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- Library Collection RecordThe dry-weight rank technique has been used to measure vegetation in various habitats but has not been evaluated in desert shrub habitats. We sampled browse, forb, and grass in the palo-verde (…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- Sonoran Desert
- ranking
- xerophytes
- mountains
- deserts
- semi-desert scrub
- browse
- measurements
- plant ecology
- sampling
- slopes
- grasses
- Arizona
- forage
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordAboveground net primary production (ANPP) of the Patagonian steppe in southwestern Chubut (Argentina) was estimated using a harvest technique to assess the herbaceous (mainly grass) component and a…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- aboveground net primary production
- dry matter accumulation
- carrying capacity
- plant ecology
- steppes
- rain
- woody plants
- biomass production
- shrubs
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordProduction of total forage dry matter is mainly a function of available soil water and soil nitrogen (N), whereas plant morphological development from spring greenup to anthesis is primarily…Publication Date 1990-05-01
- morphogenesis
- Agropyron desertorum
- nitrogen fertilizers
- growth
- Pascopyrum smithii
- grasses
- North Dakota
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordUtilization patterns of cattle were related to pasture characteristics in a nonrandom and complex manner. Six mixed brush pastures on the Rio Grande Plains (244-356 ha) that were topographically flat…Publication Date 1991-03-01
- consumption patterns
- availability
- mixed pastures
- foraging
- environmental factors
- grazing behavior
- spatial distribution
- cattle
- plant density
- Texas
- range management
- botanical composition
- grazing
- grasses
- forage
- Library Collection RecordChanges in herbaceous plant density and canopy cover of creosotebush (Larrea tridentata Sesse & Moc. ex DC) and associated shrubs following brush control treatments were measured in Sonoran and…Publication Date 1991-03-01
- land imprinting
- railing
- Chihuahuan Desert
- Sonoran Desert
- Larrea tridentata
- xerophytes
- tillage
- manual weed control
- discing
- deserts
- tebuthiuron
- brush control
- Mexico
- forbs
- shrubs
- plant density
- botanical composition
- canopy
- grasses
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordMany Nebraska Sandhills subirrigated meadows have shifted to predominantly cool-season grasses. Meadows are often cut in July when forage quality of cool-season is lower than that of warm-season…Publication Date 1989-03-01
- subsurface irrigation
- atrazine
- Nebraska
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordForty-six clonal lines of a hybrid cross between Pseudoroegneria spicata [Pursh.] Scribn. and Smith × Elytrigia repens [L.] Beauv. were used to evaluate the influence of various chemical and…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- trials
- forage crops
- hybrids
- plant morphology
- pastures
- cattle
- in vitro digestibility
- phenology
- Montana
- grazing
- grasses
- feeding preferences
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordCombined greenhouse, laboratory, and field studies were conducted to develop techniques which could be used to characterize seed germination and seedling survival of a plant species when subjected to…Publication Date 1989-07-01
- sequences
- characterization
- Eragrostis trichophora
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- hybrids
- Eragrostis
- Panicum antidotale
- Eragrostis curvula
- seedling emergence
- drought tolerance
- stand establishment
- mortality
- soil water content
- seed germination
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- grasses
- soil water regimes
- Library Collection RecordThe herbivore grazing optimization hypothesis predicts an increase in aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) at a moderate grazing intensity. The hypothesis was tested by grazing controlled…Publication Date 1989-03-01
- Acrididae
- Aulocara elliotti
- land productivity
- herbivores
- grazing
- grasses
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordAbove- and belowground net primary production (ANPP and BNPP) were compared between a 30-year-old crested wheatgrass site and an adjacent native shortgrass prairie. ANPP was estimated using…Publication Date 1989-03-01
- roots
- Agropyron cristatum
- Wyoming
- prairies
- biomass
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordA field study was conducted from 1981 through 1986 on an established stand of grass and legume species on topsoiled coalmine spoils in northwest Colorado to evaluate the effects of N and P…Publication Date 1989-07-01
- fodder legumes
- residual effects
- phosphorus fertilizers
- crop quality
- dry matter accumulation
- protein content
- coal mined land
- nitrogen fertilizers
- mountain grasslands
- crude protein
- growth rate
- plant density
- application rates
- range management
- crop yield
- botanical composition
- grasses
- Colorado
- forage
- Library Collection RecordA salt water blowout at an oil drilling site in 1982 in a badlands area of western North Dakota caused severe damage to the native vegetation. A study was initiated to measure the effect of…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- oil spills
- decontamination
- plant cover
- brine
- reclamation
- land restoration
- grasses
- forage
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordSilicon in forage reduces dry matter digestibility and may reduce grazing preference. Two studies were conducted with the following objectives: (1) to evaluate a method of determining grazing…Publication Date 1989-03-01
- silicon
- species differences
- Idaho
- sheep
- phenology
- grasses
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordRotational grazing is commonly assumed to improve livestock distribution compared to continuous grazing, but little evidence supports this contention. Research was conducted on the effects of…Publication Date 1989-03-01
- rotational grazing
- Texas
- grasses
- beef cattle
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordQuantitative effects of temperature on germination were determined for 17 cool-season grasses, 19 warm-season grasses, and 18 miscellaneous forbs and shrubs associated with semiarid rangelands. These…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- regression analysis
- inhibition
- germination
- woody plants
- semiarid zones
- seed germination
- temperature
- rangelands
- grasses
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordFour separate studies evaluated several herbicides for reducing competition from overwintering weeds on sandy rangeland in west Texas. Air temperature was 10 degrees C with soil moisture adequate for…Publication Date 1989-09-01
- 2,4-D
- dicamba
- picloram
- Texas
- plant competition
- grasses
- 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 RecordThe diet and forage preferences of the black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) were studied by stomach content analysis to determine the degree of competition between cattle and jackrabbits on…Publication Date 1968-07-01
- Black Tailed Jackrabbits
- Sandhill Rangeland
- Stomach Content Analysis
- Reseed Forage
- Seasonal Diet
- Grazing Relationships
- Forage Maturity
- preference
- sixweeks fescue
- secondary succession
- availability
- Sand Dropseed
- Sand Sagebrush
- Food Preferences
- pricklypear
- Eastern Colorado Range Station
- Lepus californicus
- western wheatgrass
- diet
- winter
- longevity
- seeds
- fall
- summer
- shrubs
- competition
- spring
- cattle
- forbs
- grasses
- Colorado
- alfalfa
- Library Collection RecordDiurnal and seasonal differences, as well as site features of slope aspect and shading, were found to be significant variables related to forage moisture content on a mountain summer range in…Publication Date 1968-07-01
- Forage Moisture Variations
- Mountain Summer Range
- Diurnal
- Site Features
- Slope Aspect
- shading
- Wet Weight
- Dry Matter Data
- Leaf Texture
- Time of Day
- seasonal variation
- moisture content
- dry weight
- animal unit month
- Differences
- shrubs
- seasonal
- conversion
- range production
- forbs
- grasses
- Utah
- interactions
- Library Collection RecordNine legumes, including three strains of variegated alfalfa, were planted in mixture with each of four grasses in the fall of 1950. Alfalfa A-169 was the most productive legume. In 1965 it yielded…Publication Date 1968-07-01
- mountain range
- Mountain Brome
- Majors Flat
- Rhizomatous Intermediate Wheatgrass
- mixtures
- smooth brome
- legumes
- yield
- growth
- grasses
- Utah
- crested wheatgrass
- alfalfa
- Library Collection RecordYields of 38 species of native and introduced grasses were found to be significantly reduced by scale infestation. Grasses are grouped into three classes: (1) grasses with reduced yields, (2) grasses…Publication Date 1967-09-01
- Infestation
- forage grasses
- clipping
- Introduced
- Rhodesgrass Scale
- Reduced Yields
- Resistant
- Mature Plants
- Andropogon graminis
- south Texas
- native
- responses
- seedlings
- damage
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordA food habits study, in a big sagebrush-grass type in Wyoming's Red Desert, revealed very little overlap in use of native range forage by pronghorn antelope and domestic sheep. Generally, sheep…Publication Date 1967-01-01
- domestic sheep
- Native Range Forage
- Domesitc Sheep
- feeding habits
- Red Desert
- Feeding Trials
- Food Preferences
- Antelope
- Pronghorn Antelope
- needle-and-thread
- Bluegrass
- multiple use
- shrubs
- Rabbitbrush
- competition
- Winterfat
- forage production
- utilization
- sagebrush
- grasses
- Wyoming
- Library Collection RecordAfter 25 years of protection from grazing, grassland plots tripled in percent of ground cover of grasses. Grazed desert grasslands showed continued increases of mesquite. Protection resulted in…Publication Date 1967-05-01
- plant succession
- ground cover
- rangelands
- Grass Cover
- Lincoln
- Aspen
- Released Grazing
- Vegetational Cover
- Apache
- Carson
- Cibola
- Gila
- Santa Fe
- national forests
- ponderosa pine
- mesquite
- protection
- grasses
- New Mexico
- 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 1951-05-01
- East Texas
- Piney Woods
- Free Range
- cattle production
- reforestation
- Pasture Development
- forest range
- bluestems
- beef cattle
- grazing capacity
- forage plants
- nutritive value
- Andropogon
- Timber Production
- range
- forage production
- range improvement
- grazing
- cattle
- Louisiana
- grasses
- 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 1951-01-01
- Orange Sneezeweed
- Helenium hoopesii
- Borax
- Sodium Chlorate
- Pure Acid
- Amines
- Uncompahgre Forest
- Grand Mesa Forest
- Colorado
- grubbing
- Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station
- Salts
- herbicides
- sheep
- cattle
- overgrazing
- grasses
- 2,4-D
- 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 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 1951-01-01
- Forage Introduction
- native species
- Strains of Species
- weeping lovegrass
- Lehmann's Lovegrass
- E. lehmanniana
- Boer Lovegrass
- E. chloromaelas
- Grass Breeding
- forage crops
- American Society of Range Management
- Eragrostis curvula
- King Ranch bluestem
- Andropogon ischaemum
- range
- reseeding
- forage
- grasses
- 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
- Patrick Beveridge Kennedy
- forage crops
- range manager
- Berkeley
- Trifolium
- legumes
- grazing
- overgrazing
- grasses
- California
- 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 1951-03-01
- Lassen National Forest
- Manzanita Brush
- discing
- grasses
- Meadow
- revegetation
- forest range
- plowing
- improvement
- herbicides
- sagebrush
- California
- bunchgrasses
- 2,4-D
- 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
- Summer Range Management Course
- Agricultural Agents
- Extension Service
- Key Species
- land conservation
- noxious weeds
- Courses
- surveys
- soil
- poisonous plants
- utilization
- development
- pastures
- livestock
- forbs
- plants
- grasses
- education
- 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 1954-01-01
- consumption
- forbs
- mountains
- Common
- Forage Character
- Topographic Features
- Water Distribution
- Wasatch
- Conversion Ratios
- summer
- browse
- range
- forage production
- utilization
- palatability
- Use
- sheep
- cattle
- grasses
- 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 1952-09-01
- Domestic Ryegrass
- Phalaris tuberosa
- tall fescue
- number of plants
- seeding rate
- Foliar Density
- annuals
- Burned Brushlands
- Festuca arundinacea
- Lolium multiflorum
- density
- Harding grass
- Smilo
- competition
- forage yield
- legumes
- Forage Supply
- yield
- reseeding
- perennials
- Oryzopsis miliacea
- grasses
- California
- 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 1952-07-01
- fire
- range
- fencing
- savannas
- Guiana
- Tropical
- Bush
- flooding
- leaching
- uplands
- lowlands
- Economic Problems
- ranch improvement
- Draining
- beef production
- precipitation
- seeding
- grazing
- livestock
- cattle
- forage
- rainfall
- drought
- grasses
- ranching
- grasslands
- 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 1952-07-01
- Yesterday
- Soil Conservation Experiment Station
- Beersheba
- Kibbutz Dalia
- United Nations
- Today
- Tomorrow
- overuse
- forage
- Israel
- numbers
- Grass Cover
- legumes
- research
- reseeding
- range improvement
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- grazing
- livestock
- grasses
- erosion
- range management