Rangelands are increasingly appreciated for the importance for many ecosystem and landscape functions. One specific role of rangelands is moderating temperature extremes that may be important for ecological processes and biodiversity. Rangelands are dynamic in space and time and temperature extremes can be a critical pinch-point for maintaining critical populations and sustainably producing goods and services. I will present an overview of rangeland landscapes and the importance of temperature patterns in space and time. I will present examples of animal movement patterns that included ground nesting birds and large herbivores, as well as present examples of the magnitude of variability in thermal conditions on rangelands. Thermal patterns are important for understanding implications of rangeland management, especially in the face of projected climate change.
Oral presentation and poster titles, abstracts, and authors from the Society for Range Management (SRM) Annual Meetings and Tradeshows, from 2013 forward.