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- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1964-05-01
- work
- challenge
- Working Relationships
- standards
- Traits
- Duties
- Develop
- Coordinating
- Alternative Land Use
- appraisal
- Additional Knowledge
- economics
- plant physiology
- range technician
- Job
- prediction
- evaluation
- surveys
- multiple use
- planning
- intensity
- utilization
- seeding
- forage yield
- range condition
- grazing
- relationships
- control
- fertilization
- future
- conservation
- applications
- Library Collection RecordThe value of public land forage has been of key interest since grazing fees were first established on federal lands. Additionally, knowing the value of rangeland forage is important for assessing the…Publication Date 2002-09-01
- grazing permits
- quality of life
- leasing
- land values
- estimation
- rangelands
- United States
- grazing
- forage
- forage values
- grazing fees
- grazing leases
- hedonic models
- contingent valuation
- public lands grazing
- Library Collection RecordPanels of experts from the Society for Range Management and the National Research Council proposed that status of rangeland ecosystems could be ascertained by evaluating an ecological site's…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- soil surface
- soil structure
- flow resistance
- soil morphology
- gullied land
- wind erosion
- hydrologic factors
- assessment
- rapid methods
- data collection
- ecological balance
- grassland condition
- overland flow
- rill erosion
- ground cover
- grasslands
- range condition
- perennials
- mortality
- vegetation
- biomass production
- range management
- plant litter
- introduced species
- invasive species
- literature reviews
- United States
- soil compaction
- soil stability
- hydrologic function
- biological integrity
- ecosystem status
- erosion
- infiltration
- inventory
- Library Collection RecordSome grasses harbor endophytic fungi living in intercellular spaces in the leaves, stems and reproductive organs. The fungi can dramatically affect the physiology and ecology of plants. For example,…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- Elymus canadensis
- mutualism
- colonization
- host plants
- Iowa
- plant physiology
- toxins
- plant-water relations
- leaves
- Illinois
- Missouri
- stems
- Kansas
- plant ecology
- incidence
- Nebraska
- herbivores
- Oklahoma
- tillers
- Texas
- prairies
- geographical distribution
- Acremonium
- endophytes
- Elymus canadensis
- Epichlo typhina
- Neotyphodium
- geographical pattern
- mutualism
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordSome have argued that federal grazing preferences or permits are a form of private property and should be recognized as such by the federal government. This viewpoint studies the grazing controversy…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- legal rights
- public domain
- pastures
- United States
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordSuccessful managers of federal rangelands in the next century will have to implement politically supportable policies that address both forage and non-forage values. To do so will require an…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- public opinion
- public domain
- surveys
- multiple land use
- Oregon
- wildlife management
- range management
- rangelands
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe concept of market interdependence is defined in this paper as the influence that public market quantity allocations and pricing decisions have on observed quantity and price in private markets.…Publication Date 1992-03-01
- market
- private sector
- public sector
- market interdependence
- fair market value
- malheur national wildlife refuge
- federal government
- regulation
- econometric models
- market prices
- Oregon
- United States
- forage
- Library Collection RecordRange scientist members of the Society for Range Management were surveyed to evaluate where research efforts have been concentrated in the recent past relative to current and future allocation of…Publication Date 1991-05-01
- research projects
- research topics
- publication patterns
- research support
- patterns
- questionnaires
- surveys
- trends
- range management
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe concepts of relatively stable multiple states and thresholds or transitions between these states has received little attention in range management until recently. On North American rangelands…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- desert grasslands
- annual grasslands
- climax communities
- grasslands
- plant ecology
- ecological succession
- natural grasslands
- climatic zones
- range management
- rangelands
- United States
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordDespite the availability of potentially profitable range improvement alternatives, private land ranch managers in the central U.S. are not readily adopting recommended range improvement practices.…Publication Date 1990-05-01
- animal husbandry
- risk
- simulation models
- costs and returns
- brush control
- profitability
- range management
- United States
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- recreation
- laws and regulations
- wilderness
- Alaska
- environmental impact reporting
- wildlife management
- United States
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordLate spring burning response of the dominant big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) was studied on a tallgrass site in central Oklahoma (USA) during a dry (1984) and a wet (1985) year. During active…Publication Date 1988-05-01
- nitrogen assimilation
- anatomy and morphology
- plant physiology
- leaf area
- biogeochemical cycles
- prescribed burning
- Andropogon gerardii
- Oklahoma
- biomass accumulation
- phenology
- Library Collection RecordPast analysis of the impacts of higher federal grazing fees on ranch values have been purely speculative due to the absence of observations on sales of Western cattle ranches under a wide range of…Publication Date 1987-09-01
- land evaluation
- farm income
- fees
- grazing on public land
- producer prices
- land values
- ranching
- economic analysis
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe use of metal and plastic barriers to contain root systems of woody plants is presented as a method to study water relations and other physiological responses of field-grown shrubs. This method…Publication Date 1988-01-01
- plant physiology
- plant-water relations
- research
- Prosopis glandulosa
- containers
- root systems
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordA method for mapping coarse root distribution suitable for stony soils was developed. Each root is considered as a broken line, whose segments are fairly straight root portions. The spatial location…Publication Date 1988-05-01
- Apiaceae
- plant physiology
- stony soils
- root distribution
- quantitative analysis
- computer techniques
- Senecio
- species
- Argentina
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordA single, mature and 12 smaller honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr. var. glandulosa) trees were partially excavated during 1986 to examine root distributional patterns. The mature tree had an…Publication Date 1988-05-01
- plant physiology
- root distribution
- leaf area
- soil water relations
- dry matter accumulation
- Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
- Texas
- biomass accumulation
- soil texture
- Library Collection RecordAbove- and belowground biomass dynamics of 'WW-Spar' (Bothriochloa ischaemum) and 'Caucasian' (B. caucasica) Old World bluestems were monitored under field conditions during…Publication Date 1986-07-01
- plant physiology
- roots
- plant morphology
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- Bothriochloa bladhii
- water-use efficiency
- Oklahoma
- growth rate
- biomass
- rangelands
- forage
- Library Collection RecordWe assessed causes of pre-senile mortality among working guarding dogs, and its effects on their management and cost. A population of 449 livestock guarding dogs in 31 states showed no differences in…Publication Date 1986-07-01
- costs and returns
- predator control
- accidents
- culling
- guard dogs
- sheep dogs
- mortality
- United States
- Library Collection RecordLight and temperature dependencies for net photosynthesis and stomatal conductance were generally very similar between foliage on crested wheatgrass (Agropyron desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Schult.)…Publication Date 1986-09-01
- characteristics
- stomatal movement
- plant physiology
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- light intensity
- Agropyron desertorum
- photosynthesis
- gas exchange
- temperature
- phenology
- rangelands
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordAn experiment was conducted to determine if concentrations of chlorophyll and basic metabolites (total organic nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), and total nonstructural carbohydrates (TNC)) were…Publication Date 1987-03-01
- phenotype
- sex expression
- plant physiology
- metabolites
- chlorophyll
- carbohydrates
- Atriplex canescens
- gender differences
- vigor
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- seasonal variation
- Library Collection RecordAn automated rainout shelter was constructed at the Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, Mandan, N. Dak., for use in conducting controlled water research to gain a better understanding of soil-…Publication Date 1985-07-01
- automatic control
- Great Plains
- plant-water relations
- shelters
- soil water relations
- rain
- semiarid zones
- United States
- Library Collection RecordChanges in basal cover of vegetation were predicted in response to variation in precipitation and grazing intensity. Multiple regression analysis was used with basal cover as a dependent variable and…Publication Date 1985-07-01
- Great Plains
- plant development
- plant ecology
- precipitation
- grazing intensity
- climatic factors
- United States
- Library Collection RecordA series of experiments was conducted during 1978, 1979, and 1980 to screen selected cultivars of grasses and legumes for their adaptation and performance under a multiple harvest system in a shaded…Publication Date 1984-05-01
- United States
- Library Collection RecordDogs used to protect domestic sheep from predators are expected to be attentive to the animals they guard. However, 40% of the sheep producers cooperating in our experimental program to assess the…Publication Date 1983-05-01
- Italy
- United States
- Library Collection RecordDomestic goats were used to modify the growth form of blackbrush, a spinescent shrub occurring in nearly monospecific stands on several million hectares of rangeland in the southwestern United States…Publication Date 1983-07-01
- United States
- Coleogyne ramosissima
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordInvestigations following a wildfire near Kamloops, B.C., indicated that, contrary to reported experiences in the United States, gray rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus) is susceptible to fire in…Publication Date 1983-09-01
- British Columbia
- United States
- Library Collection RecordDesert saltgrass [Distichlis spicata var. stricta (Torr.) Beetle] is an important forage species of the saline-alkali basins of the western United States. Revegetation of disturbed sites using…Publication Date 1983-07-01
- United States
- Distichlis spicata
- forage species of the saline-alkali basins of the western United States
- soil moisture potentials
- temperature
- Library Collection RecordThe toxicity of duncecap larkspur (Delphinium occidentale Wat.) was measured by a mouse bioassay and correlated relative to total alkaloid concentration for 5 samples during one season of plant…Publication Date 1983-09-01
- United States
- Library Collection RecordBroomsedge (Andropogon virginicus L.) is generally looked upon with some disfavor as a weed but has been utilized for grazing. Liquid digested sludge (LDS) has been tested as a fertilizer on tree…Publication Date 1983-11-01
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe seasonal change of dry matter (DM) yield, estimated in vivo dry matter digestibility (DMD), and crude protein content of the vegetative and floral tillers of 'Rosana' western wheatgrass…Publication Date 1983-05-01
- Plains
- United States
- Rosana western wheatgrass
- Agropyron smithii
- Lodorm green needlegrass
- Stipa viridula
- grazing management for native rangeland
- Library Collection RecordDomestic goat browsing was used to stimulate twig production by blackbrush. Precipitation, soil depth and stoniness, branch location, and the number of years of browsing and rest from browsing…Publication Date 1983-07-01
- United States
- Coleogyne ramosissima
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordRegulatory guidelines establish maximum allowable boron concentrations for mine reclamation soils and overburden. However, these toxic levels are based upon research performed on boron-sensitive crop…Publication Date 1983-09-01
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe periodical ravages of locusts and grasshoppers have been sufficiently documented through history that it is easy to appreciate the seriousness of such outbreaks. We believe, however, that most…Publication Date 1983-03-01
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe first known introduction of crested wheatgrass into North America was made in 1898 by N.E. Hansen of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station from the Valuiki Experiment Station about 150…Publication Date 1983-01-01
- United States
- Agropyron cristatum
- Agropyron desertorum
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed burning was conducted in the fall and spring to evaluate the effects of fire on productivity of 3 forage species. Yield measurements were obtained throughout the growing season at biweekly…Publication Date 1983-03-01
- Plains
- United States
- western wheatgrass
- blue grama
- Bouteloua gracilis
- threadleaf sedge
- Carex filifolia
- Library Collection RecordIndian ricegrass [Oryzopsis hymenoides (Roem. and Schult.) Ricker] is an excellent native species for revegetation of coal and oil shale sites. However, inadequate germination due to a high seed…Publication Date 1983-03-01
- Canada
- United States
- revegetation
- forage crops
- Library Collection RecordThe importance of erosion on rangelands has been recognized for many years. However, the impact of erosion on site productivity (choose your own index of productivity) has not been quantified to any…Publication Date 1982-11-01
- United States
- Library Collection RecordA study has been made of the vegetational condition of a formerly grazed area, Chesler Park, in Canyonlands National Park. A comparison was made with the same area 10 years earlier. The 10-year…Publication Date 1983-01-01
- United States
- Canyonlands National Park
- Library Collection RecordSimple methods for estimating standing biomass in a stand of tree legumes containing the genera Prosopis, Cercidium, Olneya, Leucaena, and Parkinsonia are reported. Fresh and dry biomass were related…Publication Date 1982-01-01
- United States
- Library Collection RecordCrupina vulgaris, crupina, a member of the Compositae family, is a recently introduced threat to the rangelands of Idaho. It is a competitive winter annual which, when established, develops nearly…Publication Date 1981-11-01
- Idaho
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe age, density, and fire history of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook.) trees growing on range sites of contrasting potentials were investigated. The 1,000-ha study area consisted of 65…Publication Date 1981-11-01
- United States
- Library Collection RecordLarge individual plants within a few species of rangeland shrubs were studied in several Intermountain States for their potential use in establishing biomass fuel energy plantations. Their locations…Publication Date 1982-01-01
- United States
- Library Collection RecordPerennial grasses are difficult to establish from seed in the Southern Great Plains. The conventional planting practice is to plant grass seeds 1 to 2 cm deep in the soil; but that soil layer often…Publication Date 1982-05-01
- Plains
- United States
- Library Collection RecordField and greenhouse studies were conducted to measure changes in plant growth resulting from grasshopper defoliation. All data indicated that as grasshopper grazing intensity on needle-and-thread…Publication Date 1982-03-01
- Canada
- United States
- Library Collection RecordConcern over certain animal damage control methods used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), primarily the predacide Compound 1080, prompted a Presidential Order in 1972 banning the use of…Publication Date 1981-09-01
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe alkaloid anagyrine found in some Lupinus species has been shown to cause the teratogenic condition known as "crooked calf disease." A collection of western American lupines held by the…Publication Date 1982-01-01
- United States
- Library Collection RecordDuring June through September, 1977, pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana) were observed in the National Bison Range, Moiese, Montana, to determine if defecation rates were constant in different…Publication Date 1981-07-01
- United States
- Library Collection RecordGreenhouse and field experiments were conducted at the High Plains Grasslands Research Station to determine what might cause tetany-prone forage. The soil was analyzed for ammonium acetate-…Publication Date 1980-11-01
- United States
- Library Collection RecordEcological and historical data are combined in assessing the influence of cultural broadcast burning in the inland Pacific Northwest from the distant past into recent history. Twenty-four references…Publication Date 1980-11-01
- United States
- Library Collection RecordResults are presented to demonstrate the association between weather conditions and fire danger on the rangelands of the Great Basin. It was found that precipitation frequency and duration are…Publication Date 1980-09-01
- United States