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- Library Collection RecordPlains rough fescue (Festuca hallii [Vasey] Piper) is an important, native forage grass species in Western Canada. Despite the high demand of seeds of this species, supply remains extremely limited…Publication Date 2017
- autumn
- Festuca hallii
- forage
- precipitation
- seed production
- spring
- temperature
- Library Collection RecordControlled burning timed in early summer can dramatically change the species composition of annual rangeland the following season. Although this has been well documented, the longevity of these…Publication Date 2017
- fire
- forage
- forage production
- species composition
- weed control
- Library Collection RecordGardner's saltbush ecosystems are increasingly being invaded by halogeton (Halogeton glomeratus [M. Bieb.] C.A. Mey.), an annual halophyte that increases soil surface salinity and reduces plant…Publication Date 2016
- establishment
- forage
- rangeland
- rehabilitation
- Saline
- Library Collection RecordGardner's saltbush ecosystems are increasingly being invaded by halogeton (Halogeton glomeratus [M. Bieb.] C.A. Mey.), an annual halophyte that increases soil surface salinity and reduces plant…Publication Date 2016
- establishment
- forage
- rangeland
- rehabilitation
- Saline
- Library Collection RecordConservation of sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) systems is one of the most difficult and pressing concerns in western North America. Sagebrush obligates, such as greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus…Publication Date 2015-09
- case study
- greater sage-grouse
- livestock grazing
- sagebrush management
- Utah
- Wyoming
- Library Collection RecordConservation of sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) systems is one of the most difficult and pressing concerns in western North America. Sagebrush obligates, such as greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus…Publication Date 2015-09
- case study
- greater sage-grouse
- livestock grazing
- sagebrush management
- Utah
- Wyoming
- 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 RecordThe Drought Calculator (DC), a spreadsheet-based decision support tool, was developed to help ranchers and range managers predict reductions in forage production due to drought. Forage growth…Publication Date 2013-09-01
- cross validation
- forage
- precipitation
- rangeland drought
- stocking decisions
- Library Collection RecordA decrease in fire frequency and past grazing practices has led to dense mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. subsp. vaseyana [Rydb.] Beetle) stands with reduced herbaceous understories…Publication Date 2012-05-01
- annual grass
- Artemisia tridentata
- brush management
- disturbance
- forage
- range improvement
- Library Collection RecordConifers (Picea and Abies spp.) have replaced aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) over much of aspen’s historic range in the western United States. We measured the impact of this change upon the…Publication Date 2008-01-01
- canopy
- Dixie National Forest
- Fishlake National Forest
- forage
- Populus tremuloides
- Library Collection RecordWe examined the initial effects of brush cutting (removal of all aboveground biomass), as well as clipping (removal of current annual shoots) and ungulate browsing (collectively referred to as shoot…Publication Date 2007-11-01
- forage
- moose
- plant response
- Salix scouleriana
- silviculture
- ungulates
- vegetation management
- Library Collection RecordThe presence of grazing cattle near open waterways has created environmental concerns related to the potential for water contamination. In Florida the removal of cattle from grazing landscapes or…Publication Date 2007-01-01
- forage
- grazing
- beef cattle
- stocking density
- 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 RecordBotanical composition of mule deer and elk diets in winter, spring, summer, and autumn was studied during 1998 and 1999 on woodland rangeland in north-central New Mexico using microhistological…Publication Date 2005-07-01
- rangelands
- forage
- wildlife
- competition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordPerennial grass production on the Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center in south-central New Mexico was correlated with precipitation characteristics over a 34-year period. Total December…Publication Date 2005-05-01
- cattle
- climate
- forage
- rainfall
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordManagement of feral horses grazing on Atlantic and Gulf coast barrier islands requires information on seasonal habitat preferences and distribution of important forage species to maintain stable…Publication Date 2004-05-01
- barrier island
- forage
- grazing
- North Carolina
- preferential habitat utilization
- seasonal utilization
- Library Collection RecordInformation on the long-term impact of repeated annual fertilizer applications of different nitrogen (N) sources on soil and plants is needed to develop sustainable grassland production systems. The…Publication Date 2004-03-01
- concentration
- forage
- N source
- rate of N
- Library Collection RecordWet meadows are some of the most productive communities in the northern Rocky Mountains, USA but are also among the most sensitive to grazing by native ungulates and domestic livestock. These meadows…Publication Date 2003-11-01
- wet environmental conditions
- flooded conditions
- permanent grasslands
- plant growth
- tillers
- Wyoming
- biomass
- flooding
- tufted hairgrass
- herbivory
- nitrogen dynamics
- wet meadows
- Library Collection RecordSelection for carbon isotope discrimination (delta) has potential for improving water-use efficiency in cool-season grasses. An understanding of how delta is affected by differential water…Publication Date 2003-11-01
- breeding lines
- cool-season grasses
- selection criteria
- drought tolerance
- water-use efficiency
- water-use efficiency
- dry matter yields
- line-source sprinkler system
- rainout shelter
- forage
- Library Collection RecordWyoming Coal Rules and Regulations require shrubs be returned to mined land and that revegetation "...be self renewing." We evaluated seed production and seed quality of Wyoming big…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- mulches
- environmental law
- fences
- windbreaks
- mined soils
- conservation plants
- browse plants
- seed productivity
- yields
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- Artemisia tridentata
- land restoration
- browsing
- environmental effects
- seed quality
- big game
- soil moisture
- ecological restoration
- Library Collection RecordCommunity-level (per unit area) and individual tiller reproductive biomass inside and outside of long-term exclosures on the northern winter range of Yellowstone National Park, USA were compared.…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- Yellowstone National Park
- bison
- seed productivity
- Cervus elaphus
- winter
- Antilocapra americana
- tillering
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- defoliation
- literature reviews
- grasses
- grasslands
- ungulates
- grazing
- clipping
- seed production and yield
- Yellowstone National Park
- literature reviews
- Library Collection RecordSquirreltail (Elymus elymoides, E. multisetus) is a complex of 5 taxa whose systematic interrelationships are uncertain. Our objectives were to determine whether the 3 taxa studied here, Elymus…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- Elymus elymoides subsp. brevifolius
- plant taxonomy
- growth traits
- Elymus multisetus
- Elymus elymoides subsp. elymoides
- population ecology
- provenance
- ecotypes
- plant development
- geographical variation
- leaves
- conservation plants
- height
- seedling emergence
- seed productivity
- shoots
- root systems
- Idaho
- Oregon
- Wyoming
- California
- biomass
- phenology
- Montana
- Nevada
- Colorado
- Elymus elymoides
- genetic variation
- plant nutecology
- Sitanion hystrix
- Library Collection RecordElk sedge (Carex geyeri Boott) is one of the most important livestock and big game forages in many areas of the western U.S. It is one of the most prominent forage species in the diets of cattle and…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- Physocarpus opulifolius
- date
- Festuca
- Carex geyeri
- Carex
- protein content
- Pinus ponderosa
- fiber content
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- chemical composition
- Oregon
- crude protein
- plant communities
- phenology
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- forage
- Carex geyeri
- cattle
- graminoids
- nutrition
- phenology
- season
- Library Collection RecordThe development of successful regional or national invasive weed control programs is often hampered by the way the problem is approached. Typically weed control programs are developed and evaluated…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- Aphthona
- Aphthona nigriscutis
- Aphthona lacertosa
- perennial weeds
- teamwork
- biological control agents
- USDA
- integrated pest management
- economic impact
- biological control
- Euphorbia esula
- ranching
- cost-benefit analysis
- invasion
- herbicides
- weed control
- South Dakota
- chemical control
- Wyoming
- sheep
- range management
- botanical composition
- Montana
- grazing
- North Dakota
- biological control
- Aphthona
- Weeds
- invasive species
- success
- integrated pest management
- Library Collection RecordThere is little information on the impact of grazing intensity on productivity and sustainability of intensively managed pastures in the humid, short-season parkland of the Canadian prairies. Our…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- urine
- Bromus riparius
- sward
- biogeochemical cycles
- controlled grazing
- feces composition
- Alberta
- leaf area index
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- in vitro digestibility
- range management
- plant litter
- beef cattle
- forage
- dry matter
- nutrient flow
- productivity
- disappearance
- residual
- pastures
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordRangeland plant productivity and species composition are affected by moisture availability and grazing intensity. We examined warm- and cool-season grass productivity and relative distribution on…Publication Date 2002-09-01
- root systems
- soil water content
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Bouteloua gracilis
- precipitation
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- mixed-grass prairies
- species composition
- water stress
- Library Collection RecordThe value of public land forage has been of key interest since grazing fees were first established on federal lands. Additionally, knowing the value of rangeland forage is important for assessing the…Publication Date 2002-09-01
- grazing permits
- quality of life
- leasing
- land values
- estimation
- rangelands
- United States
- grazing
- forage
- forage values
- grazing fees
- grazing leases
- hedonic models
- contingent valuation
- public lands grazing
- Library Collection RecordPlains larkspur (Delphinium geyeri Greene) is a major cause of cattle deaths in the northern Great Plains of Wyoming and Colorado. We examined the amount and timing of larkspur ingestion by grazing…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- delphinium geyeri
- weather
- mineral content
- protein content
- fiber content
- voluntary intake
- selective grazing
- Wyoming
- phenology
- grazing
- grasses
- beef cattle
- chemical constituents of plants
- poisonous plants
- maturity stage
- diterpenoid alkaloids
- toxic plants
- diet selection
- cattle grazing
- methyllycaconitine
- alkaloids
- Library Collection RecordA study was conducted to determine the potential of using Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) imagery to monitor short-term changes in rangeland forage conditions on a regional scale.…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- remote sensing
- hill grasslands
- satellite imagery
- multispectral imagery
- advanced very high resolution radiometer
- short-grass praire
- range condition
- estimation
- nitrogen content
- prairies
- biomass
- seasonal variation
- Montana
- forage
- NDVI
- biomass
- nitrogen
- regional
- Library Collection RecordWhite-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus dacotensis Zimm.) numbers in the central Black Hills have declined since the middle 1970s. Population status has been documented by a decline in hunter…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- population decrease
- habitat destruction
- seral stages
- grazing date
- habitat selection
- habitats
- understory
- Populus tremuloides
- gender differences
- South Dakota
- Odocoileus virginianus
- winter
- prescribed burning
- summer
- Wyoming
- plant communities
- diets
- aspen regeneration
- Black Hills
- habitat quality
- habitat selection
- Odocoileus virginianus dacotensis
- prescribed burns
- South Dakota
- white-tailed deer
- Wyoming
- Library Collection RecordThe nutritional quality (digestible energy, crude protein, and minerals) of 7 known elk (Cervus elaphus Linnaeus) forages was assessed at 4 different time periods from May to November. Species…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- Coptis
- ceanothus sanguineus
- Salix scouleriana
- Amelanchier alnifolia
- Trifolium repens
- Carex geyeri
- digestible energy
- Salix
- nutrient content
- mineral content
- Carex
- Poa pratensis
- Idaho
- crude protein
- Cervus elaphus canadensis
- wildlife management
- forage
- elk
- Cervus elaphus
- forage quality
- nutrition
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordComputer simulation was used to determine the effects of wild elk (Cervus elaphus) on available forage, cattle herd size, and ranch gross margin in southwestern Montana beef cow-calf production…Publication Date 2002-03-01
- leasing
- livestock numbers
- interspecific competition
- simulation models
- ranching
- habitats
- hunting
- production costs
- stocking rate
- Cervus elaphus canadensis
- wildlife management
- range management
- Montana
- grazing
- beef cattle
- forage
- range economics
- 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 RecordIn August 1994, wildfire burned 6,500 ha of native Dry Mixed Prairie in southeastern Alberta. The following year, a study was initiated to monitor the recovery of major plant communities. Burning was…Publication Date 2002-03-01
- Koeleria macrantha
- Elymus lanceolatus
- Hesperostipa comata
- wildfire management
- Agropyron
- ground cover
- fires
- fire effects
- Alberta
- forbs
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Bouteloua gracilis
- precipitation
- biomass production
- grazing intensity
- prairies
- drought
- range management
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- canopy
- grazing
- grasses
- beef cattle
- Stipa
- composition
- forage
- litter
- preference
- production
- topography
- Library Collection RecordManagement practices that lower livestock production costs are of interest to ranch enterprises. Windrow or swath grazing is a strategy where livestock directly graze windrow-stored forage, generally…Publication Date 2002-01-01
- agricultural prices
- baling
- bales
- windrows
- windrowing
- losses
- controlled grazing
- production costs
- liveweight gain
- fiber content
- Nebraska
- hay
- profitability
- beef production
- steers
- crude protein
- range management
- crop yield
- beef cattle
- forage
- diet quality
- economics
- forage intake
- forage quality
- forage waste
- meadow hay
- weight gain
- Library Collection RecordStockpiling forage is a commonly used method to extend the grazing season in the southern U.S.A. However, there is little data on stockpiled forage in the upper Midwest. This study was conducted to…Publication Date 2002-01-01
- stock piling
- frost
- feed requirements
- Phalaris arundinacea
- Phleum pratense
- Wisconsin
- Elytrigia repens
- harvest date
- Bromus inermis
- Dactylis glomerata
- Festuca arundinacea
- sown grasslands
- fiber content
- nitrogen fertilizers
- winter
- crude protein
- cattle
- in vitro digestibility
- application rates
- grazing
- forage
- stock piling
- forage quality
- winter grazing
- cool-season grasses
- Library Collection RecordPresence of annual bromes (Bromus spp.), introduced annual weedy grasses, can alter seasonal patterns of forage production and quality and require management changes for efficient use of infested…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- protein
- dietary protein
- Bromus japonicus
- atrazine
- arid grasslands
- protein content
- liveweight gain
- weed control
- selective grazing
- diet
- steers
- precipitation
- biomass
- range management
- crop yield
- introduced species
- grazing
- beef cattle
- forage
- Bromus japonicus
- Pascopyrum smithii
- northern Great Plains
- crude protein yield
- Library Collection RecordThe tribe Triticeae contains over 250 perennial species that are components of grasslands in the temperate and sub-arctic regions of the world and includes some of the world's most valuable…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- Elymus
- plant introduction
- germplasm
- Hordeum
- Leymus
- Psathyrostachys
- Elytrigia
- genome
- germplasm evaluation
- Agropyron
- plant genetic resources
- mortality
- yields
- adaptation
- Nebraska
- precipitation
- introduced species
- grasses
- forage
- Triticeae
- Agropyron
- Thinopyrum
- Elymus
- Leymus
- Pascopyrum
- survival
- forage yield
- Library Collection RecordPrevious research suggested that big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) recruitment occurs in pulses consistent with favorable climatic conditions. In 1997, 75 stem sections were collected from 9…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- Artemisia tridentata spp. wyomingensis
- taxa
- growth rings
- artemisia tridentata subsp. vaseyana
- artemisia tridentata subsp. tridentata
- mined soils
- age determination
- ambient temperature
- reclamation
- precipitation
- Wyoming
- Artemisia tridentata
- establishment
- soil water
- climate
- big sagebrush
- seedling establishment
- Library Collection RecordLand, livestock, and wildlife managers need to understand the nutritional dynamics of forages to sustain adequate growth and reproduction of their animals and/or assure equitable payment for forages…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- Leymus cinereus
- Elymus elymoides
- rangeland soils
- Festuca idahoensis
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- Poa secunda
- arid grasslands
- Achnatherum thurberianum
- nutrient content
- plant ecology
- fiber content
- Bromus tectorum
- Oregon
- crude protein
- precipitation
- grasses
- forage
- crude protein
- neutral detergent fiber
- in vitro organic matter disappearance
- Poa sandbergii
- Bromus tectorum
- Sitanion hystrix
- Agropyron spicatum
- Festuca idahoensis
- Stipa thurberiana
- Elymus cinereus
- Library Collection RecordWe analyzed the habitat preferences of white-tailed deer in a 1,000 ha area in an arid region of northeastern Mexico where drinking water is abundant throughout the year (via 33 water troughs). Seven…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- Leucophyllum
- Celtis
- rest
- shade
- Acacia
- Hilaria
- predator-prey relationships
- Opuntia
- shrublands
- Flourensia
- habitat selection
- Prosopis
- arid zones
- searching behavior
- feeding
- grasslands
- gender differences
- Mexico
- rain
- animal preferences
- Odocoileus virginianus
- animal behavior
- plant communities
- seasonal variation
- canopy
- forage
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Northeastern zone
- water sources
- radiotelemetry
- hiding cover|thermal cover
- forage
- Library Collection RecordKnowledge of the rate woody plant canopy cover increases is essential for understanding the ecology of rangeland plant communities, determining the economic feasibility of brush management practices…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- aerial photography
- chaining
- grubbing
- Juniperus pinchotii
- carrying capacity
- soil types
- brush control
- rain
- biomass production
- grazing intensity
- Texas
- canopy
- forage
- Juniperus pinchotii
- mechanical brush control
- aerial photography
- line transects
- juniper management
- herbage production
- Library Collection RecordLarge areas of rangelands in the east Mediterranean Basin are dominated by dense cover of the unpalatable, dwarf shrub prickly burnet (Sarcopoterium spinosum (L.) Spach.). This study examined the…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- Sarcopoterium spinosum
- chalk grasslands
- Mediterranean grassland
- NPK fertilizers
- Israel
- cultural control
- ground cover
- brush control
- chemical control
- prescribed burning
- biomass
- range management
- forage
- shrub encroachment
- Mediterranean ecosystem
- fertilization
- fire
- range improvement
- Sarcopoterium spinosum
- Library Collection RecordNative pasture and Old World bluestems (Bothriochloa spp.) have contrasting herbage production characteristics that suggest potential for incorporation into a complementary forage system. We compared…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- growth periods
- costs and returns
- economic analysis
- liveweight gain
- stocking rate
- pastures
- profitability
- Oklahoma
- biomass production
- botanical composition
- grazing
- beef cattle
- forage
- mixed prairie
- complementary forages
- old world bluestem
- Bothriochloa
- livestock performance
- Library Collection RecordA 2 year study was conducted to determine the effects of surface cover and roughness on sediment yield from plots subjected to a simulated most damaging storm. This storm, based on long term sediment…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- sediment deposition
- tillage
- surface roughness
- water erosion
- ground cover
- highlands
- storms
- equations
- rain
- Wyoming
- water quality
- sediment yield
- infiltration
- simulation
- soil texture
- sediment yield
- surface cover
- surface roughness
- eolian sediment
- RUSLE
- non-point-source pollution
- water quality
- Library Collection RecordAccurately identifying the botanical composition of free-ranging animal diets remains a challenge. Currently accepted procedures are time consuming, many requiring painstaking sample preparation…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- fluorescence
- lambs
- wavelengths
- methodology
- evaluation
- light intensity
- feces composition
- feces
- statistical analysis
- selective grazing
- feeds
- botanical composition
- forage
- feed intake
- cattle
- botanical composition
- fluorescence
- xenon fluorometry
- fecal fluorophores
- Library Collection RecordAlthough recognized in importance from the dawn of history, forages have too often been underestimated and undervalued perhaps in part because animal performance has frequently failed to reflect…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- plant diseases and disorders
- immune response
- morbidity
- animal health
- sexual reproduction
- antinutritional factors
- Festuca arundinacea
- nutritional status
- toxicity
- mineral content
- economic analysis
- liveweight gain
- mortality
- adaptation
- animal behavior
- secondary metabolites
- digestibility
- insect pests
- nutritive value
- literature reviews
- livestock
- forage
- feed intake
- chemical constituents of plants
- nutrition
- animal health
- performance
- forage quality
- toxins
- Library Collection RecordPlants possess a wide variety of compounds and growth forms that are termed "anti-quality" factors because they reduce forage value and deter grazing. Anti-quality attributes can reduce a…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- allelochemicals
- food intake
- detoxification
- animal husbandry
- energy content
- metabolism
- flavor
- toxicity
- nutrient content
- foraging
- nutrient availability
- tolerance
- adaptation
- animal behavior
- selective grazing
- herbivores
- nutritive value
- quality
- literature reviews
- grazing
- forage
- anti-quality
- conditioned aversions
- detoxification
- diet selection
- forage quality
- foraging
- grazing behavior
- toxic plants