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Effects of Grazing on Nesting by Upland Sandpipers in Southcentral North Dakota

Appendix

Appendix. Average grazing periods, stocking densities (head of livestock per ha, hd/ha), grazing rates (animal unit months per ha, AUM/ha), and grazing and non-grazing (rest) schedules for each treatment, North Dakota, 1981-87.
Treatment Control

Spring
grazing Autumn
grazing Autumn-and-spring
grazing Season-long
grazing

Grazing period Early May-mid Jun Early Sep-mid Oct Early Sep-mid Oct (F)
Early May-mid Jun (S) Mid Jun-late Sep none

Stocking density
(hd/ha) 3.7 3.11 A:0.97
S:2.8 1.0

Grazing rate
(AUM/ha) 3.1 3.2 A:1.28
S:2.85 2.45

Grazing schedule^a

1981 Rest Autumn graze Autumn graze Rest Rest

1982 Spring graze Rest Spring graze Graze Rest

1983 Rest Rest Rest Graze Rest

1984 Rest Autumn graze Rest Graze Rest

1985 Spring graze Rest Autumn graze Graze Rest

1986 Rest Rest Spring graze Rest Rest

1987 Rest Rest Rest Rest Rest

^a Each of 3 Waterfowl Production Areas received the same grazing schedule.

**Appendix.** Average grazing periods, stocking densities (head of livestock per ha, hd/ha), grazing rates (animal unit months per ha, AUM/ha), and grazing and non-grazing (rest) schedules for each treatment, North Dakota, 1981-87.
	Treatment	Control
Stocking density (hd/ha)	3.7	3.11	A:0.97 S:2.8	1.0
Grazing rate (AUM/ha)	3.1	3.2	A:1.28 S:2.85	2.45

Grazing schedule^a
1981	Rest	Autumn graze	Autumn graze	Rest	Rest
1982	Spring graze	Rest	Spring graze	Graze	Rest
1983	Rest	Rest	Rest	Graze	Rest
1984	Rest	Autumn graze	Rest	Graze	Rest
1985	Spring graze	Rest	Autumn graze	Graze	Rest
1986	Rest	Rest	Spring graze	Rest	Rest
1987	Rest	Rest	Rest	Rest	Rest
^a Each of 3 Waterfowl Production Areas received the same grazing schedule.

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	Treatment				Control
	Spring grazing	Autumn grazing	Autumn-and-spring grazing	Season-long grazing	Control
Grazing period	Early May-mid Jun	Early Sep-mid Oct	Early Sep-mid Oct (F) Early May-mid Jun (S)	Mid Jun-late Sep	none
Stocking density (hd/ha)	3.7	3.11	A:0.97 S:2.8	1.0
Grazing rate (AUM/ha)	3.1	3.2	A:1.28 S:2.85	2.45

Grazing schedule^a
1981	Rest	Autumn graze	Autumn graze	Rest	Rest
1982	Spring graze	Rest	Spring graze	Graze	Rest
1983	Rest	Rest	Rest	Graze	Rest
1984	Rest	Autumn graze	Rest	Graze	Rest
1985	Spring graze	Rest	Autumn graze	Graze	Rest
1986	Rest	Rest	Spring graze	Rest	Rest
1987	Rest	Rest	Rest	Rest	Rest
^a Each of 3 Waterfowl Production Areas received the same grazing schedule.