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- Library Collection RecordClearing and thinning of caatinga vegetation in northeastern Brazil are viewed as methods of optimizing forage and wood production. Our study compared the botanical composition of goat diets relative…Publication Date 1990-11-01
- tropical forests
- caatinga
- thinning
- goat feeding
- deciduous forests
- silvopastoral systems
- clearcutting
- woodland grasslands
- pastures
- natural grasslands
- diets
- goats
- Brazil
- biomass
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- canopy
- forage
- Library Collection RecordSpoil material replaced after strip mining for lignite coal may differ from the original top soil with respect to concentrations of copper (Cu) and molybdenum (Mo), consequently levels of these…Publication Date 1990-01-01
- copper
- molybdenum
- trace element deficiencies
- reclaimed land
- nutrient deficiencies
- mined soils
- grazing trials
- pastures
- steers
- natural grasslands
- nutritive value
- forage
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordCrop coefficients (Kc) provide a means of relating evapotranspiration (ET) to standard references such as pan evaporation or other climatic based reference ET’s (ET = Kc*reference ET). They have been…Publication Date 1990-11-01
- lysimetry
- evaporation
- evapotranspiration
- measurements
- water requirements
- estimation
- transpiration
- South Dakota
- pastures
- Idaho
- Wyoming
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordBotanical and chemical compositions of Angora goat (Capra hircus) diets, determined with esophageally cannulated animals, were studied with and independent of a cattle-sheep-goat herd in a short-…Publication Date 1990-03-01
- nutrient intake
- chemical composition
- pastures
- crude protein
- diets
- goats
- in vitro digestibility
- Texas
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe valuable role that healthy riparian ecosystems play in regional diversity of plant and wildlife communities is just beginning to be recognized. Resource managers need to know how degraded…Publication Date 1990-07-01
- Poa palustris
- plant community analysis
- Salix
- population density
- Poa pratensis
- riparian buffers
- pastures
- regrowth
- mountain grasslands
- cattle
- grazing
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordSpotted knapweed is the most serious range weed problem in western Montana. Although picloram is often used to control knapweed, the economic feasibility of the practice has not been evaluated. We…Publication Date 1991-01-01
- feasibility studies
- mathematical models
- cost-benefit analysis
- weed control
- chemical control
- pastures
- picloram
- Centaurea maculosa
- range management
- Montana
- forage
- Library Collection RecordHarvesting trees for firewood in the oak hardwood rangelands of the western Sierra Nevada foothills creates slash that may be burned to improve livestock forage production or piled into brushpiles…Publication Date 1991-03-01
- economic analysis
- habitats
- hunting
- Quercus
- multiple land use
- fuelwood
- Callipepla californica
- brushwood
- slash
- pastures
- California
- cattle
- wildlife management
- range management
- rangelands
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordComponents of the organic matter were studied in soil under 3 Mixed Prarie types: grassland dominated by needle-and-thread/blue grama (Stipa comata Trin. and Rupr./Bouteloua gracilis (HBK.) Lag. ex…Publication Date 1990-09-01
- grassland soils
- soil organic matter
- tillage
- monosaccharides
- organic acids and salts
- soil quality
- transformation
- physicochemical properties
- chernozemic soils
- mixed pastures
- Hesperostipa comata
- Alberta
- pastures
- Bouteloua gracilis
- prairies
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing on relative (g g-1 d-1) and absolute (g m-2 d-1) aboveground net primary productivity and senescence of coirón blanco (Festuca pallescens (St. Yves) Parodi) were investigated…Publication Date 1990-07-01
- interactions
- senescence
- reproduction
- vegetative growth
- Festuca
- simulation models
- pastures
- regrowth
- semiarid zones
- biomass accumulation
- phenology
- Argentina
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordJustification for controlling honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr. var. glandulosa) on rangelands has been traditionally related to enhanced livestock production from increased herbage…Publication Date 1991-03-01
- net primary production
- water yield
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- Nassella leucotricha
- Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
- brush control
- leaf area index
- pastures
- vegetation
- growth rate
- biomass production
- Texas
- range management
- forage
- Library Collection RecordHeavy communal grazing pressure and rapid phytomass decomposition reduce shrub interspace cover in Somalia from 100% at the end of the growing season to 5% at the end of the dormant season. Intense…Publication Date 1990-11-01
- communal feeding
- interrill erosion
- hydrology
- watershed management
- ground cover
- watersheds
- Somalia
- sandy soils
- clay soils
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- shrubs
- plant litter
- rangelands
- livestock
- grazing
- infiltration
- Library Collection RecordIt is common in range science to base stocking rate estimates on range sites as units of forage production. However, little is known about how diet composition, quality, and intake may differ by…Publication Date 1990-03-01
- availability
- grazing pressure
- clay loam soils
- nutrient intake
- site factors
- pastures
- sandy loam soils
- heifers
- diets
- grazing behavior
- in vitro digestibility
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- forage
- Library Collection RecordHerbage biomass for blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis [H.B.K. Lag]), pinyon ricegrass (Piptochaetium fimbriatum [H.B.K.] Hitche.), New Mexico muhly (Muhlenbergia pauciflora Buckl.), other grasses and…Publication Date 1990-09-01
- mixed forests
- muhlenbergia pauciflora
- piptochaetium fimbriatum
- light penetration
- Muhlenbergia
- Juniperus monosperma
- silvopastoral systems
- forest ecology
- pinyon-juniper
- Pinus edulis
- understory
- pastures
- Poaceae
- Bouteloua gracilis
- biomass
- canopy
- New Mexico
- forage
- Library Collection RecordLittle information is available on goat nutrition and diet selection on shrub-dominated ranges. This study examined the botanical and nutritive composition of Angora and Spanish goat diets, and…Publication Date 1990-03-01
- alfalfa
- alfalfa hay
- digestible energy
- Quercus havardii
- fiber content
- pastures
- tannins
- hay
- crude protein
- feed supplements
- diets
- goats
- in vitro digestibility
- Texas
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- forage
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordA 4-year study was conducted on Cross Timbers range in north-central Oklahoma. Conventional seasonlong grazing (SLS) of stocker cattle was compared to intensive-early season stocking (IES). Stocking…Publication Date 1990-03-01
- forests
- liveweight gain
- stocking rate
- pastures
- vegetation
- Oklahoma
- prairies
- defoliation
- grazing
- beef cattle
- forage
- Library Collection RecordGlobemallows (Sphaeralcea spp.) have potential in rangeland seedings. Thirty-seven accessions of globemallow were grown at 2 sites in northern Utah and southern Idaho to quantify their agronomic…Publication Date 1990-09-01
- sphaeralcea munroana
- Sphaeralcea
- sphaeralcea grossulariifolia
- sphaeralcea parvifolia
- Sphaeralcea coccinea
- mixed pastures
- Medicago sativa
- agronomic traits
- sown grasslands
- arid zones
- genotype
- Agropyron desertorum
- genetic variation
- Agropyron cristatum
- mortality
- seeds
- pastures
- Idaho
- growth rate
- crop yield
- Utah
- forage
- Library Collection RecordBasin big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt ssp tridentata Beetle) often invades rangelands seeded to introduced grass species. Livestock grazing may enhance the invasion but the effects of…Publication Date 1990-03-01
- short-duration grazing
- size
- Agropyron desertorum
- population dynamics
- mortality
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant density
- Utah
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordEmergence of broadcast-seeded kleingrass (Panicum coloratum L. 'Selection 75') was compared for 2 seasons in short-duration grazed (SDG) areas and ungrazed exclosures in the Texas Rolling…Publication Date 1990-03-01
- soil strength
- Panicum coloratum
- controlled grazing
- seedling emergence
- stocking rate
- pastures
- cattle
- Texas
- soil compaction
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordShort-duration grazing (SDG) has been purported to increase forage production and utilization compared to other grazing systems, and thus can sustain higher stocking rates. This study was designed to…Publication Date 1990-03-01
- availability
- stocking rate
- pastures
- cattle
- plant density
- Texas
- botanical composition
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordManagers often deal with the problem of herd replacement of one animal class by another. A preliminary study suggested that steers could be substituted for cow-calf pairs on shortgrass steppe on a…Publication Date 1989-07-01
- animal unit equivalent
- substitution
- conversion
- cows
- sown grasslands
- ratios
- calves
- steppes
- stocking rate
- pastures
- steers
- natural grasslands
- range management
- Colorado
- forage
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordBurning on good to excellent condition tallgrass prairie in central Oklahoma yielded results which visually appeared much greater than would be expected from previous burning research. Therefore, a…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- liveweight gain
- fires
- fire effects
- pastures
- prescribed burning
- Oklahoma
- crude protein
- diet studies
- cattle
- in vitro digestibility
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of varying price ratios between liveweight and supplementary feed on the optimum stocking rate (SR) of a beef herd on range is analyzed in relation to the net value of weaned calf live…Publication Date 1989-07-01
- mathematical models
- production costs
- cost analysis
- beef herds
- liveweight gain
- stocking rate
- pastures
- dietary supplements
- cattle feeding
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordForty-six clonal lines of a hybrid cross between Pseudoroegneria spicata [Pursh.] Scribn. and Smith × Elytrigia repens [L.] Beauv. were used to evaluate the influence of various chemical and…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- trials
- forage crops
- hybrids
- plant morphology
- pastures
- cattle
- in vitro digestibility
- phenology
- Montana
- grazing
- grasses
- feeding preferences
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordWe discuss what concepts or models should be used to organize research and management on rangelands. The traditional range succession model is associated with the management objective of achieving an…Publication Date 1989-07-01
- ecological balance
- equilibrium
- ecosystems
- simulation models
- climax communities
- ecological succession
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordAir temperature or growing degree-days (GDD) are known to influence morphological development of grass, but the effects of grazing history on grass morphological development has not been established…Publication Date 1989-05-01
- flora
- wild plants
- Koeleria
- Koeleria pyramidata
- Great Plains region
- heat sums
- Hesperostipa comata
- developmental stages
- Nassella viridula
- plant morphology
- air temperature
- pastures
- Poaceae
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Bouteloua gracilis
- growth rate
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordGrazing was eliminated from the Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary, located in south-central Arizona, in 1968. Long-term changes in canopy cover of vegetation were evaluated between 1969 and…Publication Date 1989-07-01
- recovery
- ecosystems
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- plant communities
- semiarid zones
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordResearch was conducted on the effects of rotational grazing (RG) compared to continuous grazing (CG) on the behavior of cattle grazing on rangelands. Different livestock densities in the RG…Publication Date 1989-07-01
- grazing time
- continuous grazing
- grazing experiments
- stocking rate
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- grazing behavior
- spatial distribution
- cattle
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordResearch was initiated at the Texas Experimental Ranch in 1981 to quantify the effects of 2 livestock densities on forage quality in a rotational grazing (RG) treatment. Livestock densities evaluated…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- stocking rate
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- digestibility
- crude protein
- Texas
- quality
- livestock
- forage
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordUtilization of a crested wheatgrass pasture was studied at constant stocking rate (3 cattle/ha) in pastures of 1, 2, 4, and 8 ha, with herd sizes ranging from 3-24 head. Pasture utilization on a…Publication Date 1988-01-01
- livestock numbers
- Agropyron desertorum
- pastures
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- Utah
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordCalculated reflectance factors and vegetation indices derived from radiometric reflectance measurements were used in regression analyses to test for a single relationship between canopy reflectance…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- reflectance
- radiometry
- remote sensing
- Agropyron desertorum
- leaf area index
- pastures
- vegetation
- rangelands
- canopy
- dry matter
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordMarginal farmlands seeded to grasses in the Southern Great Plains usually have been depleted in N by cropping, cultivation, and erosion. This study measured soil N accumulation over 20 to 22 years in…Publication Date 1988-01-01
- marginal land
- soil analysis
- Sporobolus cryptandrus
- grassland soils
- Eragrostis curvula
- fertilizer application
- Bothriochloa bladhii
- nitrogen fertilizers
- old field soils
- pastures
- Oklahoma
- nitrogen content
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordA 16-paddock, cell-designed, rotational grazing (RG) system was initiated in March 1981 to evaluate the effects of RG on various vegetation response variables and cow/calf production. This 20-month…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- organic matter digestibility
- crop quality
- continuous grazing
- stocking rate
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- digestibility
- crude protein
- cattle
- Texas
- plant litter
- forage
- Library Collection RecordDefoliation of intermediate wheatgrass (Agropyron intermedium by cattle was examined under seasonal and short-duration grazing. Tiller height, number of green leaves per tiller, phenological status,…Publication Date 1987-05-01
- grazing time
- Elytrigia intermedia subsp. intermedia
- stocking rate
- Washington
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- tillering
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- defoliation
- Library Collection RecordWe investigated effects of fall burning of gulf cordgrass (Spartina spartinae) rangeland on winter diets and liveweight gains of cattle on the Texas Coastal Prairie during 1979-1981. Gulf cordgrass…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- crude protein
- spartina spartinae
- autumn
- Nassella leucotricha
- liveweight gain
- grazing trials
- pastures
- prescribed burning
- digestibility
- diets
- cattle
- Texas
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordInfiltration rate and sediment production were measured over a 2-year period on an intensive rotationally grazed pasture. Measurements were taken prior to the movement of livestock onto the pasture,…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- intensive livestock farming
- hydrology
- sediments
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- Texas
- seasonal variation
- rangelands
- grazing
- infiltration
- Library Collection RecordWe compared effects of short-duration and continuous grazing on nesting cover and success of bobwhites and wild turkeys in south Texas during 1984. Coverage, density, and dispersion of suitable nest…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- colinus vulgaris
- nesting
- grazing time
- turkeys
- nests
- game management
- pastures
- Texas
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordSelection of appropriate treatment and experiment designs are essential elements in research. However, the expense and variability associated with pasture renovation studies creates unique problems…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- research
- land improvements
- grassland improvement
- experimental design
- grazing experiments
- statistical analysis
- pastures
- range management
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordImproved pastures are a valuable forage resource in the Central Great Plains, but ranchers need to know which seeding techniques provide the best chance of successful establishment of such pastures.…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- row orientation
- Fabaceae
- sowing date
- Hordeum vulgare
- crop establishment
- fallow
- forage crops
- Plains
- autumn
- grassland improvement
- stubble
- pastures
- spring
- Wyoming
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordAnnual application of picloram (4-amino-3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid) and picloram plus 2,4-D [(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid] and biannual application of 2,4-D for 5 consecutive years…Publication Date 1987-05-01
- herbicide rates
- herbicide residues
- 2,4-D
- Euphorbia esula
- seedling emergence
- weed control
- pastures
- picloram
- prairies
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordGrazing sheep on improved pastures during winter offers an economically attractive alternative to supplementation in sage-brush steppe ecosystems. We studied diet selection and nutrition of sheep…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- Agropyron desertorum
- steppes
- grazing experiments
- pastures
- winter
- woody plants
- animal nutrition
- digestibility
- sheep
- range management
- rangelands
- Utah
- grazing
- feed intake
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordEffects of defoliation frequency and intensity on persistence of a perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)-subclover (Trifolium subterraneum) pasture were studied near Corvallis, Ore., during 1980 to…Publication Date 1987-05-01
- Trifolium subterraneum
- Lolium perenne
- persistence
- pastures
- Oregon
- botanical composition
- defoliation
- canopy
- Library Collection RecordSoil bulk density measurements were taken from pastures used for winter feeding to determine the effects of different stocking rates on soil compaction and recovery. Samples were taken from paired…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- animal feeding
- physicochemical properties
- soil density
- reclamation
- pastures
- soil water content
- cattle
- rangelands
- soil compaction
- bulk density
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordInfiltration rate and sediment production were measured for 2 years on 3 pastures from an intensive rotational grazing system. The pastures were 32, 24, and 16 ha in size. Stocking rate was held…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- soil water relations
- hydrology
- sediments
- stocking rate
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- Texas
- grazing
- infiltration
- Library Collection RecordFunding limitations often restrict pasture replication in grazing research on rangeland. Consequently, subsample error has been used to estimate treatment effects or characterize populations.…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- research
- experimental design
- grazing experiments
- pastures
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordLegumes are beneficial in providing high quality forage and enhancing fertility levels in the soil by biological nitrogen fixation. Nonperennial Medicago species have a world-wide distribution and…Publication Date 1986-01-01
- resowing
- Medicago
- legumes
- pastures
- establishment
- range management
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordNimble will (Muhlenbergia schreberi Gmel.), a native perennial C4 grass, is a serious weed in horse pastures in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. This study investigated the dormancy breaking and…Publication Date 1985-11-01
- cold
- Muhlenbergia schreberi
- incubation
- Kentucky
- storage
- dormancy breaking
- weed control
- pastures
- seed germination
- Library Collection RecordSoil acidity resulting from nitrification of ammonium in fertilizer can limit plant growth. In this study on weeping lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees) and Caucasian bluestem (Bothriochloa…Publication Date 1986-03-01
- soil pH
- fertilizer application
- sandy soils
- lime
- Southern Great Plains
- phytotoxicity
- nitrogen fertilizers
- pastures
- Oklahoma
- Poaceae
- Library Collection RecordChanges in botanical composition and productivity of total herbage and 14 categories of annual range plants caused by elemental sulfur fertilization, range site, and precipitation were studied. Total…Publication Date 1985-03-01
- sulfur fertilizers
- grasslands
- productivity
- pastures
- California
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordThe total cost (fee and non-fee) of grazing BLM, FS, and private deeded rangeland was estimated by partial budgeting procedures from records kept by the Saval Ranch, a northeastern Nevada cow-calf…Publication Date 1986-01-01
- public ownership
- private ownership
- foraging
- ranching
- cost-benefit analysis
- pastures
- cattle
- Nevada
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordNumerous warm-season pastures have been established in the last 30 years in the central Great Plains. Some of these pastures are old enough to verify that they can be abused by overgrazing as easily…Publication Date 1986-01-01
- artificial regeneration
- Bromus inermis
- atrazine
- seed dispersal
- Poa pratensis
- weed control
- pastures
- Nebraska
- Poaceae
- overgrazing
- prairies
- range management
- plant competition