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- Library Collection RecordProvides taxonomic classification, conservation status and distribution information on species that have been evaluated using IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. This system is designated to…
- biodiversity
- endangered species
- Extinction Risk
- international
- threatened species
- Library Collection RecordA 6-year study was conducted in tallgrass prairie to assess the effects of grazing management (cattle stocking densities and grazing systems) on plant community composition and diversity. Treatments…Publication Date 2004-01-01
- biodiversity
- plant ecology
- cattle grazing
- Flint Hills
- range management
- grazing systems
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordMany range managers have suggested that clubmoss (Selaginella densa Rydb.) negatively alters the composition of seed banks and inhibits the establishment of plant species that decrease under improper…Publication Date 2004-05-01
- biodiversity
- microbiotic crust
- microphytic crust
- Northern Mixed Prairie
- range condition
- Selaginella densa
- Library Collection RecordUndisturbed plant communities dominated by shrubs or trees are often left isolated within landscapes otherwise devoid of woody vegetation following large-scale disturbances such as wildfires. We…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- biogeography
- Phasianidae
- Centrocercus urophasianus
- biodiversity
- wildfire management
- arid grasslands
- habitats
- Purshia tridentata
- prediction
- species diversity
- ecological succession
- fires
- fire effects
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant communities
- California
- land restoration
- range management
- Nevada
- rangelands
- Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
- biological diversity
- disturbance
- Island Biogeography Theory
- succession
- terrestial habitat islands
- Library Collection RecordAfter wildfires in 1996 in the sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) and pinyon-juniper (Pinus spp.–Juniperus spp.) zones of west-central Utah, the USDI-BLM attempted to reduce soil erosion and cheatgrass…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- aerial sowing
- revegetation plants
- erosion control
- rehabilitation
- biodiversity
- Elytrigia intermedia subsp. intermedia
- sowing
- wildfire management
- sown grasslands
- Artemisia
- species diversity
- Agropyron cristatum
- weed control
- fires
- fire effects
- Bromus tectorum
- plant communities
- botanical composition
- Pinus
- Juniperus
- plant competition
- invasive species
- Utah
- Elytrigia elongata
- Bureau of Land Management
- rehabilitation
- chaining
- serial seeding
- plant material
- cheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of herbicide applications to kill honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) on community diversity are poorly documented. Our objective was to test the hypothesis that herbicide…Publication Date 1997-03-01
- nontarget organisms
- rodents
- biodiversity
- wild birds
- Prosopis glandulosa
- triclopyr
- species diversity
- rain
- vegetation
- Texas
- canopy
- Library Collection RecordGrazed and ungrazed sites subjected to different fire frequencies were sampled on the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area in northeast Kansas after 4 years of bison grazing (1987-1991). The objective…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- biodiversity
- bison
- topography
- frequency
- Kansas
- fires
- plant communities
- prairies
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection Record
- natural resources
- Nature conservation
- rangelands
- semiarid zones
- Syria
- Social participation
- environmental protection
- land improvement
- biodiversity
- Library Collection Record
- sociocultural environment
- sustainability
- biodiversity
- population density
- Rural settlement
- hunting
- employment
- farmers
- shifting cultivation
- agroforestry
- Industrialization
- reindeer
- livestock management
- legislation
- species
- multipurpose trees
- extension activities
- Rapid rural appraisal
- Role of women
- Land Policies
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Forestry production
- trade
- grassland management
- Regulations
- Time
- Rain forests
- Ethnic groups
- communal forests
- resource conservation
- forest management
- forest products
- Multiple use forestry
- boreal forests
- socioeconomic environment
- land use
- woodlands
- forest resources
- Social consciousness
- Indigenous knowledge
- FAO
- development plans
- land management
- national parks
- rural communities
- Drug plants
- compensation
- Forest Land
- Community development
- Forestry policies
- Library Collection Record
- grassland management
- grasslands
- grazing lands
- grazing systems
- livestock management
- pastoralism
- ecosystems
- biodiversity
- vegetation
- botanical composition
- livestock
- feeds
- transhumance
- Library Collection Record
- animal feeding
- animal health
- animal production
- grazing systems
- livestock
- reproductive performance
- silvopastoral systems
- agropastoral systems
- pastoralism
- pastoral society
- biodiversity
- Library Collection Record
- agroforestry
- animal production
- cattle
- Latin America
- livestock
- pastures
- resource conservation
- silvopastoral systems
- environmental impact
- biodiversity
- Library Collection Record
- sociocultural environment
- sustainability
- biodiversity
- population density
- Rural settlement
- hunting
- employment
- farmers
- shifting cultivation
- agroforestry
- Industrialization
- reindeer
- livestock management
- legislation
- species
- multipurpose trees
- extension activities
- Rapid rural appraisal
- Role of women
- Land Policies
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Forestry production
- trade
- grassland management
- Regulations
- Time
- Rain forests
- Ethnic groups
- communal forests
- resource conservation
- forest management
- forest products
- Multiple use forestry
- boreal forests
- socioeconomic environment
- land use
- woodlands
- forest resources
- Social consciousness
- Indigenous knowledge
- FAO
- development plans
- land management
- national parks
- rural communities
- Drug plants
- compensation
- Forest Land
- Community development
- Forestry policies
- Library Collection Record
- socioeconomic environment
- forest grazing
- deforestation
- biodiversity
- Environmental policies
- sustainability
- Social indicators
- employment
- risk
- Pasture Improvement
- case studies
- multiple land use
- farming systems
- integration
- training
- Breeds (animals)
- small farms
- development projects
- palatability
- digestibility
- animal performance
- livestock
- Veterinary hygiene
- animal health
- rural communities
- Dairies
- product development
- Producer cooperatives
- species
- traditional medicines
- nematode control
- socioeconomic development
- Production Economics
- plant production
- development aid
- pest control
- Pests of animals
- livestock management
- land use
- feeding systems
- cattle
- animal production
- technological changes
- Morus
- forage
- nutritive value
- veterinary services
- Agricultural workers
- Farm helper services
- sheep
- Dairy industry
- Milk products
- Helminths
- Drug plants
- Library Collection Record
- sociocultural environment
- sustainability
- biodiversity
- population density
- Rural settlement
- hunting
- employment
- farmers
- Indigenous knowledge
- shifting cultivation
- agroforestry
- socioeconomic environment
- communal forests
- Industrialization
- reindeer
- livestock management
- forest resources
- land management
- legislation
- forest management
- species
- Multiple use forestry
- multipurpose trees
- Community development
- extension activities
- Rapid rural appraisal
- Role of women
- Land Policies
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Forestry production
- trade
- grassland management
- Regulations
- Time
- resource conservation
- land use
- development plans
- Social consciousness
- Forest Land
- Rain forests
- Ethnic groups
- forest products
- boreal forests
- woodlands
- FAO
- national parks
- rural communities
- Drug plants
- compensation
- Forestry policies
- Library Collection RecordThis is a summary of 171 papers on livestock grazing in the West.Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- alteration of ecosystem structure
- ecosystem functioning
- livestock grazing
- riparian habitats
- species composition
- Western United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article is a survey and summary of 113 articles on the major effects of livestock grazing on riparian and stream ecosystems of the arid West.Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- riparian vegetation
- arid West
- cattle grazing impacts
- riparian ecosystems
- riparian exclosures
- riparian soils
- stream channel morphology
- stream water quality
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that late growing-season fire causes a short-term increase in frequency and species richness of subdominant and rare species in a warm-season…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- dominance
- ecological restoration
- fire season
- prescribed fire
- species richness
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordFour different management systems were examined in this southwestern Wisconsin study: grass buffer strips, woody buffer strips, rotational grazing and continuous grazing. Among the treatments, woody…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- Wisconsin
- continuous grazing
- rotational grazing
- grassy buffer strips
- Phalaris arundinacea L.
- reed canarygrass
- woody buffer strips
- Library Collection RecordGrazed rangeland ecosystems encompass diverse global land resources and are complex social-ecological systems from which society demands both goods (e.g., livestock and forage production) and…Publication Date 2015-09
- agricultural policy
- biodiversity
- coupled human and natural systems
- ecosystem services
- sustainability science
- working landscapes
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1970
- wildlife management
- wildlife
- sustainability
- biodiversity
- Library Collection RecordHerbivores are generally thought to enhance plant diversity by their direct consumption of competitively dominant plant species and indirect effects on plants competition. Consequently, management…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- biodiversity
- grasslands
- extinction dynamics
- habitat scales
- local plant colonization
- spatial scales
- temporal scales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1970
- planning
- inventories
- government agencies
- environment
- ecosystems
- ecological soil types
- biodiversity
- land use planning
- Arizona
- Library Collection Record
124 Biomass defined
Abstract not availablePublication Date 1970- inventories
- biomass
- biodiversity
- Library Collection Record
125 Biomass defined
Abstract not availablePublication Date 1970- inventories
- biomass
- biodiversity
- Library Collection RecordKreuper et al, found that the removal of cattle from the San Pedro River NCA had a positive effect on the herbaceous vegetation in the riparian and mesquite areas. They found that cattle removal had…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- herbaceous vegetation
- livestock grazing
- overstocking
- Library Collection RecordIn New Mexico, Kerley et al. studied the effects of cattle browsing on the flowers of the soaptree (Yucca elata), and measured inflorescence consumption and population structure in six populations…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- cattle
- biodiversity
- nutritional value of inflorescences
- soaptree
- Yucca elata
- Library Collection RecordHerbivores influence growth, recruitment, and mortality rates of plants and may do so in ways correlated with plant density, frequency, or other neighborhood traits, or with competitive abilities.…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- vegetation
- competition
- disturbance
- frequency-dependence
- Library Collection RecordA 6-year study was conducted in tallgrass prairie to assess the effects of grazing management on plant community composition and diversity. Native plant species diversity, species richness, and…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- plant ecology
- range management
- grazing systems
- cattle grazing
- Flint Hills
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordHartnett et al. studied the effects of bison grazing in Kansas tallgrass prairie on plant species composition and diversity components in sites of contrasting fire frequency. Cover and frequency of…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- plant communities
- species diversity
- grazing
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordRanching is the dominant land use in much of the American West. Although a copious literature has examined the effects of various grazing practices on native ecosystems, Freilich et al. present that…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- grazing
- ranching
- range management
- Library Collection RecordIn this review, Edwards looks at the populations of diverse native grass species, that are found in cattle pastures throughout central California, and how many of these areas have been overgrazed,…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- California
- livestock
- browsing
- biodiversity
- competition
- exotic herbaceous species
- native grasses
- paleontological studies
- wildflowers
- Library Collection Record
133 Diablo Trust
Abstract not available- wildlife
- watersheds
- soil conservation
- biodiversity
- erosion
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- United Nations
- organizations
- government
- law
- government agencies
- environmental monitoring
- educational resources
- endangered species
- biodiversity
- Library Collection RecordWe outline the results of recent work aimed at determining the impact of grazing on biodiversity of the arid and semi-arid rangelands. We examined changes in the abundance and species composition of…Publication Date 1996
- biodiversity
- grazing
- water
- biodiversity
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 1996
- rangelands
- Australia
- biodiversity
- invasive species
- Nature conservation
- Library Collection RecordRangeland wildlife dynamics are based on refuge habitats. Piospheres result from grazing impact around waterpoints and biodiversity is affected by grazing intensity. Wildlife losses have been…Publication Date 1996
- islands
- wildlife
- biodiversity
- pastoralism
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA number of authors have emphasised the importance of areas outside nature reserves in the maintenance of biodiversity. A study of the vegetation of the Scotia country of western New South Wales on…Publication Date 1996
- conservation (storage)
- vegetation
- biodiversity
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThe rangelands of Western Australia cover about 85% of the state and include the sub-tropical savanna of the Kimberley, the semi arid and arid spinifex, the southern mulga shrublands and the…Publication Date 2000
- savannas
- Chenopodium
- ecosystems
- biodiversity
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- biodiversity
- shrubs
- Landholding systems
- projects
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- rangeland soils
- biodiversity
- landscape
- Termites
- Decomposition
- nutrient cycling in ecosystems
- heterogeneity
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT: Twenty native mammals have become extinct from Australia's rangelands in the last 200 years. That is not the end of the problem: unfortunately, declines in biodiversity continue across…Publication Date 2002
- biodiversity
- biodiversity conservation
- rangelands
- trends
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAs preferred sustainable landusers of the Australian rangelands, mining operations should legacy net environmental and community benefits in the regions in which they operate. The positive and…Publication Date 2002
- mining
- biodiversity
- rangelands
- Australia
- Olympic Dam mine
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- biodiversity
- habitats
- landscape
- Commercial farming
- monitoring
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordBiodiversity has gradually moved from the periphery of rangeland management twenty years ago to a position of greater prominence today. Despite greater acceptance of its importance, though, three…Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- biodiversity
- management
- measurement
- Economic Value
- Australia
- Growing Recognition
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- biodiversity
- livestock numbers
- flora
- funding
- land conservation
- monitoring
- Australia
- Ecojunction
- Patoralist
- Library Collection RecordThe need to preserve biodiversity in privately managed rangelands is acute and well recognised. The best way to achieve this is to introduce better landscape design and vegetation management in…Publication Date 2002
- biodiversity
- rangelands
- management
- ecosystems
- conservation (storage)
- landscape design
- Australia
- Central Australia
- Landholder Panel
- Pastoralists
- Library Collection RecordAssessing landscape function is now an established component of rangeland monitoring programs. In this paper, we focus on the spatial arrangement of  perennial vegetation patches as a readily…Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- Processes
- livestock production
- biodiversity
- monitoring
- production
- conservation (storage)
- Australia
- Hyperspectral Data
- Landscape Function Analysis
- Leakiness Index
- Library Collection RecordA balanced view of the role trees play in grazing systems is required to improve landscape level management and planning. Producers are monitoring the value of retained native vegetation on their…Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- grazing systems
- landscape
- management
- planning
- paddocks
- biodiversity
- Southern Queensland
- Library Collection Record
150 Wildland Fire
Abstract not availablePublication Date 1970- wildfires
- fires
- fire ecology
- ecosystems
- biodiversity