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- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to describe the relationship among range condition scores, tenure system, management practices and bio-physical variables for 107 communal ejido ranches and 373…Publication Date 2001-01-01
- private ownership
- human population
- private farms
- common lands
- infrastructure
- coownership
- farm size
- carrying capacity
- land ownership
- ranching
- range condition
- Mexico
- rain
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- range management
- communal resources
- ejido
- infrastructure
- precipitation
- Library Collection RecordWoody cover, when expressed at the scale of the 207 km2 Cusenbary Draw basin, remained unchanged (approximately 23%) from 1955 to 1990. When expressed at the scale of range sites, woody cover…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- soil depth
- water yield
- water balance
- multiple use
- landscapes
- watershed management
- evapotranspiration
- Prosopis glandulosa
- brush control
- runoff
- woody plants
- precipitation
- spatial distribution
- Texas
- range management
- botanical composition
- Juniperus
- rangelands
- brush management
- evapotranspiration
- GIS and remote sensing
- hydrologic modeling
- semiarid rangelands
- Library Collection RecordIn Utah during the early 1990s it was theorized that substantive change was under way in the management of private grazing land. Change was thought to be spearheaded by grazing permittees who feared…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- part-time farming
- farm indebtedness
- farm surveys
- grazing tenancy
- public domain
- irrigated pastures
- risk
- investment
- land ownership
- ranching
- farmers' attitudes
- age
- range management
- rangelands
- Utah
- ranching
- hobby ranching
- land use
- technology transfer
- sustainable agriculture
- Library Collection RecordThe decade of the 1920s was somewhat of a paradox for range science. A. W. Sampson published 3 books that were widely used as text for higher education classes in range management. The United States…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- social change
- textbooks
- salt licks
- grazing tenancy
- USDA
- public domain
- history
- water supply
- prescribed burning
- sheep
- goats
- overgrazing
- range management
- grazing
- herding technology
- range text
- wildfire
- salting
- Library Collection RecordStubble height, a measure of the amount of vegetation remaining after grazing, is thought to be a useful variable in the management of riparian areas. A number of riparian and grazing processes…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- sequential sampling
- stubble
- decision making
- riparian buffers
- equations
- grazing intensity
- range management
- plant height
- grazing management
- riparian areas
- Library Collection RecordIntroducing and establishing competitive plants is essential for the successful management of spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.) infested rangeland where a desirable understory is absent. Our…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- sowing date
- Elytrigia intermedia subsp. intermedia
- herbicide mixtures
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- cultural control
- clopyralid
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- glyphosate
- stand establishment
- plant density
- picloram
- Centaurea maculosa
- application rates
- range management
- Montana
- invasive species
- rehabilitation
- weed management
- reseeding
- seedling establishment
- Library Collection RecordAlthough the maintenance of biodiversity has become one of the goals in ecosystem management, the relationships of diversity to ecosystem characteristics such as level of herbivory, productivity, and…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- Lycopodiaceae
- species eveness
- grassland condition
- ground cover
- species diversity
- Saskatchewan
- forbs
- biomass
- range management
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- grasses
- plant height
- biomass
- litter
- sward structure
- Saskatchewan
- Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA)
- Two-way Indicator Species Analysis (TWINSPAN)
- Library Collection RecordSquirreltail (Sitanion hystrix (Nutt. J. G. Smith), a native, cool-season perennial bunchgrass of the Intermountain West has been shown to reinvade degraded rangelands invaded by exotic annual weeds…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- sward renovation
- Elymus elymoides
- seed development
- harvest date
- seed maturation
- seed weight
- reclamation
- seed germination
- range management
- germination
- phenology
- competition
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordCholla cactus may serve as an emergency feedstuff for livestock when forage availability is low. A study was conducted at the Corona Range and Livestock Research Center to evaluate the nutritive…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- processing technology
- spines
- opuntia imbricata
- moisture content
- organic matter
- burning
- leaves
- cows
- mineral content
- stems
- estimation
- fiber content
- feeds
- digestibility
- crude protein
- rumen fermentation
- nutritive value
- livestock
- New Mexico
- forage
- dry matter
- drought forages
- mineral content
- emergency feeding
- Library Collection RecordAlthough recognized in importance from the dawn of history, forages have too often been underestimated and undervalued perhaps in part because animal performance has frequently failed to reflect…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- plant diseases and disorders
- immune response
- morbidity
- animal health
- sexual reproduction
- antinutritional factors
- Festuca arundinacea
- nutritional status
- toxicity
- mineral content
- economic analysis
- liveweight gain
- mortality
- adaptation
- animal behavior
- secondary metabolites
- digestibility
- insect pests
- nutritive value
- literature reviews
- livestock
- forage
- feed intake
- chemical constituents of plants
- nutrition
- animal health
- performance
- forage quality
- toxins
- Library Collection RecordLignin is a polymer formed from monolignols derived from the phenylpropanoid pathway in vascular plants. It is deposited in the cell walls of plants as part of the process of cell maturation. Lignin…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- dietary fiber
- stems
- genotype
- lignin
- light
- age
- cell wall components
- xylem
- biochemical pathways
- phenylpropanoids
- cell differentiation
- sclerenchyma
- soil fertility
- air temperature
- chemical composition
- digestion
- soil water content
- digestibility
- range management
- literature reviews
- forage
- chemical constituents of plants
- anti-quality
- digestibility
- forage quality
- forage utilization
- Library Collection RecordPlant growth depends upon C, H, O, and at least 13 mineral elements. Six of these (N, K, Ca, Mg, P, and S) macro-elements normally occur in plants at concentrations greater than 1,000 mg kg(-1) level…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- silicon
- animal health
- sulfur
- nickel
- nutrient-nutrient interactions
- nutrient content
- mineral content
- nutrient availability
- sodium
- nitrogen
- potassium
- trace elements
- phosphorus
- magnesium
- calcium
- mineral nutrition
- literature reviews
- livestock
- forage
- mineral interaction
- mineral requirements
- mineral nutrients
- ruminant diets
- 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 RecordHistorically, there have been several seminal achievements in management and utilization of privately-owned rangelands. The most important of the early achievements were domestication of livestock,…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- government research
- history
- land ownership
- agricultural research
- stocking rate
- prescribed burning
- overgrazing
- range management
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThree hundred islands are found along the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. Among these islands, over 5,000 ha are used for agricultural purposes and 32% of this total is devoted to communal pasture, a…Publication Date 1999-07-01
- Phragmites australis
- islands
- Phalaris arundinacea
- waterfowl
- Quebec
- nesting
- flood meadows
- Passeriformes
- wild birds
- common lands
- cows
- habitats
- species diversity
- grazing intensity
- wildlife management
- prairies
- range management
- canopy
- Library Collection RecordPermanent channel cross-sectional transects perpendicular to flow were used to estimate changes in spring and resultant creek channel morphology. Three cattle grazing treatments (none, light, and…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- depth
- springs (water)
- stream erosion
- streams
- riparian buffers
- rain
- grazing intensity
- California
- cattle
- range management
- Library Collection RecordPreventing the invasion of uninfested rangeland is central to managing spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.). Intensity, frequency, and season of grass defoliation determine the ability of…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- cutting height
- Festuca idahoensis
- ground cover
- cutting frequency
- tillering
- plant density
- Centaurea maculosa
- biomass
- range management
- introduced species
- Montana
- plant competition
- Library Collection RecordAn experiment with beef cows grazing Mediterranean-type grassland was conducted to study the effect of grazing deferment at the beginning of the growing season on pasture productivity and animal…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- poultry manure
- calving rate
- replacement rate
- Israel
- weaning weight
- controlled grazing
- production costs
- continuous grazing
- duration
- stocking rate
- Mediterranean climate
- beef cows
- conception rate
- energy intake
- feed supplements
- biomass
- range management
- grazing
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordChoice of plant materials is a fundamental component of any rangeland rehabilitation, reclamation, or restoration project. We describe here an integrated approach for such decision-making. This…Publication Date 1998-11-01
- artificial regeneration
- interspecific hybridization
- sowing
- plant genetic resources
- reclamation
- adaptation
- seedlings
- plant communities
- range management
- literature reviews
- Library Collection RecordThe potential of using spring defoliation to improve late-summer nutritive value of prairie sandreed [Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn.] on rangeland was studied with a factorial array of…Publication Date 1999-05-01
- cutting height
- Calamovilfa longifolia
- semiarid grasslands
- protein content
- cutting date
- yields
- stocking rate
- Nebraska
- crude protein
- tillers
- in vitro digestibility
- range management
- Library Collection RecordLone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum L.) were collected by drag samples of 1 km transects on 12 watersheds at Konza Prairie Research Natural Area near Manhattan, Kans., during summer 1995-1996.…Publication Date 1999-03-01
- Amblyomma americanum
- larvae
- nymphs
- adults
- bison
- Kansas
- prescribed burning
- prairies
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordBurning of vegetation generally increases surface runoff and erosion and potentially can change the nutrient dynamics of an ecosystem with loss of nutrients. Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- nitrogen
- runoff
- prescribed burning
- sandy loam soils
- potassium
- rainfall simulators
- gravelly soils
- phosphorus
- biomass
- losses from soil
- range management
- plant litter
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordConcern over the humane treatment and diminishing numbers of feral horses (Equus caballus) led to their protection under the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971. The potential for rapid…Publication Date 1999-03-01
- opportunity costs
- feral herds
- wildlife
- horses
- linear models
- stocking rate
- sward destruction
- species differences
- forbs
- steers
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- shrubs
- range management
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordWater yield from rangeland on the Edwards Plateau, Texas is significantly greater if a site is dominated by grass instead of brush. Brush control programs are being considered by policy-makers as a…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- leasing
- farm surveys
- farm income
- game animals
- water yield
- watershed management
- ranching
- hunting
- cost analysis
- decision making
- brush control
- Texas
- wildlife management
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThe scientific study of rangelands in the western United States, started with the first collection of natural history specimens in the 18th century. Gradually over the 19th century, a basic catalog…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- land productivity
- Rocky Mountain region
- public domain
- history
- range condition
- sustainability
- sheep
- overgrazing
- range management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordBecause of its high palatability and sustained levels of forage quality, antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata Pursh DC) is one of the most desired shrubs on western U.S. rangelands. Bitterbrush…Publication Date 1999-03-01
- Purshia tridentata
- fire ecology
- mortality
- rain
- pastures
- selective grazing
- grazing intensity
- in vitro digestibility
- range management
- phenology
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grazing
- grasses
- beef cattle
- plant height
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordPrior simulation analysis of cattle fever tick population dynamics has indicated that fixed rotation, short duration grazing (SDG) systems could mediate the spread of ticks among pastures if rest…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- life cycle
- simulation models
- Boophilus
- tick infestations
- mortality
- duration
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- range management
- seasonal variation
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordSummer burning was used to reduce spittlebug (Aeneolamia albofasciata Lall.) populations in buffelgrass [Cenchrus ciliaris (L.) Link] on the Carbo Livestock Research Station in Sonora, Mexico. Five…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- aeneolamia albofasciata
- developmental stages
- population density
- Mexico
- rain
- prescribed burning
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- biomass
- range management
- phenology
- pest control
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordHerbicidal control of spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.) on rangeland in the western United States has been most effective using residual herbicides, such as picloram (4-amino-3,5,6-…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- 2,4-D
- application timing
- weed control
- nitrogen fertilizers
- forbs
- plant density
- Centaurea maculosa
- application rates
- biomass
- range management
- introduced species
- Montana
- invasive species
- grasses
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordDespite large efforts to generate and extend management innovations for rangeland operators, little is known about the degree to which practices are used. We determined what influenced use of 26…Publication Date 1999-01-01
- socioeconomic status
- innovation adoption
- farm surveys
- farmers' income
- livestock numbers
- public domain
- ranching
- range management
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordChanging social values and advances in ecological knowledge determine native seed policy for revegetating range and forest lands. Natural resource managers are shifting from seeding introduced…Publication Date 1998-11-01
- government agencies
- seed sources
- land policy
- seed collection
- sowing
- mined soils
- wildfire management
- reclamation
- species diversity
- seeds
- range management
- botanical composition
- Nevada
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordBoth the Society for Range Management's (1995) Task Group on Unity in Concepts and Terminology (UCT) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (1997) have recommended use of the ecological…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- land classification
- semi-desert scrub
- landscape ecology
- geographic information systems
- texture
- pinyon-juniper
- semiarid grasslands
- fire ecology
- slope
- range management
- botanical composition
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThe transition of range utilization from a qualitative concept in the early years of range management to a quantitative concept in today's range management science has been problematic. This…Publication Date 1999-03-01
- agricultural education
- growth rate
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordDrought is an ambiguous term, subject to expectation and the weight of emphasis on meteorological, agricultural, hydrological and socio-economic dimensions. Uncertainty associated with the…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- hydrologic data
- water holding capacity
- extensive livestock farming
- desertification
- subsidies
- risk reduction
- soil degradation
- crusts
- ground cover
- semiarid grasslands
- ranching
- soil erosion
- issues and policy
- stocking rate
- vegetation
- drought injury
- dry environmental conditions
- overgrazing
- drought
- range management
- Library Collection RecordSpotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.), an aggressive Eurasian forb, is replacing many native perennial grasses such as Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis Elmer.) on foothills of the Northern Rocky…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- Festuca idahoensis
- roots
- carbohydrates
- shoots
- weed control
- biomass production
- sheep
- Centaurea maculosa
- range management
- Montana
- plant competition
- grazing
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordRunoff and sediment yield were evaluated on a sandplain dominated by woody perennial shrubs in north-western NSW, Australia. The site was bladeploughed; and some plots were grazed by sheep and cattle…Publication Date 1997-03-01
- blade plowing
- New South Wales
- crusts
- hydrology
- semiarid grasslands
- soil erosion
- runoff
- grazing intensity
- shrubs
- sediment yield
- range management
- Library Collection RecordCheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) is currently and historically has been a serious point of contention among a wide variety of people interested in sagebrush (Artemisia) bunchgrass rangelands. Nowhere…Publication Date 1997-09-01
- wildfire management
- Artemisia
- crop-weed competition
- fire ecology
- Bromus tectorum
- overgrazing
- range management
- introduced species
- literature reviews
- Library Collection RecordThe Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- carrying capacity
- range ecosystems
- range management
- Library Collection RecordA series of summer grazing studies were conducted to evaluate cattle consumption of preflowering tall larkspur (Delphinium barbeyi [Huth] or D. occidentale [Wats.] Wats.) on mountain rangeland in…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- concentration
- Delphinium occidentale
- leaves
- alkaloids
- poisoning
- flowers
- Delphinium barbeyi
- Idaho
- cattle
- range management
- Utah
- grazing
- Colorado
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordResults from 6 years of seeding trials in the Chihuahuan Desert indicated that establishment of introduced and native grass species responded directly to soil moisture at the 1.22 cm (0.5 in) depth,…Publication Date 1997-03-01
- forage production
- net present value
- valuation
- microclimate
- sowing
- seedbed preparation
- risk
- soil temperature
- economic analysis
- production costs
- arid lands
- stand establishment
- crop production
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Texas
- range management
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- introduced species
- rangelands
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordSpotted knapweed (Centaurea Maculosa Lam.), a Eurasian perennial forb, is replacing many native perennial grasses, such as Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis Elmer.), in foothills of the Northern Rocky…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- native plants
- Festuca idahoensis
- weed control
- seedlings
- Idaho
- plant communities
- sheep
- plant density
- Centaurea maculosa
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordEastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) is reducing grassland productivity across much of the Great Plains. Control methods include broadcast prescribed fire, herbicides, cutting, and individual…Publication Date 1998-03-01
- costs and returns
- brush control
- fires
- fire effects
- Nebraska
- cutting
- prescribed burning
- Juniperus virginiana
- picloram
- range management
- Library Collection RecordElk (Cervus elaphus) have been repeatedly observed to prefer rested units within rest-rotation grazing systems. Given the logistical and financial investments associated with the maintenance of these…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- animal husbandry
- Cervus elaphus
- rotational grazing
- browsing damage
- cattle
- wildlife management
- biomass
- range management
- browsing
- Library Collection RecordExpert judgment, standardized in a meaningful format, can be used to identify research/survey needs and to characterize areas of (dis)agreement in species responses, associated traits, and factors…Publication Date 1998-05-01
- experts
- probability analysis
- plants
- prescribed burning
- grazing intensity
- Texas
- range management
- Library Collection RecordWe studied cattle and deer diet quality within replicated grazing treatments of continuous and short-duration grazing at heavy and moderate stocking rates. The study was conducted at the Welder…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- energy content
- protein content
- continuous grazing
- Odocoileus virginianus
- stocking rate
- species differences
- rotational grazing
- crude protein
- in vitro digestibility
- range management
- botanical composition
- beef cattle
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordAddress given at the Society's 50th Annual Meeting on Feb. 17, 1997 in Rapid City, IA. The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the…Publication Date 1997-03-01
- professional associations
- history
- range management
- Library Collection RecordIn this study the impact of a rotation grazing system on the soil and vegetation of a Stipa-Bouteloua-Agropyron community in the mixed prairie ecoregion was compared with the ungrazed treatment in…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- Elymus lanceolatus
- Hesperostipa comata
- Alberta
- rain
- chemical composition
- rotational grazing
- Bouteloua gracilis
- grazing intensity
- soil chemistry
- biomass
- range management
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordNative warm-season grass mixtures have been established on the Southern Plains under the USDA Conservation Reserve Program. We studied responses to N fertilizer on such pastures in western Oklahoma…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- grassland improvement
- ground cover
- nitrogen fertilizers
- stocking rate
- Oklahoma
- Bouteloua gracilis
- grazing intensity
- application rates
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- beef cattle
- forage
- Library Collection RecordState and transition (ST) descriptions of rangeland vegetation dynamics provide information on current perceptions of explicit causes of change in dominant vegetation. Structural attributes of ST…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- simulation models
- vegetation
- range management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThis 10-year study was designed to evaluate vegetation response to increasing stocking rates under rotational stocking (3 days graze, 51 days rest) and long-term rest. The 4 stocking rate treatments…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- Texas
- range management
- botanical composition
- livestock