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- Library Collection RecordThe proceedings of the High Altitude Revegetation Workshop include various articles presented at the conference regarding oil, gas, and mining reclamation, wetland and riparian area concerns,…Publication Date 2008
- revegetation
- reclamation
- invasive species
- mining
- erosion control
- Soil improvement
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1991-10-01
- range management
- conferences
- game animals
- technology transfer
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1992-04-01
- towns
- nationalities and ethnic groups
- skiing
- miners
- tourism
- mining
- Utah
- history
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1992-10-01
- Eragrostis curvula
- Panicum coloratum
- botanists
- plant collections
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- South Africa
- Oklahoma
- Mexico
- Arizona
- history
- Texas
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1993-04-01
- history
- Missouri
- natural resources
- geology
- mining
- agriculture
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 1999-10-01
- Idaho
- geology
- mining
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 2002-10-01
- rotational grazing
- rangelands
- prescribed burning
- range management
- grasslands
- fires
- liming
- mowing
- nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizers
- field experimentation
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 2002-12-01
- Pinus ponderosa
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- gold
- forest railways
- native livestock
- natural history
- climatic zones
- horses
- British Columbia
- mining
- forest ecology
- feral herds
- wildlife
- ecological succession
- forest fires
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 2005-10-01
- shrubs
- dieback
- brush control
- integrated weed management
- soil microorganisms
- grassland soils
- rangeland soils
- soil-plant interactions
- soil pH
- cattle
- grazing management
- stocking rate
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1991
- range management
- conferences
- technology transfer
- South Africa
- game animals
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1993
- history
- Missouri
- natural resources
- geology
- mining
- agriculture
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1999
- Idaho
- geology
- mining
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1988-02-01
- soil biology
- Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
- topography
- land restoration
- mining
- laws and regulations
- reclamation
- Western United States
- soil analysis
- plant communities
- ecological succession
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1988-04-01
- rangelands
- range management
- semiarid zones
- Arizona
- geographical distribution
- introduced species
- climatic factors
- South Africa
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1988-08-01
- multiple land use
- range management
- cattle production
- costs and returns
- land use
- Florida
- hunting
- profitability
- mining
- farm management
- diversification
- timber trade
- plant nurseries
- resource utilization
- income
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1991
- range management
- conferences
- technology transfer
- South Africa
- game animals
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1993
- history
- Missouri
- natural resources
- geology
- mining
- agriculture
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1999
- Idaho
- geology
- mining
- Library Collection RecordNon-selective grazing (NSG) is a relatively novel way of farming livestock in the Nama Karoo of South Africa. Our key question was how heavy grazing under this high-intensity, low-frequency grazing…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- soil microorganisms
- cell respiration
- infiltration (hydrology)
- aggregate stability
- mixed grazing
- soil organic matter
- South Africa
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- range management
- grazing systems
- hoof action
- infiltration
- intensive herbivory
- microbial respiration
- semiarid
- Library Collection RecordA comparative study was made of 3 techniques applied to the study of herbivore diet selection, namely direct observation, faecal analysis and the recently developed remote control oesophageal fistula…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- feces collection
- diet study techniques
- cud
- direct observation
- shrublands
- errors
- sampling
- herbivores
- goats
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- microhistological analysis
- goats
- South Africa
- Oesophageal fistula
- Library Collection RecordInformed management of large herbivores depends largely on how well habitat availability and suitability are understood. The aims of the study were to quantify and map the distribution of sour and…Publication Date 2002-03-01
- game reserves
- sourveld
- mixed veld
- game animals
- mapping
- habitat selection
- habitats
- satellite imagery
- multispectral imagery
- South Africa
- veld
- natural grasslands
- plant communities
- wildlife management
- biomass
- botanical composition
- wildlife
- GIS
- remote sensing
- Landsat
- ground-truthing
- 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 RecordThe diversity of the herbaceous layer in the Nylsvley Nature Reserve (Mixed Bushveld) was investigated to enhance the understanding of savanna ecosystems and to serve as a baseline for future…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- South Africa
- savannas
- species diversity
- range condition
- veld
- stocking rate
- plant communities
- overgrazing
- plant density
- botanical composition
- grasses
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordThe relation was studied between the applied stocking rates and the degree to which sheep grazed stems of various karoobush species. A rule of thumb exists amongst farmers and research workers in the…Publication Date 1996-03-01
- Asteraceae
- Eriocephalus
- pentzia spinescens
- rosenia humilis
- eriocephalus ericoides
- stems
- prediction
- South Africa
- palatability
- stocking rate
- diameter
- selective grazing
- semiarid zones
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordThe sequence of species selection over the grazing period directly determines the effectiveness of different grazing systems. Knowledge of this sequence is also important in understanding the plant-…Publication Date 1995-07-01
- Tristachya
- tirstachya leucothrix
- Themeda triandra
- Eragrostis plana
- Hyparrhenia hirta
- South Africa
- veld
- tillers
- sheep
- cattle
- range management
- botanical composition
- defoliation
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordPlant structure should be an important determinant of species acceptability to grazing ungulates functioning under various time-energy constraints. The acceptability of 9 grasses to sheep grazing a…Publication Date 1993-05-01
- Cynodon dactylon
- agronomic traits
- tensile strength
- Eragrostis plana
- Hyparrhenia hirta
- Sporobolus indicus var. capensis
- eragrostis capensis
- eragrostis gummiflua
- michrocloa caffra
- leaves
- Eragrostis
- Eragrostis curvula
- stems
- Paspalum notatum
- plant morphology
- South Africa
- Poaceae
- sheep
- grazing behavior
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this study was to investigate modifying microclimatic effects of spring burning in tall grassland, long-term burning trials at Ukulinga, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Soil…Publication Date 1983-03-01
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe evolution of multi-camp schemes from nonselective grazing to short duration grazing management on Hillside Ranch in the False Karoo in the Southern Orange Free State, Republic of South Africa, is…Publication Date 1978-11-01
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study was conducted as part of a broad ecosystem project to identify and quantify some of the significant relationships between cattle and their environment. Over a period of 1 year, monthly…Publication Date 1980-03-01
- South Africa
- 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 1952-01-01
- Lumbering
- mining
- Conservation Committees
- Gallatin Conservation Committee
- Gallatin Canyon Range
- Critical Ranges
- Acquisition
- Fish and Game
- Hunting Seasons
- Elk Distribution
- feeding
- BLM
- Bureau of Land Management
- Elk Ranges
- inventory
- farming
- West
- herding
- winter range
- management practices
- salt
- restoration
- grazing capacity
- land use
- fencing
- elk
- utilization
- palatability
- Forest Service
- game
- forage
- conservation
- problems
- Montana
- ranching
- management
- Library Collection RecordIn South Africa lovegrass yields liveweight cattle gains around 375 lb./acre, and it is easily managed by very heavy and continuous grazing during the growing period. Fertilizer boosts production,…Publication Date 1965-07-01
- Bermuda grass
- Natural
- Chloromelas
- Sown
- Lovegrass
- Curvula
- Robusta
- Stoebe vulgaris
- gummiflua
- sporobolus pyramidalis
- Johannesburg
- Winter Feeding Trials
- Continuous
- Heavy
- Cynodon dactylon
- Hyparrhenia hirta
- Eragrostis
- Eragrostis curvula
- fertilizer
- reclamation
- palatability
- South Africa
- grazing
- management
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordThis was the 7 th International Rangelands Congress, and the third which I have attended, the others being, Delhi in 1989 and Montpellier in 1994. There were over 500 delegates from 27 countries…Publication Date 2003
- global
- international
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn this article, Kasulaitis takes us through the life of John "Yank" Bartlett, the founder of the town of Oro Blanco. Bartlett arrived in Arizona in 1873. Born in New Hampshire, Bartlett…Publication Date 2006
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- history
- mining
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe Arizona Small Mine Operators Association (ASMOA) was created to support the mining industry within the state. Founded in 1938 by Charles F. Willis, a professor of mining and engineering at the…Publication Date 2007
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- history
- mining
- United States
- Library Collection RecordOpening with the story of "Crazy Charley," a Chinese immigrant to Southern Arizona in the late 1800s, Mary Kasulaitis continues on to paint a picture of what life was like for Chinese…Publication Date 2007
- history
- mining
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- immigration
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article provides the background for the construction of Ruby Road and details the politics surrounding its placement and maintenance over the years. As with many of the road projects in the late…Publication Date 2012
- mining
- road construction
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIn the 1860s Arivaca was abandoned for a time, but just as its streets were starting to grow over Colonel M. Oliver Davidson was arriving in the area, the newly appointed superintendent of the Cerro…Publication Date 2010
- history
- mining
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordSince the rise of its first democratically elected government in 1994, South Africa has sought to redress its highly inequitable land distribution through a series of land-reform programs. In this…Publication Date 2008
- land redistribution
- Limpopo Province
- political ecology
- South Africa
- Western Cape Province
- land reform
- policies
- land use
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordA vegetation survey of natural grasslands was undertaken in the urban areas of Gauteng, supporting about 20% of the country's population. Relevés were compiled in 132 sample plots placed in…Publication Date 2006
- grasslands
- South Africa
- vegetation
- Gauteng
- ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordCeropegia macmasteri, a new species from Cathcart in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, is only known from a single population in Dohne sourveld grassland where it occurs with another rare…Publication Date 2006
- Ceropegia macmasteri
- Eastern Cape
- South Africa
- sp. nov.
- taxonomy
- classification
- endemic species
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe palynology of two overlapping Holocene cores from Lake Sibaya in KwaZulu-Natal elucidates the relationship between climate, vegetation and human impact in the region. By means of twenty-one AMS…Publication Date 2008
- palynology
- Vegetation history
- Holocene
- South Africa
- palaeobotany
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn South Africa, formal titles to land have generally been restricted to 'commercial' farms under white ownership. However, in Namaqualand in the Northern Cape Province, mapping of…Publication Date 2008
- mapping
- Formalisation
- Land rights
- communal rangeland
- South Africa
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSouth Africa' s winter-rainfall zone is a climatically sensitive region, lying at the interface of the earth's temperate and sub-tropical climatic systems. Its seasonally arid climate has…Publication Date 2006
- South Africa
- Quaternary
- pans
- palynology
- Luminescence dating
- palaeoenvironment
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSavannah (C4) grasses are first recorded at low latitudes in the mid-Miocene prior to their expansion towards mid-latitudes by approximately the Miocene-Pliocene boundary. In an attempt to determine…Publication Date 2006
- isotopes
- carbon
- Microwear
- Rodent
- South Africa
- Pliocene
- savanna
- palaeobotany
- palaeoclimate
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe environmental contexts of the karstic hominin sites in South Africa have been established largely by means of faunal associations; taken together these data suggest a trend from relatively closed…Publication Date 2007
- Environmental change
- grasslands
- [delta]13C
- Fossil enamel
- Plio-Pleistocene
- South Africa
- palaeobotany
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordEthnopharmacological relevance In South Africa, tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the most commonly notified disease and the fifth largest cause of mortality, with one in ten…Publication Date 2008
- Antimycobacterial
- Mycobacterium
- South Africa
- Tuberculosis
- medicinal plants
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordEthnopharmacological context Cape herbal medicine as a distinct and unique healing system is conceptualized for the first time, together with a first compilation of the authentic materia medica of…Publication Date 2008
- Cape herbal medicine
- Ethnobotany
- Khoikhoi
- medicinal plants
- San
- South Africa
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAim of the study Livestock keepers in many developing countries with restricted access to orthodox veterinary healthcare services commonly use traditional remedies to treat their animals when disease…Publication Date 2008
- Ethnoveterinary medicine
- Livestock disease
- South Africa
- Traditional remedies
- medicinal plants
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThere are many individuals in the Bredasdorp/Elim area who still use plants as medicines to treat many conditions. This study aimed to document some of this knowledge and present an inventory of all…Publication Date 2006
- South Africa
- Southern Overberg
- Ethnobotanical survey
- medicinal plants
- questionnaires
- Ethnobotany
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThere is an urgent need for quantitative methods by which actual, as opposed to potential degradation can be mapped using spatially consistent criteria for large regions. This study tested the Local…Publication Date 2008
- AVHRR
- Communal lands
- desertification
- Local NPP scaling
- rangelands
- South Africa
- communal farming
- remote sensing
- degradation
- mapping
- Africa