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                                            Branson, David

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                                            Haferkamp, Marshall
  Submitted to: Society for Range Management Meeting Abstracts
                                    Publication Type: Abstract Only
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 9/7/2001
                                    Publication  Date: 2/14/2002
                                    Citation: BRANSON, D.H., HAFERKAMP, M.R. MULTI-YEAR EFFECTS OF THE TIMING AND INTENSITY OF SHEEP GRAZING ON GRASSHOPPER POPULATIONS. SOCIETY FOR RANGE MANAGEMENT MEETING ABSTRACTS. 2002. V. 55. P. 288.Interpretive Summary:
                                Technical Abstract: Grasshopper outbreaks on rangeland result in competition with wildlife and livestock for limited resources. Little effort has focused on management strategies that may reduce the likelihood or intensity of grasshopper outbreaks. Recent research suggests that habitat manipulation in the form of grazing management can reduce grasshopper populations on rangeland in the Northern Great Plains, although the precise mechanisms are unknown. The timing and intensity of livestock grazing can impact grasshopper population dynamics by changing host plant quantity and quality and habitat structure. An experiment was conducted in the summers of 2000 and 2001 at Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Lab in Montana to determine how early summer, late summer, repeated, and no livestock grazing affects grasshopper population dynamics and vegetation characteristics; and, to determine if there are interactions between grazing treatments and grasshopper densities.  10m2 screen cages were stocked at 33% and 100% of field density, with ewes temporarily placed inside cages. Field grasshopper densities at stocking were 120 per m2. Livestock grazing significantly reduced both vegetation biomass and grasshopper densities, although the specific grazing treatments did not differ in their effects. There were no significant interactions. Grasshopper densities in 2001 were lower in treatments which had high grasshopper numbers in 2000. It appears grazing management does not have large effects when initiated during periods of high grasshopper densities. Similar experiments are needed with lower grasshopper densities and varying climate conditions to more fully examine the interactions between grazing and grasshopper population dynamics.


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