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- Library Collection RecordNonindustrial private forest landowners (NIPF) control 21.4% of Washington's commercial forestland, much of which produces forage. Resident NIPF owners in 3 regions in the state were surveyed to…Publication Date 1993-01-01
- silvopastoral systems
- private forestry
- motivation
- perception
- surveys
- landowners
- Washington
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordResearch was conducted to quantify the effects of various range improvement treatments on diet quality and summer weight gain of steers grazing semiarid rangeland from 1983 through 1988. Treatments…Publication Date 1993-11-01
- grassland improvement
- semiarid grasslands
- Montana
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordThe value of mountain rye (Secale montanum Guss.) for competitive suppression of 2 annual bromegrasses (downy brome, Bromus tectorum L. and Japanese brome, B. japonicus Thunb) was investigated in a 3…Publication Date 1992-07-01
- Secale strictum subsp. strictum
- Bromus japonicus
- seed banks
- competitive ability
- persistence
- stand establishment
- coal mined land
- mortality
- Bromus tectorum
- growth rate
- land restoration
- range management
- Montana
- plant competition
- Library Collection RecordChanges in rangeland vegetation integrate the consequences of livestock grazing intensity and possible climate change, as well as other factors. Because vegetation changes tend to be very slow in dry…Publication Date 1992-11-01
- xerophytes
- Krascheninnikovia
- Hilaria
- change
- Hilaria jamesii
- eremosemium spinosa
- Achnatherum hymenoides
- ecological succession
- Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
- vegetation
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant communities
- rangelands
- Utah
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordPaper presented at the "Symposium on Ingestion of Poisonous Plants by Livestock," February 15, 1990, Reno, Nevada. Animals can be trained to avoid eating specific foods by offering them the…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- learning
- training (animals)
- avoidance conditioning
- Delphinium barbeyi
- feeding behavior
- livestock
- grazing
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordPaper presented at the "Symposium on Ingestion of Poisonous Plants by Livestock," February 15, 1990, Reno, Nevada. Many poisonous plants grazed by livestock on ranges and pastures in the…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- neonates
- Veratrum
- Nicotiana
- Conium
- lupins
- malformations
- teratogens
- abortion
- Oxytropis
- Astragalus
- Lupinus
- toxicology
- poisoning
- toxicity
- phytotoxins
- death
- literature reviews
- livestock
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordVariable weather, forage production, weed and pest problems, and livestock prices contribute to uncertainty in range livestock production. Because returns from livestock production, in which…Publication Date 1991-05-01
- prices
- econometric models
- stochastic processes
- variability of returns
- risk
- costs and returns
- animal production
- stocking rate
- profitability
- sustainability
- range management
- livestock
- forage
- Library Collection RecordPaper presented at the "Symposium on Ingestion of Poisonous Plants by Livestock," February 15, 1990, Reno, Nevada. A complex relationship exists between the presence of toxins in a plant…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- Oxytropis
- Astragalus
- swainsonine
- pyrrolizidine alkaloids
- weed palatability
- poisoning
- toxicity
- poisonous weeds
- Senecio
- phytotoxins
- livestock
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordSheep are more resistent to larkspur poisoning than cattle. Grazing larkspur with sheep before cattle turn-in may reduce the threat of cattle poisoning. Two 2.1-ha pastures were established in Upper…Publication Date 1992-03-01
- loss prevention
- Delphinium glaucescens
- biological control
- poisonous weeds
- weed control
- pastures
- sheep
- cattle
- Montana
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordTall-forb communities occur an deep soils of the upper montane and subalpine zones of the Rocky Mountains and extend from southwestern Montana to southern Utah. In the Centennial Mountains of Montana…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- geranium viscosissimum
- 2,4-D
- grassland improvement
- Geranium
- vegetation management
- species diversity
- weed control
- yields
- mountain grasslands
- biomass production
- plant communities
- picloram
- application rates
- Montana
- forage
- Library Collection RecordEsophageal fistulated animals are used to collect samples of the forage being consumed by animals in grazing experiments. Four principal hypotheses (H) can be tested in esophageal trials: (1)…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- livestock feeding
- fistulation
- clipping
- experimental design
- grazing trials
- statistical analysis
- pastures
- sampling
- esophagus
- livestock
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordPaper presented at the "Symposium on Ingestion of Poisonous Plants by Livestock," February 15, 1990, Reno, Nevada. Improved usage of rangelands for livestock production requires better ways…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- biotransformation
- rumen microorganisms
- metabolic detoxification
- toxicity
- tolerance
- ruminants
- literature reviews
- livestock
- chemical constituents of plants
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordComparisons were made between phenological phase dates of 2 common ornamental shrubs, purple common lilac (Syringa vulgaris L.) and Zabeli honeysuckle (Lonicera krolkowii Stapf, var. Zabelii (Rehd.…Publication Date 1991-11-01
- Acrididae
- heat sums
- developmental stages
- indicator species
- phenology
- Montana
- Library Collection RecordSheep are more resistent to larkspur (Delphinium spp.) poisoning than are cattle, and may be used as a biological tool to graze larkspur prior to cattle turn-in to reduce the risk of cattle poisoning…Publication Date 1991-11-01
- Delphinium glaucescens
- Delphinium occidentale
- alkaloids
- Delphinium barbeyi
- sheep
- Montana
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordSpotted knapweed is the most serious range weed problem in western Montana. Although picloram is often used to control knapweed, the economic feasibility of the practice has not been evaluated. We…Publication Date 1991-01-01
- feasibility studies
- mathematical models
- cost-benefit analysis
- weed control
- chemical control
- pastures
- picloram
- Centaurea maculosa
- range management
- Montana
- forage
- Library Collection RecordHeavy communal grazing pressure and rapid phytomass decomposition reduce shrub interspace cover in Somalia from 100% at the end of the growing season to 5% at the end of the dormant season. Intense…Publication Date 1990-11-01
- communal feeding
- interrill erosion
- hydrology
- watershed management
- ground cover
- watersheds
- Somalia
- sandy soils
- clay soils
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- shrubs
- plant litter
- rangelands
- livestock
- grazing
- infiltration
- Library Collection RecordSixteen ruminally cannulated beef steers grazing native summer range in the Northern Great PIains were assigned to 4 treatments in a 2 X 2 factorial arrangement. Main effects were barley grain and…Publication Date 1990-09-01
- steers
- digestibility
- crude protein
- digesta
- kinetics
- dietary supplements
- pH
- transit time
- barley
- feed supplements
- natural grasslands
- summer
- cattle feeding
- monensin
- feed grains
- diets
- cattle
- rumen fermentation
- Montana
- grazing
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordSixteen ruminally cannulated steers grazing Northern Great Plains native winter range were assigned to 4 treatments in a 2 X 2 factorial arrangement. Main effects were protein and monensin. A soybean…Publication Date 1990-09-01
- pelleted feeds
- winter
- soybean meal
- steers
- digestibility
- crude protein
- digesta
- kinetics
- dietary supplements
- pH
- transit time
- barley
- natural grasslands
- cattle feeding
- monensin
- diets
- cattle
- protein supplements
- rumen fermentation
- Montana
- grazing
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordForty-six clonal lines of a hybrid cross between Pseudoroegneria spicata [Pursh.] Scribn. and Smith × Elytrigia repens [L.] Beauv. were used to evaluate the influence of various chemical and…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- trials
- forage crops
- hybrids
- plant morphology
- pastures
- cattle
- in vitro digestibility
- phenology
- Montana
- grazing
- grasses
- feeding preferences
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordArmed saltbush [Atriplex acanthocarpa (Torr.) Wats.] and fourwing saltbush [A. canescens (Pursh) Nutt.] are browsed by livestock and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Raf.). The objective of…Publication Date 1988-09-01
- atriplex acanthocarpa
- Atriplex canescens
- Odocoileus virginianus
- species
- digestibility
- semiarid zones
- Texas
- rangelands
- livestock
- forage
- plant height
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordDeciding how to allocate forage among animals is a fundamentally important process in range management. The wisdom of these decisions can be enhanced by estimating the marginal value of forage needed…Publication Date 1989-03-01
- economic impact
- wildlife
- mathematical models
- Idaho
- range management
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordThurber needlegrass (Stipa thurberiana Piper) is an important component of both forested and shrub-steppe communities of the Pacific Northwest and Great Basin regions, and little is known of its…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- Achnatherum thurberianum
- roots
- stocking rate
- regrowth
- Oregon
- range management
- phenology
- rangelands
- defoliation
- livestock
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordJojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) is a major evergreen browse species for livestock and wildlife throughout its range from central Arizona to northwest Mexico and Baja California. Current guidelines for…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- Simmondsia chinensis
- wildlife
- browse plants
- woody plants
- range management
- browsing
- livestock
- grazing
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe objectives of this study were to: (1) determine the effects of temperature and water stress on germination, and; (2) evaluate effects of seeding date on emergence and survival of green and gray…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- coal
- soil stabilization
- mined soils
- soil temperature
- seedling emergence
- Chrysothamnus nauseosus
- reclamation
- mortality
- species
- soil water content
- seed germination
- establishment
- Montana
- water stress
- 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 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 RecordPercent of seeds filled for alpine grasses and seed viability and longevity for alpine grasses and forbs with different life history and physiological traits were evaluated for seeds collected in…Publication Date 1989-07-01
- Polemonium
- Potentilla
- Rosaceae
- calamagrostis purpurascens
- artemisia scopulorum
- geum rosii
- polemonium viscosum
- sibbaldia procumbens
- potentilla diversifolia
- alpine grasslands
- Festuca idahoensis
- Deschampsia cespitosa
- seed set
- seed longevity
- viability
- temporal variation
- plant communities
- Montana
- 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 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 RecordA single probe electronic capacitance meter for estimating herbage yields was field tested on 2 western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii (Rydb.) Löve), a blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis (H.B.K.) Lag. ex…Publication Date 1987-11-01
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- regression analysis
- Agropyron cristatum
- estimation
- sampling
- Poaceae
- Bouteloua gracilis
- crop yield
- Montana
- Library Collection RecordInterspecific hybridization of grasses represents a valuable plant breeding procedure for developing new species with superior grazing value for livestock. Evaluations were made of the hybrid cross…Publication Date 1987-11-01
- Elytrigia repens
- interspecific hybridization
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- hybrids
- lines
- genotype
- grazing trials
- Montana
- beef cattle
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordEight ruminally fistulated steers were observed on native range from 4 May 1981 to 5 Nov. 1981 to determine effects of advancing forage maturity on rumen fermentation, fluid passage, fluid volume,…Publication Date 1987-09-01
- volatile fatty acids
- maturity
- rumen fluids
- steers
- rumen fermentation
- seasonal variation
- Montana
- forage
- feed intake
- 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 RecordSeasonal trends in total nonstructural carbohydrates (TNC) were studied in pinegrass (Calamagrostis rubescens Buckl.), elk sedge (Carex geyeri Boott), and snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus (L.) Blake)…Publication Date 1988-03-01
- clearcutting
- forest ecology
- Symphoricarpos albus
- Carex geyeri
- transitory range
- carbohydrates
- Calamagrostis rubescens
- phenology
- Montana
- rangelands
- grazing
- forage
- 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 RecordThree soil-active herbicides: atrazine [6-chloro-N-ethyl]-N1-(1-methyethyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine]; propham (1-methylethyl phenyl carbamate); and pronamide [3,5-dichloro(N-1,1-dimethyl-2-…Publication Date 1987-11-01
- propham
- propyzamide
- Bromus japonicus
- atrazine
- carbohydrates
- perennials
- weed control
- yields
- Bromus tectorum
- phosphorus
- Poaceae
- crude protein
- Montana
- nutritive value
- forage
- 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 RecordTrends in canopy-coverage of vegetation and bare ground were measured inside and outside exclosures on recent burns within three-pasture rest-rotation and season-long grazing systems over a 10-year…Publication Date 1987-09-01
- ground cover
- ecological succession
- vegetation
- cattle
- Montana
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordA study was conducted in southeastern Montana to determine the effects of federal range grazing on cattle ranch average variable operating costs per animal unit. Data were obtained through personal…Publication Date 1986-07-01
- variable costs
- grazing on public land
- surveys
- ranching
- economic analysis
- production costs
- cattle
- Montana
- rangelands
- 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 RecordFour Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis Beetle and Young) control treatments: burning, spraying with 2,4-D, rotocutting, and plowing, along with no control (rest) were…Publication Date 1986-07-01
- rotary cutting
- control methods
- spraying
- plowing
- 2,4-D
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- brush control
- prescribed burning
- Artemisia tridentata
- Montana
- Library Collection RecordAn automated range-animal data acquisition system (ARADS) has been developed to collect individual animal data without human intervention. Records include date, time, identification, live-weight,…Publication Date 1987-05-01
- data collection
- automation
- computer techniques
- water use
- identification
- body weight
- sampling
- cattle
- range management
- Montana
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordCattle impact on riparian areas is dependent upon both their behavior and utilization of streamside vegetation. Development of grazing strategies for riparian environments would be enhanced by an…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- rest
- seasonal behavior
- streams
- highlands
- riparian buffers
- stocking rate
- animal behavior
- feeding behavior
- cattle
- Montana
- 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 RecordThe influence of crude terpenoid content on in vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMD) was determined for basin big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. tridentata), Wyoming big sagebrush (A…Publication Date 1987-05-01
- terpenoids
- Artemisia tridentata
- Odocoileus hemionus
- sheep
- cattle
- in vitro digestibility
- Montana