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- Library Collection RecordPlant invasions are a threat to rangelands in California. Understanding how seeds of invasive plants are dispersed is critical to developing sound management plans. Domestic livestock can transport…Publication Date 2016
- California rangelands
- cattle grazing
- endozoochory
- epizoochory
- invasive plants
- seed dispersal
- Library Collection RecordPlant invasions are a threat to rangelands in California. Understanding how seeds of invasive plants are dispersed is critical to developing sound management plans. Domestic livestock can transport…Publication Date 2016
- California rangelands
- cattle grazing
- endozoochory
- epizoochory
- invasive plants
- seed dispersal
- Library Collection RecordMost remaining grasslands are used for livestock grazing; stocking rates could be managed to help stop declining songbird populations. We examined the effects of stocking rates on grassland songbirds…Publication Date 2015-11
- Baird's sparrow
- cattle grazing
- chestnut-collared longspur
- Ecological threshold
- grassland management
- Sprague's pipit
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1955
- cattle gains
- cattle grazing
- Forage Plants.
- forage production
- forage utilization
- grass production
- long-leaf
- Longleaf Pine Forests
- McNeill Experimental Forest
- Nutrient Values
- Pine Stands
- South Mississippi
- Timber Density
- Weight Gains
- Library Collection RecordMeasuring the effects of grazing intensity on the structure, composition, and function of grassland ecosystems has been a perennial challenge. Space limits replication, few replicates limit…Publication Date 2008-11-01
- BACI
- cattle grazing
- mixed-grass prairies
- power analysis
- Library Collection RecordEcological systems comprise a complex array of interacting processes that manifest across multiple scales. Effective management of natural ecosystems has to be underpinned by an understanding of how…Publication Date 2009-03-01
- cattle grazing
- hysteresis
- rangeland management
- semiarid rangelands
- spatial coupling
- Library Collection RecordRevegetation and sustainable cattle grazing are major objectives in the reclamation of mine tailings at the Highland Valley Copper mine in British Columbia, Canada. A total of 150 cows with their…Publication Date 2006-05-01
- cattle grazing
- mine reclamation
- molybdenum toxicity
- Library Collection RecordThis study was conducted to compare data from 12 grazed and ungrazed areas and to examine the impacts of grazing treatments on a montane willow community during an 11-year period. Data were collected…Publication Date 2005-03-01
- Salix
- willow
- height
- cattle grazing
- grazing exclusion
- riparian areas
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding the impacts of livestock grazing on wildlands is important for making appropriate ecosystem management decisions. Using livestock exclosures, we examined the effects of moderate cattle…Publication Date 2005-07-01
- cattle grazing
- California grasslands
- oak savanna
- burrow patterns
- Library Collection RecordFestuca campestris Rydb. (mountain rough fescue) is a dominant grass species in the montane grasslands of western Canada. Little is known about the genetic diversity of this plant and the effects of…Publication Date 2005-11-01
- native grass
- Festuca campestris
- cattle grazing
- genetic diversity
- AFLP
- Library Collection RecordCertain lupines (Lupinus spp.) contain alkaloids that cause contracture-type skeletal birth defects and cleft palate (‘‘crooked calf syndrome’’) when consumed by cows during the 40th to 70th day of…Publication Date 2006-03-01
- birth defects
- cattle grazing
- poisonous plants
- lupine
- Library Collection RecordScaled quail (Callipepla squamata) numbers were evaluated during and after a 2-year drought period using strip census techniques on 2 pastures in late seral rangeland ecological condition and 2…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- Callipepla
- population size
- Callipepla squamata
- game birds
- seral stages
- vegetation cover
- wildlife habitats
- arid lands
- ecological succession
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- drought
- plant litter
- New Mexico
- upland game birds
- wildlife
- arid lands
- cattle grazing
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordA 6-year study was conducted in tallgrass prairie to assess the effects of grazing management (cattle stocking densities and grazing systems) on plant community composition and diversity. Treatments…Publication Date 2004-01-01
- biodiversity
- plant ecology
- cattle grazing
- Flint Hills
- range management
- grazing systems
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordMourning dove (Zenaida macroura L.) densities were determined using strip census techniques over a 2-year period (spring 1996 to winter 1998) on pastures in early-, mid-, and late-seral ecological…Publication Date 2004-05-01
- upland game birds
- wildlife
- arid lands
- cattle grazing
- Zenaida macroura
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of cattle grazing on the genetic structure of native grass populations has received little attention. We investigated the effect of cattle grazing on genetic variation in Idaho fescue (…Publication Date 2004-05-01
- cattle grazing
- Inter-Simple Sequence Repeat markers
- Festuca idahoensis
- Monte Carlo procedure
- Library Collection RecordPlains larkspur (Delphinium geyeri Greene) is a major cause of cattle deaths in the northern Great Plains of Wyoming and Colorado. We examined the amount and timing of larkspur ingestion by grazing…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- delphinium geyeri
- weather
- mineral content
- protein content
- fiber content
- voluntary intake
- selective grazing
- Wyoming
- phenology
- grazing
- grasses
- beef cattle
- chemical constituents of plants
- poisonous plants
- maturity stage
- diterpenoid alkaloids
- toxic plants
- diet selection
- cattle grazing
- methyllycaconitine
- alkaloids
- Library Collection RecordThe role of livestock grazing and big-game browsing in the decline of aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) in the Intermountain West has long been questioned. All known aspen exclosures (n=8) on the…Publication Date 2000-03-01
- natural regeneration
- national forests
- understory
- Populus tremuloides
- grazing intensity
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Cervus elaphus canadensis
- botanical composition
- Utah
- grazing
- beef cattle
- Populus tremuloides communities
- reproduction
- decline
- cattle grazing
- deer browsing
- elk browsing
- undergrowth
- Library Collection RecordWhite (Oxytropis sericea Nutt. in T. G.) and Lambert (O. lambertii var. biglovii Pursh) locoweed grow adjacent to each other on the foothills of the Rocky Mountains from southeastern Wyoming to…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- flowering date
- Oxytropis lambertii
- pods
- plant development
- developmental stages
- Weeds
- alkaloids
- Infestation
- Oxytropis sericea
- selective grazing
- cattle
- phenology
- New Mexico
- feeding preferences
- poisonous plants
- Oxytropis lambertii
- Oxytropis sericea
- poisonous plants
- cattle grazing
- swainsonine
- Library Collection RecordCattle grazing distribution patterns were studied directly through observation and indirectly through plant utilization during 3 summer grazing seasons under continuous and deferred-rotation grazing…Publication Date 1984-11-01
- mountain rangeland
- Plant Utilization
- Riparian Meadows
- Cattle Use
- Forested Sites
- Upper Middle Fork Grazing Allotment
- northeastern Oregon
- patterns
- slope
- logging
- cattle grazing
- deferred grazing
- Water Distribution
- observation
- Cattle Distribution
- utilization
- fertilization
- Oregon
- Library Collection RecordIn the fall of 1975, cattle grazing to the north of an abandoned uranium mine on Flint Butte in Harding County, S. Dak., showed signs of molybdenosis, a disease due to molybdenum-induced copper…Publication Date 1983-05-01
- Plains
- South Dakota
- cattle grazing
- disease due to molybdenum-induced copper deficiency
- Library Collection RecordNebraska sedge (Carex nebraskensis Dewey), a valuable and distinct species, can withstand a high degree of defoliation by livestock without being seriously damaged. To understand this species better…Publication Date 1983-07-01
- California
- Sierra National Forest
- cattle grazing
- Library Collection RecordRunoff and infiltration was measured on the Central Plains Experimental Range, near Nunn, Colorado to see how these attributes change after cattle grazing is stopped. Along with runoff and…Publication Date 1969
- erosion
- runoff
- soil compaction
- cattle grazing
- cattle removal
- infiltration rates
- Library Collection RecordDuring drought years, stream flow is often insufficient to irrigate normally flooded native meadows. Herbage production of the meadow is reduced, haying operations are suspended, and the available…Publication Date 1982-07-01
- Oregon
- cattle grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing intensity on a montane willow community in the Sheep Creek riparian ecosystem located in Roosevelt National Forest (40Ëš 56.46’ N, 105Ëš 39.55’ W) of Colorado…Publication Date 1969
- Salix
- population dynamics
- cattle grazing
- grazing exclusion
- riparian areas
- willow height
- Library Collection RecordTwelve habitat characteristics were measured inside and outside three livestock exclosures on two different streams in the Golden Trout Wilderness (118°15'N, 36°22'W), Sierra Nevada…Publication Date 1969
- riparian vegetation
- California golden trout
- cattle grazing
- habitat degradation
- Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita
- riparian health
- threatened species
- Library Collection RecordSeven strip-transects were setup in both the grazed (65% utilization) and livestock excluded areas to determine the differences of bird species present in those areas. Fourteen species of birds were…Publication Date 1969
- birds
- Colorado
- cattle grazing
- riparian wildlife
- Rocky Mountains
- small mammals
- western jumping mouse
- Wilson's warbler
- Library Collection RecordThe response of aquatic insect populations to manure inputs in stream channels was measured in two distinct California stream systems in the Coastal (37Ëš 57’ N; 122Ëš 43’ W) and…Publication Date 1969
- Aquatic insects
- streams
- carbon isotopes
- cattle grazing
- manure
- organic enrichment
- Library Collection RecordThe use of riparian meadows, upland grasslands, and forests by cattle grazed in a twice grazed high-density rotational grazing system (early season-stocking rate = 1.1 AUM/ha for 4 days, late season-…Publication Date 1969
- rotational grazing
- aspen forest
- cattle grazing
- forage quality
- Herbage Utilization
- riparian meadow
- upland grassland
- Library Collection RecordThe water-intake method of estimating forage intake by grazing cattle can permit a valuable extension of research on semiarid grasslands, but eventually we shall require a wider applicability and…Publication Date 1968-11-01
- sample size
- yearlings
- cattle grazing
- Sampling Requirements
- Water Intake Method
- Water Drunk
- Mean Air Temperature
- Limitations
- Estimating
- moisture content
- forage intake
- forage
- Hereford
- Library Collection RecordOn perennial ryegrass-subclover and tall fescue-subclover forage mixtures, grazing cattle preferred grass to clover during the spring-summer period. Sheep selected a consistently high amount of…Publication Date 1968-09-01
- perennial ryegrass
- Corvallis
- Subclover
- tall fescue
- Western Oregon
- cattle grazing
- clover
- forage preferences
- Trifolium subterraneum
- Festuca arundinacea
- diet
- Lolium perenne
- seasons
- seasonal
- sheep
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1962-01-01
- prescribed burning
- Slender Bluestem
- Litter Accumulation
- Andropogon tener
- Pinehill Bluestem
- Andropogon divergens
- cattle grazing
- burning
- Moderate Grazing
- grass production
- herbage
- range
- intensity
- utilization
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1955-03-01
- forest grazing
- forage plants
- weight gain
- Longleaf Pine Forests
- long-leaf
- South Mississippi
- Pine Stands
- McNeill Experimental Forest
- Timber Density
- Nutrient Values
- forage utilization
- cattle gains
- cattle grazing
- grass production
- forage production
- 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 RecordSeven years after disking and seeding to grass, main effects were: decreased organic matter and capillary porosity in the surface soil, greater soil bulk density, and decreased plant and litter cover…Publication Date 1965-07-01
- capacity
- cattle grazing
- litter cover
- Subalpine Ridge
- Central Utah
- Capillary Porosity
- soil surface
- Infiltration Capacity
- Manti Canyon
- measurements
- organic matter
- Disking
- plant cover
- infiltration
- bulk density
- seeding
- grazing
- soil stability
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordMost remaining grasslands are used for livestock grazing; stocking rates could be managed to help stop declining songbird populations. We examined the effects of stocking rates on grassland songbirds…Publication Date 2015-11
- Baird's sparrow
- cattle grazing
- chestnut-collared longspur
- Ecological threshold
- grassland management
- Sprague's pipit
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordWambolt examined differences in bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum) nutrient content in elk (Cervus elaphus) winter range between a pasture grazed by cattle (Bos taurus) in the spring, rested…Publication Date 1969
- Agropyron spicatum
- Cervus elaphus
- crude protein
- big game nutrition
- cattle grazing
- rest-rotation grazing system
- Library Collection RecordTurner et al. hypothesized that overcompensation most likely occurs in previously ungrazed tallgrass prairie as a result of stored photosynthate. In a 3-year experiment, the authors found that…Publication Date 1969
- history
- mowing
- nitrogen
- aboveground and belowground biomass
- cattle grazing
- defoliation intensity
- frequency
- Konza Prairie Research National Area
- maximization of production
- overcompensation
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordTewksbury et al. found three main factors that lead to the reduction of riparian avifauna. Loss of deciduous forests, cattle grazing and human encroachment are having the greatest effect on…Publication Date 1969
- agriculture
- avian abundance and richness
- cattle grazing
- landscape fragmentation
- multi-scale
- riparian habitat
- Library Collection RecordIn this Florida study, Steinman et al. used a recently established, replicated cattle ranch to investigate the effects of cattle grazing and pasture land use on invertebrate communities in seasonal…Publication Date 1969
- invertebrates
- nutrients
- land use
- cattle grazing
- Chironomids
- Florida wetlands
- Improved Pasture
- semi-native pasture
- Library Collection RecordSeigel Thines et al. feels that cattle grazing may be depredating the habitat used by the endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit. They feel that cattle grazing is altering the vegetative structure…Publication Date 1969
- sagebrush
- Brachylagus idahoensis
- cattle grazing
- Columbia Basin
- habitat selection
- Pygmy Rabbits
- Library Collection RecordA study near Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada was conducted over two years to determine the effects of cattle grazing on streambank stability and also on benthic invertebrates. Three streams were fenced…Publication Date 1969
- Algae
- Benthos
- cattle grazing
- functional feeding groups
- riparian
- streambank stability
- Library Collection RecordSchulz and Leininger examined the differences in riparian communities, canopy cover, density and standing crop of important riparian species (Salix spp., Poa palustris, Poa pratensis, Deschampsia…Publication Date 1969
- Colorado
- Poa palustris
- Poa pratensis
- cattle grazing
- Rocky Mountains
- Salix spp.
- Library Collection RecordTo investigate plant adaptations across ecoregions, this study investigated the influences of a natural disturbance (flooding) and an artificial disturbance (cattle grazing) on reproductive and…Publication Date 1969
- age structure
- Populus
- flooding
- reproduction
- cattle grazing
- cottonwood
- Mountain
- prairie
- riparian
- Rocky Mountains
- Library Collection RecordSaiwana et al. suggest that scaled quail (Callipepla squamata) abundance in the Chihuahuan Desert could be maximized with a mixture of late-seral and mid-seral plant communities. Vegetation…Publication Date 1969
- arid lands
- black grama
- Bouteloua eriopoda
- Callipepla squamata
- cattle grazing
- Mesa Dropseed
- Sporobolus flexuosus
- threeawn
- Library Collection RecordRagotzkie and Bailey examined the habitat use of mule deer in cattle grazed and ungrazed pastures by radio collaring 19 deer over a two year period. They found that mule deer spent most of their…Publication Date 1969
- cattle grazing
- deer-cattle relationships
- habitat use
- odocoileus hemionus crooki
- semidesert grass-shrublands
- Library Collection RecordGrazed areas had less avian species abundance and richness than control streams that had been fenced off from cattle (Bos taurus) grazing. This could be due to greater amounts and structure of cover…Publication Date 1969
- fencing
- Pennsylvania
- reproduction
- abundance
- avian
- cattle grazing
- cover
- nest
- pasture
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordThis study's objective was to determine if ant species could be used as indicators of rangeland condition in the Mojave Desert. Data was collected at different distances from cattle (Bos taurus…Publication Date 1969
- Bos taurus
- cattle grazing
- indicator
- intermediate level of grazing
- organic debris
- rangeland condition
- 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 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