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- Library Collection RecordFor thousands of years before Yellowstone National Park was created in 1872, hunting and burning by Native Americans were fundamental components of the natural ecological processes on the Northern…Publication Date 2018-12
- bison
- brucellosis
- elk
- Native Americans
- Northern Range
- Yellowstone
- Library Collection RecordNative bison and elk co-dominate the assemblage of wild ungulates on the Northern Range, one of the largest and most diverse assemblages of wild ungulates in the western hemisphere. The elk…Publication Date 2018-12
- bison
- brucellosis
- elk
- Northern Range
- wild ungulates
- Yellowstone
- Library Collection RecordWild horse (Equus ferus caballus) management in western North America is an escalating concern for ecological integrity on these landscapes. Identifying potential diet overlap among horses, livestock…Publication Date 2016
- cattle
- diet composition
- domestic sheep
- elk
- Equus ferus caballus
- microhistological fecal analysis
- mule deer
- pronghorn
- Library Collection RecordObservation is a simple method of acquiring information and is a critical step in the scientific method for both developing and investigating testable hypotheses. Cameras have long played a role in…Publication Date 2017
- Arizona
- cattle
- elk
- grazing
- riparian
- time-lapse photography
- Library Collection RecordWild horse (Equus ferus caballus) management in western North America is an escalating concern for ecological integrity on these landscapes. Identifying potential diet overlap among horses, livestock…Publication Date 2016
- cattle
- diet composition
- domestic sheep
- elk
- Equus ferus caballus
- microhistological fecal analysis
- mule deer
- pronghorn
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2020-06
- bison
- burning
- elk
- hunting
- indigenous people
- Yellowstone National Park
- 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 1983-02-01
- wild animals
- diet
- soil eating
- soil pellets
- forested ranges
- droppings
- pellets
- elk
- Oregon
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • In 1990, cattle grazed private land in Utah’s Book Cliff Mountains until late July. Elk in the area ate about 50% of the forage regrowth on this land from late July to mid-September…Publication Date 2013-02-01
- cattle
- elk
- grazing
- competition
- rancher
- wildlife
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Managers charged with managing landscapes influenced by elk are challenged to establish monitoring protocols that identify when impacts are responsible for declining ecological…Publication Date 2013-06-01
- trampling
- herbivory
- plant communities
- elk
- winter range
- Library Collection RecordSagebrush (Artemisia L.) taxa historically functioned as the keystone species on 1 090 000 km2 of rangeland across the western United States, and Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp…Publication Date 2012-09-01
- Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis
- elk
- greater sage-grouse
- herbicide applications
- mechanical treatments
- mule deer
- prescribed burning
- pronghorn
- 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 RecordSpring elk grazing may reduce forage availability for wildlife or livestock in summer and may harm forage resources on foothill rangeland. We quantified bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata…Publication Date 2007-09-01
- clipping
- defoliation response
- elk
- grazing management
- herbivory
- overcompensation
- Library Collection RecordLivestock grazing has been considered detrimental to wildlife habitat. Managed grazing programs, however, have the potential to maintain habitat diversity and quality. In cases in which single-…Publication Date 2005-03-01
- cattle
- facilitation
- herbivory
- deer
- elk
- Library Collection RecordTrue mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus Raf.) provides nutritional winter forage for big game species in the mountain brush zone. To determine browsing effects, animal use, percent vegetation…Publication Date 2003-11-01
- Utah
- canopy
- Cercocarpus montanus
- browsing
- wildlife food habits
- plant characteristics
- utilization
- grazing
- big game
- winter range
- herbivory
- mountain brush
- exclosures
- moose
- deer
- elk
- pronghorn
- 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 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 RecordWe developed and used association matrix, association pattern, and pattern recognition software (ASSOC1) to investigate the spatio-temporal association of individual radio-collared elk with other…Publication Date 2001-01-01
- herds
- home range
- territory
- computer software
- temporal variation
- Cervus elaphus canadensis
- spatial distribution
- wildlife management
- Montana
- elk
- wildlife
- herds
- home range
- similarity
- 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 Record: In the summer of 1994, five narrowleaf cottonwood stands in northeastern Yellowstone National Park were measured for the effects of elk herbivory. These stands were dated by photographs from…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- browsing
- herbivory
- elk
- narrowleaf cottonwood
- Populus augustifolia
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordThis is a scientific synthesis based on the author’s PhD dissertation along with 141 other studies on elk, moose, and beaver herbivory in riparian communities in the northern range of…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- moose
- Alces alces
- beaver
- Castor canadensis
- elk
- Intermountain West
- native ungulates
- riparian communities
- water cycle
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordThe degree that cottonwood recruitment has not occurred and the identification of potential links between environmental factors and recruitment were examined in this study conducted along the Lamar…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- wolves
- Canis lupus
- cottonwood
- elk
- Populus spp.
- riparian
- trophic cascades
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordThis study in Colorado examined the effects of variation in population density of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) on the availability and use of forage resources by cattle in a…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- grazing
- ungulates
- competition
- diet quality
- diet selection
- elk
- facilitation
- forage quality
- functional response
- net primary production
- Library Collection RecordEffects of elk browsing on willows following simulated beaver use were examined to determine if heavy elk browsing on riparian willows was causing the beaver population to decline. This three year…Publication Date 1969
- compensatory growth
- Cervus elaphus
- herbivory
- livestock
- willow
- beaver
- Castor canadensis
- elk
- plant-herbivore interactions
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Salix monticola
- standing crop
- ungulate
- 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 1951-07-01
- Eastern Washington
- game management
- Game Food
- Browse Conditions
- occurrence
- drought
- summer range
- Eastern Oregon
- overuse
- abundance
- winter range
- browse
- big game
- productivity
- deer
- elk
- palatability
- distribution
- grazing
- livestock
- 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 1952-01-01
- Lumbering
- mining
- Conservation Committees
- Gallatin Conservation Committee
- Gallatin Canyon Range
- Critical Ranges
- Acquisition
- Fish and Game
- Hunting Seasons
- Elk Distribution
- feeding
- BLM
- Bureau of Land Management
- Elk Ranges
- inventory
- farming
- West
- herding
- winter range
- management practices
- salt
- restoration
- grazing capacity
- land use
- fencing
- elk
- utilization
- palatability
- Forest Service
- game
- forage
- conservation
- problems
- Montana
- ranching
- management
- 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 1952-03-01
- Odocoileus hemionus
- mule deer
- Southeastern Washington
- Cervus canadensis nelsoni
- population density
- William T. Wooten Game Range
- blue-bunch
- Agropyron spicatum
- game reserves
- overuse
- winter range
- consumption
- Wheatgrass
- cheatgrass
- elk
- utilization
- composition
- grazing
- Bromus tectorum
- vegetation
- production
- forage
- carrying capacity
- grasslands
- management
- 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 1960-09-01
- Southwestern Alberta
- Crowsnest Forest Reserve
- Heavy Utilization
- subclimax
- Managing
- erosion control
- light grazing
- Odocoileus hemionus
- mule deer
- Cervus canadensis nelsoni
- winter range
- density
- Climax Status
- big game
- elk
- utilization
- composition
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of late spring grazing on winter forage quality and quantity of bluebunch wheatgrass, Idaho fescue and elk sedge were assessed in 3 plant communities selected in 3 different locations (…Publication Date 1969
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- elk
- forage quality
- Idaho fescue
- Sedge
- 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 1955-09-01
- commercial livestock
- Harvested Animals
- Edible Meat
- Hunter Success
- Future Trends
- Per Capita
- live weight
- Domestic Livestock
- Antelope
- hunting
- consumption
- big game
- yield
- deer
- elk
- meat
- distribution
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordIn an attempt to get a clearer picture of pristine landscape conditions in the Canadian grasslands and the natural processes affecting that landscape, the authors perused a wide cross-section of the…Publication Date 1969-03-01
- Canadian Grassland
- bison
- Rubbing
- Wallowing
- bison
- moose
- Cervus canadensis
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Virginia Deer
- ungulates
- Native Animals
- environment
- influence
- mule deer
- trampling
- animals
- conditions
- elk
- landscapes
- overgrazing
- Odocoileus virginianus
- grasslands
- 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 1954-11-01
- demand
- Antelope
- resource allocation
- Net Income
- production costs
- consumers
- appreciation
- depreciation
- resources
- Business
- industry
- budget
- rangelands
- market
- producers
- economics
- price
- income
- big game
- elk
- utilization
- livestock
- sheep
- cattle
- relationships
- production
- control
- future
- feed
- carrying capacity
- management
- 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 1955-01-01
- Conflicting Use
- Conservationist
- Kaibab Herd
- Misuse
- cattlemen
- stocking rate
- degrees
- hunting
- overstocking
- browse
- big game
- range
- deer
- elk
- forage production
- utilization
- grass
- wildlife
- livestock
- cattle
- relationships
- overgrazing
- Arizona
- management
- Library Collection RecordExclosures and artificial beaver dams were used to determine the cause of willow (Salix spp.) declines in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Elk (Cervus elaphus) herbivory reduced annual growth…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- willow
- Colorado
- grazing
- herbivory
- hydrology
- elk
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Salix spp.
- Library Collection RecordSites at the Wind Cave National Park (WCNP) in South Dakota dominated by warm-season grasses were used by elk (Cervus elaphus) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), while sites dominated by cool-…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- mule deer
- Odocoileus hemionus
- bison
- Antilocapra americana
- Bison bison
- elk
- forbs
- graminoids
- pronghorn
- Library Collection RecordTwenty-five ungulate exclosures were established in Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest in the 1930's and 1950's. Information from earlier studies and resampled vegetation (…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- Odocoileus hemionus
- black-tailed deer
- elk
- exclosures
- native ungulates
- Olympic National Park
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordWhite et al. comparatively studied the research literature and historic photographs to evaluate aspen (Populus tremuloides) change over time in 6 Rocky Mountain national parks in Canada and the…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- indicator species
- Trembling aspen
- Populus tremuloides
- ecological integrity
- elk
- national park management
- Library Collection RecordWambolt and McNeal looked at the variables involved with feeding site selection of mule deer and elk during the winter, on the Gardiner range in southwestern Montana. The dominant forage used by elk…Publication Date 1969
- mule deer
- Montana
- elk
- step-wise regression
- winter range
- Library Collection RecordSynthesis of literature related to the historical and present associations between ungulates and sagebrush on the Northern Yellowstone Winter Range (NYWR). The NYWR habitats preferred by elk (Cervus…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- mule deer
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Artemisia tridentata
- big sagebrush
- elk
- winter range
- Yellowstone
- Library Collection RecordIn a recent Journal of Range Management article, Singer et al. (1994) reported that evidence from his study indicates that suppressed willows (Salix spp.) on Yellowstone National Park's northern…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- willow
- production
- browsing
- elk
- forage quality
- Moisture Stress
- Salix spp.
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordTaylor et al. found that mowing, at a moderate utilization level (50%), in the fall can leave more grass, as well as total biomass for elk and deer the following spring. Cattle grazing at a 90%…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- mowing
- mule deer
- Odocoileus hemionus
- elk
- Festuca scabrella
- prescribed cattle grazing
- rough fescue
- Library Collection RecordStewart et al. determined that depending on the season, cattle, elk and mule deer competitively exclude each other due to resource partitioning. Cattle avoided mule deer and elk in the summer and…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- mule deer
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Oregon
- competition
- competitive exclusion
- elk
- free-ranging cattle
- niche partitioning
- Library Collection RecordSinger et al. reviewed new and previously published data on ungulate numbers and soil and vegetation characteristics in and out of long-term exclosures in Yellowstone National Park (YNP), 25 years…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- overgrazing
- elk
- exclosures
- National Park Service Policy
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordSinger et al. present in this paper an evaluation of the abundance of elk (Cervus elaphus) and bison (Bison bison) and their grazing on ungulate winter ranges in two national parks (Yellowstone…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- Cervus elaphus
- mineralization
- Bison bison
- elk
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- ungulate herbivory
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordThis study reports niche relationships between elk (Cervus elaphus) and four other native ungulates, mule deer (Odocoileus hermionus), bison (Bison bison), pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), and…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- bison
- mule deer
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Antilocapra americana
- bighorn sheep
- Bison bison
- diet overlaps
- elk
- niche relationships
- Ovis canadensis
- Pronghorn Antelope
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordThe authors present data on the effects of elk (Cervus elaphus) herbivory on grassland species composition, biomass production, and forage quality, and to document any changes in ungulate-grassland…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- grazing
- grasslands
- herbivory
- elk
- fire effects
- forage quality
- ungulate winter range
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this study was to evaluate differences in aboveground biomass production by plant species between grazed and ungrazed sites on Yellowstone National Park's northern elk (Cervus…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Cervus elaphus
- bison
- Bison bison
- bunchgrasses
- elk
- native ungulates
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordFour grazing levels of 0% (control), 50%, 70%, and 90% relative utilization were used for fall cattle grazing to determine how each level effects elk (Cervus elaphus) and deer (Odocoileus spp.)…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- mule deer
- elk
- fall cattle grazing
- Festuca scabrella
- Odocoileus spp.
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordSheehy and Varva looked at the causes of spatial and temporal separation between elk, mule deer and cattle. They found that temporal separation was the most important factor for alleviating the…Publication Date 1969
- mule deer
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Cervus elaphus
- cattle
- Bos taurus
- selection
- diet overlap
- elk
- Geographic Information System
- Preferences
- Library Collection RecordSharrow and Kuntz measured the level of elk (Cervus canadensis) grazing on three subalpine green fescue (Festuca viridula) meadows in Mt. Rainier National Park, and simulated grazing at different…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Alpine climate
- Cervus canadensis
- elk
- Festuca viridula
- grazing tolerance
- green fescue
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordThis study was part of a broad effort to understand the role of native ungulates in the dynamics of old-growth forests in Olympic National Park, Washington. The authors examined the structure and…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- browsing
- black-tailed deer
- elk
- native ungulates
- Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
- old-growth forests
- Olympic National Park
- understory patch dynamics