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- 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 RecordBlack-tailed prairie dogs have declined by 98% in the past century. Due to continued declines, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated the species as a candidate for listing in 2000. Prairie…Publication Date 2002-09-01
- Aristida purpurea
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- Buchloe dactyloides
- habitats
- Kansas
- species diversity
- shortgrass prairie
- vegetation
- Bouteloua gracilis
- plant density
- botanical composition
- canopy
- Colorado
- black-tailed prairie dogs
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- cover
- bare ground
- frequency
- shortgrass prairie
- herbivory
- soil disturbance
- 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
- 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 RecordPrevious authors have described nesting habitat of the northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) throughout its range, but few have compared structural or compositional differences of vegetation…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- nests
- weather
- visibility
- habitat selection
- Colinus virginianus
- ground cover
- habitats
- predators
- reproductive performance
- vegetation
- woody plants
- Oklahoma
- botanical composition
- grasses
- bobwhite
- Colinus virginianus
- gallinaceous
- habitats
- northern
- quail
- upland game
- Library Collection RecordA classification of dietary structural types that represents different arrangements of forage classes is proposed. It may be especially useful for interpreting and comparing herbivore diets from…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- Lama guanicoe
- feces composition
- pastures
- selective grazing
- species differences
- vegetation
- feeds
- digestibility
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- forage
- diet botanical composition
- conceptualization
- forage classes
- microhistological analysis
- multivariate analysis
- similarity of diets
- 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 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 RecordAssessing vegetation status via remote sensing techniques using various vegetation indices has been successfully applied to semi-arid and arid environments. We tested the feasibility of applying such…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- Israel
- infrared imagery
- wavelengths
- equus hemionus
- visibility
- feral herds
- ground cover
- image analysis
- arid lands
- soil types
- remote sensing
- satellite imagery
- atmosphere
- equations
- dry seasons
- wet season
- vegetation
- seasonal variation
- grazing
- 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