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- Library Collection RecordInfiltration rate and sediment production were measured over a 2-year period on an intensive rotationally grazed pasture. Measurements were taken prior to the movement of livestock onto the pasture,…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- intensive livestock farming
- hydrology
- sediments
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- Texas
- seasonal variation
- rangelands
- grazing
- infiltration
- Library Collection RecordElk (Cervus elaphus) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) distribution and use of habitats shared with cattle (Bos spp.) on a ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)-bunchgrass range in central Arizona was…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- habitat selection
- Pinus ponderosa
- Cervus elaphus
- Odocoileus hemionus
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- range management
- rangelands
- geographical distribution
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordA 5-year study was conducted to evaluate the influences of rest-rotation, deferred-rotation, and season-long grazing systems on cattle diet botanical composition and quality and weight gains on…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- Oregon
- rotational grazing
- nutrient contents of plants
- animal nutrition
- mountain grasslands
- ruminants
- performance testing
- grazing intensity
- diet studies
- cattle
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThis study evaluated the effects of heavy forage use in a rest-rotation grazing system on the basal-area growth and frequency of occurrence of native bunchgrasses from 1975 to 1984. None of these…Publication Date 1987-03-01
- Elymus elymoides
- Festuca idahoensis
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- basal area
- Achnatherum thurberianum
- crop-weed competition
- growth
- rotational grazing
- Artemisia tridentata
- cattle
- botanical composition
- Nevada
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordForty-eight stocker cattle enterprises on tobosagrass, bluestem, and lovegrass pastures being bought and sold at different points in the seasonal cattle price cycle were evaluated to determine the…Publication Date 1987-05-01
- marketing
- farm management
- profits
- grassland improvement
- Hilaria mutica
- Eragrostis curvula
- optimization
- animal production
- ranching
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- cattle
- Texas
- range management
- seasonal variation
- Library Collection RecordTebuthiuron, [N-(5-1,1-dimethyethyl-l1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N,N′-dimethylurea], a root-absorbed pelleted herbicide, was broadcast onto sand shinnery oak (Quercus havardii) rangeland in west Texas,…Publication Date 1986-09-01
- herbicide residues
- water content
- residual effects
- tebuthiuron
- sandy soils
- weed control
- Quercus havardii
- digestibility
- diet studies
- cattle
- Texas
- rangelands
- nutritive value
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordSoil bulk density measurements were taken from pastures used for winter feeding to determine the effects of different stocking rates on soil compaction and recovery. Samples were taken from paired…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- animal feeding
- physicochemical properties
- soil density
- reclamation
- pastures
- soil water content
- cattle
- rangelands
- soil compaction
- bulk density
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordAlthough there have been several reports on the food habits of domestic herbivores in various semiarid regions of the world, there has been no previous report on the partitioning of forage resources…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- camels
- forage selection
- pastoralism
- arid zones
- Kenya
- sheep
- diet studies
- goats
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- range management
- seasonal variation
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordInfiltration rate and sediment production were measured for 2 years on 3 pastures from an intensive rotational grazing system. The pastures were 32, 24, and 16 ha in size. Stocking rate was held…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- soil water relations
- hydrology
- sediments
- stocking rate
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- Texas
- grazing
- infiltration
- Library Collection RecordTwo aerial applications of 2,4,5-T [2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy) acetic acid] were applied to 3,634 ha of mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr. var. glandulosa) dunelands in southern New Mexico. Herbicide…Publication Date 1986-07-01
- Coleoptera
- duneland
- tetralopha euphenella
- soil biology
- aerial spraying
- herbicide residues
- birds
- ecosystems
- 2,4,5-T
- arid zones
- Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
- weight
- mammals
- cattle
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- forage
- Library Collection RecordFive oesophageal-fistulated steers were used to determine the botanical composition, on a quantitative basis, of the diet of freeranging cattle on an alpine range in Victoria, Australia. The steers…Publication Date 1986-09-01
- quantitative analysis
- Victoria (Australia)
- alpine grasslands
- grazing experiments
- plant communities
- diet studies
- cattle
- range management
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordInfiltration rate decreased significantly and sediment production increased significantly on a site with a silty clay surface soil devoid of vegetation following periodic trampling typical of…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- damage
- soil aggregates
- microrelief
- soil properties
- hydrology
- rotational grazing
- cattle
- Texas
- rangelands
- bulk density
- trampling
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordA real-time system for recording grazing behavior in the field is described. A NEC 8201a portable computer was programmed to allow the incidence, duration, and sequence of behaviors to be recorded.…Publication Date 1987-05-01
- computers
- portable instruments
- recording
- data collection
- computer techniques
- California
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordUtilization studies conducted on a high mountain range determined the quantity and timing of white locoweed (Oxytropis sericea Nutt.) consumption by cattle. Paired plots (one caged and one grazed)…Publication Date 1986-07-01
- toxins
- utilization
- consumption
- mountains
- Oxytropis
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- rangelands
- Utah
- forage
- Library Collection RecordBluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum (Pursh) Scribn. & Smith) was clipped at 4 phenological stages to compare forage quality of subsequent regrowth relative to nondefoliated plants. Following…Publication Date 1986-03-01
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- British Columbia
- spring
- regrowth
- nutrient contents of plants
- cattle
- range management
- phenology
- nutritive value
- defoliation
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordA cattle diet study was conducted in the northern Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming. Forty-eight plants were identified in cattle fecal material. Grasses in the feces averaged 54%, forbs 17%,…Publication Date 1985-09-01
- forests
- understory vegetation
- habits
- feeding
- South Dakota
- animal nutrition
- Wyoming
- cattle
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordInadequate data have existed concerning cattle preferences for fourwing saltbush [Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.] on ranges where it is dominant, and concerning composition of cattle diets on the…Publication Date 1985-09-01
- feeding habits
- grasslands
- Atriplex canescens
- animal nutrition
- cattle
- seasonal variation
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordThis paper tests 3 predictions that stem from the hypothesis that Angus heifers avoid stepping on crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum) tussocks because the tussocks present an uneven surface upon…Publication Date 1985-05-01
- Agropyron cristatum
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordThe intensity and pattern of cattle use of small riparian meadows were studied by periodically sampling vegetative standing crop and by continuously monitoring meadows with time-lapse photography.…Publication Date 1985-05-01
- riparian buffers
- Malheur National Forest
- Oregon
- cattle
- temperature
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of 4 stocking rates (1.2, 1.6, 2.4, and 4.8 AUM/ha) on cattle production were examined, over a 35-year period, on a Rough Fescue (Festuca scabrella Torr.) Grassland. Forage productivity…Publication Date 1986-03-01
- Festuca altaica
- grasslands
- liveweight gain
- grazing trials
- Alberta
- stocking rate
- cattle
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordSeasonal diets of native Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) and exotic axis deer (Axis axis axis), fallow deer (Dama dama dama), and cattle (Bos taurus) on Point Reyes…Publication Date 1985-09-01
- coasts
- coastal plant communities
- feeding habits
- rumen contents
- California
- Cervidae
- competition
- cattle
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordSeasonal diets of native Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) and exotic axis deer (Axis axis axis), fallow deer (Dama dama dama), and cattle (Bos taurus) on Point Reyes…Publication Date 1985-11-01
- California
- diets
- Cervidae
- Cervus dama
- Odocoileus
- competition
- axis axis
- cattle
- seasonal variation
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordSplit enclosures, half grazed and half ungrazed by cattle in summer, were compared for mule deer habitat use in late summer using tame deer. Diet composition, dietary nutrition, and area selected for…Publication Date 1986-01-01
- mountains
- Odocoileus
- diet studies
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- range management
- rangelands
- Utah
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordA study was conducted to examine the effects of 4 stocking rates on the vegetation in a Rough Fescue Grassland vegetation in southwestern Alberta. Stocking at a light rate (1.2 AUM/ha) for 32 years…Publication Date 1985-05-01
- Festuca altaica
- grasslands
- Alberta
- stocking rate
- cattle
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordA study involving 6 feeds of widely varying chemical properties fed to 6 steers in a Latin square design was conducted to evaluate the potential of fecal chemical characteristics for predicting…Publication Date 1985-09-01
- chemical tests
- feces
- diet studies
- cattle
- nitrogen content
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordResults of wolf (Canis lupus) control to reduce predation of cattle in northwestern Alberta are reported. Numbers of wolves declined from about 40 prior to control to 3 following the strychnine…Publication Date 1985-11-01
- wolves
- poisoning of animal pests
- strychnine
- evaluation
- boreal forests
- predators
- populations
- Alberta
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordSpatial patterns of cattle resting behavior were investigated on shortgrass steppe. Resting was divided into daytime and nighttime categories. Sites selected for daytime resting during June through…Publication Date 1985-07-01
- resting sites
- thermoregulation
- selection criteria
- grasslands
- steppes
- animal behavior
- environmental factors
- cattle
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordThe food habits and distribution of a cow-calf herd on a northern Idaho summer range was studied for 2 years. The forest-pasture range consisted of comparable areas of seeded grassland (pasture),…Publication Date 1985-05-01
- Physocarpus
- feeding habits
- Pinus ponderosa
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- Idaho
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordGrazing trials were conducted on high elevation summer range in southwestern Utah, with cattle and sheep stocked separately and together in .4-ha paddocks. Vegetation measurements were taken before…Publication Date 1985-07-01
- symphoricarpos oreophilus
- Symphoricarpos
- foraging
- highlands
- grazing intensity
- sheep
- cattle
- rangelands
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThe total cost (fee and non-fee) of grazing BLM, FS, and private deeded rangeland was estimated by partial budgeting procedures from records kept by the Saval Ranch, a northeastern Nevada cow-calf…Publication Date 1986-01-01
- public ownership
- private ownership
- foraging
- ranching
- cost-benefit analysis
- pastures
- cattle
- Nevada
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThe relative preferences of cattle for the major plant species in regenerating aspen (Populus tremuloides) forest following burning were studied to assist in developing strategies for controlling…Publication Date 1986-01-01
- afforestation
- silvicultural systems
- regenerative ability
- forests
- Populus tremuloides
- Alberta
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordA ruminally fistulated Hereford steer and heifer grazing Kansas Flint Hills range were used with the objective of determining forage particle breakdown and distribution in different rumen sites over…Publication Date 1985-03-01
- particle size
- forage crops
- Kansas
- rumen contents
- cattle
- nutritive value
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe chemical composition of 10 range plants of dietary importance to cattle and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) was determined on the Texas A&I University Range and Wildlife Research…Publication Date 1985-03-01
- seasonal growth
- forage crops
- chemical composition
- cattle
- Texas
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordA modified, flexible pastisol reentrant ileal (MPI) cannula was made and tested for ability to eliminate esophageal depressions, to promote healing in fistulated steers already experiencing…Publication Date 1985-09-01
- esophageal fistula
- healing
- injuries
- cannulas
- adaptation
- grazing experiments
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordA long-term study of the effects of season-long and deferred rotation grazing at different stocking rates examined cow and calf weight gains. Production functions were derived using stocking rate (…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- Pinus ponderosa
- stocking rate
- Washington
- Oregon
- cattle
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe botanical composition of the diets of 5 esophageal-fistulated steers in summer (June to August) and winter (January to March) on a south Florida range was studied in order to point out those…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- forage crops
- Florida
- pastures
- diets
- cattle
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe bite count technique was used to estimate the botanical composition of cattle diets for deferred rotation and continuous grazing systems on seeded forest range previously clearcut of spruce and…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- British Columbia
- legumes
- diets
- cattle
- botanical composition
- grazing
- grasses
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThe precision and accuracy of pedometers for measuring distance traveled by cattle on production size grazing systems were studied. Pedometer calibration factors were similar among cattle, but varied…Publication Date 1985-01-01
- meters
- measurements
- cattle
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordFactors influencing distribution of free-roaming cattle were studied on shortgrass steppe in northeastern Colorado. Spatial units selected for grazing were plant communities (soil-plant associations…Publication Date 1985-01-01
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordRelationships between the abundance of 2 quail species and range site and grazing management during drought were evaluated in the northern Rio Grande Plain of Texas. Clay loam range sites provided…Publication Date 1984-09-01
- particle size
- forage crops
- Kansas
- rumen contents
- cattle
- nutritive value
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordA Hereford steer and heifer were used to compare rumen removal rates of forage nutrients from Kansas Flint Hills range over a 2-year period. Rumens were emptied after an overnight fast and the…Publication Date 1985-01-01
- nutrients
- Kansas
- rumen contents
- cattle
- rangelands
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThe influence of cattle grazing on selected vegetation and soil parameters were evaluated on a clay flat range site with shrub zonal, midgrass, and shortgrass communities in the Rolling Plains near…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- Plains
- soil
- pastures
- vegetation
- cattle
- Texas
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordFrom May 1975 to November 1977, whole plant samples of 6 native and 2 introduced grass species, and top pads of 1 browse (pricklypear cactus) species were collected monthly and analyzed for crude…Publication Date 1982-11-01
- nutrient content
- food plants
- South Texas plains
- Tijerina Ranch
- Hidalgo County
- magnesium
- pricklypear
- digestible energy
- calcium
- sodium
- browse
- phosphorus
- potassium
- crude protein
- supplements
- grass
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordCoyotes (Canis latrans), black bears (Ursus americanus), and wolves (Canis lupus) were reported responsible for 35, 31, and 16%, respectively, of confirmed predation losses of cattle in Alberta…Publication Date 1982-11-01
- Alberta
- Lynx
- Ursus arctos
- Ursus americanus
- age
- distribution
- yearlings
- Predation Losses
- coyotes
- Canis latrans
- black bears
- wolves
- Canis lupus
- adults
- AVlue
- mountain lion
- Bald Eagle
- Felis concolor
- Lynx canadensis
- Grizzly Bear
- Golden Eagle
- Aquila chrysaetos
- Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordCorrelations were developed between average daily gain (ADG), forage organic matter intake (INT), fistula sample in vitro organic matter digestibility (DID), fistula sample nitrogen (DN), fecal…Publication Date 1982-11-01
- Diet Nutritive Quality
- Fecal Nutritive Quality
- average daily gain
- Forage Organic Matter Intake
- Fistula Sample
- In Vitro Organic Matter Digestibility
- Le Grande
- Starkey Experimental Range
- forb
- performance
- mountain range
- browse
- forage intake
- intake
- cattle
- relationships
- nitrogen
- Oregon
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of cattle trampling in a Douglas-fir plantation the first year after planting were assessed. Trees partially girdled due to trampling were much more likely to die than untrampled trees (α…Publication Date 1982-11-01
- deer
- elk
- Cattle Distribution
- Dead
- damage
- establishment
- girdling
- Northern Idaho
- bottomland
- Trampling Damage
- forest plantations
- Douglas fir
- Headquarters
- Southwest Slope
- Northeast Slope
- Alive
- gophers
- browse
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordForbs consumed by cattle grazing native range had higher dry matter digestion coefficients and contained greater quantities of ash, calcium, phosphorus, crude protein, and total sugars, but contained…Publication Date 1968-01-01
- Sugars
- in vitro digestibility
- Phophorous
- Use Competition
- Scotts Bluff Experimental Range
- Bracted spiderwort
- Beggars Lice
- Skeletonplant
- Yucca Heads
- Sand Sage
- Alfalfa Standard
- Lambsquarters
- Sunflower Heads
- nutrients
- Digestion Coefficients
- calcium
- ash
- native ranges
- consumption
- dry matter
- chemical composition
- esophageal fistula
- crude protein
- grazing
- cattle
- vegetation
- forbs
- Nebraska
- Library Collection RecordThe diet and forage preferences of the black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) were studied by stomach content analysis to determine the degree of competition between cattle and jackrabbits on…Publication Date 1968-07-01
- Black Tailed Jackrabbits
- Sandhill Rangeland
- Stomach Content Analysis
- Reseed Forage
- Seasonal Diet
- Grazing Relationships
- Forage Maturity
- preference
- sixweeks fescue
- secondary succession
- availability
- Sand Dropseed
- Sand Sagebrush
- Food Preferences
- pricklypear
- Eastern Colorado Range Station
- Lepus californicus
- western wheatgrass
- diet
- winter
- longevity
- seeds
- fall
- summer
- shrubs
- competition
- spring
- cattle
- forbs
- grasses
- Colorado
- alfalfa
- Library Collection RecordForage preferences of white-tailed deer and cattle on the Welder Wildlife Refuge in South Texas were determined by relating availability, percent utilization, and percent frequency of use of each…Publication Date 1968-07-01
- forage ratings
- Grass Seed Heads
- wildlife management
- Seasonal Preferences
- Frequency of Use
- forage ratings
- food habits
- availability
- Welder Wildlife Refuge
- forage preferences
- winter
- white-tailed deer
- big game
- deer
- utilization
- palatability
- grass
- livestock
- cattle
- forbs
- frequency
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordActual observations for 3 years and utilization surveys for 4 years were used to determine the grazing distribution patterns of Hereford and Santa Gertrudis cattle in southern New Mexico. The grazing…Publication Date 1967-09-01
- distance
- Grazing Distribution Patterns
- utilization survey
- Walk
- Palatable Species
- Jornada Experimetnal Range
- utilization survey
- observation
- grazing time
- Southern New Mexico
- Santa Gertrudis
- utilization
- water
- cattle
- Hereford
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