Research was conducted near the Starkey Experimental Forest and Range in
northeastern Oregon. Effects of defoliating bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron
spicatum (Pursh) Scribn. and Smith) to increase the quality of regrowth available on
elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) winter range were studied from 1988 through 1990.
Clipping treatments were implemented to condition...
Seasonal trends in water table level and soil moisture
for four plant community types within an irrigated eastern
Oregon riparian zone were described. Aboveground biomass,
species composition, litter, percent bareground and percent
basal cover of key plant species and life forms were measured.
The relationship between water table levels and...