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- Library Collection RecordReview article, no summary available.Publication Date 1969
- Library Collection RecordMosley looked at the possibilities of sheep grazing to enhance the aspects of food, cover, water and space for numerous wildlife species. He points out that grazing can improve habitat for species…Publication Date 1969
- Space
- water
- cover
- disturbance
- niche
- symbiotic relationships
- Library Collection RecordMorrow et al. found that a combination of factors affect the Attwater's prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) population. Open areas, needed for prairie-chicken movement between clumps…Publication Date 1969
- burning
- Bos taurus
- cattle grazing
- core habitat
- Tympanuchus cupido attwateri
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordThis study found that privately owned cattle ranches prove to be preferable habitat for the crested caracara (Caracara cheriway) in southcentral Florida. Compared to nesting pairs on lands managed…Publication Date 1969
- Bos taurus
- Caracara cheriway
- cattle grazing
- cattle ranches
- nest sites
- private property
- Library Collection RecordBrown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) predominately used short-grazed grasslands for foraging. This preference of habitat is associated with the high invertebrate densities in these areas. Cowbird…Publication Date 1969
- Bos taurus
- feedlots
- grass height
- Molothrus ater
- short-grazed grasslands
- ungrazed grasslands
- Library Collection RecordMolvar et al. examined the effects of moose (Alces alces) herbivory on diamond-leaf willow (Salix planifolia pulchra), with regard to forage quality and rates of nitrogen mineralization. Willow…Publication Date 1969
- moose
- Salix
- willow
- Alces alces
- nutrient cycling
- Library Collection RecordThis study on the Isle Royale National Park inferred how moose (Alces alces) and beaver (Castor canadensis) affect current and future landscape patterns. About 40% of the bites by moose in both…Publication Date 1969
- moose
- browsing
- Alces alces
- beaver
- Castor canadensis
- Forage Preference
- Isle Royal National Park
- species composition
- tree-cutting
- Library Collection RecordThe authors observed the use of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) as indicators of changes in water quality and stream characteristics, on a section of Black Hills stream in South Dakota. Sampling…Publication Date 1969
- Brook trout
- Salvelinus fontinalis
- water quality
- indicator species
- stream physical characteristics
- watershed alteration
- Library Collection RecordThe impacts of redhead (Aythya americana) grazing in the shoalgrass (Halodule wrightii) habitat, of the Laguna Madre in Texas, were measured in this study. Redhead grazing did not affect root…Publication Date 1969
- Texas
- herbivory
- Aythya americana
- Halodule wrightii
- Laguna Madre
- redhead
- shoalgrass
- Library Collection RecordMitchell et al. conducted a two-year lamb grazing trial, at the University of California Imperial Valley Research and Extension Center near El Centro, California, to test the effects of lamb grazing…Publication Date 1969
- sheep
- Ovis aries
- alfalfa
- Medicago sativa
- soil penetration
- Sonoran Desert
- water infiltration rate
- winter grazing
- Library Collection RecordA study in Denali National Park, Alaska, studied bark stripping by moose (Alces alces) in order to determine the proportion of bark in their diet, what conditions induce bark stripping, and assess…Publication Date 1969
- moose
- Populus tremuloides
- White spruce
- Picea glauca
- forage
- Alces alces
- aspen-spruce communities
- bark stripping
- Denali National Park
- quaking aspen
- Salix sp.
- willows
- Library Collection RecordCattle being fed hay in a winter pasture, and using the stream as their watering source, were contaminating the water by depositing feces directly in the stream or close to the water's edge. To…Publication Date 1969
- water pollution
- alternate water source
- cattle behavior
- Fecal Contamination
- watering trough
- winter pasture
- Library Collection RecordThroughout the three cattle (Bos taurus) grazing regimes, no differences in grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) developmental rates were detected. The effects of grazing and drought on plant quality…Publication Date 1969
- Bos taurus
- crude protein
- water content
- developmental rate
- phenolic levels
- plant chemistry
- Library Collection RecordMiller and Rose measured the effects of simulated autumn herbivory on crested wheatgrass (Agropyron desertorum) tiller mortality and plant growth. Tiller recruitment was lower in the autumn…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- roots
- crested wheatgrass
- Agropyron desertorum
- Allocation
- tiller
- Library Collection RecordMiller et al. measured the effects of timing of clipping on soil moisture, crested wheatgrass (Agropyron desertorum) regrowth and annual yield, to determine the grazing management that produced the…Publication Date 1969
- soil moisture
- biomass
- crested wheatgrass
- Agropyron desertorum
- regrowth
- Library Collection RecordMiller and Halpern reconstructed patterns of tree invasion at 17 meadow sites in the central Cascade Range of Oregon-sites representing diverse physical environments and vegetation types and…Publication Date 1969
- climate change
- ecotone
- forest-meadow boundary
- meadow invasion
- montane meadow
- Pacific Northwest
- subalpine meadow
- Three Sisters Biosphere Reserve
- tree ring
- Library Collection RecordThrough GIS analysis of aerial photographs, Miller et al. evaluated vegetation alteration and mudflat/open-water-area landscape changes, and the disturbance agents related to any changes from 1939-…Publication Date 1969
- Distichlis spicata
- GIS
- cattle herbivory
- disturbance
- fire
- landscape pattern dynamics
- patch dynamics
- wetland vegetation loss
- Library Collection RecordMapfumo et al. studied the impacts of grazing on the soil compaction and soil bulk density under annual forages. In meadow bromegrass (Bromus riparius), the heavy grazing treatment had higher…Publication Date 1969
- soil compaction
- annual forages
- penetration resistance
- relative compaction
- soil bulk density
- Library Collection RecordPrevious research indicated that long-term grazing altered the physiological characteristics of Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis) plants at the Northern Great Basin Experimental Range, and the…Publication Date 1969
- cattle grazing
- Festuca idahoensis
- genetic differentiation
- Idaho fescue
- Inter-Simple Sequence Repeat markers
- Monte Carlo procedure
- plant populations
- Library Collection RecordMatlack et al. examined the indirect effects of grazing by bison (Bos bison) and cattle (Bos taurus) on small mammal populations in annually burned tallgrass prairie in Kansas. The authors sampled…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- bison-grazed
- cattle-grazed
- deer mice
- enclosures
- Peromyscus maniculatus
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordDuring 1990 and 1991, 'Callie' bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon var. aridus) pastures grazed by cattle were used to determine the effects of two rotational stocking methods and continuous…Publication Date 1969
- phosphorus
- potassium
- grazing
- defoliation management
- soil nitrogen
- soil nutrients
- Library Collection RecordResponses in forage growth and botanical composition of pastures may differ according to the species of animals being grazed and the closeness and frequency of grazing. Cattle (Bos taurus) are less…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- grazing intensity
- animal diet preferences
- Forage Composition
- forage evaluation
- plant growth
- Library Collection RecordThis experiment was designed to simulate the short duration grazing strategy to improve weeping lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula) quantity, quality, and utilization by livestock. To assess root mass…Publication Date 1969
- Eragrostis curvula
- water use efficiency
- crude protein
- plant production
- root mass
- short duration grazing
- simulated herbivory
- weeping lovegrass
- Library Collection RecordAs the demand for rangeland resource use grows and diversifies, public land management involves more special interest groups. Some of these groups oppose grazing on public lands unless rangeland…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- grazing
- riparian vegetation
- rotational grazing
- alternative grazing strategies
- deferred grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe authors summarize a study on the responses to grazing pressure of a biennial forb, Ipomopsis arizonica. The forb was either ungrazed, grazed, or clipped for three growing seasons and also…Publication Date 1969
- Analysis of covariance
- water stress
- compensatory growth
- grazing response
- Ipomopsis arizonica
- nutrient levels
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, Martorell and Peters measured the impacts of human and livestock disturbance on Mammillaria pectinifera, a threatened Mexican globose cactus. In general, decreases in cactus…Publication Date 1969
- methods
- overgrazing
- land use
- land degradation
- density
- multimetric indices
- Library Collection RecordCottonwood (Populus fremontii, P. angustifolia) resprout growth had twice the amount of defensive chemicals after beavers (Castor canadensis) cut the trees compared to regular juvenile growth. Leaf…Publication Date 1969
- Populus fremontii
- nitrogen
- Castor canadensis
- Chrysomela confluens
- cottonwood
- defensive chemicals
- Leaf beetles
- phenolic glycosides
- populus angustifolia
- Library Collection RecordThe authors' objective was to evaluate effects of disturbance size and soil texture on the development of microtopography for a shortgrass plant community in north central Colorado.…Publication Date 1969
- Bouteloua gracilis
- plant cover
- bare soil openings
- shortgrass community
- small-scale disturbance
- Library Collection RecordMartinez et al. looked at the dietary similarities between cattle and white-tailed deer under two grazing regimes on the Rio Grande plains. Cattle and deer dietary overlap was the greatest on the…Publication Date 1969
- livestock
- cervids
- forage preferences
- grazing methods
- zacate toboso
- Library Collection RecordChanges in vegetation under yearlong grazing were compared with those under Santa Rita grazing system, a rotation system designed for southwestern US rangelands where 90% of the forage is produced in…Publication Date 1969
- Arizona
- 3-pasture
- grass density
- Rotation Grazing
- semidesert grasslands
- shrub intercept
- Library Collection RecordIn this riparian study, authors examined the treatments of aeration, nitrogen addition, revegetation and clipping to determine vegetation response and to increase understanding of grazing effects.…Publication Date 1969
- aeration
- revegetation
- clipping
- Nitrogen addition
- species composition
- water tables
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of nitrogen addition, aeration, and revegetation alone, or in combination with simulated grazing, on the above- and belowground response of Carex nebrascensis and Poa pratensis were…Publication Date 1969
- gas exchange
- Poa pratensis
- Carex nebrascensis
- restoration
- riparian
- rooting activity
- water relations
- Library Collection RecordPlants of two species of Sesbania were defoliated in patterns designed to reveal the level of integrated response. For field grown plants, defoliation caused fruit abortion on the defoliated…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- yield components
- integrated physiological unit
- metamer
- modular growth
- Library Collection RecordThis four year study looked at the relationship of the timing of cattle grazing and riparian degradation. The moisture content of the stream bank, stream flow and the timing of grazing was recorded…Publication Date 1969
- trampling
- erosion
- Deposition
- high water flows
- stream channel profile
- streambank moisture content
- Library Collection RecordMarlow and Pogacnik studied the concentration areas of cattle on upland and riparian areas within 8 pastures, over a 2 year period in Montana. Through June and July, cattle use was concentrated in…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- utilization
- Upland areas
- cattle behavior
- forage quality/production
- riparian areas
- Library Collection RecordIn order to determine whether developmentally sequestered mutations could be released by herbivory (i.e., meristem destruction), a characterized genetic mosaic was subjected to simulated herbivory.…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- Nicotiana sylvestris
- cell fate
- mutational loading
- periclinal chimeras
- plant evolution
- Library Collection RecordMarble and Harper inventoried the cover and species richness of vascular and cryptogamic components of the plant community, within experimental grazing paddocks at the Desert Range Experimental…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- cryptogamic crust
- desert rangeland
- species richness
- vegetation cover
- Library Collection RecordQuantity and quality of surface runoff was determined for ungrazed, heavily grazed and severely grazed watersheds. Volume of runoff differed each year (1998, 1999, 2000) and across watersheds, with…Publication Date 1969
- nutrients
- pathogens
- parasites
- Crustaceans
- rotifers
- total carbon
- Library Collection RecordMapfumo et al. evaluated grazing intensity (light, moderate, and heavy) effects on litter and root mass, C and N pools of perennial grasses, smooth bromegrass (Bromus inermis) and meadow bromegrass (…Publication Date 1969
- annuals
- perennials
- organic carbon
- sequestration
- total N
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to examine flexibility in allocation to storage and reproduction with respect to loss of leaf area in Trillium grandiflorum, a perennial herb of temperate deciduous…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- resource allocation
- deciduous forest
- reproductive biology
- spring ephemeral
- total nonstructural carbohydrates
- Trillium grandiflorum
- Library Collection RecordReview article, no summary available.Publication Date 1969
- Library Collection RecordReview article, no summary available.Publication Date 1969
- Library Collection RecordLusk et al. studied habitat characteristics affecting Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) nest-site selection and nest success in a southern mixed-grass prairie in Oklahoma. The authors used a…Publication Date 1969
- management
- grazing
- Chondestes grammacus
- habitat characteristics
- Lark Sparrows
- nest-site selection
- neural model
- Library Collection RecordUsing a simple optimization model, Lundberg and Astrom analyzed whether low nutritive quality in terms of low nutrient concentration can be a profitable anti-herbivory strategy for plants. Contrary…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- biomass
- food-plant selection
- low nutritive quality
- optimization model
- Library Collection RecordThe winter diets of moose (Alces alces) and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), in Baxter State Park, Maine, showed some dietary overlap, with the major distinction being greater use of white…Publication Date 1969
- Odocoileus virginianus
- White spruce
- Picea glauca
- balsam fir
- Abies balsamea
- Alces alces
- browse
- Library Collection RecordLarge areas of the southern California desert ecosystem have been negatively affected by off-road vehicle use, overgrazing by domestic livestock, agriculture, urbanization, construction of roads, air…Publication Date 1969
- California
- grazing
- Colorado Desert
- human impacts
- Mojave Desert
- recovery
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordShortgrass rangeland, dominated by blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), was grazed at 3 intensities light, moderate, and heavy, from 1939 through 1994. In 1992-1994, frequency of occurrence, basal and…Publication Date 1969
- Opuntia polyacantha
- basal cover
- foliar cover
- frequency
- herbage yields
- Plains Pricklypear
- plant community composition
- Library Collection RecordThe bio-economic model used in this study found that grazing cattle (Bos taurus), in a system featuring two years of non-use and one year of use between June and late September, led to an increase of…Publication Date 1969
- mule deer
- Odocoileus hemionus
- cattle systems
- deer hunting benefits
- home range
- net economic benefits
- non-market valuation
- Library Collection RecordIntensive rotational grazing was used to see if it could be used as an alternative to costly buffer strips to restore streambanks following continuous grazing. The authors compared bank erosion,…Publication Date 1969
- erosion
- fish
- land use
- riparian vegetation
- streams
- buffer strips
- fish habitat
- index of biotic integrity
- intensive rotational grazing
- Library Collection RecordIn Sanicula arctopoides, a perennial monocarp, removal of umbels, both naturally by deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and by artificial clipping early in the flowering season in California, led to no loss…Publication Date 1969
- compensation
- herbivory
- Odocoileus hemionus
- seed production
- umbels
- black-tailed deer
- plant-herbivore interactions
- Sanicula arctopoides
- seed/fruit abortion
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