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- Library Collection RecordEconomic arguments in favor of grazing intensity trials are provided by economic analysis of grazing intensity results from Coastal, Callie and experimental hybrid S-16 bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon…Publication Date 1989-09-01
- Cynodon dactylon
- economic impact
- steers
- grazing intensity
- Library Collection RecordWe discuss what concepts or models should be used to organize research and management on rangelands. The traditional range succession model is associated with the management objective of achieving an…Publication Date 1989-07-01
- ecological balance
- equilibrium
- ecosystems
- simulation models
- climax communities
- ecological succession
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordResponses of herbaceous and woody plants to combinations of 4 pine management and 4 grazing management systems were tested on a wet-flatwoods site in the pine-wiregrass vegetation type of north…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- forestry
- Aristida stricta
- Pinus elliottii
- ecological succession
- Pinus palustris
- Florida
- environmental impact reporting
- prescribed burning
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordGrazing was eliminated from the Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary, located in south-central Arizona, in 1968. Long-term changes in canopy cover of vegetation were evaluated between 1969 and…Publication Date 1989-07-01
- recovery
- ecosystems
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- plant communities
- semiarid zones
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThis paper reports the effect of season of cutting on coppice biomass production by 5 tree species common in the semiarid caatinga woodlands of northeast Brazil. Trees were cut early and late in the…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- growth
- environmental impact reporting
- species
- cutting
- Mimosa
- Caesalpinia
- Croton
- coppicing
- caesalpinia pyramidalis
- auxemma oncocalyx
- croton hemiargyreus
- mimosa acutistipula
- stumps
- death
- selective felling
- mimosa caesalpinifolia
- Brazil
- Boraginaceae
- biomass accumulation
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordResearch was conducted on the effects of rotational grazing (RG) compared to continuous grazing (CG) on the behavior of cattle grazing on rangelands. Different livestock densities in the RG…Publication Date 1989-07-01
- grazing time
- continuous grazing
- grazing experiments
- stocking rate
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- grazing behavior
- spatial distribution
- cattle
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordAfrican pastoral ecosystems have been studied with the assumptions that these ecosystems are potentially stable (equilibrial) systems which become destabilized by overstocking and overgrazing.…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- dynamics
- development policy
- program evaluation
- environmental degradation
- Africa
- ecosystems
- pastoralism
- crop production
- range management
- climatic factors
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordContinuous stocking usually leads to the formation of grazed patches. However, the effect of patches on the grassland community is related to their stability. Therefore, we studied the spatial…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- Festuca altaica
- plant community analysis
- danthonia parryi
- grasslands
- yields
- Alberta
- stocking rate
- botanical composition
- livestock
- grazing
- forage
- 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 1989-01-01
- recreation
- laws and regulations
- wilderness
- Alaska
- environmental impact reporting
- wildlife management
- United States
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordResearch was initiated at the Texas Experimental Ranch in 1981 to quantify the effects of 2 livestock densities on forage quality in a rotational grazing (RG) treatment. Livestock densities evaluated…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- stocking rate
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- digestibility
- crude protein
- Texas
- quality
- livestock
- forage
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordManipulating stocking rate and duration of grazing is fundamental to range management. It has been claimed that rotation grazing systems will increase stocking capacity of range while maintaining or…Publication Date 1988-07-01
- economics
- Hesperostipa comata
- Agropyron
- liveweight gain
- stocking rate
- crop production
- rotational grazing
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- range management
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordNet returns from control of sand shinnery oak (Quercus havardii) with tebuthiuron [N-(5-1,1-dimethylethyl 1,3,4,-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N, N′-dimethylurea] were evaluated for Southern High Plains ranges. A…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- discount rates
- production
- tebuthiuron
- economic analysis
- weed control
- Quercus havardii
- chemical control
- land restoration
- Texas
- rangelands
- livestock
- forage
- Library Collection RecordFour communities or sites dominated by blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima Torr.) were studied in the Kaiparowits Basin of southern Utah and northern Arizona. One site has been heavily grazed yearlong…Publication Date 1987-09-01
- Coleogyne ramosissima
- ground cover
- vegetation types
- plant communities
- Utah
- livestock
- grazing
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe term harvest efficiency has been used with increasing frequency to describe results of intensive grazing management. A concept of harvest efficiency for grazed systems, i.e., a grazing efficiency…Publication Date 1988-07-01
- grazing experiments
- productivity
- agricultural research
- nomenclature
- efficiency
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding the temporal response of infiltration rate and interrill erosion to selected livestock grazing strategies is necessary for the continued soil and water conservation of rangeland.…Publication Date 1988-07-01
- water conservation
- soil water relations
- interrill erosion
- sediments
- grasslands
- runoff
- Texas
- range management
- livestock
- grazing
- infiltration
- Library Collection RecordGrazing trials in which treatments are compared at only 1 grazing intensity greatly outnumber those in which treatments are compared at several grazing intensities. This suggests that, compared to…Publication Date 1988-07-01
- data analysis
- Cynodon dactylon
- models
- liveweight gain
- regression analysis
- cultivars
- grazing experiments
- stocking rate
- steers
- grazing intensity
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordConcentrations and loadings (output, number day-1 km-2) of fecal coliform (FC) indicator bacteria were measured from 1979 through 1984 in streamflow from 13 forested watersheds under the following…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- Escherichia coli
- water pollution
- coliform bacteria
- grant county, oregon
- streams
- watersheds
- feces
- Oregon
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- water quality
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordIntensive rotation grazing is dependent on the proper timing of livestock movement for success. The timing of livestock movement is in turn dependent on the rate of forage growth, but quantitative…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- movement
- seasonal growth
- growth models
- cutting
- rotational grazing
- Oklahoma
- Poaceae
- growth rate
- prairies
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordAn artificial hoof was used to simulate trampling effects on native shortgrass sods in a greenhouse experiment. Severe to moderate trampling was applied to sods maintained under 3 soil water regimes…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- livestock
- grazing
- infiltration
- grasses
- prairie soils
- soil water regimes
- soil compaction
- bulk density
- simulation
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding the temporal response of vegetation to selected livestock grazing strategies is necessary for the continued maintenance or increased productivity of rangelands. Vegetation cover and…Publication Date 1988-03-01
- plant community analysis
- plant ecology
- ecological succession
- grazing experiments
- grazing intensity
- Texas
- biomass
- rangelands
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe rising plate meter (RPM) was used to determine forage production and livestock utilization in a rotational grazing system on improved annual pasture in California. Prior to rotating livestock,…Publication Date 1986-09-01
- meters
- growth analysis
- digestible energy
- rotational grazing
- California
- range management
- livestock
- forage
- Library Collection RecordInfluences of grazing intensity on species composition and herbage production of grass-woodland and improved grassland subtypes of annual range were evaluated over a 5-year period in coastal northern…Publication Date 1987-03-01
- grassland utilization
- grasslands
- responses
- yields
- productivity
- grazing intensity
- California
- sheep
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordLittle published information is available on the vegetation or its response to grazing in the high elevation (3,900-4,800m) grasslands of the Andes, known as the puna. The objective of this study was…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- puna
- Peru
- plant community analysis
- highlands
- ecological succession
- grazing intensity
- rangelands
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThis study determined the impacts of fertilization and livestock grazing on infiltration rates and sediment production. Infiltration rates and sediment production varied across years, depending on…Publication Date 1986-07-01
- sediments
- fertilizer application
- stocking rate
- Bouteloua gracilis
- rangelands
- livestock
- grazing
- infiltration
- bulk density
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordManagement of sympatric ungulates on multiple use lands requires knowledge of how species exploit resources available to them. We examined seasonal food habits, dietary overlap, and dietary quality…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- horses
- ungulates
- sympatric species
- resource partitioning
- feces composition
- Antilocapra americana
- Oregon
- grazing intensity
- diet studies
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- range management
- seasonal variation
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordCreeping bluestem (Schizachyrium stoloniferum) was grazed every 60-days to 15 or 30-cm stubble heights during the following 4 periods (seasons): (1) June, Aug., Oct. (JAO); (2) Oct., Dec., Feb. (ODF…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- seasons
- spread
- Schizachyrium stoloniferum
- grazing time
- stubble
- Florida
- nutrient contents of plants
- tillering
- grazing intensity
- establishment
- crop yield
- grazing
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordWe compared effects of short-duration and continuous grazing on nesting cover and success of bobwhites and wild turkeys in south Texas during 1984. Coverage, density, and dispersion of suitable nest…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- colinus vulgaris
- nesting
- grazing time
- turkeys
- nests
- game management
- pastures
- Texas
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordA 5-year study was conducted to evaluate the influences of rest-rotation, deferred-rotation, and season-long grazing systems on cattle diet botanical composition and quality and weight gains on…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- Oregon
- rotational grazing
- nutrient contents of plants
- animal nutrition
- mountain grasslands
- ruminants
- performance testing
- grazing intensity
- diet studies
- cattle
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordInfiltration rate and sediment production were assessed in oak, bunchgrass and sodgrass vegetation types in moderate continuous (MCG), heavy continuous (HCG), and intensive rotation (short-duration,…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- sediments
- Quercus virginiana
- vegetation types
- Poaceae
- plant communities
- Texas
- livestock
- grazing
- infiltration
- bulk density
- Library Collection RecordIn response to the demand for inventories of livestock and wildlife populations in Kenya, animal censuses were completed during the period 1977 to 1983 using low level, systematic reconnaissance…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- population distribution
- aerial surveys
- censuses
- aridity
- kenya rangeland ecological monitoring unit
- human population
- arid zones
- wildlife
- Kenya
- range management
- rangelands
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordCaucasian bluestem (Bothriochloa caucasica (Trin.) C.E. Hubb.) is a warm-season grass introduced from Eurasia that is currently used for reseeding farmland and depleted range in the Southern Great…Publication Date 1987-05-01
- ratios
- root shoot ratio
- Bothriochloa bladhii
- tolerance
- root systems
- leaf area index
- steers
- grazing intensity
- defoliation
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThirty species of Astragalus from Argentina were analyzed for toxic aliphatic nitro compounds. Twenty-seven species, including 7 species known to poison livestock, synthesized nitro compounds that…Publication Date 1986-07-01
- organic nitrogen compounds
- cyanogenic glycosides
- Astragalus
- toxicity
- plant analysis
- species
- Argentina
- livestock
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordCanopy cover of vegetation dominated by Gambel oak was determined in 1983 in adjacent canyons characterized by different grazing histories. Results were compared with data collected in 1935, and the…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- brushwood and scrub
- mountains
- mountain areas
- highlands
- ecological succession
- botanical composition
- Utah
- livestock
- zero grazing
- 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 1986-09-01
- animal feeding
- estimates
- wildlife
- feeding habits
- nutrient requirements
- environmental impact reporting
- range management
- rangelands
- livestock
- 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 1986-09-01
- animal feeding
- Society for Range Management
- estimates
- wildlife
- feeding habits
- nutrient requirements
- environmental impact reporting
- range management
- rangelands
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordVariation in voluntary forage intake is undoubtedly the major dietary factor determining level and efficiency of ruminant production. This variation is largest and least predictable for grazing…Publication Date 1985-07-01
- foraging
- voluntary intake
- ruminants
- grazing intensity
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordGrazing trials were conducted on high elevation summer range in southwestern Utah, with cattle and sheep stocked separately and together in .4-ha paddocks. Vegetation measurements were taken before…Publication Date 1985-07-01
- symphoricarpos oreophilus
- Symphoricarpos
- foraging
- highlands
- grazing intensity
- sheep
- cattle
- rangelands
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordExpressing the effects of grazing animals on herbage requires explicitly defined variables describing herbage growth and herbage disappearance, as well as variables describing net changes in herbage…Publication Date 1986-01-01
- mathematics and statistics
- growth analysis
- regeneration
- biomass determination
- vegetation
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordChanges in basal cover of vegetation were predicted in response to variation in precipitation and grazing intensity. Multiple regression analysis was used with basal cover as a dependent variable and…Publication Date 1985-07-01
- Great Plains
- plant development
- plant ecology
- precipitation
- grazing intensity
- climatic factors
- United States
- Library Collection RecordStocking intensity and stocking pressure have been defined and used as technical stocking variables describing animals on pasture. Relationships between these variables and stocking variables such as…Publication Date 1985-11-01
- nomenclature
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- Library Collection RecordThe terms animal-unit and animal-unit-equivalent have evolved as a means of expressing different kinds and classes of livestock in a common form. This paper discusses the evolution of the concepts,…Publication Date 1985-07-01
- classification
- range management
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordA simple calculation is proposed for estimating carrying capacity of range sites based on seasonal forage quality and standing crop. The model estimates animal unit days a pasture can support.…Publication Date 1985-09-01
- models
- grassland improvement
- grazing experiments
- stocking rate
- beef production
- Oregon
- range management
- rangelands
- livestock
- forage
- 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 1985-11-01
- guard dogs
- breeds
- protection
- animal behavior
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordThe desirability of forage plants by livestock or wildlife is an important consideration in evaluating suitability of the range for grazing. This desirability may also in some cases be used in…Publication Date 1984-11-01
- preference
- Integrated Project in Arid Lands
- IPAL
- Marsabit District
- Seasonal Use of Plants
- UNESCO
- arid lands
- Desirability
- forage preferences
- grazing effects
- forage plants
- composition
- range condition
- Kenya
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordTwenty-seven water quality parameters were measured in coal surface mine impoundments, bentonite surface mine impoundments, and livestock ponds in the Northern High Plains. Most impoundments were…Publication Date 1985-01-01
- drinking water
- ponds
- Plains
- South Dakota
- Wyoming
- water quality
- livestock
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordThree methods of calculating forage disappearance from forage standing crop present on mowed versus protected plots were compared to the actual amount of forage harvested from mowed plots. The method…Publication Date 1983-07-01
- livestock
- range and pasture studies
- perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)
- subclover (Trifolium subterraneum)
- Library Collection RecordFencing has been proposed as the best alternative for rapid restoration of streamside riparian zones. In this study the major portion of the streamside riparian zone was excluded by fencing. Use by…Publication Date 1982-11-01
- Exclusion
- slopes
- Blue Mountains
- riparian zone
- Streamside
- salt placement
- Water Location
- Starkey Experiment Station
- Community Types
- Class of Livestock
- cows
- livestock distribution
- humidity
- temperature
- calves
- restoration
- responses
- fencing
- yearlings
- livestock
- Oregon
- Library Collection RecordOptimum range livestock marketing schemes were developed for two typical Utah ranch sizes (150 and 300 head of brood cows) using linear programming analysis. based on average Utah cattle prices for…Publication Date 1978-03-01
- Cow calf farm
- T Linear programming
- production
- marketing
- livestock
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordThe combined economic effects, based on returns for lease hunting of white-tailed deer in conjunction with lifestock production, were calculated following partial treatment (80% sprayed in…Publication Date 1977-05-01
- production
- costs and returns
- economic analysis
- brush control
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordShortage of water for livestock often limits the carrying capacity of rangeland. Water harvesting can provide extra water. Paraffin wax was applied as granules or flakes on the surface of two…Publication Date 1973-11-01
- Wax Treated Soils
- Paraffin
- water sources
- Granite Reef
- Mesa
- water harvesting
- precipitation
- water
- livestock
- runoff
- Arizona
- carrying capacity
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