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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 1956-05-01
- nutritional value
- Lignin Ratio Technique
- Woody Materials
- Forages
- mule deer
- browse
- lignin
- digestibility
- chemical analysis
- nutrition
- sheep
- Odocoileus hemionus
- 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 1956-05-01
- Xerophytic
- Forest Region
- central Argentina
- Monte
- Calden Tree
- Prosopis caldenia
- Algarroba
- Chanar
- Gourliea decorticans
- Fachinal
- Resuce Grass
- water resources
- distribution
- Bromus catharticus
- private lands
- shade
- improvement
- Prosopis juliflora
- animal husbandry
- utilization
- brush
- mesquite
- livestock
- sheep
- cattle
- vegetation
- rainfall
- 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 1955-05-01
- Legumens
- farmers
- mules
- Hogs
- Eastern Redcedar
- income
- Absentee Owners
- Goating
- tree reproduction
- private lands
- forest grazing
- Prairie Grasses
- fertilizer
- horses
- Ozarks
- forestry
- range livestock
- beef
- nutrients
- climate
- Open Range
- woody plants
- Winged Elm
- Ulmus alata
- topography
- burning
- public lands
- Missouri
- deer
- reseeding
- sheep
- cattle
- soils
- vegetation
- production
- Juniperus virginiana
- drought
- goats
- erosion
- range 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 1954-11-01
- Dissemination of Plants
- Viable
- fecal
- pellets
- Howard Leach
- Dr. William Longhurst
- Toad Rush
- Juncus bufonius
- moist soil
- dormancy
- rumen
- ingestion
- Bermuda grass
- Hopland Field Station
- Mendocino County
- woody plants
- seed
- Cynodon dactylon
- deer
- germination
- sheep
- grasses
- California
- 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 1955-11-01
- Natural Water
- Springs
- Limestone
- Reservoir
- technicians
- Stocking Reductions
- Greece
- reseeding
- sheep
- cattle
- water development
- overgrazing
- range management
- Library Collection RecordTotal protein, ash, lignin, and other carbohydrates were somewhat higher in forage from poor ranges while ether extract, cellulose, and gross energy were slightly higher in forage from good ranges.…Publication Date 1965-03-01
- Nutritive Intake
- Daily Intake
- Poor Condition
- summer range
- fence line contrast
- Good Condition
- nutrients
- Cache National Forest
- Extract
- ash
- carbohydrates
- cellulose
- diet
- energy
- grazing intensity
- lignin
- digestibility
- protein
- herbage production
- utilization
- range condition
- sheep
- production
- forage
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordSignificant differences among animals were found in chemical composition of dietary samples collected with esophageal fistulated cattle and sheep grazing in common on a dry annual range. Diets from…Publication Date 1965-03-01
- Hopland Field Station
- Mendocino County
- Ether Extract
- Dietary
- Dry Annual Range
- nutritional forage value
- Dietary Composition
- Morning
- Afternoon
- Herbage Analysis
- ash
- carbohydrates
- cellulose
- energy
- silica
- chemical composition
- lignin
- esophageal fistula
- Herbage Availability
- crude protein
- grazing
- sheep
- cattle
- California
- Library Collection RecordEwe-lamb pairs were grazed within a conifer plantation in northern Idaho for three summers. Botanical composition of sheep diets was estimated using microhistological analysis of fecal samples.…Publication Date 1969
- nutrition
- sheep
- diaminopimelic acid
- fecal nitrogen
- forage selection
- prescribed grazing
- Library Collection RecordCorrect substitution rates of one grazing animal for another under common use take place at uniform rates, being governed at any point by the utilization standard of some single species. The capacity…Publication Date 1965-07-01
- Symphoricarpos
- Common Use
- Grazing Capacities
- Key Species Concept
- Lathyrus
- Thalictrum
- Substitution Rates
- grazing animals
- Bromus
- capacity
- Elymus
- harvesting
- Agropyron
- big game
- range production
- distribution
- sheep
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordBrief descriptions of landscape, herding methods, forage values, livestock numbers, efforts to control grazing, and livestock-game relationships are presented as background for a suggested range…Publication Date 1965-09-01
- Kenya
- livestock
- sheep
- cattle
- game
- ranches
- growth
- relationships
- Parasite Control
- livestock numbers
- water development
- forage values
- dry seasons
- Grazing Conditions
- Grazing Control
- Masailand
- landscapes
- Herding Methods
- range development
- East Africa
- Kajiado
- Narok
- Grazing Schemes
- goats
- brush control
- Library Collection RecordResearchers in Oregon set out to determine the effects of four grazing durations by sheep in early stages of stem elongation on annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) seed yield. Results of this…Publication Date 1969
- Lolium multiflorum
- sheep
- Ovis aries
- grazing
- stem elongation
- Ryegrass
- seed yield
- tillers
- Library Collection RecordThis study sought to describe the nature, extent, and timing of sheep impacts upon well-established young Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) trees planted in two patterns of sheep/pasture/conifer…Publication Date 1969
- sheep
- deer
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- agroforestry
- browsing
- Debarking
- Douglas-fir
- Library Collection RecordMitchell et al. conducted a two-year lamb grazing trial, at the University of California Imperial Valley Research and Extension Center near El Centro, California, to test the effects of lamb grazing…Publication Date 1969
- sheep
- Ovis aries
- alfalfa
- Medicago sativa
- soil penetration
- Sonoran Desert
- water infiltration rate
- winter grazing
- Library Collection RecordLeininger and Sharrow evaluated sheep browsing of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) seedlings in 1981 and 1982, on the Coast Range of Oregon. Most sheep browsing of Douglas-fir seedlings was…Publication Date 1969
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- sheep
- browsing
- seedlings
- conifers
- Douglas-fir
- mechanical impacts
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- sheep
- goats
- Library Collection RecordAuthors discuss using cattle or other livestock as a vegetation management tool. Grazing has the potential to allow tree seedlings to establish on tree plantations in the absence of competing…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- cattle
- sheep
- Competing Vegetation
- tree establishment
- tree plantations
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of fall and spring grazing by sheep on cover components and recovery following a change in seasonality of grazing practices, were studied within long-term grazing treatments of three-tip…Publication Date 1969
- sheep
- herbivory
- Artemisia tripartita
- grazing season
- rangeland indicators
- resilience
- three-tip sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordThe spatial distribution and relative abundance of sheep, goats and kangaroos were assessed from extensive dung surveys following dry and wet periods in two paddocks in the rangelands of north -…Publication Date 1992
- sheep
- kangaroos
- goats
- semiarid zones
- animal distribution
- Australia
- New South Wales
- semi-arid
- western New South Wales
- Woodland paddocks
- Library Collection RecordWe quantified the effect of high levels of wiregrass in buffel grass pasture on sheep growth over 2 years at Roma. Despite using very high stocking rates compared to district norms, animal…Publication Date 1996
- pastures
- sheep
- grasses
- stocking rate
- Australia
- Wiregrass
- Library Collection RecordFrequent incursions by dingoes into the South Australian sheep zone prompted research into electric fencing and improved buffer zone baiting. Outcomes included an 8-wire electric fence design and a…Publication Date 1996
- sheep
- electric fences
- control
- Dingo
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordMaireana sedifolia (bluebush) is a common chenopod bush growing throughout arid and semiarid regions of Australia. At the base of this plant there is usually a mound where smaller, annual species…Publication Date 1996
- Indicator Plants
- sheep
- Chenopodium
- Cover plants
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Koonamore daisy (Erodiophyllum elderi) is a short-lived herbaceous perennial restricted to locally low-lying regions in parts of semi-arid South Australia. Due to the topography of the region…Publication Date 1996
- dynamics
- population
- sheep
- Seed banks (genetics)
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordA 32,000 km2 area in eastern South Australia was selected as representing a range of arid land topography and vegetation and was surveyed to locate populations of perennial species at sites of…Publication Date 1996
- grazing intensity
- regeneration
- management
- sheep
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2000
- ecology
- rabbits
- sheep
- Dingo Fence
- kangaroos
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordMonitoring in rangelands needs to be conducted over prolonged time periods to discriminate changes due to grazing management from that due to the long term rainfall variation that is so…Publication Date 2002
- monitoring
- rangelands
- grazing management
- rainfall
- sheep
- grasslands
- plant density
- Northwest Queensland
- Library Collection RecordGeographic Information Systems (GIS) offer tools for examining grazing patterns in greater detail than previously. While general patterns such as patch grazing are documented in Mitchell grasslands…Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- paddocks
- grasslands
- sheep
- soil
- pastures
- GIS
- geographic information systems
- Queensland
- Utilisation
- Library Collection RecordThis paper describes the progress towards developing a practical and cost effective alternative to the water trough currently used in extensive sheep operations. Though functional, troughs are not…Publication Date 2002
- water
- sheep
- rangelands
- Pests
- biodiversity
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper examines the impact of incorporating fleece-shedding meat sheep into sheep enterprises in western NSW, and the associated shift in enterprise focus from wool to meat production. Sheep…Publication Date 2006
- sheep
- enterprises
- production
- grazing lands
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAn informational clip on recreating safely where sheep guard dogs may be present.Publication Date 2009
- sheep
- guard dogs
- recreation
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordAlthough cattle are what most people think of first when they think of the western ranching industry, sheep were grazed in Southern Arizona from the time of Father Kino. Large herds of sheep were run…Publication Date 2005
- sheep
- grazing
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAuthor summary: "...In this paper, I will talk about my experience of the last 4 years, managing my grazing enterprise as a complex system. I will tell you a bit about what I’ve done…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- stocking rate
- wool production
- sheep
- Nutritional Requirements
- Australia
- complex systems
- Library Collection RecordWestern NSW, like the rest of the Australian pastoral zone, has experienced well documented land degradation associated with droughts (1879 -1902, 1943 -1945, 1960 -1964 and 1982) (McKeon et al., …Publication Date 2004
- wool production
- sheep
- drought
- land degradation
- rainfall
- climate data
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe first large scale seedings of crested wheatgrass in Idaho were prompted by serious sheep losses to the poisonous plant halogeton. Depleted rangelands were seeded as rapidly as funds would permit…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron
- sheep
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordEmploying livestock to manipulate vegetation is as old as grazing itself. Promoting grazing to manage vegetation as a paid service – typically called prescribed or targeted grazing – is a more…Publication Date 2006
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordThe pastoral lease region of South Australia comprises an extensive area of native vegetation usedprimarily for sheep and cattle grazing. A spatial audit of the pastoral lease lands is currently…Publication Date 2004
- native species
- sheep
- cattle
- abattoirs
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordDeveloping an Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan and Investment Strategy (IS) for theSouth Australian Rangelands region presented some interesting challenges. The general environmentduring…Publication Date 2004
- sheep
- cattle
- climate
- population
- Chenopod shrublands
- Library Collection RecordBiodiversity is a critical component of the natural environment and the protection of it often meant the displacement of local communities in developing countries. The Richtersveld National Park (…Publication Date 2007
- rangelands
- conservation
- Population crashes
- Herd recovery
- goats
- biodiversity
- socio-economic aspects
- national parks
- sheep
- pastoralism
- land use
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordLivestock production systems in Africa are experiencing rapid changes in structure and function due to increased demands for livestock products from a more prosperous and ever-increasing human…Publication Date 2008
- Methane
- livestock systems
- Livestock Populations
- climate change
- IPCC
- Africa
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
- greenhouse gases
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study examined intraspecific variation in mineral composition and rumen degradability of Atriplex nummularia plants and the influence on selection preferences of sheep. Individual plants were…Publication Date 2009
- forage quality
- in situ degradability
- intraspecific variation
- salt bush
- sheep
- nutrition
- diet selection
- forage quality
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPrimary energy extraction patterns by livestock under agropastoralism and ranching were investigated by the bite count method in semiarid south-eastern Kenya. Sward biomass for optimal energy intake…Publication Date 2009
- agropastoralism
- energy intake
- ranching
- livestock
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
- pastoralism
- diet selection
- grazing
- management
- animal production
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe nutritive value of four subtropical grasses (Panicum maximum, Anthephora pubescens, Digitaria eriantha and Chloris gayana) standing hay were compared in terms of qualitative intake and partial…Publication Date 2009
- Anthephora pubescens
- Chloris gayana
- Digitaria eriantha
- nutritive value
- Panicum maximum
- diet selection
- sheep
- forage quality
- animal nutrition
- grazing
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe reliability of a field test kit for the detection and the persistence of Synergistes jonesii bacteria in sheep was investigated in two trials for 12 months. The test kit consisted of a culture…Publication Date 2010
- DHP-degrading bacteria
- dihydroxypyridine
- mimosine
- diagnostic kits
- sheep
- drought
- forage quality
- disease
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordSeed ecology may play a role in the widespread increase of Acacia karroo in savanna and grassland. Accordingly, fecundity, predation, mortality by fire, dispersal by livestock, and seed longevity…Publication Date 2010
- dispersal
- fire
- seed bank
- seed lngevity
- seed predation
- seed production
- ecology
- savanna
- grassland
- livestock
- insects
- germination
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
- management
- Eastern Cape
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe relative benefit of different grazing management practices for maintaining grassland biodiversity integrity was assessed. Practices considered were grazing system, stocking rate, animal type,…Publication Date 2010
- analytic heirarchy process
- plant diversity
- stocking rate
- veld condition assessment
- grazing
- management
- biodiversity
- fire
- cattle
- sheep
- Impact assessment
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordCommunal rangelands have a wide range of vegetation communities that sustain livestock. Limited information exists on forage availability and quality in communal areas and how it influences Nguni…Publication Date 2010
- biomass
- bite size
- foraging behaviour
- Nguni
- communal farming
- livestock
- sheep
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary In a general ecological study of the Simanjiro Plains, northern Tanzania carried out from 1970 to 1972, the vegetation was studied as part of the habitat of large herbivores using this area.…Publication Date 1979
- ecology
- grasslands
- savanna
- sheep
- grazing
- animal impact
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- weed control
- mixed grazing
- Euphorbia esula
- sheep
- grazing systems
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of species composition and sward structure on the ingestive behaviour of cattle and sheep grazing a mesic, low quality grassland in South Africa were investigated over the 1990–93…Publication Date 1996
- diet selection
- cattle
- sheep
- grasslands
- grazing
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe development of the non-woolled Dorper sheep breed is briefly reviewed. Despite the large number of Dorpers in South Africa, precious little research results have been published on its nutrition…Publication Date 2000
- Breed development
- diet selection
- Voluntary feed intake
- Rumen variables
- reproduction
- production
- animal nutrition
- animal production
- sheep
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWooded rangelands are a vast grazing land resource globally, including shrublands, savannas and forested ranges. They generally provide forage year-round for small ruminants and they are vitally…Publication Date 2005
- diet selection
- Physical and chemical plant defences
- anti-quality
- grazing behaviour
- grazing
- rangelands
- savanna
- goats
- sheep
- foraging ecology
- livestock
- forage quality
- Africa