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- Library Collection RecordWe investigated the hypothesis that not only forage allowance but also sward structure affects daily forage intake by beef heifers on natural grasslands of the Pampa Biome (southern Brazil). We used…Publication Date 2016
- alkane
- grazing intensity
- intake rate
- nutrient intake
- Pampa biome
- tussocks
- Library Collection RecordWe investigated the hypothesis that not only forage allowance but also sward structure affects daily forage intake by beef heifers on natural grasslands of the Pampa Biome (southern Brazil). We used…Publication Date 2016
- alkane
- grazing intensity
- intake rate
- nutrient intake
- Pampa biome
- tussocks
- Library Collection RecordCurrently, livestock management in the North American Great Plains aims for even use of forage, which creates a homogenous landscape. Reintroducing heterogeneity, defined here as the variation in…Publication Date 2015-07
- conservation grazing
- grazing intensity
- habitat heterogeneity
- Native Grassland
- protected areas
- Library Collection RecordNative warm-season grasses (NWSG) currently are being promoted for livestock forage and biofuels feedstock in the Mid-South. However, there are no published data on how NWSG managed with livestock in…Publication Date 2015-03
- grassland songbirds
- grazing intensity
- native warm-season grasses
- northern bobwhite
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordThe interaction of resource availability and disturbance can strongly affect plant species richness and the spread of exotic plants. Several ecological theories posit that disturbance mediates the…Publication Date 2014-11
- California
- camera trap
- Festuca perennis
- grazing intensity
- invasive species
- principal response curves
- Library Collection RecordState-and-transition models for semiarid grasslands in the North American Great Plains suggest that the presence of herbivorous black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) on a site 1) creates a…Publication Date 2014-11
- ecological sites
- grazing intensity
- resilience
- shortgrass steppe
- state-and-transition models
- western Great Plains
- Library Collection RecordEffects of grazing management systems (GS) on biomass production and nutritional quality of rangeland vegetation in semiarid regions are extensively studied; however, limited information is available…Publication Date 2014-03
- Alternating grazing
- continuous grazing
- grazing intensity
- inner Mongolia
- Live weight gain
- steppe
- 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 1964-03-01
- Rainy Season
- seasonal variation
- coverage
- Summer Season
- Grazing Intensities
- origin
- grazing intensity
- India
- forbs
- grasses
- management
- 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 1964-07-01
- Drylot
- All Concentrate
- Flexible Ranching
- Livestock Maintenance
- Ruminant Nutrition
- Feeding Experiments
- Texas Tech
- Research Tool
- Exercise
- roughage
- Rations
- beef cattle
- Forage Supply
- feeding
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordSixweeks fescue was found unacceptable to cattle at all seasons and nitrogen fertilization did not increase its rooting strength or palatability. It contributed nothing to forage supply and…Publication Date 1964-09-01
- Festuca octoflora
- sixweeks fescue
- Seasonal Extent
- Cattle Preferences
- Plant Phenology
- Weather Changes
- residual effects
- herbicide treatments
- Central Plains Experimental Range
- grazing intensity
- ammonium nitrate
- nitrogen fertilization
- utilization
- blue grama
- growth
- species composition
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordMicrodigestion estimates were correlated with macrodigestion estimates obtained by lignin ratio technique under grazing or total collection procedures under dry-lot feeding. Over all techniques the…Publication Date 1964-11-01
- correlation
- esophageal fistula
- Nylon Bag
- cellulose sources
- Microdigestion
- Lignin Ratio
- Macrodigestion
- Grazed Annual Forage
- Clipped Herbage
- Standard Samples
- Dry Lot Feeding
- Herbage Availability
- Mixed Forage
- Digestion Estimates
- inocula
- sheep
- cattle
- alfalfa
- Library Collection RecordThis work aimed to evaluate the following hypotheses: 1) the daily grazing time (GT) and 2) forage searching are more associated with the sward structure than with the levels of daily forage…Publication Date 2012-07-01
- displacement in grazing
- grazing intensity
- grazing pressure
- ingestive behavior
- natural grasslands
- Pampa biome
- Library Collection RecordMuch of the world’s rangeland is dominated by woody species. Competing land uses and continued encroachment of woody species into non-woody-dominated rangelands have reduced grasslands in many parts…Publication Date 2012-11-01
- animal behavior
- cattle
- genetics
- goats
- plant secondary metabolites
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordGrazing is regarded as one of the most important factors influencing rangeland ecosystems. Many previous studies have used indirect measures (proxies) of grazing intensity, such as the distance from…Publication Date 2013-01-01
- Alpine region
- grazing intensity
- pika
- Tibetan Plateau
- yak
- Library Collection RecordThe importance of sexual reproduction in tussock grasses that regenerate through vegetative growth is unclear. Festuca gracillima Hook. f. was studied as a model because it is a perennial tussock-…Publication Date 2013-03-01
- demography
- Festuca gracillima
- rangelands
- sexual reproduction
- sheep
- soil seed bank
- Library Collection RecordLow larkspur (Delphinium nuttallianum Pritz.) poisoning causes serious economic loss to livestock producers that graze cattle on foothill and mountain ranges in western North America. In general, all…Publication Date 2010-03-01
- alkaloids
- diet selection
- larkspur
- poisonous plants
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordNovel concepts and tools to promote progress in grazing science and management need to incorporate heterogeneity and nonlinear scaling of spatially and temporally distributed ecological interactions…Publication Date 2009-09-01
- cattle
- grazing systems
- heterogeneity
- scaling
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordLeafy spurge is an invasive Eurasian weed on pastures and rangeland in North America where it reduces grass forage production. Our objective was to determine the effects of multispecies grazing…Publication Date 2006-09-01
- Aphthona flea beetles
- cattle
- sheep
- Euphorbia esula
- multispecies grazing
- successional weed management
- Library Collection RecordExplanations for why sympatric ruminant species select diets composed of different plant species or plant parts have been controversial. Our explanation is based on learning from foraging…Publication Date 2007-03-01
- diet selection
- herbivory
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
- Library Collection RecordA dense mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. vaseyana [Rydb] Beetle) canopy suppresses understory vegetation. Rambouillet ewes with high and low dietary preferences for mountain…Publication Date 2005-07-01
- bitterbrush
- diet selection
- grazing
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordThe cover of Festuca gracillima (coirón fueguino), a native tussock grass that dominates grass steppes of Southern Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, has diminished under continuous sheep grazing. This…Publication Date 2005-09-01
- Festuca gracillima
- grassland ecology
- rangelands
- steppe
- arid ecosystems
- matrix
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding how stocking rate or grazing intensity affects the abundance of common plant species is fundamental to the sustainable management of rangelands. We had the unique opportunity to…Publication Date 2006-03-01
- grazing intensity
- mixed prairie
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed cattle grazing is often used to purposely enhance wildlife habitat. This study investigated the effects of fall cattle (Bos taurus) grazing intensity on elk (Cervus elaphus) and deer (…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- wildlife-livestock relations
- Festuca altaica
- Cervus elaphus
- spring
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- summer
- grazing intensity
- Odocoileus
- cattle
- wildlife management
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- Montana
- Cervus elaphus
- Festuca scabrella
- Odocoileus spp.
- livestock-wildlife relations
- prescribed livestock grading
- Library Collection RecordConsumption of mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr. var glandulosa) fruit by ruminants is an important component of seed dispersal. Two experiments were conducted to estimate the role of livestock and…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- wildlife
- seed dispersal
- Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
- viability
- weathering
- seed predation
- seed maturation
- seeds
- feces
- digestibility
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- Texas
- range management
- Prosopis
- germination
- digestion
- fecal dispersal
- phenology
- encroachment
- Library Collection RecordScaled quail (Callipepla squamata) numbers were evaluated during and after a 2-year drought period using strip census techniques on 2 pastures in late seral rangeland ecological condition and 2…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- Callipepla
- population size
- Callipepla squamata
- game birds
- seral stages
- vegetation cover
- wildlife habitats
- arid lands
- ecological succession
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- drought
- plant litter
- New Mexico
- upland game birds
- wildlife
- arid lands
- cattle grazing
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThe sustainability and resilience of an Asian typical steppe grazing ecosystem was assessed by determining thresholds and stable states with an ecosystem simulation model. This analysis used the…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- sustainable agriculture
- grazing management
- ecological resilience
- permanent grasslands
- primary productivity
- simulation models
- herbaceous plants
- roots
- arid lands
- savannas
- stocking rate
- China
- precipitation
- grazing intensity
- shrubs
- biomass
- grazing management
- modeling
- thresholds
- sustainability and resilience
- typical steppe
- inner Mongolia
- Library Collection RecordThe relationship between stocking density and grazing distribution was studied in eastern Nebraska pastures seeded to a warm-season, tall-grass mixture and grazed at 4 stocking densities: 9, 18, 27,…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- sown pastures
- pasture management
- leaves
- spatial variation
- height
- rain
- stocking rate
- length
- Nebraska
- Panicum virgatum
- Andropogon gerardii
- tillers
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- crop yield
- feeding preferences
- big bluestem
- switchgrass
- uniformity index
- herbage allowance
- Library Collection Record'Romerillo' (Baccharis coridifolia DC), 'duraznillo negro' (Cestrum parqui L'Hérit.), and 'sunchillo' (Wedelia glauca (Ort.) Hoff.) are highly toxic species…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- Cestrum
- Baccharis
- Wedelia
- gastrointestinal system
- etiology
- microhistological identification
- Baccharis coridifolia
- Cestrum parqui
- Wedelia glauca
- rumen
- plant tissues
- particle size
- laboratory techniques
- ingestion
- poisoning
- accuracy
- feces
- digestibility
- digesta
- sheep
- Argentina
- poisonous plants
- Microhistological technique
- accuracy
- precision
- Baccharis coridifolia
- Cestrum parqui
- Wedelia glauca
- Library Collection RecordThe study analyzed the basal area and density of perennial grasses along a cattle grazing intensity gradient away from a water development. Several mechanisms explaining combinations of changes in…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- Aristida
- Chloris
- Aristida inversa
- Aristida mendocina
- Chloris castilloniana
- shrublands
- basal area
- population density
- savannas
- grazing intensity
- range management
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- beef cattle
- distance from water
- basal area
- plant density
- Library Collection RecordCommunity-level (per unit area) and individual tiller reproductive biomass inside and outside of long-term exclosures on the northern winter range of Yellowstone National Park, USA were compared.…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- Yellowstone National Park
- bison
- seed productivity
- Cervus elaphus
- winter
- Antilocapra americana
- tillering
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- defoliation
- literature reviews
- grasses
- grasslands
- ungulates
- grazing
- clipping
- seed production and yield
- Yellowstone National Park
- literature reviews
- Library Collection RecordWyoming Coal Rules and Regulations require shrubs be returned to mined land and that revegetation "...be self renewing." We evaluated seed production and seed quality of Wyoming big…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- mulches
- environmental law
- fences
- windbreaks
- mined soils
- conservation plants
- browse plants
- seed productivity
- yields
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- Artemisia tridentata
- land restoration
- browsing
- environmental effects
- seed quality
- big game
- soil moisture
- ecological restoration
- Library Collection RecordNon-selective grazing (NSG) is a relatively novel way of farming livestock in the Nama Karoo of South Africa. Our key question was how heavy grazing under this high-intensity, low-frequency grazing…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- soil microorganisms
- cell respiration
- infiltration (hydrology)
- aggregate stability
- mixed grazing
- soil organic matter
- South Africa
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- range management
- grazing systems
- hoof action
- infiltration
- intensive herbivory
- microbial respiration
- semiarid
- Library Collection RecordKnowledge of the relationship between stocking rate or grazing intensity and plant production is fundamental to the sustainable management of rangelands. The general management paradigm is that plant…Publication Date 2004-03-01
- grazing intensity
- mixed prairie
- biomass
- composition
- Library Collection RecordA grazing experiment was conducted from 1992 to 1996 at a sandy grassland in the Horqin sandy land, located in the northeastern part of China. The grassland had been grazed by sheep for many years…Publication Date 2004-03-01
- grazing intensity
- species diversity
- desertification
- China
- Library Collection RecordRiparian areas link streams with their terrestrial catchments and decrease water pollution by trapping sediments from upland sources before they reach streams or lakes. Livestock grazing in riparian…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- mountain soils
- bioallethrin
- drainage
- water flow resistance
- terrain
- channels
- soil organic matter
- soil density
- riparian grasslands
- overland flow
- runoff
- rainfall simulators
- grazing intensity
- plant density
- biomass
- plant litter
- bulk density
- Colorado
- soil water
- runoff
- stem density
- microchannels
- sinuosity
- drainage density
- rainfall simulation
- Library Collection RecordNutritional stress is an important mortality factor for wintering mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus Rafinesque), particularly fawns. The rate at which fawns utilize existing fat stores is at…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- twig diameter
- geographical variation
- nutrient content
- habitats
- Purshia tridentata
- browse plants
- Bromus tectorum
- diameter
- winter
- Idaho
- diet
- crude protein
- grazing intensity
- Odocoileus hemionus
- in vitro digestibility
- browsing
- dry matter
- nutritional quality
- mule deer
- in vitro dry-matter digestibility
- crude protein
- Purshia tridentata
- Bromus tectorum
- Library Collection RecordKnowledge of the rate woody plant canopy cover increases is essential for understanding the ecology of rangeland plant communities, determining the economic feasibility of brush management practices…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- aerial photography
- chaining
- grubbing
- Juniperus pinchotii
- carrying capacity
- soil types
- brush control
- rain
- biomass production
- grazing intensity
- Texas
- canopy
- forage
- Juniperus pinchotii
- mechanical brush control
- aerial photography
- line transects
- juniper management
- herbage production
- Library Collection RecordAccelerated erosion of streambanks in grazed riparian pastures is of concern to land managers. We tested the hypothesis that providing cattle free-choice off-stream water and trace mineralized salt…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- riverbank protection
- soil stability
- riparian grasslands
- water erosion
- water availability
- animal behavior
- dietary mineral supplements
- Oregon
- grazing intensity
- beef cattle
- grazing
- greenline
- water quality
- livestock
- off-stream water
- Library Collection RecordPods and seeds from carob Ceratonia siliqua L. trees growing in Ajloun Mountainous forests and rangelands in Jordan were analyzed for their proximate analysis, Ca and P contents, and also the effects…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- interactions
- pods
- Ceratonia siliqua
- Jordan
- ash
- mineral content
- seed dispersal
- carbohydrates
- fiber content
- seeds
- phosphorus
- calcium
- crude protein
- feed supplements
- sheep
- goats
- seed germination
- germination
- fiber
- forest
- goat
- Jordan
- protein
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordBecause intensive grazing is new to the humid western Canadian parkland (prairies), there is little information available about its effects on soil N and P status. This study addressed the question…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- Bromus inermis
- NPK fertilizers
- Bromus riparius
- triticale
- nitrate nitrogen
- sown grasslands
- soil fertility
- Alberta
- stocking rate
- use efficiency
- species differences
- phosphorus
- grazing intensity
- soil chemistry
- nitrogen content
- application rates
- prairies
- range management
- beef cattle
- ammonium
- faeces
- grazing intensity
- macronutrient status
- urine
- Library Collection RecordThis study identifies the characteristics and attitudes of public land ranchers. Data from a random survey of 2,000 U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management grazing permittees (53.5%…Publication Date 2002-01-01
- socioeconomic status
- cultural values
- intensification
- ranges
- farm income
- grazing tenancy
- livestock numbers
- management
- farm size
- public domain
- ranching
- farmers' attitudes
- Western United States
- demography
- grazing intensity
- sheep
- beef cattle
- grazing fees
- grazing reduction
- grazing season
- public land property
- Library Collection RecordSoil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) storage in grasslands is a function of litter and root mass production. Research on how annual grasses compare with perennials for above ground and below ground mass…Publication Date 2002-01-01
- carbon
- Bromus inermis
- Bromus riparius
- triticale
- autumn
- annuals
- sown grasslands
- roots
- root systems
- perennials
- Alberta
- chemical composition
- spring
- weight
- nitrogen
- grazing intensity
- soil chemistry
- plant litter
- seasonal variation
- annuals
- organic C
- perennials
- total N
- sequestration
- Library Collection RecordGrazers ingest seeds of invasive forbs and may contribute to their spread by depositing viable seeds in uninfested areas. Some mature seed pass through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of ruminants,…Publication Date 2002-01-01
- sheep dung
- seed development
- seed dispersal
- viability
- Euphorbia esula
- invasion
- weed control
- seeds
- transit time
- sheep
- rumen fermentation
- seed germination
- Montana
- grazing
- maturity stage
- weed
- Euphorbia esula
- rumen
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordA 3-year study was conducted to evaluate grazing strategies for production of growing cattle during summer on Northern Great Plains rangeland. Crossbred yearling steers (N = 123 per year, avg initial…Publication Date 2002-03-01
- liveweight gain
- body weight
- fiber content
- stocking rate
- steers
- crude protein
- natural grasslands
- summer
- precipitation
- grazing intensity
- in vitro digestibility
- biomass
- botanical composition
- Montana
- beef cattle
- forage
- grazing management
- beef cattle
- protein supplementation
- Library Collection RecordIn August 1994, wildfire burned 6,500 ha of native Dry Mixed Prairie in southeastern Alberta. The following year, a study was initiated to monitor the recovery of major plant communities. Burning was…Publication Date 2002-03-01
- Koeleria macrantha
- Elymus lanceolatus
- Hesperostipa comata
- wildfire management
- Agropyron
- ground cover
- fires
- fire effects
- Alberta
- forbs
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Bouteloua gracilis
- precipitation
- biomass production
- grazing intensity
- prairies
- drought
- range management
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- canopy
- grazing
- grasses
- beef cattle
- Stipa
- composition
- forage
- litter
- preference
- production
- topography
- Library Collection RecordA 20-year set of cover data on sagebrush semi-desert plant communities responding to wildfire and livestock grazing near Mills in central Utah provided an opportunity to compare the assumptions and…Publication Date 2002-03-01
- alluvial land
- data analysis
- seral stages
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- annuals
- wildfire management
- Salsola tragus
- experimental design
- range condition
- ecological succession
- perennials
- fires
- fire effects
- Bromus tectorum
- forbs
- precipitation
- grazing intensity
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant communities
- shrubs
- Utah
- canopy
- grasses
- community dynamics
- Clementsian model
- state-and-transition models
- ordination
- trend
- conditions
- Library Collection RecordThe Mixed Prairie plant communities developed with the influences of fire and grazing. Available evidence suggests that removal of these disturbances could cause succession toward a more mesic type…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- A horizons
- carbon
- chernozemic soils
- solonetzic soils
- soil depth
- species diversity
- range condition
- Alberta
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- pH
- grazing intensity
- soil chemistry
- prairies
- biomass
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- soil water
- soil nitrogen
- soil depth
- botanical composition
- plant biomass
- plant nitrogen
- Library Collection RecordSteer nutritional response to vegetation conditions created by 4 grazing treatments was evaluated during the final 2 years (1987-88) of a 9-year grazing trial. Treatments were season-long stocking (…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- nutrient density
- dietary protein
- controlled grazing
- cell wall components
- Kansas
- liveweight gain
- continuous grazing
- shortgrass prairie
- fiber content
- stocking rate
- steers
- digestibility
- precipitation
- grazing intensity
- prairies
- biomass
- seasonal variation
- beef cattle
- feed intake
- grazing systems
- beef cattle
- stockers
- diet quality
- forage intake
- Library Collection RecordIn 1992 and 1993, pastures of WW-Spar Old World bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum L.) were maintained at 2 levels of soil water, rainfall and rainfall plus 25 mm/week of supplementary irrigation. At…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- irrigated conditions
- irrigated pastures
- leaves
- ratios
- stems
- continuous grazing
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- rain
- leaf area index
- steers
- tillering
- grazing intensity
- plant density
- Texas
- biomass
- plant height
- soil water
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- continuous variable stocking
- herbage allowance
- Library Collection RecordIn recent years livestock death losses from poisonous plants in the western United States have averaged about 2-3% annually. A review of 36 grazing studies in North America shows poisonous plant…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- Oxytropis
- deserts
- avoidance conditioning
- Oxytropis sericea
- controlled grazing
- poisonous weeds
- woodland grasslands
- Western United States
- grasslands
- continuous grazing
- stocking rate
- range management
- livestock
- Delphinium
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
- grazing
- poisonous plants
- economics