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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 1964-07-01
- 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 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 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 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 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 RecordOff-road military vehicle traffic is a major consideration in the management of military lands. The objective of this study was to determine the impacts of military tracked M1A1 heavy combat tank…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- rocks
- soil conservation
- military lands
- vehicles
- desert soils
- vegetation cover
- land management
- land use
- soil erosion
- dry seasons
- wet season
- forbs
- shrubs
- sediment yield
- plant litter
- grasses
- New Mexico
- military lands
- soil stability
- site recovery
- seasonal drought
- 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 RecordMechanical clearing and herbicide-burn treatments were compared to evaluate saltcedar (Tamarix chinensis Lour.) control and recovery along the Rio Grande on the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- plowing
- root plowing
- Tamarix chinensis
- imazapyr
- cost effectiveness
- plant volume
- brush cutting
- volume
- glyphosate
- stems
- height
- riparian areas
- brush control
- mortality
- cutting
- prescribed burning
- land restoration
- plant density
- invasive species
- canopy
- New Mexico
- plant height
- Riparian restoration
- imazapyr
- glyphosate
- prescribed fire
- root plowing
- root raking
- 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 RecordSustainable management of riparian ecosystems depends on our understanding of these complex systems. Thus far, the scientific literature has not adequately addressed the effects of livestock grazing…Publication Date 2004-09-01
- cottonwood
- populus angustifolia
- season of use
- Southwest
- New Mexico
- cattle
- 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 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 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 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
- Library Collection RecordSnakeweeds (broom, Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt Rusby); and threadleaf, G. microcephala (DC.) Gray) fall into that class of poisonous weeds that seldom cause direct livestock losses because…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- adverse effects
- Gutierrezia
- rats
- rabbits
- gutierrezia microcephala
- carrying capacity
- poisonous weeds
- range condition
- palatability
- herbicides
- weed control
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- prescribed burning
- plant communities
- sheep
- cattle
- range management
- plant competition
- New Mexico
- poisonous plants
- range weed
- livestock grazing
- broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt & Rusby)
- threadleaf snakeweed (Gutierrezia microcephala DC.) Gray)
- Library Collection RecordHalogeton [Halogeton glomeratus (Bieb.) C. A. Mey], is a fleshy, annual, herbaceous species that was accidentally introduced into the western U.S. during the 20th century. Because it is highly…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- interspecific competition
- salt tolerance
- deserts
- Halogeton glomeratus
- controlled grazing
- poisonous weeds
- Agropyron desertorum
- invasion
- Krascheninnikovia lanata
- sheep
- range management
- introduced species
- plant competition
- Salt desert
- poisonous plants
- plant ecology
- Library Collection RecordThe objectives of this study were to investigate the use of near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) of fecal samples for predicting the percentage of mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- hear infrared reflectance spectroscopy
- laboratory techniques
- rapid methods
- reflectance
- accuracy
- calibration
- validity
- feces composition
- selective grazing
- infrared spectroscopy
- Artemisia tridentata
- diets
- sheep
- Artemisia
- diet selection
- sagebrush
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordAnecdotal evidence suggests that cattle fed alfalfa hay during the winter are inclined to graze locoweed on spring range. Two studies were conducted to compare the influence of feeding alfalfa hay vs…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- indolizidine alkaloids
- alfalfa
- alfalfa hay
- swainsonine
- Oxytropis sericea
- winter
- spring
- selective grazing
- beef cows
- hay
- diets
- prairies
- New Mexico
- Colorado
- feeding preferences
- poisonous plants
- Oxytropis sericea
- alfalfa hay
- grass hay
- cattle
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordWhite locoweed (Oxytropis sericea Nutt. in TG) is widespread throughout the short-grass prairies and mountain grasslands and causes chronic poisoning of cattle, sheep, and horses. The objective of…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- leaf length
- flowering head height
- cutting height
- indolizidine alkaloids
- leaf area
- swainsonine
- age differences
- Oxytropis sericea
- stems
- mortality
- vigor
- precipitation
- drought
- Utah
- New Mexico
- Colorado
- plant height
- chemical constituents of plants
- poisonous plants
- white locoweed
- Oxytropis sericea
- poisonous plants
- population cycle
- Library Collection RecordRangeland ecological condition was monitored over a 48 year period on 41 sites on Bureau of Land Management rangelands scattered across 6 counties in southwestern New Mexico. All sites were grazed by…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- arid grasslands
- ground cover
- semiarid grasslands
- range condition
- precipitation
- sustainability
- grazing intensity
- plant communities
- drought
- range management
- botanical composition
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- rangeland condition
- succession
- drought
- grazing management
- plant ecology
- Library Collection RecordBroom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae [Pursh] Britt. Rusby) is a major weed problem in the southwestern U.S. because it is toxic to livestock and suppresses forage productivity. In this study, broom…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- metsulfuron
- flowering date
- aerial spraying
- seedling establishment
- timing
- seed dispersal
- viability
- poisonous weeds
- seed productivity
- weed control
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- seeds
- seedlings
- picloram
- New Mexico
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- reproduction
- seed production
- seed dispersal
- seedling emergence
- seed viability
- herbicide control
- metsulfuron
- picloram
- Library Collection RecordThe development of successful regional or national invasive weed control programs is often hampered by the way the problem is approached. Typically weed control programs are developed and evaluated…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- Aphthona
- Aphthona nigriscutis
- Aphthona lacertosa
- perennial weeds
- teamwork
- biological control agents
- USDA
- integrated pest management
- economic impact
- biological control
- Euphorbia esula
- ranching
- cost-benefit analysis
- invasion
- herbicides
- weed control
- South Dakota
- chemical control
- Wyoming
- sheep
- range management
- botanical composition
- Montana
- grazing
- North Dakota
- biological control
- Aphthona
- Weeds
- invasive species
- success
- integrated pest management
- Library Collection RecordIt was proposed that the digestibility of organic matter (OMD) can be estimated from the relationship between total fecal nitrogen (TFN, as a % of organic matter intake (OMI) and fecal nitrogen…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- organic matter digestibility
- feeding level
- Panicum coloratum
- equations
- feces composition
- chemical composition
- digestibility
- sheep
- in vitro digestibility
- nitrogen content
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- green fodders
- maturity stage
- fecal index
- nutritive value
- N fecal
- rams
- Library Collection RecordState-and-transition models have received a great deal of attention since the introduction of the concept to range management in 1989. Nonetheless, only recently have sets of state-and-transition…Publication Date 2003-03-01
- community stability
- ecological sites
- ecosystem health
- indicators
- New Mexico
- vegetation dynamics
- Library Collection RecordSaltbush (Atriplex halimus L.), a native shrub which is adapted to arid rangelands, was transplanted to the semiarid grassland at Jordan University of Science and Technology Campus in 1986. Our…Publication Date 2000-03-01
- Atriplex halimus
- Jordan
- leaves
- mineral content
- semiarid grasslands
- ratios
- stems
- protein content
- fiber content
- dry seasons
- chemical composition
- phosphorus
- calcium
- sheep
- seasonal variation
- Library Collection RecordBroom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae [Pursh] Britt Rusby) propagation was monitored from 1990 through 1998 following burning and herbicide control practices conducted on blue grama (Bouteloua…Publication Date 2000-03-01
- soil temperature
- seedling emergence
- weed control
- mortality
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- fires
- fire effects
- air temperature
- rain
- seedlings
- prescribed burning
- Bouteloua gracilis
- picloram
- establishment
- seasonal variation
- canopy
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordWe surveyed the effectiveness of livestock guard dogs for reduc-ing predation on domestic sheep in Colorado during 1993. The number of producers using dogs increased from about 25 in 1986 to >159…Publication Date 2000-05-01
- Puma concolor
- livestock numbers
- coyotes
- lambs
- ewes
- predation
- guard dogs
- sheep dogs
- mortality
- Ursus americanus
- pastures
- rangelands
- Colorado
- Akbash
- black bears
- Canis latrans
- coyote
- dog
- Felis concolor
- Great Pyrenees
- Komondor
- mountain lion
- sheep
- Ursus americanus
- Library Collection RecordBecause of the relatively low cost of seed and ease of establishment, more than 0.4 million ha of weeping lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula (Shrad.) Nees.) were planted on Conservation Reserve Program (…Publication Date 2000-05-01
- land policy
- urea fertilizers
- subsidies
- dryland farming
- costs and returns
- Eragrostis curvula
- sown grasslands
- market prices
- liveweight gain
- continuous grazing
- beef production
- rotational grazing
- application rates
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- Conservation Reserve Program
- Eragrostis curvula (Shrad.) Ness.
- forage quality
- optimal stocking rates
- dryland farming
- grazing systems
- Library Collection RecordLivestock producers and others knowledgeable about the locoweed problem in northeastern New Mexico were surveyed to obtain the production information needed to estimate economic losses from locoweed…Publication Date 2000-07-01
- losses
- farmers' income
- estimated costs
- poisoning
- avoidance conditioning
- Oxytropis sericea
- Astragalus mollissimus
- controlled grazing
- poisonous weeds
- mathematical models
- production costs
- liveweight gain
- feedlots
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- poisonous plants
- woolly locoweed
- Astragulus mollissimus Torr. var mollissimus
- white locoweed
- Oxytropis sericea (Nutt.)
- weed control
- grazing management
- Library Collection RecordRunoff hydrographs from 3 separate rainfall simulation runs at 11 different shortgrass prairie sites were evaluated to determine the hydrologic similarity within a single ecosystem at widely…Publication Date 2000-07-01
- loam soils
- clay soils
- steppe soils
- range condition
- rain
- South Dakota
- runoff
- sandy loam soils
- rainfall simulators
- Texas
- prairies
- biomass
- plant litter
- rangelands
- canopy
- New Mexico
- Colorado
- runoff
- rainfall simulation
- hydrograph
- time-to-peak
- Library Collection RecordWe evaluated the influence of supplemental barley and activated charcoal on the intake of sagebrush by lambs in individual pens. In 3 experiments, lambs were fed sagebrush (harvested and chopped to 2…Publication Date 2000-07-01
- alfalfa pellets
- artemisia tridentata subsp. vaseyana
- activated carbon
- chop length
- artemisia tridentata subsp. tridentata
- provenance
- lambs
- selective grazing
- energy intake
- terpenoids
- barley
- feed supplements
- Artemisia tridentata
- feed intake
- feeding preferences
- zero grazing
- sheep
- macronutrients
- terpenoids
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordRobust needlegrass (Achnatherum robustum [Vasey] Barkw. = Stipa robusta [Vasey] Scribn.) is a high-biomass rangeland species that is adapted to warmer temperatures and matures later than most cool-…Publication Date 2000-07-01
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- Colorado
- beef cattle
- forage
- Stipa
- dry matter
- feed intake
- feeding preferences
- plant height
- zero grazing
- Elytrigia elongata
- Acremonium
- endophytes
- Leymus chinensis
- ergot alkaloids
- ergometrine
- fungi
- roadside plants
- green fodders
- lysergic acid amide
- Stipa robusta
- Achnatherum robustum
- Acremonium
- ergonovine
- lysergic acid amide
- narcosis
- Neotyphodium
- sleepygrass
- Stipa robusta
- Library Collection RecordThe Ecological Index Method impacted directly on the estimation of grazing capacities in the Karoo, an arid region in South Africa. Due to inherent deficiencies in the ecological index method, index…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- Limax
- pioneer species
- agronomic traits
- arid grasslands
- carrying capacity
- nutrient requirements
- climax communities
- South Africa
- veld
- estimation
- digestibility
- sheep
- range management
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- canopy
- grasses
- available dry matter production
- canopy spread cover
- current grazing capability
- [K divided by (Ca + Mg)
- total digestible nutrients
- Library Collection RecordSpotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.), an Eurasian perennial forb, is replacing many native perennial grasses, such as Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis Elmer.), throughout the Northern Rocky…Publication Date 2001-01-01
- noxious substances
- cnicin
- Festuca idahoensis
- weed palatability
- leaves
- canopy gaps
- stems
- ambient temperature
- weed control
- fiber content
- rain
- selective grazing
- crude protein
- sheep
- in vitro digestibility
- Centaurea maculosa
- seasonal variation
- introduced species
- invasive species
- nutritive value
- feeding preferences
- plant height
- weed
- Centaurea maculosa
- Festuca idahoensis
- utilization
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordChanges in the amount or spatial distribution of grass plants are thought to be indicative of the stability of desert grasslands. This study assessed, through simulation, the sensitivity of…Publication Date 2001-01-01
- fetch length
- simulation models
- arid grasslands
- deserts
- canopy gaps
- range condition
- length
- sampling
- spatial distribution
- grasses
- New Mexico
- fetch length
- monitoring
- simulation
- Library Collection RecordThe decade of the 1920s was somewhat of a paradox for range science. A. W. Sampson published 3 books that were widely used as text for higher education classes in range management. The United States…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- social change
- textbooks
- salt licks
- grazing tenancy
- USDA
- public domain
- history
- water supply
- prescribed burning
- sheep
- goats
- overgrazing
- range management
- grazing
- herding technology
- range text
- wildfire
- salting
- Library Collection RecordTwo grazing trials were conducted during early winter (December 1996-January 1997) and spring (April-May 1997) to evaluate the effect of shape of pasture on forage use and behavior of grazing sheep (…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- Italy
- chemical composition
- pastures
- winter
- animal behavior
- spring
- feeding behavior
- voluntary intake
- Mediterranean climate
- selective grazing
- use efficiency
- sward destruction
- shape
- protein intake
- energy intake
- grazing intensity
- sheep
- biomass
- forage
- dry matter
- diet choice
- space pattern
- grazing management
- Library Collection RecordCholla cactus may serve as an emergency feedstuff for livestock when forage availability is low. A study was conducted at the Corona Range and Livestock Research Center to evaluate the nutritive…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- processing technology
- spines
- opuntia imbricata
- moisture content
- organic matter
- burning
- leaves
- cows
- mineral content
- stems
- estimation
- fiber content
- feeds
- digestibility
- crude protein
- rumen fermentation
- nutritive value
- livestock
- New Mexico
- forage
- dry matter
- drought forages
- mineral content
- emergency feeding
- Library Collection RecordWhite (Oxytropis sericea Nutt. in T. G.) and Lambert (O. lambertii var. biglovii Pursh) locoweed grow adjacent to each other on the foothills of the Rocky Mountains from southeastern Wyoming to…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- flowering date
- Oxytropis lambertii
- pods
- plant development
- developmental stages
- Weeds
- alkaloids
- Infestation
- Oxytropis sericea
- selective grazing
- cattle
- phenology
- New Mexico
- feeding preferences
- poisonous plants
- Oxytropis lambertii
- Oxytropis sericea
- poisonous plants
- cattle grazing
- swainsonine
- Library Collection RecordLeafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.), a widely established exotic, noxious, perennial weed, is a major threat to rangeland and wildland in the Upper Great Plains. A deterministic, bioeconomic model,…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- fencing
- simulation models
- costs and returns
- Euphorbia esula
- economic analysis
- weed control
- profitability
- sheep
- rangelands
- grazing
- grasses
- feed intake
- Euphorbia esula L.
- grazing
- economics
- Library Collection RecordA classification of dietary structural types that represents different arrangements of forage classes is proposed. It may be especially useful for interpreting and comparing herbivore diets from…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- Lama guanicoe
- feces composition
- pastures
- selective grazing
- species differences
- vegetation
- feeds
- digestibility
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- forage
- diet botanical composition
- conceptualization
- forage classes
- microhistological analysis
- multivariate analysis
- similarity of diets
- Library Collection RecordPopulations of an introduced woody weed, prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile ssp. indica (Benth.) Brenan syn. Acacia arabica (Lam.) Willd. ssp. indica Benth.), were surveyed at 4 sites in…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- regeneration
- Weeds
- quarantine
- Queensland
- seed dispersal
- highlands
- rain
- seedlings
- pastures
- selective grazing
- woody plants
- rotational grazing
- sheep
- plant density
- introduced species
- browsing
- grazing
- plant height
- Life-stage profiles
- rainfall
- population dynamics
- regeneration
- cattle
- woody weeds
- Library Collection RecordProductivity of Barzona, Brangus, and Beefmaster cattle was evaluated on conservatively (n=2) (40 ha AU-1) and moderately (28.5 ha AU-1) stocked pastures (n=2) in the Chihuahuan Desert of south-…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- cattle breeds
- pregnancy rate
- farm income
- livestock numbers
- weaning weight
- arid grasslands
- arid zones
- production costs
- calves
- continuous grazing
- body weight
- rain
- Brangus
- Beefmaster
- barzona
- stocking rate
- breed differences
- beef cows
- shrubs
- botanical composition
- New Mexico
- beef cattle