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- Library Collection Record
- Cervus elaphus
- Cervidae
- grasses
- herbaceous plants
- woody plants
- biomass
- Dry matter content
- calcium
- phosphorus
- sodium
- Crude fibre
- crude protein
- energy value
- Feed consumption
- animal feeding
- forest stands
- meadows
- pastures
- highlands
- Cervus elaphus
- Cervidae
- calcium
- sodium
- Cervus elaphus
- Cervidae
- Library Collection RecordPrevious research suggests facilitative grazing by cattle during the preceding summer-fall can enhance spring foraging habitat of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni). However, previous…Publication Date 2016
- cattle
- Cervus elaphus
- forage conditioning
- grazing facilitation
- resource selection function
- targeted livestock grazing
- Library Collection RecordElk (Cervus elaphus L.) and cattle (Bos taurus L.) co-occur on rangelands throughout western North America. Literature regarding range relations between elk and cattle, however, is contradictory,…Publication Date 2017
- behavior
- Bos taurus
- Cervus elaphus
- GPS tracking
- range relations
- Library Collection RecordPrevious research suggests facilitative grazing by cattle during the preceding summer-fall can enhance spring foraging habitat of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni). However, previous…Publication Date 2016
- cattle
- Cervus elaphus
- forage conditioning
- grazing facilitation
- resource selection function
- targeted livestock grazing
- Library Collection RecordGlobal energy demand is predicted to increase dramatically, suggesting the need to understand the role of disturbance from energy development better and to develop more efficient conservation…Publication Date 2014-07
- Cervus elaphus
- Coal bed natural gas
- Elk habitat
- Resource selection functions
- roads
- Wildlife and energy development
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1991-12-01
- Cervus elaphus
- Montana
- range management
- grazing
- wildlife management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1991-12-01
- censuses
- Cervus elaphus
- environmental impact
- surveys
- New Mexico
- wildlife management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1991-12-01
- Cervus elaphus
- feeding habits
- Cervus elaphus roosevelti
- British Columbia
- Washington
- Oregon
- California
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1994-08-01
- wild sheep
- Mongolia
- Cervus elaphus
- rangeland soils
- game animals
- hunting
- rangelands
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe large-scale influence of livestock grazing in the western United States generates a need to integrate landscape management to incorporate both wildlife and livestock. The purpose of this project…Publication Date 2012-03-01
- Cervus elaphus
- livestock grazing
- resource selection
- ungulate winter range
- Wall Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Library Collection RecordQuaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) recruitment and overstory stem densities were sampled in 315 clones in 1991 and 2006 on 560 km2 of the Northern Yellowstone Winter Range (NYWR). A primary…Publication Date 2011-03-01
- browse
- Cervus elaphus
- elk
- Populus tremuloides
- recruitment
- trophic cascade
- Library Collection RecordUse of mechanical thinning and prescribed fire to reduce fuels in dry forest ecosystems has become increasingly common in western North America. Nevertheless, few studies have quantified effects of…Publication Date 2008-05-01
- Cervus elaphus
- in vitro dry-matter digestibility
- nitrogen
- nutrition
- Oregon
- percentage of cover
- prescribed fire
- Library Collection RecordConcentrated herbivory by elk (Cervus elaphus) can degrade vegetative communities and alter ecosystem processes. Areas severely damaged by elk are commonly protected with woven wire fence, which can…Publication Date 2007-09-01
- aspen regeneration
- Cervus elaphus
- exclosures
- herbivory
- wildlife damage management
- Library Collection RecordThe resilience of willow (Salix monticola Bebb, Salix geyeriana Anderss., Salix planifolia Pursh) stems released from intense elk (Cervus elaphus) browsing in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado,…Publication Date 2005-11-01
- alternative stable states
- Cervus elaphus
- herbivory
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Salix
- stem morphology
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed cattle grazing is often used to purposely enhance wildlife habitat. This study investigated the effects of fall cattle (Bos taurus) grazing intensity on elk (Cervus elaphus) and deer (…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- wildlife-livestock relations
- Festuca altaica
- Cervus elaphus
- spring
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- summer
- grazing intensity
- Odocoileus
- cattle
- wildlife management
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- Montana
- Cervus elaphus
- Festuca scabrella
- Odocoileus spp.
- livestock-wildlife relations
- prescribed livestock grading
- Library Collection RecordMonitoring processes that affect plant population dynamics and determine community structure is central in forest restoration ecology. To study effects of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and elk (…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- artificial regeneration
- flowering
- Cervus elaphus nelsoni
- Ceanothus
- Ceanothus fendleri
- forest thinning
- understory
- plant morphology
- Pinus ponderosa
- branches
- Odocoileus hemionus
- biomass
- browsing
- Arizona
- ecological restoration
- Ceanothus fendleri
- stem morphology
- flower production
- Cervus elaphus
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Library Collection RecordCommunity-level (per unit area) and individual tiller reproductive biomass inside and outside of long-term exclosures on the northern winter range of Yellowstone National Park, USA were compared.…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- Yellowstone National Park
- bison
- seed productivity
- Cervus elaphus
- winter
- Antilocapra americana
- tillering
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- defoliation
- literature reviews
- grasses
- grasslands
- ungulates
- grazing
- clipping
- seed production and yield
- Yellowstone National Park
- literature reviews
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing by cattle (Bos taurus) and recently reestablished elk (Cervus elaphus) on mountain meadows in northeastern Nevada are poorly understood. We evaluated production, use, and…Publication Date 2004-07-01
- elk
- cattle
- Cervus elaphus
- clipping treatments
- compensation
- grazing exclosures
- meadow production
- species richness
- utilization
- Library Collection RecordTo evaluate effects of noncommercial thinning, utilization of forages consumed by elk (Cervus elaphus L.), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus Raf.), and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Raf.)…Publication Date 2004-09-01
- Cervus elaphus
- diets
- forage standing biomass
- mule deer
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Odocoileus virginianus
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordThe nutritional quality (digestible energy, crude protein, and minerals) of 7 known elk (Cervus elaphus Linnaeus) forages was assessed at 4 different time periods from May to November. Species…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- Coptis
- ceanothus sanguineus
- Salix scouleriana
- Amelanchier alnifolia
- Trifolium repens
- Carex geyeri
- digestible energy
- Salix
- nutrient content
- mineral content
- Carex
- Poa pratensis
- Idaho
- crude protein
- Cervus elaphus canadensis
- wildlife management
- forage
- elk
- Cervus elaphus
- forage quality
- nutrition
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordAccurate measures of the relative resource impacts from elk (Cervus elaphus) and cattle (Bos taurus and B. indicus) improve land management planning wherever these species cohabitate. Comparisons of…Publication Date 2000-05-01
- fences
- area
- mixed grazing
- experimental design
- Cervus elaphus
- pastures
- animal behavior
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- wildlife management
- range management
- Montana
- Cervus elaphus
- exclosure site
- livestock-wildlife relations
- wild ungulates
- Library Collection RecordSpatial patterns of herbivore defecation within grazing systems are important as they directly affect pasture growth and composition. These effects are partially linked to seed dispersal in dung, a…Publication Date 2000-05-01
- Oryctolagus cuniculus
- Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia
- Fraxinus angustifolia
- Cistus ladanifer
- rabbit droppings
- extensive livestock farming
- Spain
- shrublands
- seed banks
- seed dispersal
- woodland grasslands
- spatial variation
- Cervus elaphus
- cattle manure
- defecation
- feces
- species differences
- plant communities
- Cervus dama
- spatial distribution
- seed germination
- beef cattle
- spatial patterns
- dispersal
- dung
- herbivores
- endozoochory
- Mediterranean pastures
- Library Collection RecordForage use data can help rangeland and wildlife managers make informed decisions. However, managers need to know if forage use techniques that are commonly used to estimate ungulate herbivory under…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- experimental plots
- height-weight curve methods
- paired-plot method
- growth curve
- regression analysis
- equations
- Cervus elaphus
- selective grazing
- Pascopyrum smithii
- biomass
- range management
- beef cattle
- forage
- plant height
- Arizona
- height-weight
- herbivory
- paired-plot
- stubble height
- Library Collection RecordPresence of 2 large herbivores in the same rangeland makes assessment of proper stocking rates and management practices rather complex. This study evaluated composition and overlap of red deer and…Publication Date 2000-11-01
- mixed grazing
- Prosopis
- Cervus elaphus
- stocking rate
- species differences
- diet
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- beef cattle
- browsing
- intermediate feeders
- grass users
- rangeland use
- range diets
- multi-species programs
- Library Collection RecordRecent increases in elk (Cervus elaphus L.) herbivory and changes in hydrology towards drier conditions have contributed to declines in willow (Salix spp. L.) communities in the winter ranges for elk…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- ecosystems
- Salix
- sloping land
- biogeochemical cycles
- nutrient availability
- shoots
- plant ecology
- soil fertility
- Cervus elaphus
- winter
- nitrogen
- herbivores
- plant communities
- biomass
- browsing
- Colorado
- willow
- Salix
- Carex
- litterfall
- litter decomposition
- nitrogen availability
- Library Collection RecordCarefully-managed livestock grazing has been offered as a tool to improve the forage quality of graminoids on big game winter range. Formal testing of this theory has thus far been done using hand…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- Festuca idahoensis
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- Carex geyeri
- stems
- Carex
- savannas
- Cervus elaphus
- rain
- stocking rate
- Oregon
- crude protein
- shrubs
- sheep
- in vitro digestibility
- biomass
- canopy
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThe winter forage quality of bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum [Pursh] Scribn. &Smith) is generally inadequate for maintenance of wintering Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- energy requirements
- developmental stages
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- stubble
- protein content
- yields
- Cervus elaphus
- winter
- cutting
- digestibility
- crude protein
- phenology
- nutritive value
- forage
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordSpring livestock grazing has been suggested as a tool to improve winter forage quality of bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum [Pursh] Scribn. & Smith). Impacts on plant vigor and survival…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- basal area
- Cervus elaphus
- winter
- spring
- cattle
- phenology
- defoliation
- grazing
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordSpotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.), an exotic member of the Compositae, infests large areas of rangeland in the northwestern United States. We assessed the impacts of infestation on a…Publication Date 1997-09-01
- seed clusters
- chicin
- noxious substances
- Cervus elaphus nelsoni
- leaves
- carrying capacity
- population density
- stems
- Cervus elaphus
- Odocoileus virginianus
- selective grazing
- species differences
- Idaho
- diet
- metabolizable energy
- crude protein
- Odocoileus hemionus
- plant density
- Centaurea maculosa
- biomass
- introduced species
- Library Collection RecordElk (Cervus elaphus) have been repeatedly observed to prefer rested units within rest-rotation grazing systems. Given the logistical and financial investments associated with the maintenance of these…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- animal husbandry
- Cervus elaphus
- rotational grazing
- browsing damage
- cattle
- wildlife management
- biomass
- range management
- browsing
- Library Collection RecordWe tested the hypothesis that nutrient content of bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum [Pursh] Scribn. &Smith) either cattle grazed in the spring, rested from cattle grazing for a full year,…Publication Date 1997-09-01
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- nutrient content
- range condition
- Cervus elaphus
- winter
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- seasonal variation
- Montana
- Library Collection RecordContentions that willows (Salix spp.) on Yellowstone National Park's northern range have declined because of climatic change, fire suppression, reduced chemical defenses, or other natural…Publication Date 1997-03-01
- indigenous peoples
- Castor canadensis
- ecological balance
- national parks
- Salix
- history
- seed productivity
- riparian buffers
- population dynamics
- Cervus elaphus
- Wyoming
- plant communities
- overgrazing
- Library Collection RecordBotanical composition of diets and dietary overlap were investigated among free-ranging cattle (Bos taurus), Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni), and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- interspecific competition
- seral stages
- ecological succession
- feces composition
- Cervus elaphus
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Idaho
- plant communities
- botanical composition
- browsing
- beef cattle
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of reducing sheep grazing on upland vegetation and wild herbivores was studied at 11 sites in the Scottish Highlands. Areas where sheep had been removed for periods of up to 25 years were…Publication Date 1996-07-01
- Scotland
- sward
- voles
- sheep manure
- ecological succession
- Cervus elaphus
- stocking rate
- prescribed burning
- plant communities
- sheep
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- canopy
- grazing
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordA 10 year study under natural winter conditions at 2 sites tested the hypothesis that mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) and elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) forage equally on 4 sagebrush (…Publication Date 1996-11-01
- snow cover
- Cervus elaphus
- winter
- Artemisia tridentata
- Odocoileus hemionus
- browsing damage
- Montana
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordWe measured the grazing preference of 3 castrated male Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) for 2 crested (Agropyron desertorum [Fischer ex Link] Schultes), 5 thickspike (Elymus lanceolatus…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- Cervus elaphus nelsoni
- Elymus lanceolatus
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- Agropyron desertorum
- palatability
- Cervus elaphus
- spring
- Poaceae
- Utah
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordIn much of the west, seasonal rangeland provides important foraging opportunities for wild and domestic ungulates during times when forage is often limited. We studied the use of foraging areas by…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- terrain
- Cervus elaphus
- Oregon
- plant communities
- Odocoileus hemionus
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- beef cattle
- altitude
- Library Collection RecordWe used a cubic sampling quadrat to study the 3-dimensional structure of volunteer Bromus-Poa swards, and explored the relationship of bite depth and sward height as a determinant of bite sizes of…Publication Date 1994-03-01
- dietary protein
- bite size
- biting rates
- feeding habits
- fiber content
- Cervus elaphus
- Alberta
- diet
- crude protein
- seasonal variation
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordWe examined the diets of reintroduced tule elk (Cervus elaphus nannodes Merriam) and resident Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus Richardson) inhabiting the coastal prairie-…Publication Date 1995-07-01
- coastal plant communities
- dietary overlap
- animal competition
- grasslands
- Cervus elaphus
- feces
- species differences
- Odocoileus hemionus
- California
- nitrogen content
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordEffects of defoliating bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum [Pursh] Scribn. & Smith) to increase the quality of regrowth available on Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni Bailey) winter…Publication Date 1994-05-01
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- Cervus elaphus
- chemical composition
- spring
- regrowth
- Oregon
- in vitro digestibility
- nutritive value
- defoliation
- forage
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordVegetation responses to prescribed fire over a 12-year period are reported for several deteriorating aspen clones in northwestern Wyoming. This study extends earlier work by Bartos and Mueggler (1981…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- reproduction
- sprouts
- understory
- Populus tremuloides
- Cervus elaphus
- prescribed burning
- biomass production
- Wyoming
- land restoration
- Library Collection RecordEffects of unmanaged populations of large mammalian herbivores, especially elk (Cervus elaphus on vegetation is a concern in Yellowstone National Park, since wolves (Canis Lupus) are extirpated,…Publication Date 1994-11-01
- Alces alces
- climate change
- Salix
- Cervus elaphus
- species differences
- growth
- tannins
- secondary metabolites
- digestibility
- Wyoming
- browsing damage
- nitrogen content
- drought
- water stress
- altitude
- Library Collection RecordElk (Cervus elaphus Linnaeus), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus Rafinesque), and cattle (Bos taurus Linnaeus) distributions were determined year round from 1975-1979 on a rest-rotation grazing system…Publication Date 1993-05-01
- population distribution
- mountains
- mountain areas
- sloping land
- highlands
- habitats
- Cervus elaphus
- Idaho
- rotational grazing
- Odocoileus hemionus
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- grazing
- altitude
- Library Collection RecordBecause of the ongoing controversy about shrub forage value for different ungulates and significance of the shrub communities for spring-fall grazing in southcentral Wyoming, the relative importance…Publication Date 1992-11-01
- livestock-wildlife relationships
- common use grazing
- common lands
- wildlife
- Purshia tridentata
- browse plants
- Cervus elaphus
- Antilocapra americana
- mountain grasslands
- Wyoming
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant communities
- Odocoileus hemionus
- shrubs
- diets
- sheep
- cattle
- rangelands
- grasses
- forage
- Library Collection RecordEffects of sheep grazing in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) plantations in Oregon’s Coast Range were studied in 1981 through 1983 to determine the impact of grazing on big game habitat. Biomass,…Publication Date 1990-05-01
- Cervus elaphus
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- forest plantations
- game management
- environmental impact reporting
- Oregon
- digestibility
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Odocoileus
- sheep
- habitat improvement
- grazing
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed burning is frequently used to enhance regeneration of aspen. The effects of burning aspen on wild ungulates are poorly understood. We used free-ranging tame elk to assess diet composition…Publication Date 1987-09-01
- habitat selection
- foraging
- forests
- Populus tremuloides
- Cervus elaphus
- prescribed burning
- Idaho
- animal nutrition
- feeding preferences
- 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 RecordSpring and summer diets of guanaco (Lama guanicoe) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) in northern Patagonia were determined by the microhistological analysis of their droppings. Forbs were the main…Publication Date 1986-01-01
- Lama
- hill grasslands
- Cervus elaphus
- plant communities
- diet studies
- grazing behavior
- range management
- Argentina
- Library Collection RecordThis study was conducted to assess the impact of hunting on diets of a wapiti (Cervus elaphus) population in west-central Alberta, Canada. During special winter hunts, consumption of rough fescue (…Publication Date 1985-01-01
- Leymus innovatus
- Festuca altaica
- Agropyron
- feeding habits
- Cervus elaphus
- browsing
- Library Collection RecordWe evaluated forage intake rates of wapiti (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) during the depletion of a grass sward over a 7-day period. Bite sizes increased linearly with forage biomass and plant height…Publication Date 1985-01-01
- feeding habits
- Cervus elaphus
- grazing
- forage