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- Library Collection RecordDiets of bison (Bison bison L.) were examined using microhistological fecal analysis in a 2-yr study on a tallgrass prairie site in northcentral Oklahoma. Graminoids comprised at least 98% of the…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- bison
- Carex
- selective grazing
- forbs
- Oklahoma
- prairies
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordAshe juniper (Junius ashei, Buckholz) is increasing on most sites across the Edwards Plateau of Texas. It is the purpose of this investigation to document the influence of Ashe juniper tree size on…Publication Date 1997-09-01
- browse line
- light penetration
- size
- Juniperus ashei
- understory
- Odocoileus virginianus
- stocking rate
- goats
- Texas
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- canopy
- browsing
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordAn analytical method for classifying ecological types was developed and tested for mountain meadows in central Nevada. Six ecological types were identified by plot sampling of vegetation and soil-…Publication Date 1997-05-01
- meadows
- indicator species
- land forms
- soil degradation
- soil temperature
- ecotones
- slope
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- canopy
- soil compaction
- soil texture
- altitude
- Library Collection RecordMaintaining native plant diversity, detecting exotic species, and monitoring rare species are becoming important objectives in rangeland conservation. Four rangeland vegetation sampling techniques…Publication Date 1998-03-01
- Minnesota
- exotics
- steppes
- species diversity
- range condition
- South Dakota
- sampling
- Wyoming
- prairies
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grazing
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of fall and spring sheep use on cover components and recovery following a change in seasonality of grazing practices, were studied within long-term grazing treatments of three-tip…Publication Date 1998-05-01
- Artemisia tripartita
- Balsamorhiza
- timing
- ground cover
- controlled grazing
- stocking rate
- Idaho
- semiarid zones
- sheep
- plant density
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- canopy
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordDiet botanical composition, fecal nitrogen percent, and fecal phosphorus percent were determined seasonally during 1991 and 1992 for 3 cattle breeds (Barzona, Brangus, Beefmaster) grazing late-seral…Publication Date 1998-05-01
- rain
- Brangus
- Beefmaster
- beef breeds
- barzona
- selective grazing
- breed differences
- cattle
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordWe studied the diets of desert mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus crooki Mearns) at 3 sites in Arizona and collated this information with that of previous diet studies of desert mule deer across their…Publication Date 1997-09-01
- odocoileus hemionus crooki
- xerophytes
- browse plants
- diet
- Odocoileus hemionus
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordWe studied resource partitioning between cattle and deer (Odocoileus virginianus Boddaert) within replicated treatments of continuous and short-duration grazing at heavy and moderate stocking rates.…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- interspecific competition
- browse plants
- continuous grazing
- Odocoileus virginianus
- stocking rate
- species differences
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- cattle
- Texas
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grasses
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordWe documented vegetation dynamics (April 1986-July 1989) as part of a larger study to understand botanical composition and nutritional components of cattle and deer diets under 2 grazing systems (…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- continuous grazing
- rain
- Odocoileus virginianus
- stocking rate
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- Texas
- biomass
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grasses
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordWe studied cattle and deer diet quality within replicated grazing treatments of continuous and short-duration grazing at heavy and moderate stocking rates. The study was conducted at the Welder…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- energy content
- protein content
- continuous grazing
- Odocoileus virginianus
- stocking rate
- species differences
- rotational grazing
- crude protein
- in vitro digestibility
- range management
- botanical composition
- beef cattle
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordShortgrass rangeland, dominated by blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis [H.B.K.] Lag. ex Steud), was grazed at 3 intensities, equivalent to mean stocking rates of 16.7, 23.0, and 36.5 heifer-days ha-1,…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- long term experiments
- ground cover
- liveweight gain
- stocking rate
- heifers
- sustainability
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordIn this study the impact of a rotation grazing system on the soil and vegetation of a Stipa-Bouteloua-Agropyron community in the mixed prairie ecoregion was compared with the ungrazed treatment in…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- Elymus lanceolatus
- Hesperostipa comata
- Alberta
- rain
- chemical composition
- rotational grazing
- Bouteloua gracilis
- grazing intensity
- soil chemistry
- biomass
- range management
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordExtensive rangelands and other vegetation types that we know today formed while atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration was low (50 to 75% of today's concentration). Fossil fuel burning…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- long term experiments
- C3 plants
- respiration
- plant-water relations
- C4 plants
- biogeochemical cycles
- stomatal conductance
- plant ecology
- carbon dioxide
- atmosphere
- photosynthesis
- species differences
- biomass production
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- literature reviews
- grazing
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordGrasslands of northern Tierra del Fuego sustain 1 sheep/ha and are very extensively managed, with flocks roaming freely in large paddocks (2,000-4,000 ha). This system requires knowledge of landscape…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- lamb production
- ecotypes
- Poa
- extensive livestock farming
- indicator species
- landscape ecology
- ground cover
- soil fertility
- mortality
- stocking rate
- natural grasslands
- plant communities
- sheep
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordTemporal changes in land use, vegetation cover types, and landscape structure were examined in a hardwood forest-tallgrass prairie ecotone in northern Oklahoma using a Geographic Information System.…Publication Date 1997-05-01
- deciduous forests
- landscape ecology
- geographic information systems
- ground cover
- land use
- population density
- species diversity
- Oklahoma
- natural grasslands
- prairies
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordWildfire in the growing season is relatively frequent and interest is increasing in using growing-season fire in management of tallgrass prairie. However, the influence of fire in the growing season…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- seral stages
- wildfire management
- loam soils
- ecological succession
- fires
- fire effects
- old fields
- prescribed burning
- forbs
- Oklahoma
- biomass production
- plant communities
- prairies
- botanical composition
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of livestock grazing on organic and N in rangeland soils is not well defined. In this study on sandy rangeland in western Oklahoma, we sampled 8 pastures moderately grazed by cattle and 8…Publication Date 1997-09-01
- soil analysis
- carbon
- soil fertility
- nutrient uptake
- forbs
- Oklahoma
- biomass production
- grazing intensity
- plant communities
- nitrogen content
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordNative warm-season grass mixtures have been established on the Southern Plains under the USDA Conservation Reserve Program. We studied responses to N fertilizer on such pastures in western Oklahoma…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- grassland improvement
- ground cover
- nitrogen fertilizers
- stocking rate
- Oklahoma
- Bouteloua gracilis
- grazing intensity
- application rates
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- beef cattle
- forage
- Library Collection RecordMany studies have reported nitrogen (N) fertilization of rangeland, but few have reported changes in botanical composition, which may be as important as changes in forage production, or were…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- long term experiments
- grassland improvement
- cost-benefit analysis
- rain
- nitrogen fertilizers
- stocking rate
- forbs
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Wyoming
- application rates
- biomass
- botanical composition
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordMost rangelands in northern Nuevo Leon, Mexico, have been grazed intensely for more than 10 years simultaneously by cattle and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus texanus). There is a lack of…Publication Date 1997-05-01
- chaparral
- browse plants
- continuous grazing
- species diversity
- Odocoileus virginianus
- diet
- rotational grazing
- natural grasslands
- cattle
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordKnowing that sheep or goats can be used to control brush we quantified pasture changes during and after brush control. Over an 8-year period we measured the effects of control (no soil amendment),…Publication Date 1997-03-01
- liming
- West Virginia
- forage legumes
- phosphorus fertilizers
- brush control
- soil pH
- grazing experiments
- sheep
- goats
- application rates
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordSeasonal changes in the botanical composition of diets and protein quality of forages consumed by cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus) were monitored on disturbed and undisturbed upland…Publication Date 1997-09-01
- protein quality
- essential amino acids
- deciduous forests
- disturbed soils
- highlands
- Sylvilagus floridanus
- habitats
- protein content
- range condition
- chemical composition
- diet
- Oklahoma
- prairies
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- forage
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordPhysical and chemical traits of grass tillers can be strongly correlated. Understanding such patterns would help define physiological development of tillers and changes in quality of forage in…Publication Date 1998-05-01
- Bouteloua
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- chlorophyll
- Calamovilfa longifolia
- ash
- hemicellulose
- cell walls
- Andropogon hallii
- lignin
- protein content
- fiber content
- Nebraska
- weight
- tillers
- in vitro digestibility
- botanical composition
- forage
- dry matter
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordRiparian ecosystems are the final terrestrial zone before runoff water enters a stream. They provide the last opportunity to decrease non-point source pollution delivery to streams by removing…Publication Date 1998-05-01
- stand density
- riparian buffers
- rain
- runoff
- botanical composition
- infiltration
- simulation
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordEvaluating seedbank ecology is critical for understanding plant community development and successional patterns and for identifying factors regulating population dynamics. The relationships among…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- chilling requirement
- Sporobolus cryptandrus
- soil depth
- seed banks
- Carex
- seedling emergence
- plant ecology
- sandy soils
- range condition
- Nebraska
- forbs
- seed germination
- prairies
- botanical composition
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordDepth to a root restricting layer affects both soil moisture and nutrient availability, resources strongly correlated to plant cover and production. We evaluated the potential of 2 electromagnetic…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- Artemisia tripartita
- Balsamorhiza
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- autumn
- soil depth
- electrical conductivity
- controlled grazing
- spring
- sheep
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordGrazing system and stocking rate effects on standing crop of species and relative species composition of tallgrass prairies in north-central Oklahoma were evaluated from 1989 to 1993. Twelve…Publication Date 1998-03-01
- continuous grazing
- rain
- stocking rate
- pastures
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- Oklahoma
- prairies
- biomass
- botanical composition
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThe deterioration of sown tall wheatgrass (Elytrigia elongata) growing on 3 sodic saline soils was investigated in the Laprida basin, in the center of the Buenos Aires province of Argentina. These…Publication Date 1998-03-01
- sodic soils
- B horizons
- particle size analysis
- saline soils
- tillage
- A horizons
- silt loam soils
- topsoil
- clay loam soils
- grassland improvement
- sown grasslands
- loam soils
- soil water content
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- Elytrigia elongata
- Library Collection RecordThis 10-year study was designed to evaluate vegetation response to increasing stocking rates under rotational stocking (3 days graze, 51 days rest) and long-term rest. The 4 stocking rate treatments…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- Texas
- range management
- botanical composition
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordRotation grazing strategies have been proposed to increase stocking capacity, improve animal gains, and improve forage production and range condition. We compared continuous or season-long, 4-pasture…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- optimization
- ground cover
- producer prices
- beef
- liveweight gain
- continuous grazing
- root systems
- rain
- stocking rate
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- steers
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordSeasonal wildlife observations were made along transects on 2 pastures in late seral and 2 pastures in mid seral condition in southcentral New Mexico in non-drought and drought years (1993, 1994).…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- seral stages
- wild birds
- arid zones
- wildlife
- climax communities
- grasslands
- rain
- pastures
- shrubs
- drought
- botanical composition
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordCattle have been used to control shrubs following timber harvesting in the Sierra Nevada of California, although their effectiveness varies between sites. Although cattle home ranges, habitat use,…Publication Date 1996-11-01
- coniferous forests
- telemetry
- riparian forests
- habitat selection
- brush control
- water availability
- diet
- California
- botanical composition
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordDiets determined by bite count and microhistological analysis of esophageal extrusa and feces were compared for steers grazing on grass-shrublands in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. The study was…Publication Date 1997-01-01
- biting rates
- arid grasslands
- accuracy
- fistula
- continuous grazing
- feces composition
- esophagus
- diet
- rotational grazing
- steers
- botanical composition
- grazing
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordTo understand how different techniques might affect diet estimates for cattle, the esophageal-fistula and bite-count techniques were compared using trained cattle. For the Texas Coastal Bend, bite-…Publication Date 1995-11-01
- biting rates
- fistula
- estimation
- esophagus
- diet
- cattle
- Texas
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordBotanical composition of diets and dietary overlap were investigated among free-ranging cattle (Bos taurus), Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni), and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- interspecific competition
- seral stages
- ecological succession
- feces composition
- Cervus elaphus
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Idaho
- plant communities
- botanical composition
- browsing
- beef cattle
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordChanges in the vegetation and soil surface were assessed along a grazing intensity gradient on rangelands of the Punta Ninfas area in southern Argentina. Thirty-two transects were sampled in areas…Publication Date 1995-11-01
- woody weeds
- indicator species
- soil types
- steppes
- grazing intensity
- shrubs
- sheep
- overgrazing
- biomass
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- canopy
- grasses
- forage
- Library Collection RecordFecal microhistology was used to estimate botanical composition of samples taken from Hereford (N = 11), Angus (N = 11) and Brangus (N = 37) 3 to 5 year-old cows in 3 seasons (October, 1991 and…Publication Date 1996-05-01
- sucklings
- xerophytes
- arid grasslands
- calves
- feces composition
- rain
- Brangus
- selective grazing
- breed differences
- Hereford
- beef cows
- Angus
- diets
- botanical composition
- New Mexico
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordGrazed and ungrazed sites subjected to different fire frequencies were sampled on the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area in northeast Kansas after 4 years of bison grazing (1987-1991). The objective…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- biodiversity
- bison
- topography
- frequency
- Kansas
- fires
- plant communities
- prairies
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of reducing sheep grazing on upland vegetation and wild herbivores was studied at 11 sites in the Scottish Highlands. Areas where sheep had been removed for periods of up to 25 years were…Publication Date 1996-07-01
- Scotland
- sward
- voles
- sheep manure
- ecological succession
- Cervus elaphus
- stocking rate
- prescribed burning
- plant communities
- sheep
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- canopy
- grazing
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) for estimating botanical composition of esophageal extrusa samples. Spectral data were…Publication Date 1996-03-01
- sampling
- Andropogon gerardii
- esophagus
- infrared spectroscopy
- forbs
- diet
- Oklahoma
- digesta
- sheep
- cattle
- botanical composition
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordFecal microhistology and chemistry were used to evaluate botanical composition and quality of diets selected by Brangus cattle grazing Chihuahuan desert range in 3 seasons; fall: October, 1991;…Publication Date 1995-11-01
- phenotypic correlation
- sires
- free range husbandry
- genetic variance
- autumn
- heritability
- feces composition
- Brangus
- pastures
- spring
- summer
- biomass
- botanical composition
- grazing
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordThe germinable seed bank in a grassland affects the succession of degraded range and the recolonization of disturbed sites, and must be understood to predict potential responses to management. The…Publication Date 1995-09-01
- soil surface
- seed banks
- Festuca campestris
- Alberta
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- seed germination
- prairies
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grazing
- prairie soils
- Library Collection RecordResearch has been lacking on the influence of honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) on forage production in the Chihuahuan desert. In 1964 honey mesquite was controlled (65% kill) with the…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- xerophytes
- woody weeds
- Prosopis glandulosa
- cost-benefit analysis
- brush control
- rain
- forbs
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- canopy
- grazing
- grasses
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordA study was conducted to evaluate the influences of seasonlong and short duration grazing management on the botanical composition, chemical composition, and organic matter intake of cattle diets in…Publication Date 1996-05-01
- organic matter
- lignin
- continuous grazing
- fiber content
- grazing experiments
- feces
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- shrubs
- in vitro digestibility
- nitrogen content
- botanical composition
- grasses
- beef cattle
- feed intake
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordLarkspur (Delphinium spp.) control can reduce cattle deaths on mountain rangelands, but vegetation cover must be maintained to protect watersheds from erosion. The objective of this study was to…Publication Date 1995-09-01
- matasulfuron
- herbicide residues
- Delphinium occidentale
- snow
- developmental stages
- glyphosate
- herbicide resistance
- non-crop weed control
- Delphinium barbeyi
- herbicides
- rain
- leaf area index
- Idaho
- picloram
- application rates
- botanical composition
- Utah
- canopy
- Library Collection RecordFew studies have evaluated fecal indices for monitoring diet quality and intake of North American deer. We conducted 11 digestion trials with black-tailed (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus Richardson…Publication Date 1996-05-01
- digestible protein
- diaminopimelic acid
- digestible energy
- equations
- feces composition
- body weight
- fiber content
- protein intake
- crude protein
- Odocoileus hemionus
- diets
- nitrogen content
- wildlife management
- botanical composition
- dry matter
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordThis study described the effects of soils, site preparation, and initial pine regeneration spacings on tree growth and the associated understory woody and herbaceous plant succession. Although Sawyer…Publication Date 1995-11-01
- woody weeds
- Pinus taeda
- regeneration
- understory
- ecological succession
- Louisiana
- plant density
- botanical composition
- canopy
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThe relative abundance and dietary botanical composition of the Chacoan cavy (Pediolagus salinicola) was studied on sites of very good, good, and poor range condition in the Western Chaco, Argentina…Publication Date 1995-11-01
- Pediolagus salinicola
- rodents
- indicator species
- savannas
- feces
- diet
- dry environmental conditions
- overgrazing
- range management
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordWe conducted a study in southern New Mexico to determine seasonal variation in botanical diet composition of cattle and to compare cow and steer diets. The climate and vegetation is typical of…Publication Date 1996-05-01
- semiarid grasslands
- gender differences
- feces composition
- winter
- spring
- selective grazing
- forbs
- beef cows
- steers
- shrubs
- diets
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grasses
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordKnowing the amount of herbage on rangeland is basic to management decisions related to livestock grazing. However, the amount of herbage available for grazing changes seasonally. Therefore, changes…Publication Date 1996-03-01
- Carex
- Poa pratensis
- danthonia parryi
- Danthonia
- standing crop
- Festuca campestris
- stand characteristics
- Alberta
- rain
- biomass production
- plant communities
- plant litter
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- forage
- dry matter