duration grazing system, on established crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum)…Publication Date 1969
- soil moisture
- water balance
- defoliation
- crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum)
- leaf water potentials
- spring grazing
- Library Collection RecordTwenty-five ungulate exclosures were established in Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest in the 1930's and 1950's. Information from earlier studies and resampled vegetation (…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- Odocoileus hemionus
- black-tailed deer
- elk
- exclosures
- native ungulates
- Olympic National Park
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordWood et al. measure infiltration and sediment production under two grazing techniques: 1, by doubling the stocking rate on rangeland fertilized by nitrogen, and 2) conventional stocking on…Publication Date 1969
- Bouteloua gracilis
- runoff
- nitrogen
- urea
- Infiltration Capacity
- Infiltrometer
- microtopography
- soil bulk density
- Library Collection RecordWood et al. sampled infiltration rates and runoff water quality on range units grazed by cattle under year-long continuous, seasonal continuous, or no grazing in Louisiana. There was no significant…Publication Date 1969
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- grazing
- interrill erosion
- sediment loss
- Library Collection RecordWood examined the distribution patterns of mule deer and pronghorn, in eastern Montana, using aerial surveys taken over a 543 square km area. He found that pronghorn prefer habitat that is open and…Publication Date 1969
- aerial surveys
- competition
- cover
- spatial overlap
- Library Collection RecordA historical review of human activities influencing stream and riparian ecosystems in eastern Washington and Oregon shows that cumulative effects of resource uses and management, over the past two…Publication Date 1969
- Oregon
- Washington
- disturbance
- Resource Use
- riverine ecosystems
- Library Collection RecordIn this synthesis paper, Wissmar evaluates some major environmental factors that can influence the sustainability of riparian corridors and fluvial systems along lowland-arid to mountain gradients,…Publication Date 1969
- management
- arid ecosystems
- connectivity
- cumulative impacts
- fluvial
- landscapes
- Library Collection RecordLong-term monitoring programs are viewed as key components for bringing together management organizations, researchers, and decision-makers to improve the management and health of natural resources…Publication Date 1969
- environmental monitoring
- management
- forest ecosystems
- Pacific Northwest
- stream monitoring
- watershed
- Library Collection RecordThis study in the Southern Great Plains looked at grazing duration effects on winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) and grain yield. Growth and grain yield responses to grazing duration were…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- grazing management
- tillering
- forage
- leaf area index
- biomass
- winter wheat
- Triticum aestivum
- ground cover
- heading date
- Library Collection RecordWinter et al. measured the effects of prairie dog herbivory and soil disturbance on vegetation composition and cover at random and shortgrass prairie sites. In general, vegetation composition and…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- bare ground
- black-tailed prairie dog
- cover
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- frequency
- soil disturbance
- Library Collection RecordWinkel et al measured seed burial and seedling emergence in plots exposed to mechanical seedbed preparation techniques (root plowing and ripping), prior to seed application and light or heavy cattle…Publication Date 1969
- Seed depth
- seedbed preparation
- revegetation
- Sideoats grama
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- Panicum antidotale
- blue panic
- cochise lovegrass
- Eragrostis spp.
- land imprinting
- Lehmann lovegrass
- root plowing
- seed location
- Library Collection RecordWinkel and Roundy measured seedling densities, cover and species composition of native plants in plots exposed to mechanical seedbed preparation techniques (root plowing, land imprinting and ripping…Publication Date 1969
- Seed depth
- seedbed preparation
- revegetation
- Sideoats grama
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- Panicum antidotale
- blue panic
- cochise lovegrass
- Eragrostis spp.
- land imprinting
- Lehmann lovegrass
- root plowing
- seed location
- Library Collection RecordLesser snow geese (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) graze heavily on the salt marshes at La Perouse Bay, Manitoba, causing severe vegetational damage in some areas, resulting in hypersaline soils…Publication Date 1969
- nitrogen
- salinity
- temperature
- grubbing
- Hudson Bay Lowlands
- lesser snow geese
- Library Collection RecordThe total biomass response of Stipa occidentalis to elevated CO2 was similar (averaging 18% increase in biomass) to the response found for other grassland species. However, the increase in total…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- herbivory
- grasslands
- CO2 enrichment
- global change
- Stipa occidentalis
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordFor 6 years, Willms et al measured changes in vegetation composition and root dynamics inside and outside of exclosures on seeded, mixed-grass and fescue prairie sites, managed with time controlled…Publication Date 1969
- botanical composition
- regrowth
- Exclosure
- grazing system
- root biomass
- root distribution
- yield
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, authors used exclosures to determine the effects of continuous grazing at light, moderate, heavy and severe stocking rates, in Alberta rough fescue grasslands for 32 years. In…Publication Date 1969
- danthonia parryi
- Exclosure
- Festuca scabrella
- parry oat grass
- recovery
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordThe authors conducted several experiments on the effects of removing litter and mulch from prairie grasslands on the herbage production and other factors in following years. Herbage production was…Publication Date 1969
- fescue prairie
- Festuca scabrella
- herbage production
- litter removal
- mixed prairie
- mulch removal
- rough fescue
- Library Collection RecordAuthors examined vegetation, surface seed and soil seed bank composition in rough fescue grasslands under grazing intensities, varying from no grazing to heavy grazing. Seeds in the soil were least…Publication Date 1969
- native species
- grazing intensity
- introduced species
- season
- seed bank
- soil depth
- species composition
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