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- Library Collection RecordInformation on vegetative productivity and nutritive responses to burning in mesic, high elevation big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) communities is limited. We investigated the effects of 2…Publication Date 1994-07-01
- land productivity
- wildlife
- ungulates
- prescribed burning
- crude protein
- Wyoming
- Artemisia tridentata
- grasses
- forage
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding hydrologic processes is essential to determine if water yield augmentation is possible through vegetation manipulation. Nine large non-weighing lysimeters, each 35 m2, were installed on…Publication Date 1995-01-01
- water yield
- water balance
- evapotranspiration
- Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
- rain
- runoff
- Texas
- drought
- rangelands
- grasses
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding the effect of defoliation frequency and N fertilization on plant growth, forage yield, and quality of RS-2, a quackgrass [Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski.] x bluebunch wheat grass […Publication Date 1995-07-01
- ammonium nitrate
- Elytrigia repens
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- hybrids
- irrigation
- cutting frequency
- digestibility
- crude protein
- growth rate
- Montana
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordIn a 4-year field study, 25 perennial triticeae grasses, representing a wide range of genomes and genome combinations, were evaluated as potential hosts for the bluegrass billbug (Sphenophorus…Publication Date 1993-05-01
- Sphenophorus parvulus
- host preferences
- screening
- Pascopyrum
- Pseudoroegneria
- crop damage
- pest resistance
- Elymus
- Leymus
- Psathyrostachys
- Elytrigia
- genome
- Agropyron
- genetic variation
- perennials
- mortality
- species differences
- Poaceae
- rangelands
- pasture plants
- grasses
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordIn Panicoid grasses, elevation of the crown node above the soil surface caused by excessive subcoleoptile internode elongation is detrimental to seedling establishment. We describe a technique to…Publication Date 1993-09-01
- habit
- subcoleoptile internode
- coleoptiles
- species differences
- growth
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordEphemeral channels may be greater contributors to nonpoint sediment loads than perennial channels because of their abundance and lower vegetative cover. This study examines above- and belowground…Publication Date 1993-01-01
- channels
- cold deserts
- floodplains
- annuals
- deserts
- streams
- highlands
- riparian buffers
- perennials
- pastures
- woody plants
- precipitation
- sustainability
- Wyoming
- plant density
- grazing
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordIncorporation of crop residues into the soil prior to planting has been shown to reduce the growth of subsequent crops. Information is limited on the allelopathic effect of sericea lespedeza […Publication Date 1993-07-01
- crop residues
- seedling growth
- Lespedeza cuneata
- plant interaction
- seed germination
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordRoot exudates are substances released into the surrounding medium by healthy and intact plant roots. Research on root exudates has shown that root exudates can reduce seed germination and plant…Publication Date 1993-07-01
- root exudates
- Lespedeza cuneata
- plant interaction
- plant growth substances
- roots
- length
- biomass
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThe response of selected plant species to a single application of factorial combinations of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and sulfur (S) on 2 lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl.) clearcut-logged…Publication Date 1993-05-01
- phosphorus fertilizers
- sulfur fertilizers
- crop quality
- grassland improvement
- British Columbia
- site factors
- protein content
- Calamagrostis rubescens
- Pinus contorta
- fiber content
- nitrogen fertilizers
- crude protein
- nitrogen content
- application rates
- crop yield
- nutritive value
- pasture plants
- grasses
- forage
- Library Collection RecordDuring 1981-83, we studied 19 grasses for potential improvement of dry tropical (1,001 mm annual rainfall) rangelands in Hainan Island, China. The productivity and persistence of the grasses were…Publication Date 1993-07-01
- clay loam soils
- sandy soils
- nitrogen fertilizers
- species differences
- China
- range management
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordIn 1974 we selected 8 pairs of gully headcuts on the Santa Rita Experimental Range. Mesquite (Prosopis velutina Woot.) on the watershed of 1 headcut of each pair was killed with diesel oil. Densities…Publication Date 1993-03-01
- Prosopis velutina
- semiarid grasslands
- watersheds
- soil erosion
- brush control
- vegetation management
- rain
- runoff
- plant density
- losses from soil
- rangelands
- grasses
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordBecause of the ongoing controversy about shrub forage value for different ungulates and significance of the shrub communities for spring-fall grazing in southcentral Wyoming, the relative importance…Publication Date 1992-11-01
- livestock-wildlife relationships
- common use grazing
- common lands
- wildlife
- Purshia tridentata
- browse plants
- Cervus elaphus
- Antilocapra americana
- mountain grasslands
- Wyoming
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant communities
- Odocoileus hemionus
- shrubs
- diets
- sheep
- cattle
- rangelands
- grasses
- forage
- Library Collection RecordLittle evidence has been found to relate fire intensity to herbaceous vegetation response. Our objective was to determine if components of post-fire herbaceous standing crop in a tallgrass prairie…Publication Date 1992-11-01
- canonical correlation
- fire behavior
- fire intensity
- grasslands
- fire ecology
- fires
- fire effects
- vegetation
- regrowth
- Oklahoma
- plant communities
- prairies
- rangelands
- grasses
- forage
- Library Collection RecordWater limits the establishment, growth, and production of cool-season grasses on semiarid rangelands, and plant improvement programs for these areas must be capable of screening breeding lines for…Publication Date 1993-05-01
- genetic improvement
- breeding programs
- osmotic adjustment
- plant-water relations
- water uptake
- plant breeding
- heritability
- genetic variation
- seedling emergence
- drought tolerance
- water-use efficiency
- Poaceae
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordChanges in total biomass and botanical composition in a native pasture of the Flooding Pampa in the Salado River Basin (Province of Buenos Aires), under 3 grazing systems: spring-summer rest (…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- Paspalum dilatatum
- Sporobolus indicus
- bothriochloa laguroides
- seasonal grazing
- Bothriochloa
- floodplains
- continuous grazing
- yields
- rotational grazing
- natural grasslands
- biomass production
- grazing intensity
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- grazing
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThe accuracy of microhistological techniques for analysis of herbivore diets was evaluated with cattle, sheep, and Angora goats fed grass, forb, and shrub mixtures of known botanical compositions.…Publication Date 1992-03-01
- feces analysis
- assessment
- feces composition
- shrubs
- diets
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- botanical composition
- grasses
- New Mexico
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordFertilizer nitrogen (N) management and other cultural practices used in reclamation can have a significant effect on the successful revegetation of mined lands. Repeated fertilization of revegetated…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- annual dressings
- split dressings
- crimped straw mulches
- stubble mulching
- ammonium nitrate
- straw mulches
- mined soils
- reclamation
- Poaceae
- biomass production
- Wyoming
- land restoration
- application rates
- grasses
- forage
- Library Collection RecordLive oak (Quercus virginiana Mill.) competes with herbaceous plants, but provides browse and mast for white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmerman). We determined the effects of treating live…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- grassland improvement
- nutritional status
- browse
- Quercus virginiana
- foraging
- tebuthiuron
- woodland grasslands
- weed control
- yields
- Odocoileus virginianus
- biomass production
- Texas
- botanical composition
- browsing
- grasses
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordThis study investigated the effect of grazing by California bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) on plant community structure. Over 28 months from 1977 to 1979, bighorn diet consisted of 79…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- Ovis canadensis
- Ovis canadensis californiana
- community ecology
- British Columbia
- grasslands
- plant ecology
- species diversity
- ecological succession
- feces composition
- vigor
- plant communities
- shrubs
- botanical composition
- grazing
- grasses
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordThe dry-weight rank technique has been used to measure vegetation in various habitats but has not been evaluated in desert shrub habitats. We sampled browse, forb, and grass in the palo-verde (…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- Sonoran Desert
- ranking
- xerophytes
- mountains
- deserts
- semi-desert scrub
- browse
- measurements
- plant ecology
- sampling
- slopes
- grasses
- Arizona
- forage
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordAboveground net primary production (ANPP) of the Patagonian steppe in southwestern Chubut (Argentina) was estimated using a harvest technique to assess the herbaceous (mainly grass) component and a…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- aboveground net primary production
- dry matter accumulation
- carrying capacity
- plant ecology
- steppes
- rain
- woody plants
- biomass production
- shrubs
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordProduction of total forage dry matter is mainly a function of available soil water and soil nitrogen (N), whereas plant morphological development from spring greenup to anthesis is primarily…Publication Date 1990-05-01
- morphogenesis
- Agropyron desertorum
- nitrogen fertilizers
- growth
- Pascopyrum smithii
- grasses
- North Dakota
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordUtilization patterns of cattle were related to pasture characteristics in a nonrandom and complex manner. Six mixed brush pastures on the Rio Grande Plains (244-356 ha) that were topographically flat…Publication Date 1991-03-01
- consumption patterns
- availability
- mixed pastures
- foraging
- environmental factors
- grazing behavior
- spatial distribution
- cattle
- plant density
- Texas
- range management
- botanical composition
- grazing
- grasses
- forage
- Library Collection RecordChanges in herbaceous plant density and canopy cover of creosotebush (Larrea tridentata Sesse & Moc. ex DC) and associated shrubs following brush control treatments were measured in Sonoran and…Publication Date 1991-03-01
- land imprinting
- railing
- Chihuahuan Desert
- Sonoran Desert
- Larrea tridentata
- xerophytes
- tillage
- manual weed control
- discing
- deserts
- tebuthiuron
- brush control
- Mexico
- forbs
- shrubs
- plant density
- botanical composition
- canopy
- grasses
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordMany Nebraska Sandhills subirrigated meadows have shifted to predominantly cool-season grasses. Meadows are often cut in July when forage quality of cool-season is lower than that of warm-season…Publication Date 1989-03-01
- subsurface irrigation
- atrazine
- Nebraska
- grasses
- 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 RecordCombined greenhouse, laboratory, and field studies were conducted to develop techniques which could be used to characterize seed germination and seedling survival of a plant species when subjected to…Publication Date 1989-07-01
- sequences
- characterization
- Eragrostis trichophora
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- hybrids
- Eragrostis
- Panicum antidotale
- Eragrostis curvula
- seedling emergence
- drought tolerance
- stand establishment
- mortality
- soil water content
- seed germination
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- grasses
- soil water regimes
- Library Collection RecordThe herbivore grazing optimization hypothesis predicts an increase in aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) at a moderate grazing intensity. The hypothesis was tested by grazing controlled…Publication Date 1989-03-01
- Acrididae
- Aulocara elliotti
- land productivity
- herbivores
- grazing
- grasses
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordAbove- and belowground net primary production (ANPP and BNPP) were compared between a 30-year-old crested wheatgrass site and an adjacent native shortgrass prairie. ANPP was estimated using…Publication Date 1989-03-01
- roots
- Agropyron cristatum
- Wyoming
- prairies
- biomass
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordA field study was conducted from 1981 through 1986 on an established stand of grass and legume species on topsoiled coalmine spoils in northwest Colorado to evaluate the effects of N and P…Publication Date 1989-07-01
- fodder legumes
- residual effects
- phosphorus fertilizers
- crop quality
- dry matter accumulation
- protein content
- coal mined land
- nitrogen fertilizers
- mountain grasslands
- crude protein
- growth rate
- plant density
- application rates
- range management
- crop yield
- botanical composition
- grasses
- Colorado
- forage
- Library Collection RecordA salt water blowout at an oil drilling site in 1982 in a badlands area of western North Dakota caused severe damage to the native vegetation. A study was initiated to measure the effect of…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- oil spills
- decontamination
- plant cover
- brine
- reclamation
- land restoration
- grasses
- forage
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordSilicon in forage reduces dry matter digestibility and may reduce grazing preference. Two studies were conducted with the following objectives: (1) to evaluate a method of determining grazing…Publication Date 1989-03-01
- silicon
- species differences
- Idaho
- sheep
- phenology
- grasses
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordRotational grazing is commonly assumed to improve livestock distribution compared to continuous grazing, but little evidence supports this contention. Research was conducted on the effects of…Publication Date 1989-03-01
- rotational grazing
- Texas
- grasses
- beef cattle
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordQuantitative effects of temperature on germination were determined for 17 cool-season grasses, 19 warm-season grasses, and 18 miscellaneous forbs and shrubs associated with semiarid rangelands. These…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- regression analysis
- inhibition
- germination
- woody plants
- semiarid zones
- seed germination
- temperature
- rangelands
- grasses
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordFour separate studies evaluated several herbicides for reducing competition from overwintering weeds on sandy rangeland in west Texas. Air temperature was 10 degrees C with soil moisture adequate for…Publication Date 1989-09-01
- 2,4-D
- dicamba
- picloram
- Texas
- plant competition
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThis research project was conducted to evaluate the use of irrigation water to supplement precipitation during establishment of perennial forage plant communities on surface mined lands in the…Publication Date 1988-05-01
- irrigation requirement
- irrigated conditions
- forage legumes
- regeneration
- soil pH
- soil salinity
- establishment
- water quality
- range management
- grasses
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordAn artificial hoof was used to simulate trampling effects on native shortgrass sods in a greenhouse experiment. Severe to moderate trampling was applied to sods maintained under 3 soil water regimes…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- livestock
- grazing
- infiltration
- grasses
- prairie soils
- soil water regimes
- soil compaction
- bulk density
- simulation
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordHeavy grazing by extremely high densities of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) on St. Matthew Island in the Bering Sea resulted in degradation of the lichen stands. Grasses, sedges, and other vascular…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- ranges
- dryas octopetalla
- salix crassijulis
- Cyperaceae
- mosses and liverworts
- Salix
- lichens
- climax communities
- Alaska
- reindeer
- land restoration
- overgrazing
- grasses
- 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 RecordTallgrass prairie annual hay production and chemical composition (N, P, K, CA) data from a 23-year study conducted by H.J. Harper, Oklahoma State University, from 1929 through 1951 were correlated…Publication Date 1986-07-01
- multiple regression
- weather
- nutrient content
- forage evaluation
- hay
- Oklahoma
- climatic factors
- quality
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThe attenuation of beta particles by vegetation was evaluated as a nondestructive method for estimating aboveground biomass in tallgrass prairie in northeast Kansas. Regression equations using the…Publication Date 1985-11-01
- beta attenuation
- nondestructive methods
- biomass determination
- Kansas
- Andropogon gerardii
- prairies
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of fertilizer on the establishment of seeded grass and legume stands when reclaiming coal strip mines have not been evaluated in northwest Colorado. Nitrogen (0, 28, 56, and 112 kgN/ha)…Publication Date 1986-03-01
- coal
- phosphorus fertilizers
- mined soils
- legumes
- fertilizer application
- reclamation
- yields
- nitrogen fertilizers
- semiarid zones
- establishment
- grasses
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordVegetation, small rodents, and birds were sampled during the growing seasons of 2 years on prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colonies and adjacent mixed-grass prairie in western South Dakota.…Publication Date 1986-03-01
- fauna
- colonies
- flora
- rodents
- birds
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- population density
- South Dakota
- species
- semiarid zones
- prairies
- rangelands
- ecology
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordEstablishment of forage grasses depends upon their ability to compete for resources in the critical seedling establishment phase. Desirable native grass species are generally considered to be more…Publication Date 1985-11-01
- forage crops
- Bothriochloa
- C4 photosynthesis
- leaf area
- plant morphology
- perennials
- seedlings
- growth
- biomass
- grasses
- water stress
- Library Collection RecordTotal production of aboveground biomass on a 238-ha watershed was not affected when big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) was controlled by aerial application of 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid…Publication Date 1986-03-01
- plant propagation
- aerial spraying
- 2,4-D
- grassland improvement
- pesticide application
- watersheds
- brush control
- Wyoming
- Artemisia tridentata
- biomass
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to evaluate the use of supplement blocks on body weight change, blood parameters, and lambing performance of ewes grazing dry, annual grasses during the summer prior…Publication Date 1985-07-01
- Targhee
- supplementary feeds
- ewes
- grazing experiments
- dry seasons
- California
- rangelands
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThe bite count technique was used to estimate the botanical composition of cattle diets for deferred rotation and continuous grazing systems on seeded forest range previously clearcut of spruce and…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- British Columbia
- legumes
- diets
- cattle
- botanical composition
- grazing
- grasses
- forage
- Library Collection RecordTebuthiuron [N-(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N,N′-dimethylurea] pellets (20% ai) were broadcast at 0.2 kg increments to 1.0 kg/ha onto a sand shinnery oak (Quercus havardii) community…Publication Date 1984-11-01
- Quercus havardii
- grass yield
- Rates
- tebuthiuron
- sand shinnery oak
- Oak Canopy
- herbicide treatments
- Southern High Plains
- control
- drought
- Texas
- management
- Library Collection RecordFourteen grass accessions were evaluated in terms of yields, nutrient quality, and palatability to sheep at the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station in southeastern Idaho. The interspecific hybrid (…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- sheep feeding
- nutrient potential
- Artemisia tripartita
- palatability
- Idaho
- grazing
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordA study was done to illustrate the influence of fiber on the ratio of estimated to actual dry weight fractions of selected species of grasses, forbs, and shrubs in samples analyzed by…Publication Date 1983-07-01
- grasses
- forbs
- shrubs
- herbivore diets
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