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- Library Collection RecordLarge grazing animals can have profound impacts on plant communities and soil properties; however, these impacts are not always uniform across or within regions. The distribution of features such as…Publication Date 2017
- California
- exotic annual grasses
- indicator species
- native versus exotic species
- oak savanna
- plant community composition
- Quercus agrifolia
- Quercus lobata
- Library Collection RecordTo evaluate mechanisms by which defoliation alters grassland productivity, we examined mixed grass prairie herbage yields under recurring treatments that included hand-clipping of plots over five…Publication Date 2017
- annual production
- defoliation regime
- forage growth
- phenology
- Library Collection RecordRough fescue prairies were once common across the northern prairies but have now been almost entirely lost to a combination of agricultural expansion, energy development, fire suppression, and…Publication Date 2017
- Biological invasion
- Festuca hallii
- grazing exclosure
- native prairie
- restoration ecology
- Library Collection RecordIn rangelands, management interventions have sought to minimize disturbances that decrease survival of perennial grasses to avoid compositional shifts toward less desirable species. However, the…Publication Date 2017
- brush management
- bunchgrass mortality
- grassland community composition
- perennial grassland
- relative species turnover
- state and transition models
- woody vegetation control
- Library Collection RecordEcosystem management is a difficult task because it must conciliate the ecological, economic, and social dimensions of socioecological systems. In those systems, the action of any single component…Publication Date 2017
- agropastoral practices
- collaboration networks
- Ordesa-Monte Perdido National Park
- ski resorts
- Socioeconomic systems
- Library Collection RecordPastoral livestock production systems in Africa that have existed for centuries are now threatened by changing demographics, improved communications, increased availability of modern weapons, open…Publication Date 2017
- Africa
- cattle
- food crisis
- grazing
- livestock
- nomads
- range management
- Library Collection RecordWhen species are listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, there are often real or perceived negative consequences for landowners that may produce perverse incentives and…Publication Date 2017
- Library Collection RecordCurrently, > 20 million acres in the United States are protected through conservation easements. While the role of property rights in enabling conservation easements is well documented, attitudes…Publication Date 2017
- conservation easements
- incentive programs
- Private land conservation
- property rights
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangeland Ecology & Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further…Publication Date 2017
- Library Collection RecordRangeland economists have noted that people tend to pay far more for ranches and rangelands than can be justified by the potential income from livestock operations alone. This gap in price can be…Publication Date 2017
- capital gains
- contingent valuation
- dehesa
- income accounting
- ranch
- Library Collection RecordThurber's needlegrass (Achnatherum thurberianum [Piper] Barkworth) is a key restoration species in the Great Basin and surrounding areas, yet comprehensive studies of how climate relates to…Publication Date 2017
- climate
- GEnecology
- Great Basin
- plant adaptation
- restoration
- seed zones
- Library Collection RecordBasin wildrye (Leymus cinereus [Scribn. & Merr. Á. Löve]) is a perennial grass native to western regions of North America. Despite its importance for rangelands, stand establishment of basin…Publication Date 2017
- genetic gain
- plant breeding
- revegetation
- Library Collection RecordEffective conservation requires an understanding of how species respond to management actions. For species of conservation concern such as greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), this…Publication Date 2017
- cross validation
- information theoretic approach
- mechanical treatment
- mountain big sagebrush
- sagebrush removal
- Strawberry Valley
- Library Collection RecordDepauperate understory plant communities resulting from intensive livestock grazing in pinyon-juniper woodlands of the western United States may represent degraded stable states, resistant to…Publication Date 2017
- ecological restoration
- Great Basin
- plant cover
- resilience
- slash additions
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordInvasive winter annual grasses such as downy brome (Bromus tectorum L.) are a threat to native ecosystems throughout the United States. Downy brome is able to exploit moisture and nutrients…Publication Date 2017
- cheatgrass
- downy brome
- imazapic
- indaziflam
- restoration
- seed bank
- Library Collection RecordThe dispersal of woody plant seeds by livestock has been implicated as one of the causes of woody plant encroachment in semiarid ecosystems worldwide. In the southern Great Plains, United States,…Publication Date 2017
- brush management
- cattle
- endozoochory
- Prosopis glandulosa
- seeds
- woody plant invasion
- Library Collection RecordThe science underpinning targeted grazing has been advancing for decades, supporting a major paradigm shift concerning the role of grazing in addressing critical natural resource management…Publication Date 2017
- California
- medusahead
- native plants
- prescribed grazing
- Library Collection RecordPlant community responses to livestock grazing lack conformity across studies, even those conducted within similar ecosystems. Variability in outcomes can often be traced back to short-termor mid-…Publication Date 2017
- alternative stable states
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Hesperostipa comata
- livestock grazing
- Pascopyrum smithii
- state-and-transition models
- Library Collection RecordThe relevance of broad-spectrumadvocacy of rotational grazing is often questioned becausemany research data do not support the practice, yet it is supported by on-ranch level indicators, ranch-level…Publication Date 2017
- multipaddock grazing
- rangeland health
- rangeland sustainability
- whole-ranch assessment
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed fire has long been used worldwide for livestock and wildlife management. Prescribed fire effects on activity budgets and movement path characteristics of grazing animals, however, remain…Publication Date 2017
- behavior
- burning
- foraging efficiency
- GPS
- livestock
- rangeland improvement
- Library Collection RecordNorth American prairies are acknowledged to have evolved with grazing following fire. Given this evolutionary fire-grazing interaction, our objective was to determine whether seasonal timing of…Publication Date 2017
- burn
- grassland
- grazing management
- land management
- mowing
- postfire grazing
- productivity
- rangeland
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordXinjiang is the largest inland province of China, where the ecological environment is vulnerable. The relationship between grassland growth and single climatic factor and howdistinctly the climatic…Publication Date 2017
- climate
- GIMMS NDVI
- grassland vegetation
- partial correlation
- Trend Analysis
- Library Collection RecordObservation is a simple method of acquiring information and is a critical step in the scientific method for both developing and investigating testable hypotheses. Cameras have long played a role in…Publication Date 2017
- Arizona
- cattle
- elk
- grazing
- riparian
- time-lapse photography
- Library Collection RecordFeral horses inhabit rangeland ecosystems around the world, and their impacts on riparian ecosystems are poorly understood. We characterized impacts of a free-ranging horse population on the…Publication Date 2017
- bare ground
- herbivory
- Springs
- wild horses
- wildlife habitat
- Library Collection RecordBison (Bison bison) were historically distributed throughout North America with the northern edge of the distribution occurring in north-central Manitoba and surrounding provinces. Despite bison…Publication Date 2017
- bison
- diet selection
- DNA barcoding
- grass-roughage-intermediate feeders
- Manitoba
- next-generation sequencing
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangeland Ecology & Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further…Publication Date 2017
- Library Collection RecordRemotely sensed imagery at multiple spatial scales is used increasingly in conjunction with field data to estimate rangeland indicators (e.g., vegetation cover) and meet the growing need for…Publication Date 2017
- Bayesian additive regression trees
- BLM AIM
- monitoring
- rangelands
- remote sensing
- Library Collection RecordInformation relating to germination and seedling emergence of a plant aids in determining the species potential distribution and also helps in designing appropriate plant management strategies within…Publication Date 2017
- Arid
- burial depth
- Fodder
- osmotic
- pH
- salinity
- Library Collection RecordSeed production is an essential component of postdisturbance recovery for mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt, ssp vaseyana [Rydb] Beetle; MBS). We tested a method for rapid estimation…Publication Date 2017
- rapid assessment
- Reproductive Potential
- sagebrush steppe
- Library Collection RecordWildfires in the Great Basin have resulted in widespread loss of Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. wyomingensis Beetle & Young), an ecologically important shrub that has…Publication Date 2017
- ecological restoration
- microsites
- rangeland drill
- rehabilitation
- safe sites
- Library Collection RecordPerennial bunchgrasses are critical to maintaining sagebrush plant communities, but seeding of native bunchgrasses following fire has had limited success. Previous research indicated that blackened…Publication Date 2017
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- islands of fertility
- rehabilitation
- restoration
- Seedling
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordWoody plant expansion and infilling into nonwooded rangeland ecosystems have been observed worldwide. Such expansion may lead to declines in herbaceous understory plant communities and increased fuel…Publication Date 2017
- Bromus tectorum
- fuel-reduction
- mastication
- Pinon-juniper
- prescribed fire
- seeding
- Library Collection RecordRevegetation of exotic annual grass - invaded rangelands is challenging as annuals rapidly reinvade after control treatments. The most effective control of exotic annual grass is usually achieved…Publication Date 2017
- cheatgrass
- herbicide protection pods
- imazapic
- medusahead
- restoration
- seed technologies
- Library Collection RecordMany rangelands in southeastern North Dakota are invaded by Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) and/or smooth brome (Bromus inermis Leyss.). It may be especially difficult for native species to…Publication Date 2017
- competition-reduction
- glyphosate
- interseeding
- Kentucky bluegrass
- smooth brome
- Library Collection RecordFire is a natural process in grasslands that maintains an open canopy and creates variable vegetative structure and composition over time. Although there is a wealth of knowledge on plant and avian…Publication Date 2017
- burning
- disturbance
- grasslands
- insect
- invertebrates
- predictor traits
- Library Collection RecordWildlife near agricultural lands is exposed to pesticides, particularly organophosphorus and carbamates, where birds appear to be more sensitive to their toxic effects than other vertebrates. One of…Publication Date 2017
- agricultural lands
- Grassland Priority Conservation Area
- native birds
- Pesticides
- plasma cholinesterase activity
- Library Collection RecordAnthropogenic development impacts habitat use by many rangeland species including mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus). Recent policies, including Wyoming's Sage-Grouse Executive Order, have been…Publication Date 2017
- Centrocercus urophasianus
- fawn-to-female ratio
- greater sage-grouse
- mule deer
- Odocoileus hemionus
- oil and gas development
- umbrella species
- Wyoming Sage-Grouse Executive Order
- Library Collection RecordThe Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has provided millions of ha of cover for numerous wildlife species. Many CRP contracts have expired or will expire, resulting in the loss of critical wildlife…Publication Date 2017
- CRP
- daily survival rate
- nest survival
- season-long grazing
- Vertical structure
- visual obstruction
- Library Collection RecordSulfur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta L.), a perennial forb native to the eastern Mediterranean region of Eurasia, is a major noxious weed on rangelands of the northwestern United States and…Publication Date 2017
- invasive plant
- Supplementation
- tannin
- weed
- Library Collection RecordA hedonic model of feeder and replacement cattle prices in Uruguay was specified to include both permanent agroecological factors (soil productivity and water holding capacity [WHC]) and nonpermanent…Publication Date 2017
- agroecological conditions
- cattle prices
- grass-fed
- hedonic model
- provenance
- resource endowment
- Library Collection RecordThe Ecological Protection and Restoration Program (EPRP), initiated in 2005 in the Three-River Headwaters (TRH, the headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow, and Lantsang rivers) region, is the largest…Publication Date 2017
- ecological restoration
- Forage Supply
- GLO-PEM
- grassland degradation
- livestock reduction
- Library Collection RecordWe examined multiple environmental factors related to climate change that affect cattle production on rangelands to identify sources of vulnerability among seven regions of the western United States…Publication Date 2017
- cattle
- climate change
- rangelands
- vulnerability
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangeland Ecology & Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further…Publication Date 2017
- Library Collection RecordIn the western United States, the management and use of public lands for livestock grazing is a frequent source of conflict among environmentalists, federal agencies, and ranchers. Since at least the…Publication Date 2017
- antigovernment sentiment
- attitudes of ranchers
- conservation
- large landscape conservation
- Q Methodology
- radical center
- Library Collection RecordDiet selection is an important driver of ecosystem structure and function that is difficult to measure. New spectroscopic instruments are available for evaluating their applicability to ecological…Publication Date 2017
- botanical diet composition
- mesquite
- Prosopis glandulosa
- Library Collection RecordMitigating runoff and associated erosion is a fundamental challenge for sustainable management of rangelands. Hillslope runoff and erosion are strongly influenced by ground cover; thus, a strategic…Publication Date 2017
- rainfall simulation
- runoff
- soil conservation
- watershed management
- woody plant expansion
- Library Collection RecordIn sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) ecosystems, expansion and infilling of conifers decreases the abundance of understory perennial vegetation and lowers ecosystem resilience and resistance of…Publication Date 2017
- Conifer expansion
- fuels management
- Infilling
- juniper
- pinyon
- resilience to disturbance
- resistance to invasive annual grasses
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordControlled burning timed in early summer can dramatically change the species composition of annual rangeland the following season. Although this has been well documented, the longevity of these…Publication Date 2017
- fire
- forage
- forage production
- species composition
- weed control
- Library Collection RecordExotic annual grasses have invaded millions of hectares of sagebrush (Artemisia L.) steppe in the Great Basin region and degraded wildlife habitat, reduced forage production, and promoted…Publication Date 2017
- Bromus tectorum
- cheatgrass
- medusahead
- restoration
- revegetation
- sagebrush steppe
- Library Collection RecordPhenotypic plasticity enables plants to cope with changes in their environment. Plasticity in a population of Leymus chinensis, a common grass species in arid and semiarid temperate grasslands of…Publication Date 2017
- grazing intensity gradient
- Leymus chinensis
- phenotypic plasticity
- transplant garden