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- 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 RecordIn response to the demand for inventories of livestock and wildlife populations in Kenya, animal censuses were completed during the period 1977 to 1983 using low level, systematic reconnaissance…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- population distribution
- aerial surveys
- censuses
- aridity
- kenya rangeland ecological monitoring unit
- human population
- arid zones
- wildlife
- Kenya
- range management
- rangelands
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordInfiltration rate and sediment production were assessed in oak, bunchgrass and sodgrass vegetation types in moderate continuous (MCG), heavy continuous (HCG), and intensive rotation (short-duration,…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- sediments
- Quercus virginiana
- vegetation types
- Poaceae
- plant communities
- Texas
- livestock
- grazing
- infiltration
- bulk density
- Library Collection RecordCanopy cover of vegetation dominated by Gambel oak was determined in 1983 in adjacent canyons characterized by different grazing histories. Results were compared with data collected in 1935, and the…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- brushwood and scrub
- mountains
- mountain areas
- highlands
- ecological succession
- botanical composition
- Utah
- livestock
- zero grazing
- Library Collection 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 RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1986-09-01
- animal feeding
- estimates
- wildlife
- feeding habits
- nutrient requirements
- environmental impact reporting
- range management
- rangelands
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1986-09-01
- animal feeding
- Society for Range Management
- estimates
- wildlife
- feeding habits
- nutrient requirements
- environmental impact reporting
- range management
- rangelands
- livestock
- Library Collection 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 RecordThirty species of Astragalus from Argentina were analyzed for toxic aliphatic nitro compounds. Twenty-seven species, including 7 species known to poison livestock, synthesized nitro compounds that…Publication Date 1986-07-01
- organic nitrogen compounds
- cyanogenic glycosides
- Astragalus
- toxicity
- plant analysis
- species
- Argentina
- livestock
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordWe compared effects of short-duration and continuous grazing on nesting cover and success of bobwhites and wild turkeys in south Texas during 1984. Coverage, density, and dispersion of suitable nest…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- colinus vulgaris
- nesting
- grazing time
- turkeys
- nests
- game management
- pastures
- Texas
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordExpressing the effects of grazing animals on herbage requires explicitly defined variables describing herbage growth and herbage disappearance, as well as variables describing net changes in herbage…Publication Date 1986-01-01
- mathematics and statistics
- growth analysis
- regeneration
- biomass determination
- vegetation
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1985-11-01
- guard dogs
- breeds
- protection
- animal behavior
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordA simple calculation is proposed for estimating carrying capacity of range sites based on seasonal forage quality and standing crop. The model estimates animal unit days a pasture can support.…Publication Date 1985-09-01
- models
- grassland improvement
- grazing experiments
- stocking rate
- beef production
- Oregon
- range management
- rangelands
- livestock
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThe terms animal-unit and animal-unit-equivalent have evolved as a means of expressing different kinds and classes of livestock in a common form. This paper discusses the evolution of the concepts,…Publication Date 1985-07-01
- classification
- range management
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordTwenty-seven water quality parameters were measured in coal surface mine impoundments, bentonite surface mine impoundments, and livestock ponds in the Northern High Plains. Most impoundments were…Publication Date 1985-01-01
- drinking water
- ponds
- Plains
- South Dakota
- Wyoming
- water quality
- livestock
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordThe desirability of forage plants by livestock or wildlife is an important consideration in evaluating suitability of the range for grazing. This desirability may also in some cases be used in…Publication Date 1984-11-01
- preference
- Integrated Project in Arid Lands
- IPAL
- Marsabit District
- Seasonal Use of Plants
- UNESCO
- arid lands
- Desirability
- forage preferences
- grazing effects
- forage plants
- composition
- range condition
- Kenya
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordThree methods of calculating forage disappearance from forage standing crop present on mowed versus protected plots were compared to the actual amount of forage harvested from mowed plots. The method…Publication Date 1983-07-01
- livestock
- range and pasture studies
- perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)
- subclover (Trifolium subterraneum)
- Library Collection RecordFencing has been proposed as the best alternative for rapid restoration of streamside riparian zones. In this study the major portion of the streamside riparian zone was excluded by fencing. Use by…Publication Date 1982-11-01
- Exclusion
- slopes
- Blue Mountains
- riparian zone
- Streamside
- salt placement
- Water Location
- Starkey Experiment Station
- Community Types
- Class of Livestock
- cows
- livestock distribution
- humidity
- temperature
- calves
- restoration
- responses
- fencing
- yearlings
- livestock
- Oregon
- Library Collection RecordOptimum range livestock marketing schemes were developed for two typical Utah ranch sizes (150 and 300 head of brood cows) using linear programming analysis. based on average Utah cattle prices for…Publication Date 1978-03-01
- Cow calf farm
- T Linear programming
- production
- marketing
- livestock
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordThe combined economic effects, based on returns for lease hunting of white-tailed deer in conjunction with lifestock production, were calculated following partial treatment (80% sprayed in…Publication Date 1977-05-01
- production
- costs and returns
- economic analysis
- brush control
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordShortage of water for livestock often limits the carrying capacity of rangeland. Water harvesting can provide extra water. Paraffin wax was applied as granules or flakes on the surface of two…Publication Date 1973-11-01
- Wax Treated Soils
- Paraffin
- water sources
- Granite Reef
- Mesa
- water harvesting
- precipitation
- water
- livestock
- runoff
- Arizona
- carrying capacity
- Library Collection RecordThe vegetation and soil characteristics of an ungrazed butte are compared with those of a similar site on an adjacent High Plains area. Woody plant cover was greater and more diverse on the butte…Publication Date 1969-11-01
- High Plains
- Hardland Site
- Ungrazed Butte
- Woody Plant Cover
- Flat Top Mountain
- canopy cover
- Herbage Removal
- trampling
- productivity
- Soil Characteristics
- grazing
- quality
- livestock
- vegetation
- production
- species composition
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordParaguay, located in the central part of South America, has an area of 157,000 square miles (40.7 million hectares). The country is divided into two geographic-physiographic areas: the eastern area…Publication Date 1969-09-01
- Plant Formations
- toxic plants
- Chaco
- Park
- Granitic
- Calcareous
- Undulating
- Swamp
- Thorn
- Plam
- Paraguay
- Plains
- cattle production
- environment
- geography
- future
- Physiography
- shrub
- South America
- range
- characteristics
- livestock
- overgrazing
- range management
- ranching
- Library Collection RecordA stocking-rate guide for cattle on blue-grama range was developed at Central Plains Experimental Range. The guide is based on the amount of herbage left ungrazed at the end of the summer season as…Publication Date 1969-03-01
- Guide
- grazing efficiency
- Leaf Tissue
- Blue Grama Range
- adjustments
- herbage growth
- Central Plains Experimental Range
- quantity
- economics
- grazing intensity
- beef production
- Great Plains
- quality
- livestock
- cattle
- vegetation
- forage
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Colorado
- management
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordPreference ratings-determined by comparisons with bottlebrush squirreltail-showed Kentucky bluegrass, Arizona fescue, and mountain muhly were highly preferred in the pine type in summer, while…Publication Date 1969-03-01
- prairie junegrass
- bottlebrush squirreltail
- Arizona Fescue
- Mountain Muhly
- Pine Type
- Pinyon Juiper Type
- Beaver Creek Pilot Watershed
- Wild Bill Evaluation Area
- Preference Ratings
- forage species
- Cattle Preferences
- northern Arizona
- Kentucky bluegrass
- utilization
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordLivestock production from native rangelands is the most important agricultural enterprise in the Somali Republic. The ranges of Somalia have a potential for much greater production than is currently…Publication Date 1968-11-01
- Grassland Savannahs
- environment
- native rangelands
- Production Potential
- grazing systems
- range condition
- range resources
- Somalia
- livestock production
- stocking rate
- livestock
- range management
- management
- Library Collection RecordA knowledge of the influence of advance in season and activity of grazing animals on foliage-density estimates is necessary to properly assess trends or evaluate range treatments. Foliage-density…Publication Date 1968-09-01
- trend
- procedures
- trampling
- influence
- Foliage Density
- activity
- Range Treatments
- Grazing Influences
- Period
- Study Area
- July 20
- botanical composition
- mixed prairie
- seasons
- seasonal
- grazing
- livestock
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordThe grazing capacity of mountain rangelands can be increased by management practices which improve cattle distribution. In this study, the increased economic returns resulting from pond construction…Publication Date 1968-09-01
- Cattle Distribution Practices
- mountain rangeland
- Pond Construction
- Spring Development
- Trial Construction
- Guzzler Construction
- Drifting
- Trail Construction
- Economic Returns
- Economic Evaluation
- herding
- salting
- grazing capacity
- fencing
- livestock
- water development
- investment
- carrying capacity
- management
- Library Collection RecordForage preferences of white-tailed deer and cattle on the Welder Wildlife Refuge in South Texas were determined by relating availability, percent utilization, and percent frequency of use of each…Publication Date 1968-07-01
- forage ratings
- Grass Seed Heads
- wildlife management
- Seasonal Preferences
- Frequency of Use
- forage ratings
- food habits
- availability
- Welder Wildlife Refuge
- forage preferences
- winter
- white-tailed deer
- big game
- deer
- utilization
- palatability
- grass
- livestock
- cattle
- forbs
- frequency
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordSeasonal suitability grazing, a grazing system long in use on southwestern ranges, consists of grazing diverse vegetation types in accord with seasonal use requirements of and benefits to vegetation…Publication Date 1967-11-01
- Seasonal Suitability
- Diverse Vegetation
- Seasonal Use Requirements
- Harvest of Forage
- types
- grazing systems
- ranges
- Condition Classes
- maintenance
- livestock production
- improvement
- livestock
- vegetation
- 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 1967-09-01
- Farm
- Phases
- ranch
- land use
- Natural
- grazing use
- administration
- grazing land
- change
- planning
- correlation
- forage production
- utilization
- water
- livestock
- game
- production
- conservation
- range management
- 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 1967-09-01
- range manager
- objectives
- Trail Boss
- Trademark
- Dedication
- Responsibility
- Manipulation
- American Society of Range Management
- livestock
- vegetation
- training
- editorial
- Library Collection RecordRapid development of the plastic pipe industry has brought about a revolution in distribution of water on Southwestern rangelands during the past several years. This article discusses and illustrates…Publication Date 1967-03-01
- materials
- design
- water quality
- Design Considerations
- Small Pipelines
- plastic pipes
- Installation
- Range Pipeline
- Quantity of Water
- Gravity
- Line Distribution
- Pump
- Water Distribution
- rangelands
- planning
- development
- water
- distribution
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordDeferred grazing is good for the range resource. It benefits the livestock, wildlife, and watershed quality and dependability. It makes the countryside look better and enhances recreation. It reduces…Publication Date 1967-01-01
- Resting
- Dependability
- Vegetative Reproduction
- definitions
- principles
- Facilities
- Safe Use
- watersheds
- deferred grazing
- objectives
- range resources
- rotation
- Deferred
- pastures
- wildlife
- grazing
- quality
- livestock
- frequency
- Location
- applications
- numbers
- benefits
- Library Collection RecordRange management must play an increasingly important role in the efforts of the developing countries to increase their output of livestock products. Technical assistance to guide improvement in the…Publication Date 1966-11-01
- developing countries
- specialists
- Worldwide
- outputs
- philosophy
- Latin America
- Appraisal of Results
- success
- horizons
- Technical Assistance
- utilization
- FAO
- Use
- improvement
- livestock
- range management
- Library Collection RecordLivestock producers are in serious economic difficulty because forage and livestock management have changed very little over the years. If ranchers are to meet the challenge of the cost-price squeeze…Publication Date 1966-05-01
- quantity
- forage management
- calves
- labor
- ranch management
- Pasture Production
- meat production
- irrigation
- change
- producers
- Calving
- Intermountain West
- Gain
- Cow-Calf Operators
- shelters
- Milk Flow
- Calf Size
- weaners
- cost
- price
- soil
- hay
- income
- water
- profit
- yearlings
- quality
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordRange management and utilization in the semi-arid and arid zones of Kazakhstan, Turkestan, and Uzbekistan were presented to a group of Fellows who attended a nine-week Study Tour sponsored by F.A.O.…Publication Date 1965-11-01
- Russia
- Range Study
- Tour
- Soviet Union
- Turkestan
- Uzbekistan
- state farms
- Collective Farms
- Lectures
- Soviet
- grazing management
- Kazakhstan
- utilization
- reseeding
- livestock
- range management
- Library Collection RecordBrief descriptions of landscape, herding methods, forage values, livestock numbers, efforts to control grazing, and livestock-game relationships are presented as background for a suggested range…Publication Date 1965-09-01
- Kenya
- livestock
- sheep
- cattle
- game
- ranches
- growth
- relationships
- Parasite Control
- livestock numbers
- water development
- forage values
- dry seasons
- Grazing Conditions
- Grazing Control
- Masailand
- landscapes
- Herding Methods
- range development
- East Africa
- Kajiado
- Narok
- Grazing Schemes
- goats
- brush control
- Library Collection RecordPotential economic return from deer was greater than that from livestock under conditions of average prevailing prices and adequate deer harvest. Data computed from rancher surveys indicated that the…Publication Date 1965-09-01
- Kerr Wildlife Management Area
- Economic Returns
- liability
- Domestic Livestock
- harvests
- demand
- hunting
- ranchers
- resource management
- income
- deer
- stocking rate
- livestock
- vegetation
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Edwards Plateau
- Texas
- carrying capacity
- Library Collection RecordKentucky bluegrass and some associated species contained more nitrogen-free extract and less crude fiber, calcium, and phosphorus when growing on open meadow sites than when growing on pine-shaded…Publication Date 1965-07-01
- Shade Effects
- Meadow Sites
- Pine Shaded Sites
- Roughleaf Ricegrass
- Fuzzyspike Wildrye
- Silvertop Sedge
- calcium
- fiber
- Crude
- Nitrogen Free Extract
- preference
- Limestone
- Timothy
- Black Hills
- Kentucky bluegrass
- chemical composition
- phosphorus
- herbage
- meadows
- Pinus ponderosa
- ponderosa pine
- palatability
- livestock
- South Dakota
- Wyoming
- Library Collection RecordRanchers need to modernize their use of public lands or face further restriction. Public range administrators can be of real aid by cooperating to encourage stockmen to improve ranges and adjust to…Publication Date 1965-05-01
- animal production
- Hope
- Changes in the West
- Land Practice
- Range Administration
- range technician
- multiple use
- ranchers
- forage production
- improvement
- grazing
- livestock
- future
- public lands