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- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1989
- ecology
- Arizona
- cattle
- history
- livestock
- rangelands
- environmental impact reporting
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 1992
- Arizona
- farmers' associations
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1993
- prescribed burning
- range management
- rangelands
- history
- Arizona
- national forests
- Tonto National Forest
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1994
- wildlife management
- botanical composition
- canopy
- grazing intensity
- Utah
- Arizona
- arid zones
- vegetation
- tortoises
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1996
- grazing
- range management
- rangelands
- Arizona
- laws and regulations
- leasing
- public domain
- 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 1964-03-01
- Quercus turbinella
- dry weight
- Sprout Growth
- Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest
- Shurb Live Oak
- Season of Burning
- top removal
- Mechanical Top Removal
- Chemical Spraying
- 2,3,6-TBA
- Fresh Weight
- Pairs
- chaparral
- burning
- grazing capacity
- herbicides
- Silvex
- perennial grasses
- clipping
- reseeding
- vigor
- chemical treatments
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThis article examines the question of how well the rangeland management profession has served conservation of patterns and processes that support multiple ecosystem services. We examine the paradigms…Publication Date 2012-11-01
- biodiversity
- fire
- grazing
- landscape ecology
- pyric herbivory
- shifting mosaic
- Library Collection RecordRecent opposition to the rangeland management paradigm of achieving uniform, moderate grazing across entire landscapes has emerged because heterogeneity is recognized as the foundation of…Publication Date 2013-09-01
- biodiversity
- conservation of pattern and process
- heterogeneity
- landscapes patch burning
- pyric herbivory
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordMonoculture and mixed pastures in Florida provide habitat for a variety of resident and migratory bird species. The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of grazing on vegetation…Publication Date 2010-03-01
- abundance
- avian-habitat relationships
- biodiversity
- guild
- heterogeneity
- migratory birds
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordAn assessment of nonequilibrium rangeland dynamics was conducted in the Aru basin, a semiarid site located in the very dry northwest part of the Chang Tang Nature Reserve, Tibet, China. A grazing…Publication Date 2010-07-01
- biodiversity
- grazing gradient
- rangeland assessment
- rangeland ecosystem management
- species diversity
- Library Collection RecordSuccessful prairie restoration will depend in part on convincing private landowners with agricultural and recreational use goals to implement appropriate rangeland management practices, such as…Publication Date 2010-11-01
- adaptive ecosystem management
- biodiversity
- grazing management
- Juniperus virginiana
- landowner attitudes
- prairie restoration
- prescribed burning
- Library Collection RecordManagement of rangelands has largely operated under the paradigm of minimizing spatially discrete disturbances, often under the objective of reducing inherent heterogeneity within managed ecosystems…Publication Date 2010-11-01
- biodiversity
- fire
- grazing
- landscape ecology
- patch dynamics
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordLandspraying while drilling (LWD) is an approved disposal method for water-based drilling mud (WBM) systems in western Canada. The mud is applied either on cultivated land, where it is incorporated…Publication Date 2011-07-01
- biodiversity
- energy exploitation
- hydrocarbon extraction
- native rangelands
- oil and natural gas
- Library Collection RecordMany nonnative invasive grasses alter fire regimes to their own benefit and the detriment of native organisms. In southern Arizona the nonnative Lehmann lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees)…Publication Date 2011-07-01
- Arizona
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- invasive grasses
- Lehmann lovegrass
- livestock grazing
- native plants
- Library Collection RecordAZ DroughtWatch is a tool designed to collect, summarize and display timely observations of drought impacts across Arizona. The tool was developed to support drought monitoring efforts spearheaded…Publication Date 2008
- drought
- monitoring
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe Southwest Climate Change Network is designed to foster dialog and exchange of reliable science and policy information among climate experts and other scientists, natural resource managers,…Publication Date 2009
- climate change
- climate data
- Impact assessment
- Arizona
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- Texas
- United States
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of the project, for which this web site is one of the primary manifestations, is to bring to the public the knowledge and data gleaned from the Arizona Watershed Program. Our goal is to…
- watershed management
- arid zones
- semiarid zones
- management techniques
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAchieving economically optimum livestock production on rangelands can conflict with conservation strategies that require lower stocking rate to maintain wildlife habitat. Combining the spatial and…Publication Date 2011-11-01
- biodiversity
- conservation grazing
- fire
- heterogeneity
- patch burn
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordThis study evaluated the impact of shrub encroachment within cool-season floodplain meadows in a portion of the Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve in southwestern Alberta, where nearly half of open…Publication Date 2009-01-01
- Betula glandulosa
- biodiversity
- bunchgrasses
- fire suppression
- forage production
- shrub cover
- Library Collection RecordArizona law prohibits the sale of agricultural, vegetable or ornamental plant seed containing restricted noxious-weed seeds, singly in excess of limitations, as stated per pound, or in combination…
- Arizona
- invasive weeds
- Library Collection RecordThis guide gives a brief description of a selection of non-native species, useful for identification.Publication Date 2009
- invasive species
- identification
- management techniques
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this guide is to describe the various organizations working in invasive plant management, compare existing approaches, and identify opportunities for cooperation and coordination that…Publication Date 2001
- Arizona
- California
- Mexico
- Sonoran Desert
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this guide is to describe the various organizations working in invasive plant management, compare existing approaches, and identify opportunities for cooperation and coordination that…Publication Date 2001
- Arizona
- California
- Mexico
- Sonoran Desert
- Library Collection RecordContains weed species profiles and lists, the Southwest Exotic Mapping Program, the Alien Plant Ranking system and the Arizona Wildlands Invasive Plant Database.
- invasive species
- mapping
- noxious plants
- Arizona
- Southwest
- species lists
- United States
- Library Collection RecordProvides taxonomic classification, conservation status and distribution information on species that have been evaluated using IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. This system is designated to…
- biodiversity
- endangered species
- Extinction Risk
- international
- threatened species
- Library Collection RecordMonitoring processes that affect plant population dynamics and determine community structure is central in forest restoration ecology. To study effects of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and elk (…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- artificial regeneration
- flowering
- Cervus elaphus nelsoni
- Ceanothus
- Ceanothus fendleri
- forest thinning
- understory
- plant morphology
- Pinus ponderosa
- branches
- Odocoileus hemionus
- biomass
- browsing
- Arizona
- ecological restoration
- Ceanothus fendleri
- stem morphology
- flower production
- Cervus elaphus
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Library Collection RecordPress release about the Center for Biological Diversity's suit regarding two Gila River fish species.Publication Date 2004
- fish
- Arizona
- endangered species
- Endangered Species Act
- Gila River
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding landscape conversion is vital for assessing the impacts of ecological and anthropogenic disturbances at regional and global scales. Since rangelands cover nearly half of the global land…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- environmental degradation
- land use change
- anthropogenic activities
- vegetation cover
- urbanization
- shrublands
- landscape ecology
- Prosopis
- image analysis
- urban areas
- rural areas
- remote sensing
- vegetation types
- semiarid zones
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grasses
- Arizona
- land conversion
- landscape indices
- fire suppression
- rangeland maintenance
- semiarid
- grasslands
- Library Collection RecordA growth function for range calves is estimated using a polynomial function of calf age that accounts for weather variation, sex, prior calf weights relative to a norm, and a compensatory gain factor…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- slaughter weight
- herd size
- cow-calf operations
- birth weight
- geographical variation
- carrying capacity
- production costs
- liveweight gain
- calves
- gender differences
- Hereford
- profitability
- feed supplements
- precipitation
- grazing
- Arizona
- beef cattle
- optimal calf sale weight
- livestock supplementation effects
- livestock marketing
- polynomial age growth function
- rainfall
- Library Collection RecordA 6-year study was conducted in tallgrass prairie to assess the effects of grazing management (cattle stocking densities and grazing systems) on plant community composition and diversity. Treatments…Publication Date 2004-01-01
- biodiversity
- plant ecology
- cattle grazing
- Flint Hills
- range management
- grazing systems
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordMany range managers have suggested that clubmoss (Selaginella densa Rydb.) negatively alters the composition of seed banks and inhibits the establishment of plant species that decrease under improper…Publication Date 2004-05-01
- biodiversity
- microbiotic crust
- microphytic crust
- Northern Mixed Prairie
- range condition
- Selaginella densa
- Library Collection RecordMontezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae Vigors) are closely associated with oak woodlands (Quercus spp.). Livestock grazing and cover availability are considered important factors affecting Montezuma…Publication Date 2004-09-01
- Arizona
- Cyrtonyx montezumae
- grazing
- habitat selection
- livestock
- Madrean evergreen woodland
- Montezuma quail
- Library Collection RecordThe Walker Basin Allotment grazing system in central Arizona is designed to allocate resource use under elk (Cervus elaphus L.) and cattle (Bos taurus L.) grazing. The grazing system was designed to…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- feeding habits
- stubble
- topography
- woodland grasslands
- rotational grazing
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Cervus elaphus canadensis
- wildlife management
- canopy
- grazing
- Arizona
- beef cattle
- plant height
- Arizona
- deferred grazing
- paired-plot
- rest rotation
- stubble height
- western wheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordOutlines a number of the issues raised with regards to the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan.
- endangered species
- urban development
- Arizona
- conservation
- Southern Arizona
- Tucson
- Library Collection RecordCovers the decisions of the Board of Supervisors with regards to urban development into desert grasslands.Publication Date 2000
- urban development
- urban planning
- Arizona
- desert grasslands
- Southern Arizona
- Sprawl
- Tucson
- Library Collection RecordUndisturbed plant communities dominated by shrubs or trees are often left isolated within landscapes otherwise devoid of woody vegetation following large-scale disturbances such as wildfires. We…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- biogeography
- Phasianidae
- Centrocercus urophasianus
- biodiversity
- wildfire management
- arid grasslands
- habitats
- Purshia tridentata
- prediction
- species diversity
- ecological succession
- fires
- fire effects
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant communities
- California
- land restoration
- range management
- Nevada
- rangelands
- Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
- biological diversity
- disturbance
- Island Biogeography Theory
- succession
- terrestial habitat islands
- Library Collection RecordCriticisms against the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan.
- land conservation
- urban planning
- endangered species
- Arizona
- Sonoran Desert
- Southern Arizona
- Tucson
- Library Collection RecordA 2-year field experiment was undertaken to quantify the interacting effects of a late-spring prescribed burn and summer rainfall on seasonal runoff and erosion in a southern Arizona grassland. Six…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- Lycurus
- perennial bunchgrasses
- soil water movement
- Muhlenbergia
- soil density
- Eragrostis
- Bouteloua
- water erosion
- semiarid grasslands
- rain
- runoff
- prescribed burning
- rainfall simulators
- plant communities
- sediment yield
- grasses
- bulk density
- Arizona
- Arizona
- sediment yield
- summer rainfall
- Library Collection RecordDetails of Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan's focus areas.Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Sonoran Desert
- Tucson
- Library Collection RecordPeriodic summer rainstorms in some semi-arid regions result in variable soil moisture and differential establishment of seeded species. A 2-year study investigated soil water effects on germination…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- Muhlenbergia porteri
- Bothriochloa barbinodis
- drying front
- choice of species
- Leptochloa dubia
- Eragrostis intermedia
- Leptochloa
- revegetation plants
- Digitaria californica
- adventitious roots
- recruitment
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- Eragrostis
- semiarid grasslands
- seedling emergence
- drought tolerance
- rain
- species differences
- soil water content
- summer
- seed germination
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- Arizona
- warm season
- desert grasslands
- rangeland revegetation
- drought tolerance
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- Bothriochloa barbinodis
- Leptochloa dubia
- Digitaria californica
- Muhlenbergia porteri
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- Eragrostis intermedia
- Eragrostis lehanniana X tricophera
- Library Collection RecordAfter wildfires in 1996 in the sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) and pinyon-juniper (Pinus spp.–Juniperus spp.) zones of west-central Utah, the USDI-BLM attempted to reduce soil erosion and cheatgrass…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- aerial sowing
- revegetation plants
- erosion control
- rehabilitation
- biodiversity
- Elytrigia intermedia subsp. intermedia
- sowing
- wildfire management
- sown grasslands
- Artemisia
- species diversity
- Agropyron cristatum
- weed control
- fires
- fire effects
- Bromus tectorum
- plant communities
- botanical composition
- Pinus
- Juniperus
- plant competition
- invasive species
- Utah
- Elytrigia elongata
- Bureau of Land Management
- rehabilitation
- chaining
- serial seeding
- plant material
- cheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordProtection of 70,000 acres of state land holding proposed.Publication Date 2000
- land conservation
- land use
- State land
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Tucson
- Library Collection RecordFormer Attorney General Grant Woods led the creation of a petition to restrict urban growth.
- land use planning
- urban development
- Arizona
- Sprawl
- Tucson
- Library Collection RecordWildlife water developments have been constructed and maintained throughout the arid western United States to benefit big game and upland gamebird populations. There is debate, however, over possible…Publication Date 2000-05-01
- drinkers
- birds of prey
- water resources
- game birds
- coyotes
- predator-prey relationships
- wildlife management
- Arizona
- carnivores
- desert ecology
- raptors
- predator-prey relationships
- ungulates
- wildlife management
- Library Collection RecordDiscusses a proposal to limit urban growth and development.Publication Date 1998
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Sprawl
- Library Collection RecordThis paper reports on the results of a 3-year field study of the effects of spring/summer burning and cattle grazing on wintering sparrows in the grasslands of southeastern Arizona. The effects of…Publication Date 2000-07-01
- ammodramus bairdii
- ammodramus savannarum ammolegus
- aimophila cassinnii
- passerculus sandwichensis
- wild birds
- pooecetes gramineus
- prescribed burning
- grazing intensity
- wildlife management
- grazing
- Arizona
- beef cattle
- birds
- conservation
- bird-banding
- 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 RecordForage use data can help rangeland and wildlife managers make informed decisions. However, managers need to know if forage use techniques that are commonly used to estimate ungulate herbivory under…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- experimental plots
- height-weight curve methods
- paired-plot method
- growth curve
- regression analysis
- equations
- Cervus elaphus
- selective grazing
- Pascopyrum smithii
- biomass
- range management
- beef cattle
- forage
- plant height
- Arizona
- height-weight
- herbivory
- paired-plot
- stubble height
- Library Collection RecordFrequent and intense defoliation of grasses has been associated with the evolution of "grazing morphotypes" that exhibit a variety of vegetative traits correlated with improved grazing…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- apomixis
- selection pressure
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- inflorescences
- plant morphology
- seed productivity
- genetic effects
- grazing
- Arizona
- Bouteloua
- defoliation tolerance
- evolution
- grazing resistance
- Library Collection RecordRanchers and enviromentalists team up to agrue for the promotion of ranching to prevent further urban sprawl.Publication Date 1999
- ranching
- urban development
- land conservation
- Arizona
- open space
- Sprawl
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