{"id":13,"date":"2015-10-18T23:35:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T23:35:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-11-09T21:54:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T21:54:20","slug":"leslie-mcinenly","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/leslie-mcinenly\/","title":{"rendered":"Leslie McInenly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Seasonal effects of defoliation on montane rough fescue ( Festuca campestris Rydb.)<a href=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/01\/Picture38.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/01\/Picture38.jpg\" alt=\"Picture38\" width=\"206\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/01\/Picture38.jpg 290w, https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/01\/Picture38-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Montane rough fescue (<em>Festuca campestris<\/em> Rydb.) grasslands were historically grazed in winter, but changes in migratory behavior of elk (<em>Cervus elaphus<\/em>) may lead to year-long grazing. I describe spatio-temporal patterns in nutrient return on a fescue grassland at the Ya-Ha-Tinda ranch, responses of grassland plants and soils to seasonal defoliation, and fescue plant responses to nitrogen-form and defoliation. Elk pellet group distribution shifted seasonally and was associated with site productivity, rough fescue, topography, and vegetation cover. In a 2-year field experiment, aboveground carbon and nitrogen pools at the community level responded to changes in seasonal defoliation while root biomass and soil N did not change. A greenhouse experiment showed that declines in rough fescue under high nitrogen availability and defoliation result from decreased tillering and root growth, not increased mortality. I discuss my research results in light of changing migratory patterns of elk and the sustainability of elk-fescue grasslands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seasonal effects of defoliation on montane rough fescue ( Festuca campestris Rydb.) Montane rough fescue (Festuca campestris Rydb.) grasslands were historically grazed in winter, but changes in migratory behavior of elk (Cervus elaphus) may lead to year-long grazing. I describe spatio-temporal patterns in nutrient return on a fescue grassland at the Ya-Ha-Tinda ranch, responses of &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":911,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}