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- Library Collection RecordChanges in rangeland vegetation integrate the consequences of livestock grazing intensity and possible climate change, as well as other factors. Because vegetation changes tend to be very slow in dry…Publication Date 1992-11-01
- xerophytes
- Krascheninnikovia
- Hilaria
- change
- Hilaria jamesii
- eremosemium spinosa
- Achnatherum hymenoides
- ecological succession
- Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
- vegetation
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant communities
- rangelands
- Utah
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordPaper presented at the "Symposium on Ingestion of Poisonous Plants by Livestock," February 15, 1990, Reno, Nevada. Animals can be trained to avoid eating specific foods by offering them the…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- learning
- training (animals)
- avoidance conditioning
- Delphinium barbeyi
- feeding behavior
- livestock
- grazing
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordPaper presented at the "Symposium on Ingestion of Poisonous Plants by Livestock," February 15, 1990, Reno, Nevada. Many poisonous plants grazed by livestock on ranges and pastures in the…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- neonates
- Veratrum
- Nicotiana
- Conium
- lupins
- malformations
- teratogens
- abortion
- Oxytropis
- Astragalus
- Lupinus
- toxicology
- poisoning
- toxicity
- phytotoxins
- death
- literature reviews
- livestock
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordVariable weather, forage production, weed and pest problems, and livestock prices contribute to uncertainty in range livestock production. Because returns from livestock production, in which…Publication Date 1991-05-01
- prices
- econometric models
- stochastic processes
- variability of returns
- risk
- costs and returns
- animal production
- stocking rate
- profitability
- sustainability
- range management
- livestock
- forage
- Library Collection RecordPaper presented at the "Symposium on Ingestion of Poisonous Plants by Livestock," February 15, 1990, Reno, Nevada. A complex relationship exists between the presence of toxins in a plant…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- Oxytropis
- Astragalus
- swainsonine
- pyrrolizidine alkaloids
- weed palatability
- poisoning
- toxicity
- poisonous weeds
- Senecio
- phytotoxins
- livestock
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordEsophageal fistulated animals are used to collect samples of the forage being consumed by animals in grazing experiments. Four principal hypotheses (H) can be tested in esophageal trials: (1)…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- livestock feeding
- fistulation
- clipping
- experimental design
- grazing trials
- statistical analysis
- pastures
- sampling
- esophagus
- livestock
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordPaper presented at the "Symposium on Ingestion of Poisonous Plants by Livestock," February 15, 1990, Reno, Nevada. Improved usage of rangelands for livestock production requires better ways…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- biotransformation
- rumen microorganisms
- metabolic detoxification
- toxicity
- tolerance
- ruminants
- literature reviews
- livestock
- chemical constituents of plants
- poisonous plants
- 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 RecordArmed saltbush [Atriplex acanthocarpa (Torr.) Wats.] and fourwing saltbush [A. canescens (Pursh) Nutt.] are browsed by livestock and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Raf.). The objective of…Publication Date 1988-09-01
- atriplex acanthocarpa
- Atriplex canescens
- Odocoileus virginianus
- species
- digestibility
- semiarid zones
- Texas
- rangelands
- livestock
- forage
- plant height
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordDeciding how to allocate forage among animals is a fundamentally important process in range management. The wisdom of these decisions can be enhanced by estimating the marginal value of forage needed…Publication Date 1989-03-01
- economic impact
- wildlife
- mathematical models
- Idaho
- range management
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordThurber needlegrass (Stipa thurberiana Piper) is an important component of both forested and shrub-steppe communities of the Pacific Northwest and Great Basin regions, and little is known of its…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- Achnatherum thurberianum
- roots
- stocking rate
- regrowth
- Oregon
- range management
- phenology
- rangelands
- defoliation
- livestock
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordJojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) is a major evergreen browse species for livestock and wildlife throughout its range from central Arizona to northwest Mexico and Baja California. Current guidelines for…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- Simmondsia chinensis
- wildlife
- browse plants
- woody plants
- range management
- browsing
- livestock
- grazing
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordResponses of herbaceous and woody plants to combinations of 4 pine management and 4 grazing management systems were tested on a wet-flatwoods site in the pine-wiregrass vegetation type of north…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- forestry
- Aristida stricta
- Pinus elliottii
- ecological succession
- Pinus palustris
- Florida
- environmental impact reporting
- prescribed burning
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThis paper reports the effect of season of cutting on coppice biomass production by 5 tree species common in the semiarid caatinga woodlands of northeast Brazil. Trees were cut early and late in the…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- growth
- environmental impact reporting
- species
- cutting
- Mimosa
- Caesalpinia
- Croton
- coppicing
- caesalpinia pyramidalis
- auxemma oncocalyx
- croton hemiargyreus
- mimosa acutistipula
- stumps
- death
- selective felling
- mimosa caesalpinifolia
- Brazil
- Boraginaceae
- biomass accumulation
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordAfrican pastoral ecosystems have been studied with the assumptions that these ecosystems are potentially stable (equilibrial) systems which become destabilized by overstocking and overgrazing.…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- dynamics
- development policy
- program evaluation
- environmental degradation
- Africa
- ecosystems
- pastoralism
- crop production
- range management
- climatic factors
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordContinuous stocking usually leads to the formation of grazed patches. However, the effect of patches on the grassland community is related to their stability. Therefore, we studied the spatial…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- Festuca altaica
- plant community analysis
- danthonia parryi
- grasslands
- yields
- Alberta
- stocking rate
- botanical composition
- livestock
- grazing
- forage
- 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 1989-01-01
- recreation
- laws and regulations
- wilderness
- Alaska
- environmental impact reporting
- wildlife management
- United States
- livestock
- grazing
- 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 RecordNet returns from control of sand shinnery oak (Quercus havardii) with tebuthiuron [N-(5-1,1-dimethylethyl 1,3,4,-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N, N′-dimethylurea] were evaluated for Southern High Plains ranges. A…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- discount rates
- production
- tebuthiuron
- economic analysis
- weed control
- Quercus havardii
- chemical control
- land restoration
- Texas
- rangelands
- livestock
- forage
- Library Collection RecordFour communities or sites dominated by blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima Torr.) were studied in the Kaiparowits Basin of southern Utah and northern Arizona. One site has been heavily grazed yearlong…Publication Date 1987-09-01
- Coleogyne ramosissima
- ground cover
- vegetation types
- plant communities
- Utah
- livestock
- grazing
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding the temporal response of infiltration rate and interrill erosion to selected livestock grazing strategies is necessary for the continued soil and water conservation of rangeland.…Publication Date 1988-07-01
- water conservation
- soil water relations
- interrill erosion
- sediments
- grasslands
- runoff
- Texas
- range management
- livestock
- grazing
- infiltration
- Library Collection RecordIntensive rotation grazing is dependent on the proper timing of livestock movement for success. The timing of livestock movement is in turn dependent on the rate of forage growth, but quantitative…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- movement
- seasonal growth
- growth models
- cutting
- rotational grazing
- Oklahoma
- Poaceae
- growth rate
- prairies
- livestock
- 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 RecordUnderstanding the temporal response of vegetation to selected livestock grazing strategies is necessary for the continued maintenance or increased productivity of rangelands. Vegetation cover and…Publication Date 1988-03-01
- plant community analysis
- plant ecology
- ecological succession
- grazing experiments
- grazing intensity
- Texas
- biomass
- rangelands
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe rising plate meter (RPM) was used to determine forage production and livestock utilization in a rotational grazing system on improved annual pasture in California. Prior to rotating livestock,…Publication Date 1986-09-01
- meters
- growth analysis
- digestible energy
- rotational grazing
- California
- range management
- livestock
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThis study determined the impacts of fertilization and livestock grazing on infiltration rates and sediment production. Infiltration rates and sediment production varied across years, depending on…Publication Date 1986-07-01
- sediments
- fertilizer application
- stocking rate
- Bouteloua gracilis
- rangelands
- livestock
- grazing
- infiltration
- bulk density
- New Mexico
- 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 RecordInfiltration rate and sediment production were assessed in oak, bunchgrass and sodgrass vegetation types in moderate continuous (MCG), heavy continuous (HCG), and intensive rotation (short-duration,…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- sediments
- Quercus virginiana
- vegetation types
- Poaceae
- plant communities
- Texas
- livestock
- grazing
- infiltration
- bulk density
- Library Collection RecordIn response to the demand for inventories of livestock and wildlife populations in Kenya, animal censuses were completed during the period 1977 to 1983 using low level, systematic reconnaissance…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- population distribution
- aerial surveys
- censuses
- aridity
- kenya rangeland ecological monitoring unit
- human population
- arid zones
- wildlife
- Kenya
- range management
- rangelands
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordThirty species of Astragalus from Argentina were analyzed for toxic aliphatic nitro compounds. Twenty-seven species, including 7 species known to poison livestock, synthesized nitro compounds that…Publication Date 1986-07-01
- organic nitrogen compounds
- cyanogenic glycosides
- Astragalus
- toxicity
- plant analysis
- species
- Argentina
- livestock
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordCanopy cover of vegetation dominated by Gambel oak was determined in 1983 in adjacent canyons characterized by different grazing histories. Results were compared with data collected in 1935, and the…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- brushwood and scrub
- mountains
- mountain areas
- highlands
- ecological succession
- botanical composition
- Utah
- livestock
- zero grazing
- 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 1986-09-01
- animal feeding
- estimates
- wildlife
- feeding habits
- nutrient requirements
- environmental impact reporting
- range management
- rangelands
- livestock
- 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 1986-09-01
- animal feeding
- Society for Range Management
- estimates
- wildlife
- feeding habits
- nutrient requirements
- environmental impact reporting
- range management
- rangelands
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordExpressing the effects of grazing animals on herbage requires explicitly defined variables describing herbage growth and herbage disappearance, as well as variables describing net changes in herbage…Publication Date 1986-01-01
- mathematics and statistics
- growth analysis
- regeneration
- biomass determination
- vegetation
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe terms animal-unit and animal-unit-equivalent have evolved as a means of expressing different kinds and classes of livestock in a common form. This paper discusses the evolution of the concepts,…Publication Date 1985-07-01
- classification
- range management
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordA simple calculation is proposed for estimating carrying capacity of range sites based on seasonal forage quality and standing crop. The model estimates animal unit days a pasture can support.…Publication Date 1985-09-01
- models
- grassland improvement
- grazing experiments
- stocking rate
- beef production
- Oregon
- range management
- rangelands
- livestock
- forage
- 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 1985-11-01
- guard dogs
- breeds
- protection
- animal behavior
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordThe desirability of forage plants by livestock or wildlife is an important consideration in evaluating suitability of the range for grazing. This desirability may also in some cases be used in…Publication Date 1984-11-01
- preference
- Integrated Project in Arid Lands
- IPAL
- Marsabit District
- Seasonal Use of Plants
- UNESCO
- arid lands
- Desirability
- forage preferences
- grazing effects
- forage plants
- composition
- range condition
- Kenya
- livestock
- 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 RecordTwenty-seven water quality parameters were measured in coal surface mine impoundments, bentonite surface mine impoundments, and livestock ponds in the Northern High Plains. Most impoundments were…Publication Date 1985-01-01
- drinking water
- ponds
- Plains
- South Dakota
- Wyoming
- water quality
- livestock
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordThree methods of calculating forage disappearance from forage standing crop present on mowed versus protected plots were compared to the actual amount of forage harvested from mowed plots. The method…Publication Date 1983-07-01
- livestock
- range and pasture studies
- perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)
- subclover (Trifolium subterraneum)
- Library Collection RecordFencing has been proposed as the best alternative for rapid restoration of streamside riparian zones. In this study the major portion of the streamside riparian zone was excluded by fencing. Use by…Publication Date 1982-11-01
- Exclusion
- slopes
- Blue Mountains
- riparian zone
- Streamside
- salt placement
- Water Location
- Starkey Experiment Station
- Community Types
- Class of Livestock
- cows
- livestock distribution
- humidity
- temperature
- calves
- restoration
- responses
- fencing
- yearlings
- livestock
- Oregon
- Library Collection RecordOptimum range livestock marketing schemes were developed for two typical Utah ranch sizes (150 and 300 head of brood cows) using linear programming analysis. based on average Utah cattle prices for…Publication Date 1978-03-01
- Cow calf farm
- T Linear programming
- production
- marketing
- livestock
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordThe combined economic effects, based on returns for lease hunting of white-tailed deer in conjunction with lifestock production, were calculated following partial treatment (80% sprayed in…Publication Date 1977-05-01
- production
- costs and returns
- economic analysis
- brush control
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordShortage of water for livestock often limits the carrying capacity of rangeland. Water harvesting can provide extra water. Paraffin wax was applied as granules or flakes on the surface of two…Publication Date 1973-11-01
- Wax Treated Soils
- Paraffin
- water sources
- Granite Reef
- Mesa
- water harvesting
- precipitation
- water
- livestock
- runoff
- Arizona
- carrying capacity
- Library Collection RecordAn important, yet overlooked aspect of public land management involves the economic significance to rural areas of grazing and lumber production on federal lands. To illustrate the relative…Publication Date 1969-01-01
- Federal Grazing
- Interindustry Analysis
- Lumber Production
- Mathematical Technique
- Economic Interdependence
- Department of Agricultural Economics
- Oregon State University
- Economic Activity
- Grant County
- Lumber Sector
- Economic Importance
- reduction
- land use
- public lands
- Oregon
- 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 1967-09-01
- range manager
- objectives
- Trail Boss
- Trademark
- Dedication
- Responsibility
- Manipulation
- American Society of Range Management
- livestock
- vegetation
- training
- editorial
- Library Collection RecordForage preferences of white-tailed deer and cattle on the Welder Wildlife Refuge in South Texas were determined by relating availability, percent utilization, and percent frequency of use of each…Publication Date 1968-07-01
- forage ratings
- Grass Seed Heads
- wildlife management
- Seasonal Preferences
- Frequency of Use
- forage ratings
- food habits
- availability
- Welder Wildlife Refuge
- forage preferences
- winter
- white-tailed deer
- big game
- deer
- utilization
- palatability
- grass
- livestock
- cattle
- forbs
- frequency
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordIf properly applied, 2,4-D reduces rabbitbrush and forbs and allows grass to increase. This would be a desirable management tool on cattle ranges. The most effective kill of rabbitbrush was obtained…Publication Date 1968-03-01
- Sheep Range
- Tool
- ecological effects
- Long Term
- Lanceleaf Rabbitbrush
- Pole Creek Ranger Station
- Date of Spraying
- Stage of Plant Growth
- Associated Species
- plant communities
- vegetation sampling
- cattle ranges
- effects
- Kill
- responses
- soil moisture
- spraying
- 2,4-D
- Nevada
- statistical analysis
- management
- Library Collection RecordRootplowing and rootplowing combined with rootraking increased the density of pricklypear stands but decreased the density of other undesirable woody species. Chaining resulted in extremely dense…Publication Date 1968-11-01
- Rio Grande Plain
- Herbaceous Forage
- Dragging
- root plowing
- root raking
- Opunita
- pricklypear
- mechanical control
- chaining
- Woody Species
- density
- establishment
- maintenance
- Texas
- grasslands
- management
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