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Title: Impacts of livestock grazing activities on stream insect communities and the riverine environment
Journal: American Entomologist
Authors: M. Strand, and R. W. Merritt
Date: 1999
Summary: Strand and Merritt reviewed the evidence of livestock production impacts on riverine ecosystems throughout the United States. Emphasis is placed on examinations of direct responses of aquatic insects to the activities of cattle, and on studies that illustrate the potential of grazing in riparian areas that indirectly affect aquatic insects through habitat alteration. Some of the effects of overgrazing on aquatic insects include clearing of woody vegetation, which ultimately leads to sensitive organisms being eliminated. Denudation of bank vegetation can increase erosion, which can lead to d ...
Agrovoc Control Words: Riparian zones, Rangelands, Wildlife
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Title: A history of resource use and disturbance in riverine basins of eastern Oregon and Washington (early 1800's-1990's)
Journal: Northwest Science
Authors: R. C. Wissmar, J. E. Smith, B. A. McIntosh, H. W. Li, G. H. Reeves, and J. R. Sedell
Date: 1994
Summary: A historical review of human activities influencing stream and riparian ecosystems in eastern Washington and Oregon shows that cumulative effects of resource uses and management, over the past two decades, are altering the health of many river basins. Past practices, such as livestock grazing and forest harvest, near riparian areas and streams became collectively significant over long time periods and are continuing today. Case histories for four basins provide chronologies of events that shaped the present day landscapes and socio-economic conditions of the region. Management histories sho ...
Agrovoc Control Words: Riparian zones, Rangelands, Wildlife
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