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- Library Collection RecordNorth American prairies are acknowledged to have evolved with grazing following fire. Given this evolutionary fire-grazing interaction, our objective was to determine whether seasonal timing of…Publication Date 2017
- burn
- grassland
- grazing management
- land management
- mowing
- postfire grazing
- productivity
- rangeland
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordForage and cow-calf productivity on two lightly and two conservatively grazed pastures were evaluated over a 15-year period (1997-2011) in the Chihuahuan Desert of south-central New Mexico. Spring-…Publication Date 2015-03
- cattle productivity
- drought
- forage
- grazing management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordForage and cow-calf productivity on two lightly and two conservatively grazed pastures were evaluated over a 15-year period (1997-2011) in the Chihuahuan Desert of south-central New Mexico. Spring-…Publication Date 2015-03
- cattle productivity
- drought
- forage
- grazing management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordCattle weight gain responses to seasonal weather variability are difficult to predict for rangelands because few long-term (>20 yr) studies have been conducted. However, an increased understanding…Publication Date 2013-07-01
- beef cattle production
- climate variability
- decision support tools
- grazing management
- model averaging
- semiarid rangelands
- Library Collection RecordVarious sensors and analytic tools have been developed to assist with the collection and analysis of data regarding the activities of animals at pasture. We tested an accelerometry-based activity…Publication Date 2013-05-01
- activity monitor
- cow
- grazing behavior
- grazing management
- linear discriminant analysis
- logistic regression
- Library Collection RecordNitrogen (N) availability can strongly influence forage quality and the capacity for semiarid rangelands to respond to increasing atmospheric CO2. Although many pathways of nitrogen input and loss…Publication Date 2013-01-01
- grazing management
- Great Plains
- large herbivores
- nitrogen cycling
- semiarid grasslands
- shortgrass steppe
- Library Collection RecordThe debate regarding the benefits of rotational grazing has eluded resolution within the US rangeland profession for more than 60 yr. This forum examines the origin of the debate and the major…Publication Date 2011-07-01
- adaptive management
- complex ecological systems
- ecosystem management
- grazing management
- social-ecological systems
- Library Collection RecordLivestock performance is a critical indicator of grassland production systems and is influenced strongly by precipitation and stocking rates. However, these relationships require further…Publication Date 2011-05-01
- liveweight gain
- grazing management
- inner Mongolia
- optimal stocking rates
- Stipa breviflora Griseb
- Library Collection RecordAbove-ground net primary production (ANPP) of northern wheatgrass (Elymus lanceolatus [Scribn. J. G. Sm.] Gould) and western porcupine grass (Hesperostipa curtiseta [Hitchc.] Barkworth) was…Publication Date 2011-05-01
- ANPP
- Canadian Prairies
- grazing management
- landform elements
- land forms
- landscapes
- Northern Mixed Prairie
- northern wheatgrass
- western porcupine grass
- Library Collection RecordRotational grazing systems (RGS) are often implemented to alleviate undesirable selective grazing by livestock. At both fine and coarse scales, livestock selectively graze individual plants, patches…Publication Date 2011-01-01
- foraging strategies
- grazing management
- grazing systems
- livestock behavior
- livestock distribution
- stocking density
- Library Collection RecordComplete rest or grazing deferment is a general recommendation to encourage vegetative recovery following fire in the western United States. However, effects of grazing deferments on animal…Publication Date 2011-01-01
- body weight gain
- deferred grazing
- grazing management
- postfire grazing
- summer burn
- Library Collection RecordLong-term information on the effects of managed grazing versus excluded grazing effects on vegetation composition of desert rangelands is limited. Our study objectives were to evaluate changes in…Publication Date 2011-01-01
- drought
- grazing management
- range condition
- rangelands
- 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 RecordWe examined the independent and combined effects of prescribed fire and livestock grazing on herbaceous plant production in shortgrass steppe of northeastern Colorado in the North American Great…Publication Date 2010-05-01
- blue grama
- Bouteloua gracilis
- dry matter digestibility
- forage quality
- grazing management
- North American Great Plains
- semiarid grasslands
- soil moisture
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed fire is used to reduce the rate of woody plant encroachment in grassland ecosystems. However, fire is challenging to apply in continuously grazed pastures because of the difficulty in…Publication Date 2010-05-01
- aerial imagery
- brush management
- cattle
- grazing management
- Prosopis glandulosa
- remote sensing
- Library Collection RecordWildlife conservationists and agencies have recommended managing rangelands for vegetation heterogeneity to improve wildlife habitat, particularly for many grassland birds. However, range management…Publication Date 2009-07-01
- ecosystem heterogeneity
- grassland birds
- grazing management
- grazing systems
- land management policy
- livestock distribution
- rangeland policy
- wildlife management
- Library Collection RecordOur objective was to determine the short-term response of bluebunch wheatgrass and medusahead to defoliation of wheatgrass designed to stimulate regrowth through tillering. We hypothesized that…Publication Date 2009-05-01
- competitive ability
- grazing management
- invasive plants
- stimulation grazing
- tillering
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to determine the effects of crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum [L.] Gaertn.) defoliation intensity and timing on medusahead density and biomass. We hypothesized…Publication Date 2008-03-01
- annual grasses
- grazing management
- invasive species
- weed prevention
- Library Collection RecordIn spite of overwhelming experimental evidence to the contrary, rotational grazing continues to be promoted and implemented as the only viable grazing strategy. The goals of this synthesis are to 1)…Publication Date 2008-01-01
- continuous grazing
- domestic herbivores
- grazed ecosystems
- grazing management
- grazing systems
- rangeland management
- Library Collection RecordSpring elk grazing may reduce forage availability for wildlife or livestock in summer and may harm forage resources on foothill rangeland. We quantified bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata…Publication Date 2007-09-01
- clipping
- defoliation response
- elk
- grazing management
- herbivory
- overcompensation
- Library Collection RecordDeveloping sustainable ranch management systems requires integrated research that examines interrelations among ecological and economic factors. In south central Florida, where phosphorus (P) loading…Publication Date 2007-01-01
- stocking rate
- stocking density
- water quality
- grazing management
- cow-calf operations
- economic performance
- phosphorus
- bioindicators
- Library Collection RecordStudies of Anderson and Scherzinger’s forage conditioning hypothesis have generated varied results. Our objectives were: 1) to evaluate late summer/early fall forage quality of crested wheatgrass (…Publication Date 2007-01-01
- diet quality
- forage quality
- grazing management
- nutrition
- wildlife habitats
- Library Collection RecordCow-calf productivity on 2 lightly (25%-30% use) and 2 conservatively grazed pastures (35%-40% use) were evaluated over a 5-year-period (1997 to 2001) in the Chihuahuan Desert of south-central New…Publication Date 2007-01-01
- rangelands
- grazing management
- forage
- drought
- cattle productivity
- Library Collection RecordVegetative differences and changes were evaluated over a 6-year period (1999-2004) on adjoining conservatively grazed and grazing-excluded (22 years) shortgrass rangelands in northwestern New Mexico…Publication Date 2006-11-01
- rangelands
- cattle
- drought
- forage
- grazing management
- Library Collection RecordThere is increased interest in the use of summer-season fires to limit woody plant encroachment on southern prairie grasslands, but collateral effects of these fires on grasses are poorly understood…Publication Date 2006-05-01
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- C4 grasses
- grazing management
- herbage production
- prescribed burning
- summer fire
- woody plant encroachment
- Library Collection RecordThe University of California Cooperative Extension surveyed rangeland owners and managers who attended California’s Ranch Water Quality Planning (RWQP) Short Course in 1995-2002. The survey evaluated…Publication Date 2005-09-01
- ranch planning
- non-point-source pollution
- grazing management
- extension education
- extension evaluation
- public policy education
- Library Collection RecordCattle-grazing in riparian areas has become increasingly controversial. More information is needed about cattle use of these areas to develop Best Management Practices. This study was designed to…Publication Date 2004-09-01
- Steer diets
- grazing management
- diet composition
- preference
- utilization
- Salix spp.
- Library Collection RecordDiets of fistulated steers that grazed a montane riparian community were determined throughout a growing season. The objective was to determine if willow (Salir spp.) consumption by steers was…Publication Date 2004-09-01
- Carex spp.
- Salix spp.
- seasonal cattle diets
- grazing management
- utilization
- stubble height
- Library Collection RecordThree studies were conducted to evaluate late summer protein supplementation for growing steers on Northern Great Plains rangeland. In Experiment 1, crossbred yearling steers (N = 80 per year, mean…Publication Date 2004-07-01
- grazing management
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordPost-fire forage growth is known to be a strong attractant for large herbivores. However, fire has generally been avoided as a grazing distribution tool for fear of localized over utilization of…Publication Date 2004-05-01
- animal behavior
- fire
- grazing management
- mixed prairie
- selection
- Library Collection RecordThe sustainability and resilience of an Asian typical steppe grazing ecosystem was assessed by determining thresholds and stable states with an ecosystem simulation model. This analysis used the…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- sustainable agriculture
- grazing management
- ecological resilience
- permanent grasslands
- primary productivity
- simulation models
- herbaceous plants
- roots
- arid lands
- savannas
- stocking rate
- China
- precipitation
- grazing intensity
- shrubs
- biomass
- grazing management
- modeling
- thresholds
- sustainability and resilience
- typical steppe
- inner Mongolia
- Library Collection RecordWildfires commonly occur in the Fescue Prairie of Alberta, but little information exists to provide a basis for making grazing recommendations after burning. A wildfire in April 1999 provided an…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- seasonal development
- flowering
- grazing management
- Festuca altaica
- primary productivity
- harvest date
- Festuca campestris
- fire ecology
- Alberta
- tillering
- precipitation
- biomass
- range management
- defoliation
- defoliation intensity
- deferment
- etiolated growth
- herbage yields
- resilience
- tillers
- Library Collection RecordRangeland ecological condition was monitored over a 48 year period on 41 sites on Bureau of Land Management rangelands scattered across 6 counties in southwestern New Mexico. All sites were grazed by…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- arid grasslands
- ground cover
- semiarid grasslands
- range condition
- precipitation
- sustainability
- grazing intensity
- plant communities
- drought
- range management
- botanical composition
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- rangeland condition
- succession
- drought
- grazing management
- plant ecology
- Library Collection RecordRisk of livestock losses to poisonous plants can be reduced on many ranges through prudent management based on application of existing knowledge. Poisonous plants can be categorized using both…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- weed palatability
- risk assessment
- toxicity
- controlled grazing
- poisonous weeds
- selective grazing
- grazing intensity
- range management
- literature reviews
- livestock
- grazing management
- diet selection
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordA 3-year study was conducted to evaluate grazing strategies for production of growing cattle during summer on Northern Great Plains rangeland. Crossbred yearling steers (N = 123 per year, avg initial…Publication Date 2002-03-01
- liveweight gain
- body weight
- fiber content
- stocking rate
- steers
- crude protein
- natural grasslands
- summer
- precipitation
- grazing intensity
- in vitro digestibility
- biomass
- botanical composition
- Montana
- beef cattle
- forage
- grazing management
- beef cattle
- protein supplementation
- Library Collection RecordAlkaloids constitute the largest class of plant secondary compounds, occurring in 20 to 30% of perennial herbaceous species in North America. Alkaloid-containing plants are of interest, first because…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- binding
- morbidity
- physiology
- metabolism
- excretion
- antinutritional factors
- alkaloids
- toxicity
- phytotoxins
- mortality
- stocking rate
- selective grazing
- species differences
- rotational grazing
- feed supplements
- biomass production
- rumen fermentation
- rangelands
- pasture plants
- literature reviews
- chemical constituents of plants
- poisonous plants
- plant toxins
- forage quality
- diet selection
- grazing management
- Library Collection RecordTwo grazing trials were conducted during early winter (December 1996-January 1997) and spring (April-May 1997) to evaluate the effect of shape of pasture on forage use and behavior of grazing sheep (…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- Italy
- chemical composition
- pastures
- winter
- animal behavior
- spring
- feeding behavior
- voluntary intake
- Mediterranean climate
- selective grazing
- use efficiency
- sward destruction
- shape
- protein intake
- energy intake
- grazing intensity
- sheep
- biomass
- forage
- dry matter
- diet choice
- space pattern
- grazing management
- Library Collection RecordStubble height, a measure of the amount of vegetation remaining after grazing, is thought to be a useful variable in the management of riparian areas. A number of riparian and grazing processes…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- sequential sampling
- stubble
- decision making
- riparian buffers
- equations
- grazing intensity
- range management
- plant height
- grazing management
- riparian areas
- Library Collection RecordLivestock producers and others knowledgeable about the locoweed problem in northeastern New Mexico were surveyed to obtain the production information needed to estimate economic losses from locoweed…Publication Date 2000-07-01
- losses
- farmers' income
- estimated costs
- poisoning
- avoidance conditioning
- Oxytropis sericea
- Astragalus mollissimus
- controlled grazing
- poisonous weeds
- mathematical models
- production costs
- liveweight gain
- feedlots
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- poisonous plants
- woolly locoweed
- Astragulus mollissimus Torr. var mollissimus
- white locoweed
- Oxytropis sericea (Nutt.)
- weed control
- grazing management
- Library Collection RecordSpotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.) management may be enhanced by integrating strategies that stimulate and maintain competitive grasses. The objective of this study was to determine if…Publication Date 2000-05-01
- NPK fertilizers
- ground cover
- weed control
- plant density
- picloram
- Centaurea maculosa
- application rates
- biomass
- botanical composition
- Montana
- defoliation
- grazing
- simulation
- Centaurea maculosa
- integrated weed management
- grass defoliation
- grazing management
- Library Collection RecordTall larkspurs [Delphinium barbeyi (L. Huth), D. occidentale (Wats.), D. glaucescens (Rydb.), D. glaucum (Wats.)] pose a serious poisoning threat to cattle on many summer ranges. Livestock producers…Publication Date 2000-05-01
- senescence
- 14-deacetylnudicauline
- Delphinium glaucum
- Delphinium glaucescens
- Delphinium occidentale
- pods
- grazing time
- leaves
- Delphinium barbeyi
- phenology
- Delphinium
- maturity stage
- diterpenoid alkaloids
- methyllycaconitine
- diterpenoid alkaloids
- poisonous plants
- grazing management
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this study was to evaluate vegetation, soils, infiltration rates, and sediment production as they relate to livestock exclusion, continuous heavy grazing, continuous moderate grazing,…Publication Date 1984-11-01
- bare ground
- hydrologic response
- Fort Stanton
- Livestock Exclusion
- Continuous Heavy Grazing
- Continuous Moderate Grazing
- Fort Stanton Experimental Range
- foliar cover
- standing biomass
- microrelief
- infiltration rates
- sediment production
- litter cover
- Rotation Grazing
- organic matter
- grazing management
- soil
- vegetation
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordDeferred-rotation grazing of Kansas Flint Hills' range grazed by steers May 1 to October 1 was compared to season-long stocking from 1950 through 1966. Deferred-rotation pastures had higher…Publication Date 1973-11-01
- season-long stocking
- depleted range
- cow-calf operations
- deferred rotation grazing
- range utilization
- animal performance
- steers
- grazing management
- Gains
- Kansas
- Flint Hills
- forage production
- range improvement
- pastures
- stocking rate
- range condition
- Library Collection RecordRemarkable results from a grazing management system were seen in three visits to Rhodesia between 1964 and 1969. The system, Short Duration Grazing, depends on intensive use for two weeks or less…Publication Date 1969-11-01
- short-duration grazing
- High Intensity
- Production Records
- SDG
- complexity
- Charter Field Trials
- Intensive Use
- concentration
- Rhodesia
- grazing management
- Pasture Production
- rest periods
- range improvement
- rest
- brush control
- stocking rate
- 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 1967-07-01
- Purpose
- art
- agricultural research
- Advance
- Man Years
- perspective
- grazing management
- Share
- science
- range management
- editorial
- Library Collection RecordThe species preferences of Hereford and Santa Gertrudis cows were observed during a 3-year period. The cattle grazed a variety of species, undoubtedly an important factor affecting nutritional status…Publication Date 1966-07-01
- nutritional status
- Nutritive Qualities
- Plan Properties
- Season of Growth
- Species Preference
- soil types
- Succulence
- abundance
- diet
- grazing management
- quantity
- Jornada Experimental Range
- Southern New Mexico
- Santa Gertrudis
- grazing
- cattle
- Hereford
- sampling
- basal cover
- Library Collection RecordMeasurements were made of cover, yield, and vigor of plants at five locations in fenced exclosures and on adjacent range moderately grazed by sheep in fall through spring. Under the conditions of…Publication Date 1966-03-01
- Foothill Sheep Range
- Yield Composition
- climax dominant
- White Sulphur Springs
- Bluegrasses
- vegetation responses
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- herbage yields
- grazing management
- Moderate Grazing
- density
- perennial grasses
- yield
- vigor
- composition
- range condition
- deferment
- cover
- Montana
- Library Collection RecordFrequent removal of herbage from hardinggrass plants during the most active period of growth resulted in reduced yields and an increase in plant death. Intensive clipping also appeared to reduce the…Publication Date 1966-03-01
- carbohydrate reserves
- Plant Death
- Sugar Percent
- Fructosan
- San Diego County
- Tule Springs Range
- Environmental Stress
- growth periods
- stenoptera
- defoliation
- Phalaris tuberosa
- Herbage Removal
- grazing management
- Harding grass
- clipping
- survival
- storage
- productivity
- yield
- mortality
- rainfall
- California
- Library Collection RecordTo maximize the conversion of the solar energy received by range vegetation into forms effectively used by domestic animals is an important objective of range managers. In annual-type California…Publication Date 1966-01-01
- Net Productivity
- Energy Flow
- foliage configurations
- solar energy
- Photosynthetic Surfaces
- Radiant Energy
- foliage configurations
- Energy Capture
- Productivity Analysis
- Nutrient Relations
- Ecosystem Modification
- site description
- San Joaquin Valley
- improved
- Range Vegetation
- grazing management
- Rose Clover
- phosphorus
- sulfur
- range improvement
- conversion
- control
- nitrogen
- fertilization
- California
- Library Collection RecordRange management and utilization in the semi-arid and arid zones of Kazakhstan, Turkestan, and Uzbekistan were presented to a group of Fellows who attended a nine-week Study Tour sponsored by F.A.O.…Publication Date 1965-11-01
- Russia
- Range Study
- Tour
- Soviet Union
- Turkestan
- Uzbekistan
- state farms
- Collective Farms
- Lectures
- Soviet
- grazing management
- Kazakhstan
- utilization
- reseeding
- livestock
- range management