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The effects of timber harvest and herbivory on understory vegetation and composition of beef cattle diets on forested rangelands

Creator:

Walburger, Kenric J.

Abstract:

The objectives of the experiment were to: 1) determine the relationship between overstory canopy cover and ungulate herbivory on understory production composition and diversity and 2) determine the effects of timber harvest, ungulate herbivory and season of use on botanical composition and nutritional quality of beef cattle diets. Three randomly...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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. Timothy DelCurto, my major professor, mentor, and now a good friend. Tim, without your assistance and
Relative palatabilities of Great Basin forages and mechanisms elicting selective grazing by cattle

Creator:

Cruz-Guerra, Ruben

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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. Tim DelCurto, and Dr. Robert Buckman for their constructive comments and criticisms
Use of livestock to improve the quality of elk winter range forage in northeastern Oregon

Creator:

Clark, Patrick Eugene

Abstract:

The effects of late spring defoliation on the winter forage quality of bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum [Pursh] Scribn. & Smith), Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis Elmer) and elk sedge (Carex geyeri Boott) and the response of wintering Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni Bailey) to changes in winter range forage quality...

Resource Type:

Dissertation