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- Library Collection RecordEconomic injury levels (EILs)—the minimum density of insects that would be required to warrant treatment—were estimated for the 4 most common insecticides sprayed on grasshoppers in Alberta. The…Publication Date 1993-09-01
- insecticides
- cost-benefit analysis
- Alberta
- range management
- rangelands
- insect pests
- Library Collection RecordRunoff prediction is an important component of any process-based soil erosion model. In this paper we evaluate the runoff prediction capabilities of a new soil erosion model, WEPP, on sagebrush…Publication Date 1992-09-01
- erosion control
- simulation models
- water erosion
- mathematical models
- prediction
- runoff
- Artemisia tridentata
- range management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordSoil water withdrawal and vegetation characteristics of mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentala ssp. vaseyana Rydb. Beetie) areas sprayed with 2,4-D (2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) were…Publication Date 1993-03-01
- 2,4-D
- brush control
- vegetation management
- chemical control
- soil water content
- biomass production
- Wyoming
- Artemisia tridentata
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- soil water regimes
- Library Collection RecordWe evaluated winter weight gain of captive male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) that grazed pastures of berseem (Trifolium alexandrinium L.), white (T. repens L.), crimson (T. incarnatum L…Publication Date 1992-11-01
- Trifolium alexandrinum
- Trifolium incarnatum
- Trifolium subterraneum
- Trifolium repens
- Lolium multiflorum
- liveweight gain
- Odocoileus virginianus
- pastures
- diets
- wildlife management
- rangelands
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordRecent concerns about range condition measures are not the first concerns about measuring the health of rangelands. To examine why change has not occurred in this area, this paper explores the…Publication Date 1993-03-01
- theory
- climax communities
- plant ecology
- ecological succession
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordManagers and range scientists are interested in the response of such variables as forage production and animal performance to various environmental and management factors. Due to the inability to…Publication Date 1993-03-01
- data analysis
- simulation models
- mathematical models
- decision making
- range management
- rangelands
- forage
- 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 RecordMethodology for assessing trend in range condition is still evolving. This paper demonstrates use of Dice's community similarity coefficient, 2a/(2a + b + c), with communities present at 3 times…Publication Date 1993-03-01
- assessment
- data analysis
- mathematical models
- plant ecology
- trends
- plant communities
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordStudies were made at 2 rangeland areas in south Texas to measure canopy cover and distribution with an airborne laser profiler. In a comparison of laser and ground measurements of canopy cover on the…Publication Date 1992-03-01
- lasers
- evapotranspiration
- measurements
- remote sensing
- vegetation
- shrubs
- spatial distribution
- Texas
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordA technique for recording time-temperature curves within field-scale range fires was accomplished using a commercially available data logger capable of rapidly reading large numbers of thermocouples…Publication Date 1992-03-01
- thermocouples
- fire behavior
- measurements
- fires
- prescribed burning
- Texas
- temperature
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordA comprehensive system has been designed to serve as a basis for rangeland condition and grazing capacity assessment. It is important that research information and knowledge be transferred to land…Publication Date 1992-03-01
- databases
- expert systems
- carrying capacity
- decision making
- crop production
- pastures
- range management
- rangelands
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordHabitat-correlated differences in laboratory germination response under autumn (15 degrees C) and winter (1 degree C) temperature regimes were examined for 69 big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- Artemisia tridentata spp. wyomingensis
- intraspecific variation
- population ecology
- artemisia tridentata subsp. vaseyana
- variation
- weed biology
- habitats
- seedling emergence
- air temperature
- adaptation
- winter
- Artemisia tridentata
- seed germination
- seed dormancy
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordFour potential cattle grazing systems on summer range in the Sierra Nevada are compared in terms of deer harvest, number of hunters attracted, and the net economic value of hunting. Research on deer…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- net economic benefit
- national forests
- carrying capacity
- population density
- economic analysis
- hunting
- multiple land use
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- Odocoileus hemionus
- California
- cattle
- range management
- rangelands
- 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 RecordThe Sandy Ridge Site of southern New Mexico was studied to determine the dependance of total standing crop and components of standing crop on range condition rating. Total standing crop which…Publication Date 1991-11-01
- Prosopis glandulosa
- ecological succession
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- forage
- Library Collection RecordHoney mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr. var. glandulosa) stem flow was measured on days with contrasting environmental conditions during the 1989 growing season in Texas. Midday stem flow varied…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- evapotranspiration
- sap flow
- diurnal variation
- Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
- watersheds
- transpiration
- environmental factors
- Texas
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of late fall grazing, application of picloram (4 amino-3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid), and seeding on the reinfestation by knapweed (Centaurea diffusa Lam.) were investigated…Publication Date 1992-03-01
- crop mixtures
- Medicago sativa
- Centaurea diffusa
- biological control
- British Columbia
- sown grasslands
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- Agropyron cristatum
- weed control
- chemical control
- cattle
- picloram
- plant competition
- rangelands
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordIn the central California region of annual rangeland, herbage production beneath blue oak (Quercus douglasii Hook & Arn.) canopies is greater and production beneath the canopies of interior live…Publication Date 1991-05-01
- cation exchange capacity
- edaphic factors
- soil organic matter
- soil density
- soil properties
- Quercus douglasii
- Quercus wislizeni
- Pinus sabiniana
- soil fertility
- pastures
- growth rate
- California
- rangelands
- canopy
- bulk density
- forage
- Library Collection RecordTo help local Niger government authorities and donor countries ameliorate conditions in the advent of drought, a rapid yet simple means to assess annual herbaceous production at the end of the rainy…Publication Date 1992-05-01
- Sahel
- Niger
- mathematical models
- prediction
- meteorological data
- regression analysis
- rain
- crop production
- biomass
- rangelands
- forage
- Library Collection RecordA total of 341 Utah rural land sales occurring between 1980 and 1987 were analyzed to identify and quantify the determinants of Utah rangeland and ranch prices. Two factors statistically influenced…Publication Date 1992-05-01
- valuation
- selling prices
- rural economy
- econometric models
- land values
- ranching
- prediction
- regression analysis
- rangelands
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordLow vigor of seedlings and stand failures plague many revegetation efforts in semiarid and arid rangelands. Phototoxicity, sandbur (Cenchrus incertus M.A. Curtis) competition, seedbed preparation (…Publication Date 1991-05-01
- plant residues
- Cenchrus incertus
- crop establishment
- seedbed preparation
- Eragrostis curvula
- allelopathy
- Quercus havardii
- seedlings
- nitrogen fertilizers
- vigor
- environmental factors
- Texas
- plant competition
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordTwo experiments with steers were conducted to evaluate the influence of native forbs and shrubs on nitrogen utilization by cattle. Diets in Exp. 1 were blue grams (Bouteloua gracilis [H.B.K.]) (BG),…Publication Date 1992-03-01
- barley straw
- croton pottsii
- nitrogen retention
- Hordeum vulgare
- Sphaeralcea coccinea
- nitrogen metabolism
- Medicago sativa
- alfalfa
- alfalfa hay
- Atriplex canescens
- Croton
- hay
- steers
- cattle feeding
- Bouteloua gracilis
- shrubs
- rangelands
- nutritive value
- quality
- Cercocarpus montanus
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- forage
- Library Collection RecordEven though the Wilderness Act of 1964 provided for continuation of livestock grazing after wilderness designation, there has been continued debate about the Forest Service's implementation of…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- land policy
- permits
- animal unit month
- coronado national forest
- Tonto National Forest
- USDA
- wilderness
- national forests
- multiple land use
- grazing intensity
- range management
- rangelands
- grazing
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordSeed dormancy typically limits stand establishment of Indian ricegrass [Oryzopsis hymenoides (Roem. and Schult.) Ricker]. The mechanical and physiological mechanisms that contribute to dormancy must…Publication Date 1992-03-01
- embryo dormancy
- mechanical dormancy
- physiological dormancy
- dormancy
- testa
- revegetation plants
- Achnatherum hymenoides
- scarification
- seed treatments
- cooling
- stand establishment
- seed germination
- seed dormancy
- rangelands
- 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 RecordLine transect procedures were used to estimate density of lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) in tebuthiuron-treated and untreated sand shinnery oak (Quercus havardii Rydb.)…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- tympanuchus pallidicinctus
- population ecology
- habitat destruction
- Phasianidae
- tebuthiuron
- population density
- Quercus havardii
- vegetation
- Texas
- range management
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordPerennial plants collected from 5 north-central Arizona semiarid locations were assayed for tebuthiuron [N-5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl-N,N'-dimethylurea] and its metabolites…Publication Date 1991-05-01
- long term experiments
- herbicide residues
- metabolites
- Bouteloua eriopoda
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- tebuthiuron
- Poaceae
- Bouteloua gracilis
- shrubs
- semiarid zones
- application rates
- rangelands
- Arizona
- forage
- 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 RecordThe government must manage public rangeland in the face of alternative multiple use interests, including wildlife and domestic livestock production. The objectives of this study were to estimate a…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- linear programming
- mixed grazing
- production possibilities
- economic benefits
- production possibilities frontier
- marginal rates of substitution
- marginal returns
- animal production
- multiple land use
- cost-benefit analysis
- stocking rate
- Antilocapra americana
- biomass production
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- range management
- rangelands
- forage
- Library Collection RecordFactors responsible for poor recruitment of blue oak (Quercus douglasii H. & A.) and valley oak (Q. lobata Nee) need to be determined on California hardwood rangelands so that management…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- shading
- Quercus lobata
- recruitment
- Quercus
- Quercus douglasii
- seedling emergence
- stand establishment
- seedlings
- California
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThis paper discusses the criteria needed for quantitative evidence of overgrazing and outlines some of the main pasture and external factors that promote overgrazing by herbivores. Overgrazing is…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- wool production
- econometric models
- animal production
- economic analysis
- stocking rate
- pastures
- sheep
- overgrazing
- cattle
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordRange revegetation research has been dominated by empirical studies that provide some information about what works or does not work under a given set of conditions, but tell us little or nothing…Publication Date 1991-11-01
- semiarid grasslands
- ecological succession
- land restoration
- rangelands
- 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 RecordThe role of ungulate grazing in shaping rangeland ecosystems is well known relative to other important plant-animal interactions such as pollination, seed dispersal, granivory, and belowground…Publication Date 1991-11-01
- seed dispersal
- plant ecology
- land restoration
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordInterest in evaluating theoretical considerations in traditional methods of determining range condition have increased recently with application of different analytical techniques. In this study, the…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- cluster analysis
- quantitative climax approach
- deserts
- land classification
- secondary succession
- spatial variation
- climax communities
- grasslands
- plant ecology
- ecological succession
- pastures
- biomass production
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- forage
- Library Collection RecordDissatisfaction persists with current approaches to range condition and trend assessment. Sometimes assessed condition does not truly represent the past or the potential of range. One of the likely…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- ordination
- site factors
- classification
- plant ecology
- ecological succession
- vegetation
- environmental factors
- range management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThe Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) is a new water erosion prediction technology being developed by the USDA-Agricultural Research Service to replace the Universal Soil Loss Equation.…Publication Date 1991-05-01
- edaphic factors
- interception
- simulation models
- water erosion
- site factors
- soil types
- ground vegetation
- prediction
- steppes
- rain
- runoff
- prairies
- losses from soil
- rangelands
- canopy
- infiltration
- Library Collection RecordVegetation cover may afford many species of prey animals reduced risk of being detected and/or attacked by predators. In this study, feeding stations were provided for black-tailed jackrabbits (Lepus…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- predation
- Lepus californicus
- shrub cover
- risk
- foraging
- spatial variation
- herbivores
- shrubs
- rangelands
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordThe concepts of relatively stable multiple states and thresholds or transitions between these states has received little attention in range management until recently. On North American rangelands…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- desert grasslands
- annual grasslands
- climax communities
- grasslands
- plant ecology
- ecological succession
- natural grasslands
- climatic zones
- range management
- rangelands
- United States
- grazing
- 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 RecordA micro-watershed design is presented for use in watershed research projects. The plot size is 5 m (1 X 5 m) and uses low cost materials for construction. This plot size is suitable for surface flow…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- surface water
- water flow
- microwatersheds
- watersheds
- soil erosion
- design
- watershed hydrology
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordSeeding rangeland is a challenge for rangeland scientists, especially on those soils with tendency to crusting. Although some information is available on how soil conditioners affect emergence of…Publication Date 1992-05-01
- soil treatment
- polyacrylamide
- setaria macrostachya
- Sporobolus airoides
- sowing
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- Panicum antidotale
- crusts
- seedling emergence
- stand establishment
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- range management
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- 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 RecordWe compared long-term historical and stochastically generated weather records in terms of their statistical attributes and effects on herbage yield and runoff forecasts calculated from model…Publication Date 1991-05-01
- yield forecasting
- hydrology models
- stochastic processes
- hydrologic data
- solar radiation
- simulation models
- prediction
- meteorological data
- air temperature
- runoff
- precipitation
- crop yield
- rangelands
- forage
- Library Collection RecordModels used to simulate plant growth and insect development on rangelands often assume that soil temperature is homogeneous over the entire area of interest. This simplifying assumption is made…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- statistics
- geostatistics
- rangeland soils
- Poa secunda
- soil depth
- soil temperature
- spatial variation
- temporal variation
- Bromus tectorum
- Idaho
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant communities
- plant litter
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordBrush management for improving wildlife habitat in South Texas is important because of the economic value of wildlife. We determined vegetation responses to (1) roller chopping of guajillo (Acacia…Publication Date 1992-03-01
- Acacia rigidula
- Aloysia lycioides
- roller chopper
- discing
- Acacia berlandieri
- wildlife
- habitats
- brush control
- vegetation management
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Texas
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordAppropriate application of significance tests in statistical analyses requires an explicit statement of hypothesis; a clear definition of the population(s) about which inferences are to be made; and…Publication Date 1992-05-01
- statistical inference
- research
- experimental design
- statistical analysis
- sampling
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordRange condition is usually defined by similarity of current to climax or potential vegetation. It is often assumed that rangelands in low condition are biologically less productive than those in…Publication Date 1991-01-01
- seral stages
- site factors
- productivity
- pastures
- biomass production
- plant communities
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- Arizona
- forage
- Library Collection RecordSocial science research is an important tool for guiding development of education programs for owners of private rangelands. California oak woodland, a productive and extensive range type in…Publication Date 1990-03-01
- extension education
- attitudes and opinions
- private ownership
- surveys
- land management
- landowners
- land use
- Quercus
- California
- woodlands
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordGreenhouse and field experiments were conducted to evaluate clopyralid formulations and triclopyr ester alone and in mixtures with clopyralid for control of honey mesquite. In the greenhouse,…Publication Date 1991-01-01
- foliar application
- basal dressings
- woody weeds
- herbicide mixtures
- clopyralid
- Prosopis glandulosa
- triclopyr
- brush control
- weed control
- chemical control
- application rates
- rangelands
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