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- 1951 Forage Production on Annie Creek and Hepler Experimental Range Plots
- Range ecology -- South Dakota; Experimental rangelands -- South Dakota; Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.)
- The Annie Creek and Hepler Experimental Range Plots established in 1945 consist of an acre each of Deer Proof, Controlled Browsing and Unfenced at Annie Creek plus an additional Livestock Proof Acre at the Hepler Plots. Deer utilization each...
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- 1949 Forage Production on Annie Creek and Hepler Experimental Range Plots
- Experimental rangelands -- South Dakota; Range ecology -- South Dakota; Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.)
- In 1945, three one-acre plots were established in the Annie Creek Area. One plot was left as an unfenced control, another was enclosed with a permanent deer-proof fence, and the third was enclosed in a deer-proof fence that could be opened for a...
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- Clipped Plots on the Annie Creek and Hepler Experimental Areas For 1949
- Range ecology -- South Dakota; Experimental rangelands -- South Dakota; Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.)
- Although this clipping experiment has not been in operation long enough to produce many conclusions, it appears quite likely that Oregon Grape will disappear from all of the plots within a few years even under a simulated utilization of only 25 per...
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- Changes In Browse Density and Composition on the Annie Creek and Hepler Range Study Areas From 1948 to 1953
- Range ecology -- South Dakota; Experimental rangelands -- South Dakota; Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.)
- This study presents a number of conclusions dealing with changes in vigor, production and growth characteristics of 14 browse species as influenced by deer browsing in the Black Hills.
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- 1950 Forage Production on Annie Creek And Hepler Experimental Range Plots
- Range ecology -- South Dakota; Experimental rangelands -- South Dakota; Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.)
- Briefly stated, these studies attempt to determine the degree of competition between deer and domestic livestock, annual forage production, annual utilization of browse by deer, and use-factors for key food plants. Results of this experiment have...
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- Clipped Plots on the Annie Creek and Hepler Experimental Areas for 1951
- Range ecology -- South Dakota; Experimental rangelands -- South Dakota
- This study initiated in 1947 within deer-proof exclosures attempts to determine the effect of use variables upon browse productivity. Within four 100 square foot plots annual growth is clipped from browse species at use intensities of 25%, 50%, 75%...
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- 1952 Forage Production on Annie Creek and Hepler Experimental Range Plots
- Range ecology -- South Dakota; Experimental rangelands -- South Dakota; Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.)
- This job, primarily designed to establish use-factors for key browse plants, has been a constant source of frustration during the last seven years, since the normal production of browse even under complete protection has varied from a minus 60...
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- Annual Report of Annie Creek and Hepler Plots
- Range ecology -- South Dakota; Experimental rangelands -- South Dakota; Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.)
- The important evergreen deer foods, kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) and Oregon grape (Odostemon repens) lose production if as little as 25 percent of their total green forage is removed annually. Excessive utilization of Oregon grape only...
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