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- Library Collection RecordA 2 year study in south central North Dakota determined the responses of (1) litter and root decomposition and nitrogen (N) release, and (2) soil N mineralization to grazing intensity. The treatments…Publication Date 1994-11-01
- nitrogen retention
- degradation
- rangeland soils
- biogeochemical cycles
- grazing experiments
- grazing intensity
- plant litter
- rangelands
- grasses
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordAn observed increase in winterfat (Ceratoides lanata (Pursh) J.T. Howell) on ungrazed rangeland suggests that this shrub may potentially be an important forage resource in the Northern Mixed Prairie…Publication Date 1995-05-01
- Saskatchewan
- rain
- Krascheninnikovia lanata
- growth
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- defoliation
- Library Collection RecordThis study was conducted for 2 consecutive growing seasons in a temperate region of Pakistan to determine a residual phytomass level necessary to adequately protect the soil against accelerated…Publication Date 1995-05-01
- sediments
- watershed management
- water erosion
- Pakistan
- rill erosion
- Pinus wallichiana
- Universal Soil Loss Equation
- rainfall simulators
- biomass production
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- canopy
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordEstimates of forage production for long-term ungrazed, lightly, moderately, and heavily grazed treatments (0, 20, 40, 60% removal of annual forage production) established in 1939 in shortgrass steppe…Publication Date 1994-03-01
- fluctuations
- steppes
- regression analysis
- rain
- biomass production
- grazing intensity
- semiarid zones
- botanical composition
- Colorado
- forage
- Library Collection RecordAn investigation was conducted to characterize the intensity and frequency of tiller defoliation in 'Plains' Old World bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng) under frontal, continuous…Publication Date 1994-05-01
- frequency
- tussock grasslands
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- stocking rate
- tillers
- grazing intensity
- browsing damage
- cattle
- defoliation
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordLivestock have been a key factor in the development of civilization, but what will their role be in the future and how should the science of rangeland management change to meet the challenges of the…Publication Date 1995-07-01
- interdisciplinary research
- adverse effects
- environmental impact
- stocking rate
- selective grazing
- rotational grazing
- range management
- defoliation
- literature reviews
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordBased on recent circumstances in connection with compensation of livestock killed by large, protected carnivores in Norway, this paper discusses what type of logic should be used to establish which…Publication Date 1994-03-01
- philosophy
- tracks
- argumentation
- proof
- losses
- predation
- Norway
- Ursus arctos
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordThis study was initiated to determine the effects of defoliation frequency (based on amount of growth present), intensity, and length of grazing season on quantity and quality of big bluestem (…Publication Date 1992-11-01
- carbohydrates
- persistence
- Missouri
- protein content
- cutting frequency
- Andropogon gerardii
- crude protein
- grazing intensity
- in vitro digestibility
- defoliation
- quality
- grazing
- simulation
- forage
- Library Collection RecordObservations suggest spring grazing of riparian areas is a good management strategy because of a reduced tendency for cattle to concentrate along streams during that season. In this study, June…Publication Date 1993-11-01
- riparian grasslands
- Idaho
- grazing intensity
- grazing
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordCattle grazing has been suggested as a principal cause for poor oak recruitment in California's hardwood rangelands. This study evaluated the effects of stock density and season of grazing on…Publication Date 1992-09-01
- crop damage
- recruitment
- Quercus douglasii
- seedlings
- stocking rate
- winter
- spring
- summer
- grazing intensity
- browsing damage
- California
- woodlands
- cattle
- range management
- seasonal variation
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordResearch was conducted at the Sonora Research Station during a 4-year period (1984 to 1988) to measure differences in herbaceous vegetation response between two 7-pasture 1-herd grazing systems.…Publication Date 1993-03-01
- ewes
- dry matter accumulation
- grazing trials
- ecological succession
- stocking rate
- pastures
- heifers
- growth rate
- grazing intensity
- Texas
- botanical composition
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordStocking rates and grazing strategies may alter botanical composition of rangeland vegetation by altering frequency and intensity of defoliation of individual plant species. We used long-interval…Publication Date 1993-03-01
- mixed pastures
- grazing trials
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- steers
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Bouteloua gracilis
- tillers
- grazing intensity
- botanical composition
- defoliation
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordNonindustrial private forest landowners (NIPF) control 21.4% of Washington's commercial forestland, much of which produces forage. Resident NIPF owners in 3 regions in the state were surveyed to…Publication Date 1993-01-01
- silvopastoral systems
- private forestry
- motivation
- perception
- surveys
- landowners
- Washington
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordChanges in rangeland vegetation integrate the consequences of livestock grazing intensity and possible climate change, as well as other factors. Because vegetation changes tend to be very slow in dry…Publication Date 1992-11-01
- xerophytes
- Krascheninnikovia
- Hilaria
- change
- Hilaria jamesii
- eremosemium spinosa
- Achnatherum hymenoides
- ecological succession
- Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
- vegetation
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant communities
- rangelands
- Utah
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordCharacterization of standing herbaceous biomass on rangeland is complicated by both temporal and spatial variability that results from patchiness in vegetation. These patches often cause nonuniform…Publication Date 1992-05-01
- mixed pastures
- frequency distribution
- Buchloe dactyloides
- mathematical models
- spatial variation
- prediction
- temporal variation
- Bouteloua gracilis
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- biomass
- grazing
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordCattle at a light stocking rate of 0.17 to 0.18 AUM/ha over a 35-day grazing season in summer preferred to graze on lowland range sites, while elk in winter preferred upland range sites. We changed…Publication Date 1991-05-01
- animal competition
- sloping land
- foraging
- highlands
- lowlands
- habitats
- site factors
- soil types
- stocking rate
- pastures
- winter
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- Cervus elaphus canadensis
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordFour potential cattle grazing systems on summer range in the Sierra Nevada are compared in terms of deer harvest, number of hunters attracted, and the net economic value of hunting. Research on deer…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- net economic benefit
- national forests
- carrying capacity
- population density
- economic analysis
- hunting
- multiple land use
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- Odocoileus hemionus
- California
- cattle
- range management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordPaper presented at the "Symposium on Ingestion of Poisonous Plants by Livestock," February 15, 1990, Reno, Nevada. Animals can be trained to avoid eating specific foods by offering them the…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- learning
- training (animals)
- avoidance conditioning
- Delphinium barbeyi
- feeding behavior
- livestock
- grazing
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordChanges in total biomass and botanical composition in a native pasture of the Flooding Pampa in the Salado River Basin (Province of Buenos Aires), under 3 grazing systems: spring-summer rest (…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- Paspalum dilatatum
- Sporobolus indicus
- bothriochloa laguroides
- seasonal grazing
- Bothriochloa
- floodplains
- continuous grazing
- yields
- rotational grazing
- natural grasslands
- biomass production
- grazing intensity
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- grazing
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordEven though the Wilderness Act of 1964 provided for continuation of livestock grazing after wilderness designation, there has been continued debate about the Forest Service's implementation of…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- land policy
- permits
- animal unit month
- coronado national forest
- Tonto National Forest
- USDA
- wilderness
- national forests
- multiple land use
- grazing intensity
- range management
- rangelands
- grazing
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordGrazing systems and stocking rates are used to influence livestock grazing behavior with the intent of improving livestock and vegetation performance. In 1982, a study was initiated to determine…Publication Date 1991-05-01
- night grazing
- short-duration grazing
- grazing time
- distance travelled
- liveweight gain
- continuous grazing
- grazing trials
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- steers
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- grazing behavior
- grazing
- beef cattle
- 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 RecordVariable weather, forage production, weed and pest problems, and livestock prices contribute to uncertainty in range livestock production. Because returns from livestock production, in which…Publication Date 1991-05-01
- prices
- econometric models
- stochastic processes
- variability of returns
- risk
- costs and returns
- animal production
- stocking rate
- profitability
- sustainability
- range management
- livestock
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThe government must manage public rangeland in the face of alternative multiple use interests, including wildlife and domestic livestock production. The objectives of this study were to estimate a…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- linear programming
- mixed grazing
- production possibilities
- economic benefits
- production possibilities frontier
- marginal rates of substitution
- marginal returns
- animal production
- multiple land use
- cost-benefit analysis
- stocking rate
- Antilocapra americana
- biomass production
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- range management
- rangelands
- forage
- Library Collection 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 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. 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 RecordUneven distribution of livestock in large pastures results in some areas receiving more use than the average and some areas receiving little or no use. Six 2-ha experimental pastures on a shallow…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- grazing pressure
- twig diameter
- grazing strategy
- Acacia rigidula
- Acacia berlandieri
- stocking rate
- branches
- diameter
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- goats
- Texas
- canopy
- feeding preferences
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordVegetational response of a nine-paddock, short-duration grazing cell was compared to that of a continuous pasture for a 5-year period in southcentral New Mexico. Differences in vegetational response…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- grazing time
- vegetation cover
- standing crop
- stocking rate
- pastures
- vegetation
- Bouteloua gracilis
- biomass production
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- grazing
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordLittle is known about the chemical composition of throughfall, or the water that falls through, and drips from, the grass canopy of Rough Fescue Grassland during the grazing season. Water-extractable…Publication Date 1992-03-01
- chernozems
- soil organic matter
- monosaccharides
- organic acids and salts
- physicochemical properties
- Festuca campestris
- grasslands
- Alberta
- stocking rate
- chemical composition
- grazing intensity
- soil chemistry
- plant litter
- Library Collection RecordThe Kostiakov equation is of interest in rangeland hydrology because it is a simple 2 parameter equation with values of constants easy to determine from measured infiltration data, and because of its…Publication Date 1991-01-01
- mixed pastures
- hydrologic data
- Festuca
- grazing trials
- equations
- Alberta
- natural grasslands
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- prairies
- grazing
- infiltration
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordWe analyzed the response of the key habitat features and ground-foraging birds to 2 intensities of continuous grazing on sandy loam and clay soils in the Texas Coastal Bend during 1984-1985. Heavy…Publication Date 1990-01-01
- wildlife food plants
- sturnella magna
- birds
- Zenaida macroura
- Colinus virginianus
- population density
- habitats
- clay soils
- sandy loam soils
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- Texas
- grazing
- 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 RecordImpacts of long-term cattle grazing on litter and soil organic matter were assessed in mixed prairie, parkland fescue, and foothills fescue grasslands of Alberta, Canada. Grazing regimes were of…Publication Date 1991-01-01
- soil organic matter
- chernozemic soils
- solonetzic soils
- mixed pastures
- Festuca
- grazing trials
- Alberta
- natural grasslands
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- prairies
- plant litter
- grazing
- 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 RecordThe key to managing Arizona chaparral depends on creating and maintaining brush-free or savanna-like habitats. Brush control using fire, chemicals, and mechanical methods has been tested previously;…Publication Date 1991-03-01
- chaparral
- chaparral soils
- Quercus turbinella
- manual weed control
- soil density
- biological control
- controlled grazing
- brush control
- soil fertility
- stocking rate
- vegetation
- regrowth
- grazing intensity
- goats
- range management
- browsing
- grazing
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordA key to management of short duration grazing systems is maintaining proper rest periods for individual pastures, but information on the necessary length of rest periods for tallgrass prairie is…Publication Date 1991-03-01
- grazing time
- controlled grazing
- ecological succession
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- Oklahoma
- natural grasslands
- grazing intensity
- plant communities
- cattle
- prairies
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordBasin big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt ssp tridentata Beetle) often invades rangelands seeded to introduced grass species. Livestock grazing may enhance the invasion but the effects of…Publication Date 1990-03-01
- short-duration grazing
- size
- Agropyron desertorum
- population dynamics
- mortality
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant density
- Utah
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordSimulated 8-pasture short duration grazing systems were studied in 1985-86 to determine the effect of grazing schedule and stocking rate on defoliation patterns of individual grass tillers of big…Publication Date 1990-03-01
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- controlled grazing
- stocking rate
- Andropogon gerardii
- rotational grazing
- Oklahoma
- tillers
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- defoliation
- grazing
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordLiveweight (LW) changes and behavior of growing rams were measured in 1981, 1982, 1985, and 1986 at the Timahdit Experiment Station in the Middle Atlas, Morocco, at stocking rates of 2.78, 4.17, and…Publication Date 1990-09-01
- rams
- Morocco
- selling prices
- production costs
- decision making
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- diets
- grazing behavior
- in vitro digestibility
- range management
- forage
- dry matter
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordCombined grazing by black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) and bison (Bison) produces and maintains a series of changes in the vegetation of prairie dog colonies. However, because their…Publication Date 1991-03-01
- grazing time
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- mixed pastures
- bison
- controlled grazing
- South Dakota
- vegetation
- grazing intensity
- nitrogen content
- prairies
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordLitter and organic matter accumulations can reduce soil water through interception of precipitation and subsequent evaporation of absorbed water. Interception varies with mass and water holding…Publication Date 1991-01-01
- particle size distribution
- soil organic matter
- mixed pastures
- water holding capacity
- Festuca
- grazing trials
- Alberta
- natural grasslands
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- prairies
- plant litter
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordIn recent years there has been an increasing emphasis on reestablishment of woody vegetation in degraded riparian zones. In this study we evaluated the influence of grazing and selected site factors…Publication Date 1991-01-01
- shoot cuttings
- salix geyeriana
- crop establishment
- Salix
- water table
- site factors
- riparian buffers
- mortality
- soil water content
- grazing intensity
- plant communities
- California
- cattle
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordArmed saltbush [Atriplex acanthocarpa (Torr.) Wats.] and fourwing saltbush [A. canescens (Pursh) Nutt.] are browsed by livestock and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Raf.). The objective of…Publication Date 1988-09-01
- atriplex acanthocarpa
- Atriplex canescens
- Odocoileus virginianus
- species
- digestibility
- semiarid zones
- Texas
- rangelands
- livestock
- forage
- plant height
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordDeciding how to allocate forage among animals is a fundamentally important process in range management. The wisdom of these decisions can be enhanced by estimating the marginal value of forage needed…Publication Date 1989-03-01
- economic impact
- wildlife
- mathematical models
- Idaho
- range management
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordThurber needlegrass (Stipa thurberiana Piper) is an important component of both forested and shrub-steppe communities of the Pacific Northwest and Great Basin regions, and little is known of its…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- Achnatherum thurberianum
- roots
- stocking rate
- regrowth
- Oregon
- range management
- phenology
- rangelands
- defoliation
- livestock
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordA study was conducted in the Texas Rolling Plains to test the hypotheses that short-duration grazing increases plant density and diversity in grasslands. Densities of 9 species of winter annual forbs…Publication Date 1989-09-01
- annuals
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- Texas
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordJojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) is a major evergreen browse species for livestock and wildlife throughout its range from central Arizona to northwest Mexico and Baja California. Current guidelines for…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- Simmondsia chinensis
- wildlife
- browse plants
- woody plants
- range management
- browsing
- livestock
- grazing
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe influence of grazing by cattle on soil bulk density was studied in a typic Natraquoll of the Flooding Pampa of Argentina for a period of 33 months, by comparing a grazed situation to an enclosure…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- pampas
- physicochemical properties
- floodplains
- soil density
- environmental factors
- soil water content
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- Argentina
- grazing
- soil compaction
- bulk density
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordThe impacts of intensive vs. extensive silviculture, and moderate continuous livestock grazing vs. no livestock grazing as they relate to infiltration and runoff water quality were evaluated using…Publication Date 1989-09-01
- silviculture
- Pinus palustris
- Louisiana
- grazing intensity
- plant litter
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