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- Library Collection RecordMulching with plastic film, cinders, or juniper slash; deep furrowing; and fallowing increased penetration and retention of soil moisture, delayed soil surface crusting, and lowered seeding-zone…Publication Date 1981-05-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordWater development is an important aspect of range improvement, particularly in arid regions. A structure including a masonry dam and a collection field of perforated pipes was covered with coarse…Publication Date 1981-05-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordDuring 1976 a study of annual production and cover (litter + rock + vegetation) on various range improvement practices was conducted in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. The range improvement…Publication Date 1979-03-01
- river basins
- Utah
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordSix shrub species were studied to determine their microhabitat relationships as well as their effect on the immediate environment. Analysis of site characteristics and mineral composition of soils in…Publication Date 1980-03-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordDuring 1976 a study of soil profile salt concentrations and probable salt loading by surface runoff was made on 73 range improvement sites in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. The range…Publication Date 1979-05-01
- Utah
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordAquecus sprays of picloram at the rate of 0.56 kg/ha (94 1/ha total volume) were applied to 5 plots each in May 1973 and August 1976 to control falsemesquite (Calliandra eriophylla) in southern…Publication Date 1980-03-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordSoil water is recharged in the semidesert Southwest during the usual winter precipitation season, and again during the usual summer rainy season. The amount and depth of recharge varies widely…Publication Date 1980-01-01
- deserts
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordHerbage production by weeping, Boer, and Lehmann lovegrasses was essentially unaffected by winter burning on a converted chaparral watershed in central Arizona. Burning opened up the stand and…Publication Date 1977-09-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordForage consumption was significantly correlated with forage production and tree density, but not with steepness of slope, rockiness of soil, or distance from water. This suggests that good range…Publication Date 1978-01-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordFifty stands, representing six common and three rare species of gramas (genus Bouteloua), were sampled for vegetation abundance, species composition, and selected habitat factors. Numerical and…Publication Date 1977-11-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordWe studied the impact of fire on an ungrazed sacaton grassland community at The Research Ranch in southeastern Arizona. Two summer burns were followed through two post-fire growing seasons. A winter…Publication Date 1978-07-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordSurface runoff waters from three kinds of activity on rangeland were examined for suspended solids and some indicator chemical constituents. We compared ungrazed brush-covered rangeland with recently…Publication Date 1978-07-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordNutrient contents of wooly Indianwheat, white bursage, desertthorn, and foothills paloverde were determined seasonally during 1974 and 1975 in the Havasu Resource Area, California-Arizona. Gross…Publication Date 1977-09-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordSpecies adaptation trials were observed over periods varying from 21 to 28 years at ten Arizona pinyon-juniper sites. Fifty-nine species and varieties developing fair to excellent stands and…Publication Date 1977-11-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordEffects of pitting and rootplowing on surface runoff were determined on a desert shrub range in southeastern Arizona, and the time-dependent changes in the soil surface characteristics resulting from…Publication Date 1976-05-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordVegetative cover, composition, and frequency studies on protected and grazed desert grassland ranges in Arizona provided quantitative data on the reaction of plants to protection and grazing. These…Publication Date 1976-11-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordMule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) selectively consumed cactus fruit, browse leaves and fruit, and forbs, when present, on semidesert grass-shrub habitats in southern Arizona. Plant species utilized…Publication Date 1977-05-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordComparison of vegetative changes between a protected and closely grazed desert grassland range in southeastern Arizona showed that velvet mesquite was rapidly invading both ranges at almost equal…Publication Date 1975-11-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordFelling of a 13% cover of alligator juniper in northcentral Arizona resulted in a 38% increase in total herbage production and a 45% increase in forage plant production. These increases were highly…Publication Date 1974-09-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordA 2-year study on the Spy Mesa relict of the Arizona Strip provides information concerning the natural occurrence of pinyon-juniper in range ecosystems of this area. The 40-acre relict is unique…Publication Date 1974-09-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe profit formula is based on forage production, digestibility and utilization, animal weight and daily gain, costs per animal day, and beef prices. Rangeland producing 500-1,000 lb forage per acre…Publication Date 1973-07-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordPlanting season and cultural treatment effects on emergence and survival of three range species were determined for two cold, dry pinyon-juniper sites in north central Arizona. Plowing was the most…Publication Date 1973-07-01
- Arizona
- 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 RecordFollowing intensive study of soils and plant communities in the Princeton area of southern British Columbia, it became apparent that photo interpretation techniques could be used to greater advantage…Publication Date 1969-01-01
- Units
- Bedrock
- aerial photos
- Princeton
- Field Mapping Guides
- Physiographic
- chernozemic soils
- Tone
- Surficial Deposits
- Micro Features
- Soils Survey
- Vegeatative Zones
- plant communities
- patterns
- drainage
- topography
- interpretation
- surveys
- texture
- soil
- British Columbia
- land use
- rangelands
- classification
- relationships
- soils
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordBoysag Point, a 70-acre relatively ungrazed area in the pinon-juniper-sagebrush type, is described and compared to an adjacent grazed Mainland area. The Point had 88 species, the Mainland 38. Trees…Publication Date 1967-11-01
- Ecological Study
- Boysag Point
- North Rim
- Grand Canyon
- pinyon juniper sagebrush type
- Mainland Area
- Trees Shrubs
- relict areas
- Differences
- Depletion
- quantity
- grazing effects
- plant cover
- shrubs
- herbage production
- trees
- quality
- blue grama
- forage
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordForbs consumed by cattle grazing native range had higher dry matter digestion coefficients and contained greater quantities of ash, calcium, phosphorus, crude protein, and total sugars, but contained…Publication Date 1968-01-01
- Sugars
- in vitro digestibility
- Phophorous
- Use Competition
- Scotts Bluff Experimental Range
- Bracted spiderwort
- Beggars Lice
- Skeletonplant
- Yucca Heads
- Sand Sage
- Alfalfa Standard
- Lambsquarters
- Sunflower Heads
- nutrients
- Digestion Coefficients
- calcium
- ash
- native ranges
- consumption
- dry matter
- chemical composition
- esophageal fistula
- crude protein
- grazing
- cattle
- vegetation
- forbs
- Nebraska
- 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 RecordA microscope point method was used to develop weight prediction equations for plant species in masticated forage samples of known species weights collected at the end of two successive growing…Publication Date 1968-11-01
- Fistualted Steers
- Microscope Point Method
- Weight Prediction Equations
- Masticated Forage Samples
- Percent Weight
- Confidence LImits
- grazing animals
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- diet
- Forage Samples
- botanical composition
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordFive chemically sprayed and 15 plowed and seeded areas in southwestern Montana were examined to determine the influence of several environmental factors on big sagebrush reinvasion. Sagebrush…Publication Date 1968-07-01
- slope
- Plowed
- Seeded
- Reinfestation
- Sagebrush Reinvasion
- Environmental Influences
- Chemically Sprayed
- maturation
- Northwest Exposures
- Dillion
- Inital Kill
- soil texture
- survival
- precipitation
- treatments
- spraying
- environmental factors
- vegetation
- control
- erosion
- exposure
- Artemisia tridentata
- Montana
- 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 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 RecordIn most fertilization studies on desert grasslands, little attention has been paid to soil moisture conditions at the time of application. Results have been highly variable and fertilization has not…Publication Date 1968-03-01
- fertilizer application
- desert grasslands
- Summer Rainy Season
- management
- Arizona
- yields
- responses
- Time
- black grama
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- Bouteloua eriopoda
- protein content
- Grass Growth
- Soil Moisture Conditions
- Williams Ranch
- Oven Dry
- Library Collection RecordA battery-operated electronic scale recorded range cattle weights accurately on oscillograph charts without disturbing the animals. With refinement, the system could operate automatically. This…Publication Date 1967-03-01
- Range Cattle
- Automatic Weighing
- Electronic Scale
- Battery Operated
- Oscillograph
- Rate of Gain
- Peak Weights
- Platform
- Weight Sensors
- calibration
- Field Installation
- remote control
- Recorder
- losses
- Field Conditions
- temperature
- design
- construction
- testing
- calves
- Gains
- scale
- yearlings
- vegetation
- rainfall
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of mechanical treatments, such as contour furrowing, pitting, and ripping, on forage production and water storage were measured in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and…Publication Date 1966-07-01
- Pitting
- Nuttall Saltbush
- West
- Chemistry
- vegetation types
- ripping
- responses
- Contour Furrowing
- mechanical treatments
- Broadbase Furrowing
- Furrowing
- Medium
- Fine
- needle-and-thread
- Soil Effects
- Mositure Storage
- Biological Effects
- water storage
- soil texture
- black grama
- Winterfat
- forage production
- runoff
- Wyoming
- Montana
- Utah
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordRumen-fistulated steers consistently selected a diet higher in crude protein than hand-clipped samples of the major available perennial grasses. The excess of rumen protein over grass protein…Publication Date 1966-05-01
- rumen
- Grass Protein
- annual forbs
- Santa Rita Experiment Station
- growth patterns
- Growth Cycles
- Clipped Samples
- fistula
- Arizona Cottontop
- Hand Clipping
- selective grazing
- supplements
- annuals
- Lehmann lovegrass
- steers
- diet
- perennial grasses
- Green
- dry matter
- shrubs
- crude protein
- forage
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of one fall broadcast application of N and P fertilizers on mature intermediate wheatgrass in the Southwestern ponderosa pine zone was investigated. Nitrogen increased herbage production…Publication Date 1967-01-01
- Weed Growth
- site description
- Fall Fertilization
- Broadcast Application
- herbage production
- Green Growth
- Soil Nitrates
- Fort Valley
- Ponderosa Pine Zone
- Southwestern
- Agropyron intermedium
- plant height
- moisture content
- intermediate wheatgrass
- phosphorus
- crude protein
- nitrogen
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordImmediate effects of fire on perennial grasses lasted only 1 or 2 years. Burroweed was easily killed, but came back quickly with adequate cool-season moisture. Fire was relatively ineffective against…Publication Date 1967-05-01
- Semidesert Grasses
- Cool Season Moisture
- Shrub Densities
- fire effects
- cactus
- burroweed
- Growing Conditions
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- Southwest
- burning
- shrubs
- herbage yields
- fire
- precipitation
- perennials
- grazing
- mesquite
- soils
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordHerbage yield and density of cover were greater on moderately or heavily grazed than on ungrazed range. Botanical composition remained relatively constant under moderate use but changed markedly on…Publication Date 1967-07-01
- ungrazed
- Herbage Utilization
- Longleaf Pine
- Palustris Experimental Forest
- Loiusiana
- herbage yields
- litter
- Bluestem range
- herbage growth
- soil compaction
- Heavy Grazing
- density
- grass production
- botanical composition
- ground cover
- fire
- utilization
- Pinus palustris
- grazing
- vegetation
- cover
- erosion
- Library Collection RecordNitrogen availability, as shown by short-term uptake by barley, was significantly higher on soils from burned than from unburned areas 10 months after burning. Increased soil-nitrogen concentrations…Publication Date 1967-01-01
- Globe
- nitrogen availability
- Fall-Burning
- Mountainmahogany Chaparral
- Decomposition
- Cercocarpus montanus
- availability
- fire intensity
- soil nutrients
- Quercus turbinella
- Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest
- litter
- Physical
- soil properties
- chemicals
- oak
- Southwest
- management practices
- burning
- density
- composition
- nitrogen
- pH
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordWhat is there about pinyon and juniper trees which reduces growth of blue grama? This study shows that the chief influence is due to tree litter, not canopy. This material was digitized as part of a…Publication Date 1966-07-01
- Flagstaff
- Seligman
- Liter
- Management Problems
- pinyon
- Tree Cover
- Rock
- juniper
- clipping
- basal area
- weight
- blue grama
- growth
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordRange improvement treatments-brush clearing, pitting, and seeding to grass-were imposed on twenty-four 6 by 12-foot plots near Tombstone, Arizona. One summer's rainfall of average amount and…Publication Date 1966-11-01
- Rainfall Effects
- soil surface characteristics
- Range Improvement Treatments
- Brush Clearing
- Tombstone
- Exposed Soil
- Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed
- microrelief
- Pavement
- soil movement
- crown cover
- Pitting
- change
- Range Conservation
- infiltration
- seeding
- rainfall
- erosion
- runoff
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordLongevity of range plantings is important to those interested in range restoration by this means. An analysis of plantings of 1945 and 1946 through 1965 provide information on longevity for four…Publication Date 1966-09-01
- success
- range restoration
- longevity
- Range Reseeding
- stand establishment
- environmental conditions
- Tonto National Forest
- Range Plantings
- Brush Mulch
- Black Hills
- Cave Creek
- Pine Creek
- buckhead Mesa
- Grazing Protection
- competition
- adaptability
- moisture
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe hypothesis is offered that all "outputs" produced by an investment in a cattle ranch have not been included in previous conventional analyses. These other "outputs" include…Publication Date 1966-09-01
- outputs
- Grazing Permit Values
- Ranch Productivity
- Tax Shelter
- Land Appreciation
- Farm Fundamentalism
- Conspicuous Consumption
- Return Investment
- Rental Fee
- market prices
- Ranch Prices
- returns
- beef
- government
- capital
- costs
- price
- land
- cattle
- public lands
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordBurning-reseeding and burning-reseeding-herbicide treatments near Dewey, Arizona significantly reduced oak chaparral shrub cover for over 7 years and resulted in significantly greater grass…Publication Date 1966-07-01
- elevation
- shrub control
- crown cover
- Prescott National Forest
- grass species
- cover
- oak chaparral
- Dewey
- Turbinella
- shrub liveoak
- Henderson Ranch
- fire intensity
- aspect
- Quercus turbinella
- climate
- revegetation
- effects
- burning
- longevity
- grass production
- herbicides
- fire
- reseeding
- soils
- perennial grass
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordOn No Man's Land Mesa, a relict area in Kane County, Utah, two distinctly different soils were found which produce significantly different kinds and amounts of vegetation. The Upland sand (Pinon…Publication Date 1967-01-01
- No Man's Land Mesa
- relict areas
- Kane County
- Upland Sand
- pinyon-juniper
- Upland Shallow Breaks
- plant yields
- weight
- composition
- soils
- vegetation
- production
- Utah
- 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 1951-01-01
- U.S.
- Field Station
- North Dakota
- weight gain
- Mandan
- deferred grazing
- Rotation Grazing
- native ranges
- continuous grazing
- pastures
- northern Great Plains
- rest
- grazing
- cattle
- vegetation
- forage
- carrying capacity
- 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 1950-04-01
- Root Soil Relations
- Underground Plant Parts
- monoliths
- Degeneration of Prairie
- types
- Grades
- High Grade
- Mid Grade
- Low Grade
- Intensities
- Palouse Prairie
- Quantitative
- deterioration
- soil types
- depth
- methods
- Abuse
- effects
- quantity
- roots
- root weight
- pastures
- density
- root systems
- little bluestem
- big bluestem
- Kansas
- vigor
- Use
- distribution
- grazing
- vegetation
- forbs
- Washington
- Nebraska
- grasses
- Colorado
- 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 1950-10-01
- Wintering Areas
- Vegetal Composition
- Paddock
- Sagebrush Grass Land
- Rotation System
- Upper Snake River Plains
- Dubois
- summer range
- trends
- grass production
- fall
- shrubs
- herbage production
- utilization
- spring
- grazing
- sheep
- vegetation
- forbs
- Idaho
- stocking rate
- 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 1950-04-01
- programs
- climax vegetation
- litter
- field methods
- demonstrate
- understanding
- seeing
- range technician
- Infiltration Rings
- classes
- soil thermometer
- penetration
- grass production
- organic matter
- depth
- soil texture
- conditions
- plant vigor
- Range Conservation
- forage production
- soil moisture
- seeding
- vegetation
- runoff
- 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 1951-03-01
- range areas
- Protecting
- semidesert grassland
- Comoro Soil
- Southwestern Desert Grassland
- Tucson
- grass yield
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- clearing
- reseeding
- livestock
- forage
- brush control
- Arizona
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