Esophageal fistulation, stomach content analysis, fecal analysis,
and ocular-estimate-by-plot are four of the most publicized methods
of determining the diets of large herbivores. The principal objective
of this study was to compare the relative values of each of these
methods based upon information collected from bi-fistulated (esophageal
and rumen) sheep...
Spring chinook salmon spawning occurs in late summer when it is common for cattle to be present in pastures that have streams where fish spawning occurs. This two-year study addressed three main objectives relative to behavioral interactions between cattle and spring chinook salmon during the spawning life history stage. These...
This research was conducted on three study areas on elk winter
ranges in Northeast Oregon. One was on the Starkey Experimental
Forest and Range and the others were in the same vicinity. Plant
appendages, spring and fall defoliation and fall growth of bluebunch
wheatgrass were evaluated in terms of quality...