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- Library Collection RecordA 5 year study was conducted during 1988-1992 to quantify the effects of grazing date and frequency on total organic reserves of prairie sandreed [Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn.] and sand…Publication Date 1996-03-01
- etiolation
- grazing date
- organic matter
- Calamovilfa longifolia
- Andropogon hallii
- frequency
- rain
- stocking rate
- Nebraska
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe germinable seed bank in a grassland affects the succession of degraded range and the recolonization of disturbed sites, and must be understood to predict potential responses to management. The…Publication Date 1995-09-01
- soil surface
- seed banks
- Festuca campestris
- Alberta
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- seed germination
- prairies
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grazing
- prairie soils
- Library Collection RecordGrazing can have a profound impact on soil water through its influence on infiltration via treading and on evapotranspiration through defoliation. Hydrologic changes in rangelands are most often…Publication Date 1995-11-01
- groundwater recharge
- grazing time
- soil depth
- evapotranspiration
- controlled grazing
- Alberta
- slope
- soil water content
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordResearch has been lacking on the influence of honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) on forage production in the Chihuahuan desert. In 1964 honey mesquite was controlled (65% kill) with the…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- xerophytes
- woody weeds
- Prosopis glandulosa
- cost-benefit analysis
- brush control
- rain
- forbs
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- canopy
- grazing
- grasses
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordAntelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC) is the most important browse species on many mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) ranges. California-Nevada interstate mule deer herds are critically…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- Dipodomys
- Perognathus
- Peromyscus leucopus
- seed dispersal
- seed predation
- Purshia tridentata
- seedlings
- feeding behavior
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordLittle information is available comparing animal performance or stocking stability for different wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars. Wheat is annually planted on 10 million ha in the Southern…Publication Date 1996-03-01
- performance
- Triticum aestivum
- liveweight gain
- cultivars
- rain
- stocking rate
- steers
- Texas
- biomass
- seasonal variation
- grazing
- beef cattle
- forage
- Library Collection RecordMore information about the effects of combining intensive livestock grazing of noxious weeds and associated desirable plants with other control measures is needed to develop effective rangeland weed…Publication Date 1996-07-01
- Euphorbia esula
- Poa pratensis
- rain
- selective grazing
- species differences
- sheep
- cattle
- plant density
- picloram
- biomass
- Montana
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordGrazing distribution patterns of large herbivores are affected by abiotic factors such as slope and distance to water and by biotic factors such as forage quantity and quality. Abiotic factors are…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- wild animals
- foraging
- mathematical models
- ungulates
- spatial distribution
- wildlife management
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordOld World bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum L.) is the major grass being planted for improved pastures on marginal farmland in western Oklahoma and adjacent areas in Texas. The farmland is often…Publication Date 1995-09-01
- leaves
- grassland improvement
- stems
- liveweight gain
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- nitrogen fertilizers
- leaf area index
- stocking rate
- Oklahoma
- steers
- digestibility
- crude protein
- application rates
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordRecreational packhorse grazing is one of many uses of high elevation wildland meadows. We quantified the behavior of horses grazing on an upper timberline meadow in southwestern Montana and the…Publication Date 1996-11-01
- wilderness
- activity sampling
- meadows
- highlands
- horses
- feeding behavior
- forbs
- natural grasslands
- Montana
- grazing
- grasses
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordLow phosphorus (P) levels in Northern Great Plains rangeland forage combined with limited data on the P requirements of range cows (Bos taurus), precipitated 2 studies conducted to compare the…Publication Date 1997-01-01
- birth weight
- postpartum period
- corn silage
- conception
- weaning weight
- fistula
- liveweight gain
- calves
- feces composition
- body weight
- sampling
- esophagus
- phosphorus
- blood serum
- beef cows
- hay
- dietary mineral supplements
- oats
- feed supplements
- summer
- grazing
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordEighty 2-year-old spring calving primiparous cows were assigned to 2 weaning and 2 grazing treatments (20 cows/treatment) from 7 September to 7 November in 1991, 1992, and 1993. Grazing treatments…Publication Date 1997-01-01
- subsurface irrigation
- dry periods
- lactation
- weaning
- lactation number
- irrigated pastures
- body condition
- liveweight gain
- calves
- body weight
- fiber content
- pastures
- Nebraska
- beef cows
- crude protein
- in vitro digestibility
- grazing
- forage
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordSheep are often used to graze North American rangelands infested with leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.), a long-lived perennial forb from Eurasia. Our objective was to determine if sheep grazing…Publication Date 1997-01-01
- fleece
- sheep dung
- seed dispersal
- viability
- Euphorbia esula
- rain
- seeds
- sheep
- seed germination
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of dietary browse (Salix bebbiana Sarg.) on intake and activity of muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus Zimmermann) pastured in south-central Alaska was compared to animals on grass pasture only. In…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- Salix bebbiana
- activity sampling
- biting rates
- Alaska
- Ovibos moschatus
- fiber content
- voluntary intake
- transit time
- in vitro digestibility
- browsing
- grazing
- grasses
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordThe relative abundance and dietary botanical composition of the Chacoan cavy (Pediolagus salinicola) was studied on sites of very good, good, and poor range condition in the Western Chaco, Argentina…Publication Date 1995-11-01
- Pediolagus salinicola
- rodents
- indicator species
- savannas
- feces
- diet
- dry environmental conditions
- overgrazing
- range management
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordSeedbeds of graze-out wheatland and herbicide-killed wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) were evaluated as were use of a grass drill and the Woodward chaffy grass seeder for Old World bluestem (Bothriochloa…Publication Date 1996-03-01
- drills
- seed broadcasters
- chaffy seeds
- metsulfuron
- planting depth
- stand density
- Triticum aestivum
- seedbed preparation
- cost-benefit analysis
- stand establishment
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- herbicides
- yields
- seeds
- Oklahoma
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThe use of standing dead biomass, during the winter that was produced by warm-season grasses in the previous growing season by pregnant beef cows may be an alternative to grazing systems in the semi-…Publication Date 1996-03-01
- Tetrachne dregei
- Panicum coloratum
- leaves
- Eragrostis curvula
- stems
- lignin
- protein content
- fiber content
- rain
- winter
- Panicum virgatum
- species differences
- beef cows
- crude protein
- biomass production
- semiarid zones
- in vitro digestibility
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- nutritive value
- grazing
- forage
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordBetween 1989-1991, I studied the effects of livestock grazing on vegetation and small mammals in semiarid shrub-grassland habitats of south-central Utah. Responses were measured at 2 spatial habitat…Publication Date 1996-05-01
- microhabitats
- arid grasslands
- habitats
- small mammals
- species diversity
- plant communities
- shrubs
- Utah
- canopy
- grazing
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThree mixed prairie sites at Mandan, N.D. were grazed heavily (0.9 ha steer-1), moderately (2.6 ha steer-1), or left ungrazed (exclosure) since 1916. These sites provided treatments to study the…Publication Date 1995-09-01
- c4 species
- c3 species
- exclosures
- carbon
- organic matter
- stocking rate
- species differences
- Bouteloua gracilis
- nitrogen content
- range management
- botanical composition
- grazing
- prairie soils
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordWe measured the grazing preference of 3 castrated male Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) for 2 crested (Agropyron desertorum [Fischer ex Link] Schultes), 5 thickspike (Elymus lanceolatus…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- Cervus elaphus nelsoni
- Elymus lanceolatus
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- Agropyron desertorum
- palatability
- Cervus elaphus
- spring
- Poaceae
- Utah
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordVisitors to the Big Cimarron Watershed in the Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado, had varying attitudes about cattle grazing. Without cuing, 9% of all visitors listed livestock as a source of…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- public opinion
- visitors
- uncompahgre national forest
- multiple land use
- livestock
- grazing
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordInformation is lacking on the influence of range condition on wildlife populations in the Chihuahuan Desert. Wildlife observations were made along transects on ranges in excellent and good ecological…Publication Date 1996-11-01
- arid grasslands
- wildlife
- species diversity
- range condition
- stocking rate
- pastures
- botanical composition
- grazing
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordMulti-variable analysis of grazing research has seen little conceptual development and even less application. To advance research on the multiple relationships of livestock grazing, computer-based…Publication Date 1994-03-01
- dynamic programming
- simulation models
- stocking rate
- growth
- grazing intensity
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordMicrowave radar is a potentially useful tool for monitoring the condition of the rangeland. A study was conducted in a mixed prairie community at the Agriculture Canada Research Substation at Onefour…Publication Date 1994-09-01
- radar
- radar backscatter
- oversowing
- aerial photography
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- remote sensing
- Agropyron cristatum
- Alberta
- land restoration
- range management
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- canopy
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordAlterations in shortgrass ecosystem structure and function following long-term use of atrazine [6-chloro-N-ethyl-N'-(1-methylethyl)-1,3, 5-triazine,2,4-diamine] for increased secondary…Publication Date 1995-07-01
- nonstructural carbohydrates
- soil bacteria
- sublethal effects
- hydroxyatrazine
- harvest date
- atrazine
- mineral content
- carbohydrates
- sandy loam soils
- Bouteloua gracilis
- nitrogen content
- application rates
- biomass
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordWe compared the preference of cattle for 12 entries, 2 of crested wheatgrass [Agropyron desertorum (Fischer ex Link) Schultes], 5 of thickspike wheatgrass [Elymus lanceolatus (Scribner & J.G.…Publication Date 1994-03-01
- maturity
- heading date
- Elymus lanceolatus
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- agronomic traits
- Agropyron desertorum
- palatability
- cultivars
- grazing behavior
- Utah
- grazing
- beef cattle
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordChanges in woodland vegetation integrate the consequences of livestock grazing intensity, the alteration of fire regimes, and possible climate alterution, as well as other factors. Quantitative…Publication Date 1994-09-01
- pinyon-juniper
- ground cover
- understory
- species diversity
- fire ecology
- stocking rate
- range management
- botanical composition
- Utah
- grazing
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordFecal output of range cows was determined during 2 periods of summer (period I) and late summer (period II) grazing using a constant release intraruminal Cr2O3 bolus. Chromic oxide contamination was…Publication Date 1995-05-01
- chromic oxide
- controlled release
- contamination
- experimental bias
- errors
- feces composition
- pastures
- beef cows
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordFecal samples, evacuated rumen samples, and non-evacuated rumen samples were compared at different seasons as techniques for determining diet botanical composition of cattle. The study was conducted…Publication Date 1995-05-01
- fistulation
- rumen contents
- feces composition
- sampling
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grazing
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordCompetitive bidding is an acceptable way to determine an efficient price to both buyer and seller. The quasi-competitive bid structure used to price federal forage and lessor-provided services on the…Publication Date 1994-03-01
- rent
- valuation
- production costs
- rangelands
- grazing
- New Mexico
- forage
- Library Collection RecordGrazing trials were conducted in north and south-central Oklahoma throughout the growing season of 1989 and 1990 in an attempt to explain live herbage accumulation rate of tallgrass prairie as a…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- effects
- meteorological data
- regrowth
- Oklahoma
- prairies
- defoliation
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordTall larkspur (Delphinium barbeyi L. Huth.) toxicosis of cattle is a serious problem on western USA mountain rangelands. Manipulating the ruminal environment may decrease the susceptibility of cattle…Publication Date 1995-07-01
- rumen fluids
- saliva
- poisoning
- carbachol
- electrolytes
- mineral content
- water intake
- Delphinium barbeyi
- blood serum
- dietary mineral supplements
- transit time
- cattle
- grazing
- Colorado
- forage
- Library Collection RecordSpotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.) is replacing native bunchgrasses and interfering with resource management objectives on many ranges in the northern Intermountain Region. Herbicides,…Publication Date 1994-11-01
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- carbohydrates
- Centaurea maculosa
- introduced species
- plant competition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe hand-plucking method for estimation of bite size and nutritive quality was tested for steers grazing at low stocking rates on heathland and in riverine grassland. Vegetation height, standing crop…Publication Date 1995-07-01
- heathlands
- Netherlands
- bite size
- methodology
- riparian grasslands
- estimation
- cattle
- botanical composition
- grazing
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordTwo grazing trials were conducted in separate years on a 5.86 ha winter wheat (Triticum aestivum var. Chisholm) pasture divided into 10 experimental paddocks. Paddocks were differentially grazed with…Publication Date 1995-05-01
- winter wheat
- in vitro
- liveweight gain
- Oklahoma
- steers
- digestibility
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- grazing
- beef cattle
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordGrazing distribution and grass utilization was evaluated in intensively managed fields in the southern Aspen Parkland near Kirriemuir, Alberta. Three fields, 130 ha in size (with dimensions .4 X 3.2…Publication Date 1995-07-01
- distance travelled
- circadian rhythm
- Alberta
- water
- stocking rate
- grazing behavior
- defoliation
- grazing
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordRevegetation success on foothill ranges in northern Utah using big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. spp. wyomingensis Beetle and Young) and rubber rabbitbrush brush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- Chrysothamnus nauseosus
- horses
- winter
- spring
- Artemisia tridentata
- Odocoileus hemionus
- land restoration
- Utah
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordApplication of nitrogen (N) fertilizer and atrazine [6-chloro-N-ethyl-N'-(l-methylethyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine] have each increased grazeable forage on shortgrass prairie, but their effects…Publication Date 1995-03-01
- prices
- marginal returns
- atrazine
- liveweight gain
- yields
- rain
- nitrogen fertilizers
- stocking rate
- steers
- Bouteloua gracilis
- prairies
- botanical composition
- grazing
- grasses
- Colorado
- beef cattle
- forage
- Library Collection RecordInformation is limited on the influence of range condition on cattle diets in the Chihuahuan desert. Botanical composition of cattle diets on Chihuahuan desert ranges in excellent and good condition…Publication Date 1994-09-01
- Bouteloua eriopoda
- Sporobolus
- nutrient content
- Prosopis glandulosa
- arid lands
- feces
- diet
- phosphorus
- cattle feeding
- nitrogen content
- range management
- botanical composition
- grazing
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordRangelands with histories of overgrazing are frequently depauperate of native grasses. Occasionally, remnant native grasses are found surviving in these areas. We hypothesized that these survivors…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- patterns
- Festuca idahoensis
- adaptation
- growth
- Oregon
- range management
- rangelands
- defoliation
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThis research determined the preliminary response of sandhills prairie to spring and summer prescribed burns, and their interaction with bison (Bison bison) grazing. Changes in species composition…Publication Date 1994-09-01
- bison
- fire ecology
- fires
- fire effects
- Nebraska
- prescribed burning
- prairies
- rangelands
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe sequence of species selection over the grazing period directly determines the effectiveness of different grazing systems. Knowledge of this sequence is also important in understanding the plant-…Publication Date 1995-07-01
- Tristachya
- tirstachya leucothrix
- Themeda triandra
- Eragrostis plana
- Hyparrhenia hirta
- South Africa
- veld
- tillers
- sheep
- cattle
- range management
- botanical composition
- defoliation
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordWe studied the effect of cattle grazing on shoot density and flux in 4 southwest Montana beaked sedge (Carex rostrata ex With.) stands for 2 years. Forty plots were protected and 40 plots were grazed…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- shoots
- Carex rostrata
- population dynamics
- cattle feeding
- Montana
- defoliation
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe Sheep Creek watershed of northcentral Colorado provided an ideal site to collect baseline trend data and to estimate foliar cover responses of montane riparian vegetation. Percent relative cover…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- national forests
- treatments
- leaves
- riparian buffers
- plant communities
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordThe slow and uncertain rate of recovery of plant communities after severe disturbance is a major problem on rangelands. Earlier studies sketched the outline of secondary succession on mixed-grass…Publication Date 1994-05-01
- species diversity
- ecological succession
- yields
- rain
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Wyoming
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grazing
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordWiregrass (Aristida stricta Michx.)-dominated communities characterize extensive areas of South Florida that have been subjected to burning and uncontrolled grazing for decades. We evaluated the…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- Aristida stricta
- panicum oligosanthes
- burning
- Florida
- range management
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordComparisons of vegetation dynamics of riparian plant communities under livestock use and exclusions over a 10 year period were quantified in a Northeastern Oregon riparian zone. We measured species…Publication Date 1995-07-01
- meadows
- species diversity
- ecological succession
- riparian buffers
- Oregon
- plant litter
- introduced species
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordAn investigation was conducted to characterize the intensity and frequency of tiller defoliation in 'Plains' Old World bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng) under frontal, continuous…Publication Date 1994-05-01
- frequency
- tussock grasslands
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- stocking rate
- tillers
- grazing intensity
- browsing damage
- cattle
- defoliation
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordDecisions made by Texas ranchers over a 10 year period (1980-1990) concerning stocking rate levels were dominated by perceptions about weather. A regression model explained 64% of the variability in…Publication Date 1994-09-01
- farmers' income
- weather
- decision making
- rain
- stocking rate
- beef production
- Texas
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordUsing survey data collected as part of a comprehensive reevaluation of the Vale Rangeland Rehabilitation Project in eastern Oregon, this exploratory study examined variation in attitudes of Bureau of…Publication Date 1994-09-01
- environmental assessment
- attitudes and opinions
- human resources
- surveys
- soil erosion
- riparian buffers
- Oregon
- water quality
- rangelands
- grazing
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