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- Library Collection RecordDue to its palatability and forage quality, antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata Pursh DC) is a desirable shrub across western US rangelands. Because little information is available regarding…Publication Date 2004-03-01
- Purshia tridentata
- livestock
- big game
- winter range
- wildlife
- habitats
- browse
- 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 RecordMontezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae Vigors) are closely associated with oak woodlands (Quercus spp.). Livestock grazing and cover availability are considered important factors affecting Montezuma…Publication Date 2004-09-01
- Arizona
- Cyrtonyx montezumae
- grazing
- habitat selection
- livestock
- Madrean evergreen woodland
- Montezuma quail
- Library Collection RecordInvasive plants reduce the capacity of ecosystems to provide goods and services required by society, alter ecological processes, and can displace desirable species. They can reduce wildlife habitat…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- decision support systems
- mechanical methods
- integrated pest management
- expert systems
- Weeds
- cultural control
- biological control
- endemic species
- crop-weed competition
- decision making
- range condition
- ecological succession
- invasion
- herbicides
- weed control
- plant communities
- land restoration
- range management
- introduced species
- rangelands
- biological control
- herbicides
- revegetation
- native plants
- alien plants
- restoration
- renovation
- adaptive management
- integrated weed management
- noxious weeds
- 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 RecordAccelerated erosion of streambanks in grazed riparian pastures is of concern to land managers. We tested the hypothesis that providing cattle free-choice off-stream water and trace mineralized salt…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- riverbank protection
- soil stability
- riparian grasslands
- water erosion
- water availability
- animal behavior
- dietary mineral supplements
- Oregon
- grazing intensity
- beef cattle
- grazing
- greenline
- water quality
- livestock
- off-stream water
- 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 RecordPresence of invading annual bromes (Bromus spp.) can alter seasonal patterns of forage production and quality and require management changes for efficient use of infested rangelands in the Northern…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- Bromus japonicus
- Poa secunda
- atrazine
- arid grasslands
- liveweight gain
- weed control
- Bromus tectorum
- stocking rate
- forbs
- steers
- crude protein
- Bouteloua gracilis
- precipitation
- biomass production
- biomass
- range management
- introduced species
- Montana
- plant competition
- Bromus japonicus
- Pascopyrum smithii
- northern Great Plains
- standing crop
- forage quality
- 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 RecordSand shinnery oak (Quercus havardii Rydb.) communities are shrublands extending from northern Texas and western Oklahoma southward into the Chihuahuan Desert. They are dominated by sand shinnery oak…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- brush control
- fire ecology
- fires
- fire effects
- Quercus havardii
- prescribed burning
- Oklahoma
- plant communities
- shrubs
- range management
- botanical composition
- plant competition
- canopy
- plant height
- lesser prairie-chicken
- northern bobwhite
- prairies
- shrublands
- succession
- stability
- vegetation structure
- woody plants
- Library Collection RecordBecause intensive grazing is new to the humid western Canadian parkland (prairies), there is little information available about its effects on soil N and P status. This study addressed the question…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- Bromus inermis
- NPK fertilizers
- Bromus riparius
- triticale
- nitrate nitrogen
- sown grasslands
- soil fertility
- Alberta
- stocking rate
- use efficiency
- species differences
- phosphorus
- grazing intensity
- soil chemistry
- nitrogen content
- application rates
- prairies
- range management
- beef cattle
- ammonium
- faeces
- grazing intensity
- macronutrient status
- urine
- Library Collection RecordA conceptual approach is commonly needed to provide guidance for developing new strategies concerning the use and management of renewable resources such as rangelands. The theoretical model…Publication Date 2002-01-01
- probability analysis
- ecological balance
- dynamic models
- uncertainty
- markov processes
- mathematical models
- range condition
- sustainability
- range management
- dynamics
- policy
- resources
- stochastic
- 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 RecordAn understanding of the impacts of grazing during and following drought on rangeland ecosystems is critical for developing effective drought management strategies. This study was designed to examine…Publication Date 2002-01-01
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Bouteloua gracilis
- tillering
- growth rate
- leaf water potential
- precipitation
- xylem water potential
- drought injury
- tillers
- biomass production
- sustainability
- plant communities
- drought
- range management
- phenology
- Montana
- grazing
- soil water
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Pascopyrum smithii
- production
- rainout shelter
- rest
- water potential
- 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 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 RecordUnderstanding the interacting effects of drought and grazing on runoff, erosion, and nutrient transport is essential for improved rangeland management. Research was conducted at the Fort Keogh…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- prairies
- water quality
- biomass
- losses from soil
- drought
- sediment yield
- range management
- seasonal variation
- Montana
- erosion
- sediment yield
- nutrient transport
- Great Plains
- Library Collection RecordIn recent years livestock death losses from poisonous plants in the western United States have averaged about 2-3% annually. A review of 36 grazing studies in North America shows poisonous plant…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- Oxytropis
- deserts
- avoidance conditioning
- Oxytropis sericea
- controlled grazing
- poisonous weeds
- woodland grasslands
- Western United States
- grasslands
- continuous grazing
- stocking rate
- range management
- livestock
- Delphinium
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
- grazing
- poisonous plants
- economics
- Library Collection RecordSnakeweeds (broom, Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt Rusby); and threadleaf, G. microcephala (DC.) Gray) fall into that class of poisonous weeds that seldom cause direct livestock losses because…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- adverse effects
- Gutierrezia
- rats
- rabbits
- gutierrezia microcephala
- carrying capacity
- poisonous weeds
- range condition
- palatability
- herbicides
- weed control
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- prescribed burning
- plant communities
- sheep
- cattle
- range management
- plant competition
- New Mexico
- poisonous plants
- range weed
- livestock grazing
- broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt & Rusby)
- threadleaf snakeweed (Gutierrezia microcephala DC.) Gray)
- Library Collection RecordIn the past, excessive numbers of livestock on western U.S. rangelands, reoccurring droughts, and lack of management resulted in retrogression of plant communities. Poisonous plants and other less…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- Zigadenus
- Oxytropis
- Astragalus
- Lupinus
- avoidance conditioning
- range condition
- plant communities
- overgrazing
- range management
- rangelands
- Delphinium
- poisonous plants
- rangeland condition
- larkspur
- Delphinium spp.
- locoweed
- Astragalus spp.
- Oxytropis spp.|lupine
- Lupinus spp.
- death camas
- Zigadenus spp.
- Library Collection RecordRisk of livestock losses to poisonous plants can be reduced on many ranges through prudent management based on application of existing knowledge. Poisonous plants can be categorized using both…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- weed palatability
- risk assessment
- toxicity
- controlled grazing
- poisonous weeds
- selective grazing
- grazing intensity
- range management
- literature reviews
- livestock
- grazing management
- diet selection
- poisonous plants
- 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 RecordHalogeton [Halogeton glomeratus (Bieb.) C. A. Mey], is a fleshy, annual, herbaceous species that was accidentally introduced into the western U.S. during the 20th century. Because it is highly…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- interspecific competition
- salt tolerance
- deserts
- Halogeton glomeratus
- controlled grazing
- poisonous weeds
- Agropyron desertorum
- invasion
- Krascheninnikovia lanata
- sheep
- range management
- introduced species
- plant competition
- Salt desert
- poisonous plants
- plant ecology
- Library Collection RecordIn this paper, the linkage between streamflow and shrub cover on rangelands is examined, with a focus on the extensive Texas rangelands dominated by mesquite and juniper. The conclusions drawn are…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- semiarid soils
- stream flow
- subsurface flow
- groundwater flow
- water yield
- Prosopis
- evapotranspiration
- watersheds
- brush control
- watershed hydrology
- runoff
- precipitation
- Texas
- range management
- Juniperus
- water yield
- range hydrology
- runoff
- shrub control
- ecohydrology
- stream flow
- semiarid
- Library Collection RecordRangeland ecological condition was monitored over a 48 year period on 41 sites on Bureau of Land Management rangelands scattered across 6 counties in southwestern New Mexico. All sites were grazed by…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- arid grasslands
- ground cover
- semiarid grasslands
- range condition
- precipitation
- sustainability
- grazing intensity
- plant communities
- drought
- range management
- botanical composition
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- rangeland condition
- succession
- drought
- grazing management
- plant ecology
- Library Collection RecordChanges in rangeland species composition can effect forage quality, ecosystem function, and biological diversity. Unfortunately, documenting species compositional change is difficult due to a lack of…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- sown grasslands
- habitats
- Quercus
- woodland grasslands
- species diversity
- ecological succession
- invasion
- grazing intensity
- California
- range management
- botanical composition
- invasive species
- Northwest California
- herbarium
- oak woodlands
- livestock
- flora
- invasive species
- Library Collection RecordWe examined a stratified random sample of articles published over 3 decades of the Journal of Range Management to study the applications and changes in statistical methodology employed by range…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- Southwestern United States
- statistical data
- confidence intervals
- pseudoreplication
- journals
- probability analysis
- experimental design
- estimation
- statistical analysis
- range management
- effect size
- estimation
- p-value
- repeated measures
- Type I error
- 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 RecordUndisturbed plant communities dominated by shrubs or trees are often left isolated within landscapes otherwise devoid of woody vegetation following large-scale disturbances such as wildfires. We…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- biogeography
- Phasianidae
- Centrocercus urophasianus
- biodiversity
- wildfire management
- arid grasslands
- habitats
- Purshia tridentata
- prediction
- species diversity
- ecological succession
- fires
- fire effects
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant communities
- California
- land restoration
- range management
- Nevada
- rangelands
- Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
- biological diversity
- disturbance
- Island Biogeography Theory
- succession
- terrestial habitat islands
- Library Collection RecordEffective rangeland weed programs require the ability to predict plant community responses to management. Our objective was to develop regression equations to predict the plant community after…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- Festuca idahoensis
- endemic species
- ground cover
- mathematical models
- regression analysis
- species diversity
- weed control
- equations
- forbs
- plant communities
- plant density
- picloram
- Centaurea maculosa
- biomass
- range management
- introduced species
- Montana
- invasive species
- grasses
- spotted knapweed
- predicting plant response
- integrated weed management
- optimizing herbicide use
- Library Collection RecordPanels of experts from the Society for Range Management and the National Research Council proposed that status of rangeland ecosystems could be ascertained by evaluating an ecological site's…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- soil surface
- soil structure
- flow resistance
- soil morphology
- gullied land
- wind erosion
- hydrologic factors
- assessment
- rapid methods
- data collection
- ecological balance
- grassland condition
- overland flow
- rill erosion
- ground cover
- grasslands
- range condition
- perennials
- mortality
- vegetation
- biomass production
- range management
- plant litter
- introduced species
- invasive species
- literature reviews
- United States
- soil compaction
- soil stability
- hydrologic function
- biological integrity
- ecosystem status
- erosion
- infiltration
- inventory
- Library Collection RecordSeedling recruitment of Dalmatian toadflax, (Linaria genistifolia ssp. dalmatica (L.) Maire and Petitmengin (Scrophulariaceae)), was examined in a 2-year field study in Montana using overseeding and…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- biological control agents
- Linaria dalmatica
- Nitidulidae
- Brachypterolus pulicarius
- oversowing
- recruitment
- insect control
- biological control
- poisonous weeds
- roots
- crop-weed competition
- stems
- seedling emergence
- seed productivity
- weed control
- seedlings
- range management
- Montana
- invasive species
- ecological invasion
- seed limitation
- microsites
- weed management
- biological control
- rangeland ecology
- overseeding
- Brachypterolus pulicarius
- plant competition
- Linaria genistifolia ssp. Dalmatica
- Library Collection RecordIn montane meadows of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains (Calif., USA), Rothrock sagebrush (Artemisia rothrockii G.) has expanded into sites once dominated by herbaceous species. We explored the…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- seedling establishment
- genetic soil types
- Artemisia rothrockii
- disturbed soils
- meadows
- depth
- plant colonization
- ground cover
- semiarid grasslands
- water table
- Artemisia
- brush control
- population structure
- soil water content
- growth rate
- precipitation
- plant communities
- California
- range management
- Artemisia rothrockii
- shrub invasion
- montane meadows
- seedling establishment
- Sierra Nevada
- Golden Trout Wilderness
- demography
- 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 RecordHoney mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) is a problem plant in much of the southwestern USA because it reduces forage production for livestock, interferes with livestock handling and reduces off-…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- top kill
- basal sprouting
- root-kill
- apical dominance
- aerial spraying
- woody weeds
- herbicide mixtures
- leaf area
- leaves
- clopyralid
- canopy gaps
- Prosopis glandulosa
- triclopyr
- multiple land use
- brush control
- shoots
- mortality
- plant communities
- Texas
- range management
- plant competition
- defoliation
- brush management
- brush sculpting
- canopy cover
- multiple use
- Prosopis glandulosa
- shrubs
- triclopyr
- woody plants
- Library Collection RecordVegetation changes were evaluated over a 13 year period (1988-2000) on moderately grazed and lightly grazed rangelands in the Chihuahuan Desert of south central New Mexico. During the study period,…Publication Date 2003-03-01
- stocking rate
- arid lands
- livestock
- range management
- Library Collection RecordWe examined how native herpetofauna of the Cross Timbers in Oklahoma, USA, were influenced by vegetation types derived from combinations of herbicide applications and prescribed burning. Brush…Publication Date 2000-03-01
- deciduous forests
- reptiles
- Quercus stellata
- Quercus marilandica
- tebuthiuron
- habitats
- brush control
- species diversity
- prescribed burning
- Oklahoma
- prairies
- range management
- reptiles
- amphibians
- brush management
- tebuthiuron
- prescribed burning
- Cross Timbers
- Oklahoma
- Library Collection RecordA graduate seminar to select the 5 most important papers published in the first 50 years of the Journal of Range Management (JRM), 1948–1997, cultivated an appreciation for the development of the…Publication Date 2000-05-01
- journals
- graduate study
- evaluation
- range management
- education
- disciplinary history
- citation counting
- 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 RecordThis study examined the effects of late growing-season (September) wildfire on the subsequent production and species composition of upland Nebraska Sandhills prairie vegetation. Three paired-plots (…Publication Date 2000-07-01
- Cyperaceae
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- soil temperature
- fires
- fire effects
- Nebraska
- forbs
- plant communities
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grasses
- burning
- species composition
- herbage standing crop
- soil temperature
- Library Collection RecordThe decreased carrying capacity of Argentinian Flooding Pampa rangelands through the reduction of density of C3 grasses may be partially attributed to continuous stocking. The objective of this study…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- pampas
- C4 grasses
- C3 grasses
- Lolium multiflorum
- sown grasslands
- continuous grazing
- rotational grazing
- range management
- Argentina
- rangelands
- grasses
- beef cattle
- winter forage production
- temperate-humid rangeland
- grazing systems
- Lolium multiflorum
- Library Collection RecordForage use data can help rangeland and wildlife managers make informed decisions. However, managers need to know if forage use techniques that are commonly used to estimate ungulate herbivory under…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- experimental plots
- height-weight curve methods
- paired-plot method
- growth curve
- regression analysis
- equations
- Cervus elaphus
- selective grazing
- Pascopyrum smithii
- biomass
- range management
- beef cattle
- forage
- plant height
- Arizona
- height-weight
- herbivory
- paired-plot
- stubble height
- Library Collection RecordWater quality contamination by pathogens and nutrients from cattle fecal deposits is a concern on rangeland watersheds. The temporal and spatial deposition of fecal material relative to storm events…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- watershed management
- estimation
- dry seasons
- wet season
- cattle manure
- weight
- range management
- dry matter
- water quality
- pathogens
- nutrients
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordWater quality contamination by pathogens and nutrients from cattle fecal deposits is a concern on rangeland watersheds. The temporal and spatial deposition of fecal material relative to storm events…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- watershed management
- estimation
- dry seasons
- wet season
- cattle manure
- weight
- range management
- dry matter
- water quality
- pathogens
- nutrients
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe Ecological Index Method impacted directly on the estimation of grazing capacities in the Karoo, an arid region in South Africa. Due to inherent deficiencies in the ecological index method, index…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- Limax
- pioneer species
- agronomic traits
- arid grasslands
- carrying capacity
- nutrient requirements
- climax communities
- South Africa
- veld
- estimation
- digestibility
- sheep
- range management
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- canopy
- grasses
- available dry matter production
- canopy spread cover
- current grazing capability
- [K divided by (Ca + Mg)
- total digestible nutrients
- Library Collection RecordStubble height, a measure of the herbaceous vegetation remaining after grazing, has been widely used in recent years to gage the impacts of grazing use in riparian areas. Stubble height is a short-…Publication Date 2000-11-01
- riparian grasslands
- Salix
- streams
- stubble
- ecotones
- height
- riparian buffers
- regrowth
- grazing intensity
- browsing damage
- cattle
- biomass
- range management
- literature reviews
- trampling
- grazing
- livestock management
- streambanks
- trampling
- utilization
- willow
- Library Collection RecordIt was hypothesized that grazing management could mitigate grasshopper outbreaks on native rangeland in the northern Great Plains. Key practices would require deliberate variation in timing and…Publication Date 2000-11-01
- Melanoplus sanguinipes
- opeia obscura
- encoptolophus costalis
- melanoplus gladstoni
- Acrididae
- heat sums
- life cycle
- insect control
- population density
- continuous grazing
- Agropyron cristatum
- mortality
- rain
- rotational grazing
- prairies
- biomass
- range management
- canopy
- North Dakota
- grasshopper management
- twice-over grazing system
- rotational grazing
- Menaloplus sanguinipes
- Library Collection RecordAssessment of standing crop on grasslands using a visual obstruction technique provides valuable information to help plan livestock grazing management and indicate the status of wildlife habitat. The…Publication Date 2000-11-01
- stand density
- data collection
- errors
- lowlands
- grasslands
- Nebraska
- sampling
- biomass
- range management
- grasses
- plant height
- Residual cover
- grassland structure
- regression model
- wildlife habitats
- Robel pole
- Nebraska Sandhills