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Interspace/under-canopy foraging patterns of beef cattle in sagebrush communities : implications to sage-grouse nesting habitat

Creator:

France, Kevin A.

Abstract:

Livestock grazing has been indirectly related to sage-grouse (centrocercus urophasianus) declines in the western United States and southern Canada; however, there is a lack of scientific research that directly relates the two. Our objective was to investigate the influence of livestock herbivory on sage-grouse nesting habitat by determining the spatial...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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. Chad S. Boyd David C. Ganskopp Livestock grazing has been indirectly related to sage-grouse
Placement of felled western juniper trees over a stream channel : Effects on water temperature, streamside willow shrubs, and redband trout

Creator:

Matney, Casey A.

Abstract:

All streams in Oregon that are inhabited by salmon and trout have a statemandated water temperature standard. However, temperatures of many streams, especially during summer months, exceed the seven-day average maximum temperature parameter (200 C for redband trout inhabited streams) accepted by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. To date,...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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very much. CONTRIBUTION OF AUTHORS Drs. Chad Boyd, Tamzen Stringham, and Robert Gresswell assisted