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- Library Collection RecordThe accuracy of microhistological techniques for analysis of herbivore diets was evaluated with cattle, sheep, and Angora goats fed grass, forb, and shrub mixtures of known botanical compositions.…Publication Date 1992-03-01
- feces analysis
- assessment
- feces composition
- shrubs
- diets
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- botanical composition
- grasses
- New Mexico
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordThe usefulness of near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) for predicting diet quality of free-ranging cattle through fecal analysis was examined. Diet samples were obtained with esophageal…Publication Date 1992-05-01
- organic matter
- protein content
- prediction
- feces
- infrared spectroscopy
- steers
- digestibility
- crude protein
- diets
- Texas
- nutritive value
- grazing
- beef cattle
- forage
- Library Collection RecordFertilizer nitrogen (N) management and other cultural practices used in reclamation can have a significant effect on the successful revegetation of mined lands. Repeated fertilization of revegetated…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- annual dressings
- split dressings
- crimped straw mulches
- stubble mulching
- ammonium nitrate
- straw mulches
- mined soils
- reclamation
- Poaceae
- biomass production
- Wyoming
- land restoration
- application rates
- grasses
- forage
- Library Collection RecordLive oak (Quercus virginiana Mill.) competes with herbaceous plants, but provides browse and mast for white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmerman). We determined the effects of treating live…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- grassland improvement
- nutritional status
- browse
- Quercus virginiana
- foraging
- tebuthiuron
- woodland grasslands
- weed control
- yields
- Odocoileus virginianus
- biomass production
- Texas
- botanical composition
- browsing
- grasses
- forage
- feeding preferences
- 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 RecordThis study investigated the effect of grazing by California bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) on plant community structure. Over 28 months from 1977 to 1979, bighorn diet consisted of 79…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- Ovis canadensis
- Ovis canadensis californiana
- community ecology
- British Columbia
- grasslands
- plant ecology
- species diversity
- ecological succession
- feces composition
- vigor
- plant communities
- shrubs
- botanical composition
- grazing
- grasses
- forage
- feeding preferences
- 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 RecordPaper presented at the "Symposium on Ingestion of Poisonous Plants by Livestock," February 15, 1990, Reno, Nevada. Livestock poisoning by plants is one of the serious causes of economic…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- livestock and meat industry
- losses
- economic impact
- toxicity
- Western United States
- sheep
- cattle
- forage
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordThe concept of market interdependence is defined in this paper as the influence that public market quantity allocations and pricing decisions have on observed quantity and price in private markets.…Publication Date 1992-03-01
- market
- private sector
- public sector
- market interdependence
- fair market value
- malheur national wildlife refuge
- federal government
- regulation
- econometric models
- market prices
- Oregon
- United States
- forage
- 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 RecordCottonseed hull fragments were identified in feces collected for the first 14 of 17 days after ingestion of 1 g cottonseed hulls by each of 4 adult nude white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- cottonseed hulls
- estimation
- duration
- feces composition
- Odocoileus virginianus
- digestion
- digestibility
- forage
- Library Collection RecordWeeping lovegrass [Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees.] provides high quality forage during May, but growth of floral stems causes a rapid decline in forage quality. The study objective was to…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- mefluidide
- heading
- floral stems
- heading date
- leaves
- application timing
- Eragrostis curvula
- stems
- yields
- crude protein
- in vitro digestibility
- application rates
- phenology
- 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 RecordIn vitro and in vivo digestion trials with lambs were conducted to determine effects of ponderosa pine needles (PN; Pinus ponderosa Laws.) on digestibility of crested wheatgrass (CW; Agropyron…Publication Date 1992-05-01
- nitrogen retention
- lambs
- toxicity
- conifer needles
- Agropyron desertorum
- Pinus ponderosa
- fiber content
- digestibility
- crude protein
- diets
- in vitro digestibility
- forage
- 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 effect of late-autumn cattle grazing on plant biomass was examined in a western Great Plains cottonwood riparian zone prone to catastrophic flooding every 5-8 years. Following 1 year of pre-…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- autumn
- Populus
- floodplains
- Spartina
- Spartina pectinata
- environmental impact
- community ecology
- Populus deltoides subsp. monilifera
- standing biomass
- community composition
- riparian grasslands
- Salix
- leaves
- controlled grazing
- plant ecology
- flooding
- riparian buffers
- biomass production
- cattle
- biomass
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Colorado
- forage
- 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 RecordTall-forb communities occur an deep soils of the upper montane and subalpine zones of the Rocky Mountains and extend from southwestern Montana to southern Utah. In the Centennial Mountains of Montana…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- geranium viscosissimum
- 2,4-D
- grassland improvement
- Geranium
- vegetation management
- species diversity
- weed control
- yields
- mountain grasslands
- biomass production
- plant communities
- picloram
- application rates
- Montana
- forage
- Library Collection RecordPonderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Laws.) overstory-forage understory relationships were studied on the Kaibab Plateau of northern Arizona to evaluate how well forage (graminoid, forb, and current year…Publication Date 1992-05-01
- stand density
- stand structure
- understory
- mathematical models
- prediction
- indexes
- Pinus ponderosa
- regression analysis
- crop production
- canopy
- Arizona
- forage
- 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 RecordPaper presented at the "Symposium on Ingestion of Poisonous Plants by Livestock," February 15, 1990, Reno, Nevada. Tannins are a diverse group of compounds which precipitate protein. The…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- gallotannins
- metabolic detoxification
- molecular weight
- tannins
- digestion
- herbivores
- ruminants
- digestibility
- forage
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordThirty-six wethers were used in 3 trials to compare estimates of fecal output using chromic oxide either in a continuous-release bolus or dosed twice daily. Wethers were confined in metabolism crates…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- continuous release bolus
- fecal output
- boluses
- chromic oxide
- dosage
- feces composition
- feces
- sheep
- forage
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordA sequential multiple latin square experimental design was evaluated as a tool for establishing dietary preference rankings. Dietary preference of 4 grasses was determined by a series of four 4 X 4…Publication Date 1991-05-01
- ranking
- Alopecurus arundinaceus
- Alopecurus
- lambs
- Festuca arundinacea
- evaluation
- palatability
- statistical analysis
- forage
- feed intake
- feeding preferences
- Elytrigia elongata
- 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 RecordThe dry-weight rank technique has been used to measure vegetation in various habitats but has not been evaluated in desert shrub habitats. We sampled browse, forb, and grass in the palo-verde (…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- Sonoran Desert
- ranking
- xerophytes
- mountains
- deserts
- semi-desert scrub
- browse
- measurements
- plant ecology
- sampling
- slopes
- grasses
- Arizona
- forage
- dry matter
- 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 RecordA tandem arrangement of 3 grinding mills was devised to decrease the time required in grinding dried forage herbage to the uniform small particle size suitable for near infrared analysis. The…Publication Date 1990-09-01
- milling
- mills
- sample processing
- particle size
- sampling
- forage
- Library Collection RecordTwo experiments with wethers and one with steers were conducted to compare extraction methods of ash-free indigestible acid detergent fiber (IADF) from feed, and to determine variation across days in…Publication Date 1990-05-01
- wethers
- fistulation
- digestibility trials
- grazing trials
- fiber content
- esophagus
- steers
- forage
- Library Collection RecordPrairie threeawn (Aristida oligantha Michx.) is an indicator of deteriorated range and is unpalatable and mechanically injurious to livestock. The effects of date of burning (November, February, or…Publication Date 1990-09-01
- crop quality
- atrazine
- burning
- cultural control
- Aristida oligantha
- grassland improvement
- weed control
- chemical control
- Oklahoma
- natural grasslands
- prairies
- crop yield
- forage
- Library Collection RecordAn experiment was conducted to determine whether or not the effects of forage type and time into feeding period precluded use of esophageal extrusa to estimate relative dietary mineral status of…Publication Date 1990-03-01
- foraging period
- wheat
- assessment
- Cynodon dactylon
- nutritional status
- hay
- mineral nutrition
- steers
- diets
- forage
- 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 RecordSurface-applied zinc (Zn) in range with claypan soils could increase herbage production, but the Zn concentration could become toxic to the crown and roots of blue grama (Bouteloua grucilis).…Publication Date 1991-01-01
- zinc fertilizers
- zinc chloride
- zinc chelates
- nutrient content
- phytotoxicity
- nutrient uptake
- Bouteloua gracilis
- application rates
- forage
- Library Collection RecordClearing and thinning of caatinga vegetation in northeastern Brazil are viewed as methods of optimizing forage and wood production. Our study compared the botanical composition of goat diets relative…Publication Date 1990-11-01
- tropical forests
- caatinga
- thinning
- goat feeding
- deciduous forests
- silvopastoral systems
- clearcutting
- woodland grasslands
- pastures
- natural grasslands
- diets
- goats
- Brazil
- biomass
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- canopy
- forage
- Library Collection RecordSpoil material replaced after strip mining for lignite coal may differ from the original top soil with respect to concentrations of copper (Cu) and molybdenum (Mo), consequently levels of these…Publication Date 1990-01-01
- copper
- molybdenum
- trace element deficiencies
- reclaimed land
- nutrient deficiencies
- mined soils
- grazing trials
- pastures
- steers
- natural grasslands
- nutritive value
- forage
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordA study was made in the Rough Fescue Grasslands of southwestern Alberta to determine the yield response of rough fescue (Festuca scabrella var campestris Rydb.) and Parry oat grass (Danthonia parryi…Publication Date 1991-01-01
- festuca scabrella var. campestris
- Festuca altaica
- clipping
- danthonia parryi
- Danthonia
- Alberta
- cutting frequency
- regrowth
- growth rate
- crop yield
- defoliation
- grazing
- simulation
- forage
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordResponse of key warm-season grasses to time, frequency, and duration of defoliation is needed to develop grazing systems for the Nebraska Sandhills. A 3-year (1986 to 1988) study was conducted on a…Publication Date 1990-11-01
- leaf duration
- crop growth stage
- buds
- timing
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- dry matter accumulation
- persistence
- cutting date
- cutting frequency
- Nebraska
- tillering
- defoliation
- forage
- Library Collection RecordSpotted knapweed is the most serious range weed problem in western Montana. Although picloram is often used to control knapweed, the economic feasibility of the practice has not been evaluated. We…Publication Date 1991-01-01
- feasibility studies
- mathematical models
- cost-benefit analysis
- weed control
- chemical control
- pastures
- picloram
- Centaurea maculosa
- range management
- Montana
- forage
- Library Collection RecordHarvesting trees for firewood in the oak hardwood rangelands of the western Sierra Nevada foothills creates slash that may be burned to improve livestock forage production or piled into brushpiles…Publication Date 1991-03-01
- economic analysis
- habitats
- hunting
- Quercus
- multiple land use
- fuelwood
- Callipepla californica
- brushwood
- slash
- pastures
- California
- cattle
- wildlife management
- range management
- rangelands
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordA 2-year experiment was conducted to determine the effect of 27 years of continuous grazing at moderate (7 ha/cow/yr) (MC) and heavy (5 ha/cow/yr) (HC) rates of stocking on seasonal diet selection…Publication Date 1990-07-01
- nutrient intake
- protein content
- stocking rate
- crude protein
- dietary supplements
- diets
- cattle
- in vitro digestibility
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordFew studies have dealt with measuring individual plant defoliations in the context of intensive grazing management. In May, July, and August of 1987, grazing trials were conducted to quantify the…Publication Date 1990-09-01
- feeding frequency
- grazing time
- leaf area
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- grazing trials
- Sorghastrum nutans
- Andropogon gerardii
- rotational grazing
- tillers
- grazing intensity
- grazing behavior
- prairies
- grazing
- beef cattle
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordA management strategy using short-duration grazing and fertilization was simulated in a study with individual ‘Ermelo’ weeping lovegrass [Eragrostis curvula (Shrad.) Nees] plants. Influence of 2…Publication Date 1990-09-01
- shoot pruning
- NPK fertilizers
- crop quality
- Eragrostis curvula
- dry matter accumulation
- irrigation scheduling
- root systems
- water-use efficiency
- regrowth
- crude protein
- growth rate
- biomass
- crop yield
- forage
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordData from 2 consecutive grazing experiments conducted over 7 years on a Mediterranean type grassland were used to calculate forage consumption by herds of beef cattle maintained at different stocking…Publication Date 1990-01-01
- performance traits
- Mediterranean region
- Israel
- cows
- liveweight gain
- continuous grazing
- grazing trials
- rotational grazing
- dietary supplements
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordUtilizing source data for annual herbage production which had been obtained through repeated measurements, though not necessarily taken in each year, in 2 Arizona ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)…Publication Date 1990-01-01
- forest ecology
- watersheds
- understory
- Pinus ponderosa
- regression analysis
- growth rate
- plant communities
- canopy
- Arizona
- forage
- Library Collection RecordJustification for controlling honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr. var. glandulosa) on rangelands has been traditionally related to enhanced livestock production from increased herbage…Publication Date 1991-03-01
- net primary production
- water yield
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- Nassella leucotricha
- Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
- brush control
- leaf area index
- pastures
- vegetation
- growth rate
- biomass production
- Texas
- range management
- forage
- Library Collection RecordHeavy communal grazing pressure and rapid phytomass decomposition reduce shrub interspace cover in Somalia from 100% at the end of the growing season to 5% at the end of the dormant season. Intense…Publication Date 1990-11-01
- communal feeding
- interrill erosion
- hydrology
- watershed management
- ground cover
- watersheds
- Somalia
- sandy soils
- clay soils
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- shrubs
- plant litter
- rangelands
- livestock
- grazing
- infiltration
- Library Collection RecordIt is common in range science to base stocking rate estimates on range sites as units of forage production. However, little is known about how diet composition, quality, and intake may differ by…Publication Date 1990-03-01
- availability
- grazing pressure
- clay loam soils
- nutrient intake
- site factors
- pastures
- sandy loam soils
- heifers
- diets
- grazing behavior
- in vitro digestibility
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- forage
- Library Collection RecordIn vivo digestibility trials were conducted in metabolism stalls at New Mexico State University to evaluate the influence of leaves of true mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus Raf.) and fourwing…Publication Date 1990-11-01
- digestible protein
- nitrogen retention
- feed conversion
- nitrogen balance
- toxicity
- Atriplex canescens
- chemical composition
- hay
- crude protein
- Bouteloua gracilis
- shrubs
- diets
- goats
- nutritive value
- Cercocarpus montanus
- New Mexico
- forage
- Library Collection RecordLittle has been done to evaluate the mid-winter crude protein, phosphorus, and in vitro digestibility of subspecies and accessions of rubber rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp.) For those few…Publication Date 1990-03-01
- geographical races
- variation
- Chrysothamnus nauseosus
- winter
- phosphorus
- crude protein
- California
- in vitro digestibility
- Nevada
- nutritive value
- Utah
- Arizona
- forage
- Library Collection RecordMycorrhizal symbiosis is critical to growth of many warm-season prairie grass seedlings, but its effect on regrowth of rhizomes has not been determined. As forage species, the effect of grazing on…Publication Date 1990-07-01
- vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae
- shoot pruning
- rhizomes
- colonizing ability
- symbiosis
- shoots
- Andropogon gerardii
- regrowth
- growth rate
- crop yield
- grazing
- forage
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