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- 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 RecordThe Lake Champlain Basin Agricultural Watersheds National Monitoring Program (NMP) Project evaluates the effectiveness of livestock exclusion, streambank protection, and riparian restoration…Publication Date 1969
- phosphorus
- Vermont
- agricultural water quality
- Lake Champlain
- nonpoint source pollution
- riparian zone
- Library Collection RecordThe horizontal and vertical distribution of plant biomass was examined by Milchunas and Lauenroth, on shortgrass steppe communities that were heavily grazed or protected from grazing for 47 years.…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- community distribution
- plant biomass
- root biomass
- shortgrass steppe
- Library Collection RecordUngrazed, lightly grazed, and heavily grazed intensity treatments for 50 years, in short-grass steppe of Colorado, were assessed in terms of forage nitrogen concentrations, nitrogen yields, and in…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- precipitation
- nitrogen
- grazing history
- Grazing Intensities
- nutritional quality
- Library Collection RecordIn Colorado, Milchunas et al. assessed the effects of 45 years of controlled, heavy grazing by cattle and grazing exclosures on the basal cover and density of species in plant communities along…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- landscape
- catena
- community structure
- disturbance
- evolutionary history
- shortgrass steppe
- Library Collection RecordMilchunas et al. examined plant community relationships across various scales and disturbance phenomena with the question of whether or not underlying generalities exist. They also examined the…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- belowground herbivory
- disturbance
- diversity
- evolutionary history
- nutrient enrichment
- semiarid grassland
- Library Collection RecordMilchunas et al. synthesized new and previously-published data from long-term grazing treatments in North America shortgrass steppe on diversity and abundance of plants, lagomorphs, rodents, birds,…Publication Date 1969
- abundance
- diversity
- ecosystem processes
- grazing treatments
- trophic structure
- Library Collection RecordIn the shortgrass steppe of Colorado, authors made comparisons of vegetation and species composition between grazed sites and geologic refuge sites, that were located in ravines and not exposed to…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- drought
- livestock grazing
- rare species
- refugia
- relict
- rock bluffs and outcrops
- Library Collection RecordMilchunas et al. determined the relationship of forage production to long term grazing intensity and precipitation in a Colorado shortgrass steppe. Precipitation had greater effects on forage…Publication Date 1969
- abiotic versus biotic controls
- forage production
- Grazing Intensities
- rain-use efficiency
- semiarid grassland
- shortgrass steppe
- Library Collection RecordMultiple regression analyses were performed on worldwide 236-site data set compiled from studies that compared species composition, aboveground net primary production (ANPP), root biomass, and soil…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- soil organic matter
- abiotic controls
- aboveground net primary production
- dominant species and growth forms
- evolutionary history of grazing
- grazing intensity and duration
- rangeland condition and trend
- root mass vs. grazing
- shrub invasion
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordThis study determined the salinity, chironomid density, biomass, and species composition in ponds on a freshwater marsh, an undamaged supratidal marsh, and a marsh degraded by lesser snow goose (…Publication Date 1969
- Anser caerulescens caerulescens
- chironomid biomass
- freshwater marsh
- habitat degradation
- lesser snow goose
- salt marsh
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordEquilibrium theory predicts that following disturbance, ecosystem structure and function will eventually converge with those of undisturbed ecosystems that are not changing. This study tested this…Publication Date 1969
- Carex stricta
- cattle grazing
- Cornus sericea
- disturbance dynamics
- fen
- shrub carr
- succession
- Library Collection RecordReview article, no summary available.Publication Date 1969
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, Merrill et al. sampled above and belowground biomass of Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis) and bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum) plants, as well as nematode densities associated…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Agropyron spicatum
- nematodes
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- Cervus elphus
- elk
- Festuca idahoensis
- Idaho fescue
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordMerrill and Colberg measured the effects of simulated flooding, clipping, and dung addition on tufted hairgrass (Deschampsia caespitosa) in a greenhouse. Root biomass was reduced while above-ground…Publication Date 1969
- flooding
- herbivory
- Deschampsia caespitosa
- nitrogen dynamics
- tufted hairgrass
- wet meadows
- Library Collection RecordIntroduced, alien annual grass and forb species evolved during thousands of years of heavy grazing and periodic drought in southern Europe, and thus have many adaptations to compete successfully…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- California grasslands
- enhancement
- fire
- introduced species
- native perennial grasses
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordMenezes et al. evaluated carbon and nitrogen dynamics in plots where willows (Salix spp.) were exposed to no grazing, heavy clipping or natural elk (Cervus elaphus) herbivory. Although willows…Publication Date 1969
- willow
- Carex spp.
- litter decomposition
- litterfall
- nitrogen availability
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Salix spp.
- Library Collection RecordMemmott et al. measured cryptogamic crust cover after two years of spring, summer or winter grazing, to determine how grazing in different seasons effects this fragile vegetative cover. Grazing in…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- erosion control
- lichen
- moss
- shrub
- Library Collection RecordMellado et al. looked at the dietary preferences of three small ruminants on a northeastern Mexican grassland. Sheep and prairie dogs had the most overlap of diets with their preference of graminoid…Publication Date 1969
- small ruminants
- Bouteloua
- diet overlap
- food selection
- Solanum elaeagnifolium
- Sphaeralcea angustifolia
- Library Collection RecordThis study was done to evaluate changes over a nine-year period in channel morphology and riparian vegetation in lightly grazed and essentially ungrazed sections of McKnight Creek, on the Gila…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- channel morphology
- Gila National Forest
- riparian ecosystems
- vegetation cover
- Library Collection RecordMedin looked at the effects of sheep grazing on the structure of vegetation in Utah and the resulting habitat selection of the passerines in that area. The only three species found in the study area…Publication Date 1969
- shrubs
- cover class
- dry washes
- nesting habitat
- Library Collection RecordMedcraft and Clark looked at the dietary composition of mule deer and pronghorn on reclaimed mine land and how cattle grazing can have an effect on when and where these big game animals forage. Mule…Publication Date 1969
- mule deer
- alfalfa
- competition
- dietary overlap
- pronghorn
- Library Collection RecordGrazing cattle deposit feces on the landscape that can contain Escherichia coli (E. coli), which can then be transported to water sources and contaminate drinking water supplies. The survival of E.…Publication Date 1969
- water quality
- pathogens
- grazing
- E. coli
- fecal bacteria
- Fecal Contamination
- Library Collection RecordMcInnes et al. examined the influence of moose (Alces alces) on aboveground biomass, production, and annual litterfall using four moose exclosures and paired browsing plots on Isle Royale, Michigan…Publication Date 1969
- moose
- biomass
- browsing
- herbivory
- production
- ungulates
- Alces alces
- Boreal Forest
- litter
- Library Collection RecordIn the summer of 1984, research was conducted in Utah on mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)-induced mortality of a mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana) community that was bisected…Publication Date 1969
- annuals
- Bromus tectorum
- browsing
- mule deer
- Odocoileus hemionus
- artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana
- cheatgrass
- mountain big sagebrush
- succession
- Library Collection RecordMcAuliffe studied the factors limiting seedling establishment of a common Sonoran Desert tree, Cercidium microphyllum, at three sites in bajada habitat in Arizona and Mexico. Distribution patterns…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- Cercidium microphyllum
- perennial ground cover
- seedling distribution
- seedling mortality
- Library Collection RecordThe Aspen Parkland of western Canada constitutes a major portion of the agricultural areas of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, with 86% of the forage production and 66% of the beef cattle herd.…Publication Date 1969
- forage
- research
- aspen parkland
- pasture
- Review
- Library Collection RecordIn Saskatchewan, McCartney et al. compared annual and seasonal productivity, protein concentration, and N offtake by several adapted grasses as influenced by harvest management and fertilizer…Publication Date 1969
- hay
- Altai wildrye
- Bromegrass
- Bromus spp.
- Elytrigia spp.
- fescue
- Festuca spp.
- green needlegrass
- Leymus angustus
- Nassella viridula
- pasture
- protein yield
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- Russian wildrye
- Wheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to evaluate the persistence of several cool-season grasses adapted to northeastern Saskatchewan under contrasting grazing pressures using the mob-grazing technique.…Publication Date 1969
- Bluegrass
- Bromegrass
- Bromus spp.
- Elytrigia spp.
- grazing tolerance
- ground cover
- pasture
- Poa spp.
- temperate grasses
- Wheatgrass
- Wildrye
- Library Collection RecordSeeded grasslands in northern Saskatchewan were fertilized or unfertilized, and grazed with continuous, 4-paddock or 6-paddock rotational grazing systems to determine if the grazing season in this…Publication Date 1969
- Bromus inermis
- alfalfa
- Medicago sativa
- crested wheatgrass
- Agropyron cristatum
- Poa pratensis
- pasture management
- rotational grazing
- Pasture Improvement
- Bluegrass
- Bromegrass
- fertilizer
- forage yield
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- Russian wildrye
- Library Collection RecordMcCollum et al. measured vegetation composition on pastures managed with season long grazing (April-September) or intensive-early stocking (April-July) to determine which grazing system was more…Publication Date 1969
- weight gain
- cattle production
- forage utilization
- grazing system
- intensive stocking
- oak-hickory forest
- standing crop
- Library Collection RecordThis study reports how beaver (Castor canadensis) activity has affected the benthic invertebrate community of a small woodland stream in northeastern Quebec. Dam construction and wood input by…Publication Date 1969
- Quebec
- organic matter
- density
- biomass
- beaver
- benthic invertebrate community
- Castor canadensis
- Library Collection RecordThis study determined the effects of cattle trampling and grazing on vegetation and soil surface variables, and evaluated their effects on sediment movement and filtration in a montane riparian…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- trampling
- NPS pollution
- rainfall simulation
- stem density
- Vegetation filter strip
- Library Collection RecordThis study took place in one well developed stand of riparian trees and shrubs that appeared to be even-aged along the San Juan River near Chinle Wash in southern Utah. The purpose of the study was…Publication Date 1969
- beavers
- forage
- cottonwoods
- Populus fremontii
- Castor canadensis
- central place foraging theory
- Selective Feeding
- Library Collection RecordClipping treatments were used to determine how different intensities (stubble heights), frequencies (number of clipping treatments), and seasons of grazing would affect vigor and survival of rough…Publication Date 1969
- grazing intensity
- survival
- Festuca scabrella
- rough fescue
- simulated herbivory
- slant vigor
- stubble height
- Library Collection RecordIn southern British Columbia, McLean and Wikeem conducted clipping trials at two upper grassland sites for rough fescue, two lower grassland sites for crested wheatgrass, and one site each in the…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- crested wheatgrass
- British Columbia
- grazing
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- growth cycle
- rough fescue
- Library Collection RecordBluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum) survival and plant characteristics were measured after plants were exposed to clipping treatments at two sites varying in elevation. Weekly defoliations to…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron spicatum
- mortality
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- elevation
- seasonal growth
- simulated herbivory
- Vegetation Response
- Library Collection RecordIn Wyoming, McKinstry et al. surveyed public land managers to determine where beaver (Castor canadensis) were active, absent, and used for stream management. Using that data, the authors then…Publication Date 1969
- waterfowl
- wetlands
- Wyoming
- beaver
- Castor canadensis
- keystone
- riparian
- Library Collection RecordMcNaughton wrote this article in response to Belsky's (1986) paper titled, "Does herbivory benefit plants?" since he felt that she developed an argument that is neither internally…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- grazing
- Plant fitness
- plant-herbivore relations
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, the effects of redberry juniper (Juniperus pinchotii) on species composition and biomass production of the herbaceous layer were evaluated for 3 years on an ungrazed site and a site…Publication Date 1969
- biomass production
- Juniperus pinchotii
- recovery from grazing
- redberry juniper
- species composition
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