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- Library Collection RecordThe Endangered Species Act (ESA) continues to serve as one of the most powerful and contested federal legislative mandates for conservation. In the midst of heated debates, researchers, policy makers…Publication Date 2017
- adaptive management
- collaboration
- cooperative conservation
- endangered species management
- human dimensions of natural resource
- management
- resilience
- Library Collection RecordGrassland root responses to mowing and fertility are less well known than shoot responses, even though as much as 90% of productivity in semiarid grasslands occurs belowground. Thus, understanding…Publication Date 2014-01
- belowground
- crested wheatgrass
- invasion
- management
- minirhizotron
- nitrogen
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1964-03-01
- Rainy Season
- seasonal variation
- coverage
- Summer Season
- Grazing Intensities
- origin
- grazing intensity
- India
- forbs
- grasses
- management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1964-03-01
- Johnsongrass
- Dark Green
- Yellow Green
- Plant Maturity
- Sorghum halepense
- animal preferences
- preference
- Managing
- Introduced
- selective grazing
- Stillwater
- steers
- pastures
- forage plants
- native
- color
- range
- palatability
- grazing
- Oklahoma
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1964-05-01
- educator
- Curriculum Planning
- Teaching Methods
- Ranch Managers
- lands
- Basic Sciences
- international development
- Nations
- Courses
- challenge
- range research
- students
- content
- objectives
- multiple use
- private
- Public
- Range Schools
- development
- future
- range management
- education
- management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1964-05-01
- cultivated lands
- Seed Placement
- Erosion Hazard
- improvement practices
- Furrow Spacing
- Climax Grasses
- Range Interseeding
- Interseeder
- Range Stie
- Go Back Fields
- Furrow Type
- Seed Selection
- Lister
- Double Disk Furrow
- Poor Condition
- Status
- observation
- Great Plains
- plant succession
- conditions
- Sandy Range
- development
- Nebraska
- management
- Library Collection RecordThis article discusses the status of range management in Greece and its relationship to other aspects of the general economy. Since the general economy is improving rapidly, increased attention is…Publication Date 1964-11-01
- management
- Extension
- forests
- Grazing Practices
- teaching
- Aristotelion University
- Thessaloniki
- tourism
- agricultural production
- Farming Lands
- Future Development
- American Farm School
- demonstrations
- Village
- Public Works
- Stored Fodder
- patterns
- industry
- Greece
- soil conservation
- economy
- land use
- land ownership
- research
- controlled grazing
- composition
- improvement
- livestock
- forage
- range management
- Library Collection RecordMost of the world’s rangelands are subject to large spatial and temporal variation in forage quantity and quality, which can have severe consequences for the stability and profitability of livestock…Publication Date 2012-07-01
- adaptive grazing
- forage quality
- grazing
- management
- key resources
- nutrient loss rates
- seasonal variation
- Library Collection RecordPurposeful introductions of exotic species for rehabilitation efforts following wildfire are common on rangelands in the western United States, though ecological impacts of exotic species in novel…Publication Date 2013-03-01
- exotic species
- greenstrips
- management
- sagebrush steppe
- slickspots
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordThis paper analyzes rancher participation in conservation programs in the context of a social-ecological framework for adaptive rangeland decision-making. We argue that conservation programs are best…Publication Date 2013-11-01
- ecosystem services
- management
- social networks
- Library Collection RecordThis forum manuscript examines the importance of grazing lands for sequestering soil organic carbon (SOC), providing societal benefits, and potential influences on them of emerging policies and…Publication Date 2010-01-01
- 2008 Farm Bill
- economic benefits
- environmental benefits
- legislation
- pastures
- rangelands
- soil carbon sequestration
- Library Collection RecordDistinguishing between anthropogenic and natural sources of sediment and nutrients is important for water resource management in irrigated basins. Water quality of flood irrigation was monitored at…Publication Date 2010-05-01
- grass
- grazing
- irrigation
- nitrogen
- pastures
- water quality
- Library Collection RecordA longitudinal study of California hardwood rangelands shows significant change in landowner characteristics and goals. Results of three studies spanning 1985 to 2004 were used to develop and…Publication Date 2010-05-01
- attitudes
- conservation easements
- impermanence syndrome
- land use
- management
- Quercus
- Library Collection RecordMicrohistological analysis of feces is the most applied noninvasive method for assessing diets of wild ungulates. However, the method is complicated by differential digestibility of forage species.…Publication Date 2010-05-01
- bite count
- management
- ruminants
- techniques
- Library Collection RecordProductive ground cover (PGC) is often used as a measure of sward health and persistence. To measure PGC, a camera stand was constructed to provide diffuse lighting of grass swards for color digital…Publication Date 2008-03-01
- camera stand
- digital aerial photography
- image classification
- grazing
- pastures
- prairie grass
- tall fescue
- Library Collection RecordTrees in silvopastoral systems can accumulate carbon (C) and nutrients under their canopies. Most studies measure only net changes in organic matter and nutrients without evaluating turnover of soil…Publication Date 2008-05-01
- agroforestry
- caatinga
- 13C natural abundance
- indigenous trees
- islands of fertility
- pastures
- Library Collection RecordFor more than 150 years, ranchers in the West have gained insight about natural systems through daily interaction and management of landscapes, but this knowledge has never been systematically…Publication Date 2009-11-01
- adoption of innovation
- knowledge networks
- local knowledge
- management
- ranchers
- rangeland health
- semistructured interviews
- Library Collection RecordArid and semiarid rangelands often behave unpredictably in response to management actions and environmental stressors, making it difficult for ranchers to manage for long-term sustainability. State-…Publication Date 2009-11-01
- local knowledge
- management
- ranchers
- semistructured interviews
- state-and-transition models
- vegetation changes
- Library Collection RecordRangeland monitoring often includes repeat photographs as a basis for documentation. Whereas photographic equipment and electronics have been evolving rapidly, photographic monitoring methods for…Publication Date 2009-11-01
- auto stitching
- digital photography
- pastures
- riparian
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordRanch management practices aimed at cattle and pasture vegetation have the potential to impact other animals as well, including nontarget organisms. Soil-inhabiting nematodes are often used as…Publication Date 2007-01-01
- bioindicators
- grazing
- nontarget organisms
- pastures
- ranch management
- richness
- trophic structure
- Library Collection RecordInvasion of rangeland by exotic forage species threatens ecosystem structure and function and can cause catastrophic economic losses. Herbicide treatments often are the focus of management efforts to…Publication Date 2007-05-01
- Chinese bush cloer
- disturbance ecology
- fire ecology
- grazing
- management
- heterogeneity
- herbivory
- invasion
- macro-ecology
- Sericea lespedeza
- Library Collection RecordTwo experiments evaluated effects of weaning date on cow body condition score (BCS) and calf growth. In Experiment 1, 134 March-calving cows were used in a four-year experiment. Calves were weaned 18…Publication Date 2007-11-01
- beef cows
- systems
- production
- management
- Library Collection RecordOptimum habitat condition is a concept typically used for wildlife rather than livestock. The definition for optimal livestock habitat will vary with management objectives. Abiotic factors, such as…Publication Date 2005-03-01
- distribution
- grazing
- foraging
- behavioral mechanisms
- management
- Library Collection RecordScaled quail (Callipepla squamata) numbers were evaluated during and after a 2-year drought period using strip census techniques on 2 pastures in late seral rangeland ecological condition and 2…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- Callipepla
- population size
- Callipepla squamata
- game birds
- seral stages
- vegetation cover
- wildlife habitats
- arid lands
- ecological succession
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- drought
- plant litter
- New Mexico
- upland game birds
- wildlife
- arid lands
- cattle grazing
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordGrazing of livestock in streams and associated riparian habitats (hereafter referred to as riparian zones) may affect small mammal communities by influencing vegetation, water quality, and other site…Publication Date 2004-07-01
- fencing
- litter
- livestock
- pastures
- streams
- vegetation
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordRotational grazing has been proposed as a Best Management Practice (BMP) for minimizing runoff in Wisconsin agricultural riparian areas. The influence of this land management practice on grassland…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- sturnella magna
- passerculus sandwichensis
- dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Wisconsin
- fields
- wild birds
- depth
- grasslands
- continuous grazing
- species diversity
- riparian buffers
- rotational grazing
- plant communities
- wildlife management
- plant litter
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- species richness
- density
- dominance
- buffer strips
- Library Collection RecordSimple, reliable tools are needed by land managers to quantify establishment success when seeding or re-seeding pastures or rangeland. A frequency grid was designed to measure seedling or plant…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- tools
- frequency distribution
- sown grasslands
- seedlings
- range management
- planting
- rangelands
- pastures
- plant density
- seedling counts
- Library Collection RecordThis study identifies the characteristics and attitudes of public land ranchers. Data from a random survey of 2,000 U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management grazing permittees (53.5%…Publication Date 2002-01-01
- socioeconomic status
- cultural values
- intensification
- ranges
- farm income
- grazing tenancy
- livestock numbers
- management
- farm size
- public domain
- ranching
- farmers' attitudes
- Western United States
- demography
- grazing intensity
- sheep
- beef cattle
- grazing fees
- grazing reduction
- grazing season
- public land property
- Library Collection RecordPoisonous plants that impair normal reproductive functions in livestock include Veratrum californicum Durand, lupines, ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl.), broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- teratogens
- abortion
- mechanism of action
- Oxytropis
- Astragalus
- alkaloids
- Lupinus
- controlled grazing
- Pinus ponderosa
- reproductive performance
- species differences
- cattle
- range management
- literature reviews
- poisonous plants
- poisonous plants
- lupine
- locoweed
- ponderosa pine
- reproduction
- management
- Library Collection RecordEarly weaning of calves can improve reproduction of beef cows, and would be of no detriment to calf growth if the diet is adequate. Digestible energy intake could be limiting, however, when calves…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- early weaning
- concentrates
- Medicago sativa
- alfalfa
- alfalfa hay
- calf feeding
- body condition
- liveweight gain
- calves
- body weight
- pastures
- beef cows
- hay
- Argentina
- grazing
- Calf growth
- calf diet
- calf supplementation
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordA grazing system which allows cattle to select a season-long diet more nearly meeting their nutrient requirements should facilitate optimal weight gains. A study was conducted near Mandan, N. D.…Publication Date 2002-09-01
- native ranges
- Bromus inermis
- Agropyron desertorum
- protein content
- liveweight gain
- fiber content
- chemical composition
- pastures
- Pascopyrum smithii
- in vitro digestibility
- botanical composition
- grazing
- beef cattle
- feeding preferences
- North Dakota
- animal behavior
- crested wheatgrass
- western wheatgrass
- smooth bromegrass
- 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 RecordStocking rate is generally considered to be the most important management factor in sustainable grazing of Great Plains grasslands over management periods of 10 to 20 years or longer. Most studies to…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- birth weight
- calf production
- weaning weight
- Artemisia filifolia
- costs and returns
- optimization
- calves
- temporal variation
- body weight
- stocking rate
- pastures
- beef cows
- profitability
- precipitation
- sustainability
- grazing intensity
- drought
- range management
- seasonal variation
- Artemisia filifolia
- mixed prairie
- Southern Plains
- animal performance
- optimum stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordAlteration of stream channel morphology by cattle and associated streambank erosion is a concern on rangeland watersheds. The objective of this study was to determine changes in stream channel…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- stream channel depth
- riparian grasslands
- depth
- stream erosion
- streams
- savanna woodlands
- Quercus wislizeni
- width
- grazing experiments
- dry seasons
- wet season
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- California
- range management
- beef cattle
- plant height
- grazing effects
- stream bank erosion
- sediments
- annual rangelands
- California
- Library Collection RecordNitrogen fertilization is a common practice on introduced grass pastures established on marginal farmland in the Southern Great Plains. The efficiency of N fertilizer use on pastures and concern…Publication Date 2000-03-01
- soil organic matter
- costs and returns
- production costs
- liveweight gain
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- rain
- nitrogen fertilizers
- stocking rate
- pastures
- Oklahoma
- steers
- crude protein
- summer
- soil chemistry
- in vitro digestibility
- nitrogen content
- application rates
- biomass
- Southern Plains
- marginal farmland
- grass fertilization
- old world bluestem
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- forage quality
- Library Collection RecordWe surveyed the effectiveness of livestock guard dogs for reduc-ing predation on domestic sheep in Colorado during 1993. The number of producers using dogs increased from about 25 in 1986 to >159…Publication Date 2000-05-01
- Puma concolor
- livestock numbers
- coyotes
- lambs
- ewes
- predation
- guard dogs
- sheep dogs
- mortality
- Ursus americanus
- pastures
- rangelands
- Colorado
- Akbash
- black bears
- Canis latrans
- coyote
- dog
- Felis concolor
- Great Pyrenees
- Komondor
- mountain lion
- sheep
- Ursus americanus
- Library Collection RecordAccurate measures of the relative resource impacts from elk (Cervus elaphus) and cattle (Bos taurus and B. indicus) improve land management planning wherever these species cohabitate. Comparisons of…Publication Date 2000-05-01
- fences
- area
- mixed grazing
- experimental design
- Cervus elaphus
- pastures
- animal behavior
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- wildlife management
- range management
- Montana
- Cervus elaphus
- exclosure site
- livestock-wildlife relations
- wild ungulates
- Library Collection RecordFlorida native range is grazed in winter and cows are moved to bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flugge) pasture in March for breeding and calf rearing. Winter weight loss of cows is a major problem, and…Publication Date 2000-07-01
- weaning
- pregnancy rate
- breeding season
- weaning weight
- sown grasslands
- weight losses
- Paspalum notatum
- liveweight gain
- calves
- body weight
- rain
- Florida
- pastures
- spring
- beef cows
- summer
- grazing
- native forage
- cattle
- reproduction
- weight change
- management
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to provide a tool for maintaining a high grazing efficiency. In a rotational grazing system, the residual sward height does not provide enough information in advance…Publication Date 2000-07-01
- France
- assessment
- ewes
- heat sums
- dairy cows
- nitrogen balance
- volume determination
- controlled grazing
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- plant height
- herbage height
- nitrogen
- stocking rate
- management
- dairy farms
- 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 RecordActivity budgets and foraging behavior of yearling bison (Bison bison L.) on pasture were studied during quarterly trials between June 1994 and December 1995. Daily activity patterns were polyphasic…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- physical activity
- bison
- digestible energy
- British Columbia
- diurnal variation
- foraging
- dietary fiber
- lignin
- duration
- length
- pastures
- animal behavior
- feeding behavior
- crude protein
- seasonal variation
- feeding preferences
- nutritional ecology
- forage intake
- annual grazing
- forage selection
- Library Collection RecordA classification of dietary structural types that represents different arrangements of forage classes is proposed. It may be especially useful for interpreting and comparing herbivore diets from…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- Lama guanicoe
- feces composition
- pastures
- selective grazing
- species differences
- vegetation
- feeds
- digestibility
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- forage
- diet botanical composition
- conceptualization
- forage classes
- microhistological analysis
- multivariate analysis
- similarity of diets
- Library Collection RecordStrategic supplement placement has been shown to be an effective tool to lure cattle to underutilized rangeland. The goal of this study was to determine where cattle grazed when supplement was placed…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- molasses
- global positioning systems
- sloping land
- spatial variation
- water availability
- pastures
- feed supplements
- spatial distribution
- cattle
- Montana
- rangelands
- grazing
- grasses
- distribution
- grazing
- behavior
- utilization
- 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 RecordPopulations of an introduced woody weed, prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile ssp. indica (Benth.) Brenan syn. Acacia arabica (Lam.) Willd. ssp. indica Benth.), were surveyed at 4 sites in…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- regeneration
- Weeds
- quarantine
- Queensland
- seed dispersal
- highlands
- rain
- seedlings
- pastures
- selective grazing
- woody plants
- rotational grazing
- sheep
- plant density
- introduced species
- browsing
- grazing
- plant height
- Life-stage profiles
- rainfall
- population dynamics
- regeneration
- cattle
- woody weeds
- Library Collection RecordStructural anti-quality characteristics are physical plant traits that reduce the performance and productivity of herbivores and quality of their agricultural products. Most structural anti-quality…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- shear strength
- animal injuries
- wool
- performance
- tensile strength
- foraging
- habitats
- plant morphology
- duration
- plant anatomy
- pastures
- digestibility
- sustainability
- botanical composition
- quality
- pasture plants
- literature reviews
- grazing
- feed intake
- bite size
- chewing
- canopy structure
- intake rate
- physical plant defenses
- spines
- Library Collection RecordThe greatest anti-quality associated with eastern temperature pasture grasses is the result of ergot alkaloids found in endophyte-infected (Neotyphodium ceonophialum) tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- body temperature
- necrosis
- Claviceps
- Claviceps purpurea
- mutualism
- Phalaris arundinacea
- lactation
- Neotyphodium coenophialum
- sexual reproduction
- Festuca arundinacea
- Lolium perenne
- alkaloids
- Lolium multiflorum
- persistence
- seeds
- pastures
- growth rate
- literature reviews
- ergot alkaloids
- tall fescue
- ergotism
- perennial ryegrass
- reed canarygrass
- annual ryegrass
- Library Collection RecordRuminants are a diverse group of mammals, both domestic and wild species, that exhibit microbial fermentation prior to gastrointestinal activity. During the digestive process, glycosides and other…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- metabolites
- metabolism
- clinical aspects
- substrates
- symptoms
- glycosides
- chemical structure
- treatments
- nutrient availability
- phytotoxins
- pastures
- ruminants
- rumen fermentation
- range management
- rangelands
- pasture plants
- literature reviews
- forage
- poisonous plants
- ruminants
- cattle
- rumen microbes
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing, fertilizing, and seeding on persistence of herbaceous species was monitored by point quadrat about every second year from 1975 to 1989 in a low-fertility pasture in the aspen…Publication Date 1999-01-01
- change
- Medicago sativa
- Bromus inermis
- Festuca rubra
- grassland improvement
- sown grasslands
- ground cover
- Poa pratensis
- continuous grazing
- Saskatchewan
- rain
- pastures
- vegetation
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordIn continuous grazing systems the amount of herbage and its quality is a matter of primary concern. However, at moderate stocking, cattle grazing usually leads to the generation of patches differing…Publication Date 1998-11-01
- areas
- patches
- density
- Festuca arundinacea
- continuous grazing
- stocking rate
- pastures
- cattle
- nitrogen content
- biomass
- Argentina
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- plant height