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- Library Collection RecordBetter management of riparian areas has been promoted by public agencies for almost 2 decades. Recently, however, efforts have been intensified because serious conservation concerns remain. To…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- Great Plains states of USA
- water pollution
- erosion control
- private ownership
- public domain
- land ownership
- riparian buffers
- wildlife management
- range management
- Library Collection RecordA new typology shows that the notion of rangeland carrying capacity has considerable ambiguity even under conditions of high environmental certainty. When these environmental conditions are highly…Publication Date 1997-09-01
- equilibrium
- decision analysis
- knowledge
- carrying capacity
- estimation
- stocking rate
- range management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThe value of science to policy design is questioned by many, including political scientists. Critics view scientific expertise as subject to monopolization by an elite technocracy; a process with…Publication Date 1997-05-01
- decision making
- issues and policy
- democracy
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordCattle trampling of endangered plants, certain animal species, and ground nests may be a management concern on rangeland. Researchers need theoretical models of trampling loss to assist in design of…Publication Date 1996-05-01
- probabilistic models
- birds' nests
- endangered species
- continuous grazing
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- cattle
- range management
- simulation
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordDecision support software has evolved in a number of disciplines to facilitate efficient allocation of resources. Such tools are especially useful where the response of complex systems to human…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- decision analysis
- computer software
- economic analysis
- range management
- Library Collection RecordDiffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa Lam.), an invasive weed, has reduced forage production and biodiversity, and increased soil erosion on over a million hectares of rangeland in the western United…Publication Date 1997-01-01
- Hesperostipa comata
- Centaurea diffusa
- wind
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- sowing
- crop-weed competition
- ambient temperature
- invasion
- Agropyron cristatum
- rain
- Washington
- biomass
- range management
- defoliation
- Library Collection RecordSince 1988, University of California Cooperative Extension short courses have been offered to 362 California ranchers and interested participants. The purpose was to assist private rangeland owners…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- short courses
- U.S. Cooperative Extension Service
- ranching
- California
- range management
- grazing
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordThe objectives of this study were to identify a Site Conservation Threshold, the point at which accelerated erosion occurs, and to examine the usefulness of the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP…Publication Date 1996-05-01
- water erosion
- rill erosion
- ground cover
- semiarid grasslands
- highlands
- mathematical models
- loam soils
- clay soils
- range condition
- rain
- biomass
- sediment yield
- range management
- plant litter
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordBroom snakeweed [Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton and Rusby] destruction by 1, 3, or 5 snakeweed grasshoppers [Hesperotettix viridis (Thomas)] per plant was quantified and compared with forage…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- Hesperotettix viridis
- biological control
- population density
- feeding
- weed control
- mortality
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- range management
- Orthoptera
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordSeasonal habitat use by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmerman) was monitored with radio telemetry in 1988-89 to determine responses to experimental brush treatments, 5-6 years post-…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- habitat selection
- tebuthiuron
- triclopyr
- Odocoileus virginianus
- prescribed burning
- Oklahoma
- range management
- seasonal variation
- Library Collection RecordResearch has been lacking on the influence of honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) on forage production in the Chihuahuan desert. In 1964 honey mesquite was controlled (65% kill) with the…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- xerophytes
- woody weeds
- Prosopis glandulosa
- cost-benefit analysis
- brush control
- rain
- forbs
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- canopy
- grazing
- grasses
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordThe study concerns the impact of herbivory on the root systems of 3 perennial grasses, buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris), digitgrass (Digitaria commutata) and needlegrass (Stipa lagascae), growing in…Publication Date 1996-07-01
- Digitaria
- Tunisia
- digitaria commutata
- stipa lagascae
- arid zones
- roots
- root systems
- perennials
- cutting frequency
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- range management
- Stipa
- Library Collection RecordGrazing distribution patterns of large herbivores are affected by abiotic factors such as slope and distance to water and by biotic factors such as forage quantity and quality. Abiotic factors are…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- wild animals
- foraging
- mathematical models
- ungulates
- spatial distribution
- wildlife management
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordProposals outlined in Rangeland Reform '94 have been perceived to greatly alter grazing use on public lands. In addition to new rules and regulations, the grazing fee would double under this…Publication Date 1996-05-01
- grazing permits
- land policy
- grazing tenancy
- econometric models
- public domain
- land values
- ranching
- range management
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordThe relative abundance and dietary botanical composition of the Chacoan cavy (Pediolagus salinicola) was studied on sites of very good, good, and poor range condition in the Western Chaco, Argentina…Publication Date 1995-11-01
- Pediolagus salinicola
- rodents
- indicator species
- savannas
- feces
- diet
- dry environmental conditions
- overgrazing
- range management
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThree mixed prairie sites at Mandan, N.D. were grazed heavily (0.9 ha steer-1), moderately (2.6 ha steer-1), or left ungrazed (exclosure) since 1916. These sites provided treatments to study the…Publication Date 1995-09-01
- c4 species
- c3 species
- exclosures
- carbon
- organic matter
- stocking rate
- species differences
- Bouteloua gracilis
- nitrogen content
- range management
- botanical composition
- grazing
- prairie soils
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed burning and mowing are management practices commonly used on grasslands even though there is limited knowledge of long-term effects on soil quality. The influences of mowing and burning on…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- mowing
- soil organic matter
- soil density
- electrical conductivity
- highlands
- soil pH
- loam soils
- Nebraska
- prescribed burning
- nitrogen content
- range management
- infiltration
- bulk density
- Library Collection RecordSuccessful managers of federal rangelands in the next century will have to implement politically supportable policies that address both forage and non-forage values. To do so will require an…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- public opinion
- public domain
- surveys
- multiple land use
- Oregon
- wildlife management
- range management
- rangelands
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this research was to estimate the impacts of increased federal grazing fees on current holders of grazing permits on the Gila National Forest (GNF) in western New Mexico. A multi-…Publication Date 1997-01-01
- farm income
- fees
- grazing tenancy
- farm size
- economic impact
- ranching
- cost-benefit analysis
- linear models
- grazing intensity
- range management
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordThis paper is an analysis of general principles involved in designing concepts for range science. It discusses the diversity of conceptuality in range science, from dimensional units to variables to…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- objectives
- range management
- Library Collection RecordMany ranchers, rangeland managers, and range scientists in the Pacific Northwest consider western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook.) to be an invading weed that reduces water infiltration, dries…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- stream flow
- water yield
- habitats
- soil erosion
- brush control
- Juniperus occidentalis
- rain
- Oregon
- range management
- plant competition
- Library Collection RecordVisitors to the Big Cimarron Watershed in the Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado, had varying attitudes about cattle grazing. Without cuing, 9% of all visitors listed livestock as a source of…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- public opinion
- visitors
- uncompahgre national forest
- multiple land use
- livestock
- grazing
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordMicrowave radar is a potentially useful tool for monitoring the condition of the rangeland. A study was conducted in a mixed prairie community at the Agriculture Canada Research Substation at Onefour…Publication Date 1994-09-01
- radar
- radar backscatter
- oversowing
- aerial photography
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- remote sensing
- Agropyron cristatum
- Alberta
- land restoration
- range management
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- canopy
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordChanges in woodland vegetation integrate the consequences of livestock grazing intensity, the alteration of fire regimes, and possible climate alterution, as well as other factors. Quantitative…Publication Date 1994-09-01
- pinyon-juniper
- ground cover
- understory
- species diversity
- fire ecology
- stocking rate
- range management
- botanical composition
- Utah
- grazing
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordA Stipa-bouteloua community, cultivated in the autumn of 1928 and abandoned in the spring of 1932, reverted to a community dominated by needle-and-thread (Stipa comata Trin. and Rupr.). An exclosure…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- abandoned land
- soil organic matter
- Hesperostipa comata
- soil properties
- Alberta
- Bouteloua gracilis
- prairies
- range management
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThe profitability of alternative range-based production systems is frequently affected by government policies. Moreover, the comparative profitability of wild and domestic animal production systems…Publication Date 1994-07-01
- Zimbabwe
- disincentives
- opportunity costs
- farm income
- game farming
- savannas
- profitability
- beef production
- semiarid zones
- cattle
- range management
- Library Collection RecordLong-term influences of livestock grazing on vegetation around watering points was studied on 2 upland Chihuahuan desert ranges in southcentral New Mexico using regression analysis. One range had…Publication Date 1995-01-01
- drinking water
- arid zones
- stocking rate
- cattle
- range management
- botanical composition
- New Mexico
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordA study was conducted on the effect of the rhizobacterium Azospirillum brasilense strain Cd on the production of herbaceous swards growing at 2 rangeland habitats in Israel. One habitat was the…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- Azospirillum brasilense
- improvement
- soil inoculation
- phosphorus fertilizers
- Israel
- productivity
- nitrogen fertilizers
- range management
- Library Collection RecordGulf cordgrass (Spartina spartinae [Trin.] Merr.) is a highly productive bunchgrass that dominates thousands of hectares of marshlands along the Gulf coast. Herbage yield, protein content, and…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- total nonstructural carbohydrates
- spartina spartinae
- coasts
- marshes
- wetlands
- forage crops
- clipping
- stubble
- carbohydrates
- protein content
- Texas
- range management
- crop yield
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordAn increase in continuous fine fuels promoted by the expansion of aggressive annual exotic grasses in the Intermountain West has altered the region's fire regimes, with both ecologic and…Publication Date 1995-01-01
- fire danger
- Rocky Mountain region
- mathematical models
- prediction
- fire ecology
- rain
- Bromus tectorum
- Oregon
- California
- biomass
- range management
- climatic factors
- Library Collection RecordThere has been recent concern regarding the effects of range management practices on biodiversity. Our objective was to determine the long-term (> 30 years) effects of chaining, and chaining…Publication Date 1994-11-01
- plowing
- root plowing
- chaining
- habitats
- brush control
- species diversity
- woody plants
- Texas
- range management
- Library Collection RecordManagement of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) for both forage and seed would improve the diversity of options livestock producers have for their stands. Our objective was to evaluate how timing of…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- seed quality
- seed production
- Missouri
- nitrogen fertilizers
- Panicum virgatum
- tillering
- precipitation
- range management
- forage
- Library Collection RecordInformation is limited on the influence of range condition on cattle diets in the Chihuahuan desert. Botanical composition of cattle diets on Chihuahuan desert ranges in excellent and good condition…Publication Date 1994-09-01
- Bouteloua eriopoda
- Sporobolus
- nutrient content
- Prosopis glandulosa
- arid lands
- feces
- diet
- phosphorus
- cattle feeding
- nitrogen content
- range management
- botanical composition
- grazing
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordDynamic programming was used to obtain optimal management and marketing policies for stocker operations in Southeastern Colorado under different stocking rates, rainfall, and price scenarios.…Publication Date 1995-01-01
- dynamic programming
- risk
- marginal returns
- market prices
- rain
- stocking rate
- pastures
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThis paper analyzes subjective perceptions of Texas ranchers concerning management decision-making to obtain insight for improving technology transfer. Correlations among variables from a 1990 mail…Publication Date 1994-09-01
- reliability
- farm surveys
- data analysis
- grazing tenancy
- brush control
- weed control
- stocking rate
- Texas
- range management
- Library Collection RecordRangelands with histories of overgrazing are frequently depauperate of native grasses. Occasionally, remnant native grasses are found surviving in these areas. We hypothesized that these survivors…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- patterns
- Festuca idahoensis
- adaptation
- growth
- Oregon
- range management
- rangelands
- defoliation
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe sequence of species selection over the grazing period directly determines the effectiveness of different grazing systems. Knowledge of this sequence is also important in understanding the plant-…Publication Date 1995-07-01
- Tristachya
- tirstachya leucothrix
- Themeda triandra
- Eragrostis plana
- Hyparrhenia hirta
- South Africa
- veld
- tillers
- sheep
- cattle
- range management
- botanical composition
- defoliation
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordWiregrass (Aristida stricta Michx.)-dominated communities characterize extensive areas of South Florida that have been subjected to burning and uncontrolled grazing for decades. We evaluated the…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- Aristida stricta
- panicum oligosanthes
- burning
- Florida
- range management
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordDecisions made by Texas ranchers over a 10 year period (1980-1990) concerning stocking rate levels were dominated by perceptions about weather. A regression model explained 64% of the variability in…Publication Date 1994-09-01
- farmers' income
- weather
- decision making
- rain
- stocking rate
- beef production
- Texas
- range management
- 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 paper analyzes the rangeland condition concept, and discusses how the search for a general concept has been part of the larger search for the identity of range science. It distinguishes between…Publication Date 1995-03-01
- systems analysis
- systems approach
- range management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordInformation is presented on the suitability of various drills for direct seeding into permanent pastures and rangelands in Saskatchewan. Strips of sod 30 to 100-cm wide were killed during the growing…Publication Date 1992-09-01
- comparison
- seed drills
- direct seeding
- crop establishment
- permanent grasslands
- Medicago sativa
- seedling emergence
- Saskatchewan
- pastures
- soil water content
- seed germination
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThe state and transition model and the ball and cup analogy are used to organize the vegetation dynamics knowledge base for California's annual-dominated Mediterranean grasslands. These models…Publication Date 1992-09-01
- simulation models
- annual grasslands
- plant ecology
- population dynamics
- fires
- fire effects
- Mediterranean climate
- natural grasslands
- plant communities
- California
- range management
- rangelands
- grazing
- 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 RecordImpacts of 7 range treatments and climate on late spring herbage standing crops (SC) were measured in rangelands near Miles City, Mont., from 1983 to 1990. Treatments, established in 8 pastures at 2…Publication Date 1993-07-01
- ambient temperature
- rain
- pastures
- biomass production
- range management
- Montana
- Library Collection RecordFire-scorched crowns of live eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) were ignited using a propane torch in 3 studies to quantify the efficacy and to determine the feasibility of the technique as a…Publication Date 1992-09-01
- brush control
- vegetation management
- pastures
- prescribed burning
- Oklahoma
- Juniperus virginiana
- range management
- Library Collection RecordWe censused breeding nongame birds on replicated 5- and 6-year post herbicide-treated (tebuthiuron and triclopyr) and untreated cross timbers rangeland in central Oklahoma. Twenty species of breeding…Publication Date 1992-07-01
- nesting
- habitat alteration
- birds
- habitat selection
- wildlife
- tebuthiuron
- triclopyr
- habitats
- vegetation management
- Oklahoma
- range management
- Library Collection RecordFire on rangelands used as a management tool or as an unwanted wildfire removes vegetation cover. Vegetation cover is thought to be a dominate factor controlling surface runoff and erosion.…Publication Date 1992-09-01
- ground cover
- soil erosion
- spatial variation
- ground vegetation
- loam soils
- fires
- fire effects
- runoff
- prescribed burning
- sandy loam soils
- natural grasslands
- range management
- seasonal variation
- rangelands
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordDuring 1981-83, we studied 19 grasses for potential improvement of dry tropical (1,001 mm annual rainfall) rangelands in Hainan Island, China. The productivity and persistence of the grasses were…Publication Date 1993-07-01
- clay loam soils
- sandy soils
- nitrogen fertilizers
- species differences
- China
- range management
- grasses
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