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- Library Collection RecordThis research project was conducted to evaluate the use of irrigation water to supplement precipitation during establishment of perennial forage plant communities on surface mined lands in the…Publication Date 1988-05-01
- irrigation requirement
- irrigated conditions
- forage legumes
- regeneration
- soil pH
- soil salinity
- establishment
- water quality
- range management
- grasses
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordCalculated reflectance factors and vegetation indices derived from radiometric reflectance measurements were used in regression analyses to test for a single relationship between canopy reflectance…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- reflectance
- radiometry
- remote sensing
- Agropyron desertorum
- leaf area index
- pastures
- vegetation
- rangelands
- canopy
- dry matter
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordMost arid and semiarid rangeland plants form a mycorrhizal symbiosis with certain fungi through which the host plants absorb water and nutrients from the soil. Small mammals are known to disperse…Publication Date 1988-07-01
- mycorrhizal fungi
- spore dispersal
- symbiosis
- arid zones
- wildlife
- ecological succession
- vegetation
- mammals
- Oregon
- semiarid zones
- rangelands
- 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 RecordSoil ingestion ratios were estimated for 2 primary herbivore species utilizing a sagebrush ecosystem in southeastern Idaho to determine the relative importance of soil and vegetation pathways in…Publication Date 1988-03-01
- Idaho
- vegetation
- Lepus
- ingestion toxicity
- Antilocapra americana
- soil ingestion
- trace elements
- pollution
- Library Collection RecordHeavy grazing by extremely high densities of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) on St. Matthew Island in the Bering Sea resulted in degradation of the lichen stands. Grasses, sedges, and other vascular…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- ranges
- dryas octopetalla
- salix crassijulis
- Cyperaceae
- mosses and liverworts
- Salix
- lichens
- climax communities
- Alaska
- reindeer
- land restoration
- overgrazing
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordChanges in vegetation under yearlong grazing were compared with those under the Santa Rita grazing system, a rotation system designed for southwestern US rangelands where 90% of the forage is…Publication Date 1988-07-01
- yield response functions
- grasslands
- vegetation
- rotational grazing
- semiarid zones
- plant density
- range management
- grazing
- Arizona
- 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 RecordTraditional methods of monitoring brush canopies such as ground survey and aerial photography are not cost effective for large areas. This experiment compared photo-estimated brush canopy closure to…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- brushwood and scrub
- multispectral scanning system
- Landsat
- biomass determination
- remote sensing
- brush control
- indexes
- vegetation
- Texas
- rangelands
- canopy
- Library Collection RecordImproved pastures are a valuable forage resource in the Central Great Plains, but ranchers need to know which seeding techniques provide the best chance of successful establishment of such pastures.…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- row orientation
- Fabaceae
- sowing date
- Hordeum vulgare
- crop establishment
- fallow
- forage crops
- Plains
- autumn
- grassland improvement
- stubble
- pastures
- spring
- Wyoming
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThe dry-weight-rank (DWR) method for determining species composition of tallgrass prairie vegetation was compared to hand clipping. Species composition estimates for the 2 methods were similar in 3…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- vegetation sampling
- species
- vegetation
- sampling
- Oklahoma
- prairies
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordSome high-elevation summer ranges in southwestern Utah are characterized by a dominance of grass and low-value forbs. A reference area of forb dominance provides a striking contrast to these grass…Publication Date 1986-09-01
- long term experiments
- regenerative ability
- vegetation
- mountain grasslands
- sheep
- Utah
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordTallgrass prairie annual hay production and chemical composition (N, P, K, CA) data from a 23-year study conducted by H.J. Harper, Oklahoma State University, from 1929 through 1951 were correlated…Publication Date 1986-07-01
- multiple regression
- weather
- nutrient content
- forage evaluation
- hay
- Oklahoma
- climatic factors
- quality
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordLive and standing dead biomass, standing crop, and total nitrogen, within each component, were measured in a big sacaton (Sporobolus wrightii Monro) grassland in southeastern Arizona for 3 years to…Publication Date 1985-05-01
- Sporobolus wrightii
- Sporobolus
- soil
- biomass determination
- grasslands
- vegetation
- nitrogen content
- Texas
- grazing
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe attenuation of beta particles by vegetation was evaluated as a nondestructive method for estimating aboveground biomass in tallgrass prairie in northeast Kansas. Regression equations using the…Publication Date 1985-11-01
- beta attenuation
- nondestructive methods
- biomass determination
- Kansas
- Andropogon gerardii
- prairies
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of fertilizer on the establishment of seeded grass and legume stands when reclaiming coal strip mines have not been evaluated in northwest Colorado. Nitrogen (0, 28, 56, and 112 kgN/ha)…Publication Date 1986-03-01
- coal
- phosphorus fertilizers
- mined soils
- legumes
- fertilizer application
- reclamation
- yields
- nitrogen fertilizers
- semiarid zones
- establishment
- grasses
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordThe reduction in extent of riparian forests in the southwestern United States has been a topic of recent concern. The effect of dams on downstream river flow and the consequent modification of the…Publication Date 1985-03-01
- water conservation
- Populus fremontii
- Populus
- riparian forests
- vegetation
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordVegetation, small rodents, and birds were sampled during the growing seasons of 2 years on prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colonies and adjacent mixed-grass prairie in western South Dakota.…Publication Date 1986-03-01
- fauna
- colonies
- flora
- rodents
- birds
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- population density
- South Dakota
- species
- semiarid zones
- prairies
- rangelands
- ecology
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordTerminal infiltration rates under sagebrush canopies were about 35% higher than interspace areas at 3 study sites in northern New Mexico. Differences in infiltration rates among strata may largely be…Publication Date 1986-03-01
- deserts
- sediments
- ground cover
- tebuthiuron
- brush control
- chemical control
- runoff
- vegetation
- Artemisia tridentata
- rangelands
- canopy
- infiltration
- New Mexico
- soil texture
- Library Collection RecordEstablishment of forage grasses depends upon their ability to compete for resources in the critical seedling establishment phase. Desirable native grass species are generally considered to be more…Publication Date 1985-11-01
- forage crops
- Bothriochloa
- C4 photosynthesis
- leaf area
- plant morphology
- perennials
- seedlings
- growth
- biomass
- grasses
- water stress
- Library Collection RecordNest site selection of the mountain plover (Charadrius montanus) was studied on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, during 1982. Vegetative characteristics of 26 nest sites, all…Publication Date 1985-05-01
- Charadriidae
- charadrius montanus
- charles m. russell national wildlife refuge, montana
- wildlife
- habitats
- vegetation
- Montana
- 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 RecordMuch of the farmland in the Canadian Prairie region has been abandoned over the years and allowed to revert to weedy cover and eventually to grassland. While some of the changes in vegetation during…Publication Date 1985-11-01
- agricultural land
- abandoned land
- soil organic matter
- grasslands
- reclamation
- ecological succession
- Saskatchewan
- Alberta
- vegetation
- semiarid zones
- land restoration
- soil chemistry
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordTotal production of aboveground biomass on a 238-ha watershed was not affected when big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) was controlled by aerial application of 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid…Publication Date 1986-03-01
- plant propagation
- aerial spraying
- 2,4-D
- grassland improvement
- pesticide application
- watersheds
- brush control
- Wyoming
- Artemisia tridentata
- biomass
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to evaluate the use of supplement blocks on body weight change, blood parameters, and lambing performance of ewes grazing dry, annual grasses during the summer prior…Publication Date 1985-07-01
- Targhee
- supplementary feeds
- ewes
- grazing experiments
- dry seasons
- California
- rangelands
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing management systems on plant communities in the Great Basin are largely unknown. This study is a quantitative description of the response of vegetation from 1973 to 1983 on the…Publication Date 1986-03-01
- dominant species
- responses
- ecological succession
- vegetation
- rotational grazing
- plant communities
- range management
- botanical composition
- Nevada
- rangelands
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe bite count technique was used to estimate the botanical composition of cattle diets for deferred rotation and continuous grazing systems on seeded forest range previously clearcut of spruce and…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- British Columbia
- legumes
- diets
- cattle
- botanical composition
- grazing
- grasses
- 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 1984-09-01
- climax communities
- classification
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordBasal cover and standing crop of herbaceous vegetation were measured during 1979 and 1980 at 0.3-m intervals along transects radiating from individual lotebush canopies in each cardinal direction.…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- Ziziphus
- vegetation
- Texas
- 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 1984-09-01
- Peromyscus
- reclaimed land
- vegetation
- herbivores
- Wyoming
- Library Collection RecordAbused rangelands dominated by introduced cool-season grasses and warm-season shortgrasses are common over much of the Mixed Prairie. Native decreaser species are primarily warm-season grasses and…Publication Date 1985-01-01
- pastures
- Nebraska
- prescribed burning
- vegetation
- prairies
- Library Collection RecordAnnual and perennial plant vegetation was sampled following a controlled burn (1981) and a wildfire (1980) in the Upper Sonoran Desert near Phoenix, Ariz. Perennial plant composition 1 year after…Publication Date 1984-11-01
- Upper Sonoran Desert
- Controlled Burn
- Shoot Surviviers
- Sprouters
- seeders
- Brittle Brush
- Encelia farinosa
- Invader Species
- Stickweed
- Stephanomeria exigua
- Four O'Clock
- Mirabilis bigelovii
- Bulldog Canyon
- herbaceous plants
- Woody Perennials
- vegetation responses
- Cacti
- Short Term
- annuals
- plant composition
- wildfire
- fire
- perennials
- vegetation
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordSmall mammal populations were sampled annually over 4 years in native plant communities and improved rangeland types. All species of rodents were relatively less abundant where western wheatgrass was…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- rodents
- vegetation
- wildlife management
- rangelands
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this study was to evaluate vegetation, soils, infiltration rates, and sediment production as they relate to livestock exclusion, continuous heavy grazing, continuous moderate grazing,…Publication Date 1984-11-01
- bare ground
- hydrologic response
- Fort Stanton
- Livestock Exclusion
- Continuous Heavy Grazing
- Continuous Moderate Grazing
- Fort Stanton Experimental Range
- foliar cover
- standing biomass
- microrelief
- infiltration rates
- sediment production
- litter cover
- Rotation Grazing
- organic matter
- grazing management
- soil
- vegetation
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordIn this study we investigated the variability of infiltration on native rangeland sites. A rainfall simulator was used to collect data on runoff from small (0.37 m2) plots located within large plot…Publication Date 1984-11-01
- Boise
- organic matter
- watersheds
- rainfall simulators
- Large Runoff Plots
- Unfenced
- Fenced
- Rototilling
- Antecedent Moisture
- hydrologic response
- Variability Patterns
- confidence intervals
- Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed
- Plot Preparation
- variability
- soil texture
- rangelands
- infiltration
- bulk density
- vegetation
- Idaho
- vegetal cover
- Library Collection RecordThe influence of cattle grazing on selected vegetation and soil parameters were evaluated on a clay flat range site with shrub zonal, midgrass, and shortgrass communities in the Rolling Plains near…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- Plains
- soil
- pastures
- vegetation
- cattle
- Texas
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordTwelve permanent vegetation sampling plots were established on Greatheart and Church mesas in Zion National Park, Utah. Both relict mesas are surrounded by cliffs but contain the same variety of soil…Publication Date 1984-09-01
- forest trees
- natural resource management
- national parks
- vegetation
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordIndices of vegetation abundance, composition, and grazing were monitored for the grazing seasons of 1980-81 at Hays, Kans., in 2 pastures. One pasture was moderately grazed with yearling steers…Publication Date 1985-01-01
- strip grazing
- Buchloe dactyloides
- Kansas
- pastures
- vegetation
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Bouteloua gracilis
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordFourteen grass accessions were evaluated in terms of yields, nutrient quality, and palatability to sheep at the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station in southeastern Idaho. The interspecific hybrid (…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- sheep feeding
- nutrient potential
- Artemisia tripartita
- palatability
- Idaho
- grazing
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordA study was done to illustrate the influence of fiber on the ratio of estimated to actual dry weight fractions of selected species of grasses, forbs, and shrubs in samples analyzed by…Publication Date 1983-07-01
- grasses
- forbs
- shrubs
- herbivore diets
- Library Collection RecordRange trend is one of the basic components of rangeland inventories. Understanding the interactions between soil, climatic factors, and vegetation aids the range manager in determining and predicting…Publication Date 1983-05-01
- Arizona
- soil
- climatic factors
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordExperimentors have been using cost-efficient systematically located transects in the line intercept method for some time with little support from mathematical statistics. In this paper, it is shown…Publication Date 1983-07-01
- vegetation
- forest floor
- Library Collection RecordDiammonium phosphate (DAP), air-dropped in early autumn 1974 to contain a wildfire on the San Joaquin Experimental Range in California, applied high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus to foothill…Publication Date 1982-11-01
- annual grasslands
- Fire Retardant
- diammonium phosphate
- DAP
- drop
- range readiness
- wildfire
- San Joaquin Experimental Range
- phosphorus
- responses
- precipitation
- soil moisture
- composition
- forbs
- nitrogen
- grasses
- species composition
- California
- Library Collection RecordThe concept of range condition is reanalysed in terms of the nature of changes in land and vegetation and the purpose of measurement. A new framework is outlined which presents range condition as an…Publication Date 1982-11-01
- animals
- Ammenity
- shrub encroachment
- biomass
- concepts
- ecology
- quantity
- water yield
- soil
- Factors
- measurements
- productivity
- classification
- composition
- range condition
- land
- vegetation
- frequency
- cover
- erosion
- soil stability
- Value
- Library Collection RecordConfusion exists over the proper statistical methodology to use in analyzing the effect of treatments on changes in botanical composition over time. A rationale for using multivariate statistics is…Publication Date 1983-03-01
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordA honey mesquite drainage habitat (20% of a 1,215-ha study pasture) was aerially sprayed with 1.1 kg/ha of 2,4,5-T + picloram in the spring. Adjacent habitats (blackbrush acacia uplands, creeping…Publication Date 1982-11-01
- honey mesquite
- aerial spraying
- herbicide treatments
- Mesquite Drainage
- Fecal Accumulation
- Camaron Ranch
- responses
- picloram
- white-tailed deer
- utilization
- vegetation
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordForty-eight food habits studies were combined to determine what plants are normally eaten by Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni), and the relative value of these plants from a manager…Publication Date 1973-03-01
- Foods Eaten
- Rocky Mountain Elk
- Food Habitats
- Manager
- Stomach Analysis
- Feeding Observations
- Pen Feeding
- food habits
- improvement programs
- Cervus canadensis nelsoni
- diet
- consumption
- shrubs
- seasons
- forage values
- forbs
- plants
- grasses
- Value
- Library Collection RecordFive grass species were fall seeded on dryland under three cultural treatments-summer fallow, tilled stubble, and standing stubble-in 1966, 1967, and 1968. Seedling emergence was recorded the…Publication Date 1971-05-01
- Crop Residue Culture
- Tilled Stubble
- Standing Stubble
- occupancy
- Cultural Treatments
- Rhizome Extension
- phytotoxicity
- plant residues
- abandoned croplands
- Thickspike Wheatgrass
- Prairie Sandreed
- Grass Seedlings
- seedbeds
- green needlegrass
- western wheatgrass
- Summer Fallow
- Fall Seeding
- stand establishment
- switchgrass
- emergence
- nitrogen
- grasses
- interactions
- 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 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
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