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- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2020-06
- cattle
- GPS tracking
- Grazeable Areas
- grazing distribution
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2020-02
- alkaloids
- beef
- cattle
- Delphinium
- larkspur
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2019-02
- climate change
- drought
- fire
- grazing
- semi-arid ecosystems
- state-and-transition simulation models
- Library Collection RecordGrasshopper outbreaks in Nebraska have resulted in losses over $2 million per year due to lost forage for livestock. As much as 23% of western U.S. forage is consumed by grasshoppers annually.…Publication Date 2018-06
- AUMs
- cattle
- grasshoppers
- grazing
- insecticide
- Library Collection RecordThis study assesses the drought coping strategies of rangeland users (RUs) in Fars province in southwest Iran. Our findings reveal that in the RUs’ experience, the most effective drought coping…Publication Date 2017-10
- drought
- grazing capacity
- Indigenous knowledge
- rangeland improvement
- stocking rate
- sustainable rangeland management
- Library Collection RecordPastoral livestock production systems in Africa that have existed for centuries are now threatened by changing demographics, improved communications, increased availability of modern weapons, open…Publication Date 2017
- Africa
- cattle
- food crisis
- grazing
- livestock
- nomads
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThe dispersal of woody plant seeds by livestock has been implicated as one of the causes of woody plant encroachment in semiarid ecosystems worldwide. In the southern Great Plains, United States,…Publication Date 2017
- brush management
- cattle
- endozoochory
- Prosopis glandulosa
- seeds
- woody plant invasion
- Library Collection RecordObservation is a simple method of acquiring information and is a critical step in the scientific method for both developing and investigating testable hypotheses. Cameras have long played a role in…Publication Date 2017
- Arizona
- cattle
- elk
- grazing
- riparian
- time-lapse photography
- Library Collection RecordWe examined multiple environmental factors related to climate change that affect cattle production on rangelands to identify sources of vulnerability among seven regions of the western United States…Publication Date 2017
- cattle
- climate change
- rangelands
- vulnerability
- Library Collection RecordThe extent and heterogeneity of rangelands in the state of Nevada (United States) pose a challenging situation for land managers when determining stocking levels for livestock grazing.…Publication Date 2017
- drought
- grazing
- livestock
- MODIS
- PDSI
- precipitation
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Maintaining cattle and prairie dogs on rangelands is important ecologically, economically, and culturally. However, competition between these species, both actual and perceived, has…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- prairie dogs
- cattle
- grazing
- plant communities
- ecological sites
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Ranchers’ responses to drought differ depending on where they live and specific circumstances of their ranches, but there are striking similarities across regions. • Changes in…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- drought
- income diversification
- management adaptation
- ranch planning
- recovery
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Seasonal climate predictions, based largely on the status of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, are one such tool but need to be used with prudence, understanding when and where they…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- drought
- seasonal climate prediction
- forecasts
- El Niño-Southern Oscillation
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Drought adversely affects land managers, ranching enterprises, and pastoral systems. • As an ecological driver, drought historically shaped vegetation composition, structure,…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- drought
- rangelands
- adaptive management
- proactive drought management
- translating research
- extension and outreach
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Historical drought assessment and ongoing monitoring is essential for understanding past drought occurrence, the relationships between past drought and its impacts, and for triggering…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- drought
- monitoring
- risk atlas
- VegDRI
- risk assessment
- planning
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Rangeland managers actively focus on the potential to induce a shift in a site to an alternative state, but predicted changes in climate, particularly the likelihood of more extreme…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- drought
- state and transition
- grassland
- shrubland
- woodland
- savanna
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Poisonous plants on western North American rangelands have historically been troublesome to livestock producers. • Research on toxic plants was initiated by the United States…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- poisonous plants
- cattle
- sheep
- livestock
- toxic
- plant secondary compounds
- Library Collection RecordWild horse (Equus ferus caballus) management in western North America is an escalating concern for ecological integrity on these landscapes. Identifying potential diet overlap among horses, livestock…Publication Date 2016
- cattle
- diet composition
- domestic sheep
- elk
- Equus ferus caballus
- microhistological fecal analysis
- mule deer
- pronghorn
- Library Collection RecordKnowledge regarding the economic impacts of predicted increases in seasonal precipitation variability on cowcalf enterprises, through influences of precipitation on both forage and cattle…Publication Date 2016
- Calf Gains
- climate change
- drought
- forage production
- northern mixed-grass prairie
- semiarid grasslands
- Library Collection RecordWe determined the feasibility of using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) video monitoring to predict intake of discrete food items of rangeland-raised Raramuri Criollo non-nursing beef cows. Thirty-five…Publication Date 2016
- cattle
- diet selection
- drones
- foraging behavior
- Library Collection RecordPrevious research suggests facilitative grazing by cattle during the preceding summer-fall can enhance spring foraging habitat of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni). However, previous…Publication Date 2016
- cattle
- Cervus elaphus
- forage conditioning
- grazing facilitation
- resource selection function
- targeted livestock grazing
- Library Collection RecordRangeland management practices such as burning and grazing may affect the development, survival, and reproduction of grasshopper populations. Experiments in the northern Great Plains that examine…Publication Date 2016
- drought
- grasshopper
- grassland
- herbivory
- livestock grazing
- prescribed burn
- Library Collection RecordMore frequent wildfires and incidences of mega-fires have increased the pressure for fuel treatments in sagebrush (Artemisia) communities. Winter grazing has been one of many fuel treatments proposed…Publication Date 2016
- Artemisia tridentata
- cattle
- Exclosure
- Exotic annual grass
- fire
- fuel treatment
- Library Collection RecordWild horse (Equus ferus caballus) management in western North America is an escalating concern for ecological integrity on these landscapes. Identifying potential diet overlap among horses, livestock…Publication Date 2016
- cattle
- diet composition
- domestic sheep
- elk
- Equus ferus caballus
- microhistological fecal analysis
- mule deer
- pronghorn
- Library Collection RecordPrevious research suggests facilitative grazing by cattle during the preceding summer-fall can enhance spring foraging habitat of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni). However, previous…Publication Date 2016
- cattle
- Cervus elaphus
- forage conditioning
- grazing facilitation
- resource selection function
- targeted livestock grazing
- Library Collection RecordWe determined the feasibility of using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) video monitoring to predict intake of discrete food items of rangeland-raised Raramuri Criollo non-nursing beef cows. Thirty-five…Publication Date 2016
- cattle
- diet selection
- drones
- foraging behavior
- Library Collection RecordKnowledge regarding the economic impacts of predicted increases in seasonal precipitation variability on cowcalf enterprises, through influences of precipitation on both forage and cattle…Publication Date 2016
- Calf Gains
- climate change
- drought
- forage production
- northern mixed-grass prairie
- semiarid grasslands
- Library Collection RecordRangeland management practices such as burning and grazing may affect the development, survival, and reproduction of grasshopper populations. Experiments in the northern Great Plains that examine…Publication Date 2016
- drought
- grasshopper
- grassland
- herbivory
- livestock grazing
- prescribed burn
- Library Collection RecordMore frequent wildfires and incidences of mega-fires have increased the pressure for fuel treatments in sagebrush (Artemisia) communities. Winter grazing has been one of many fuel treatments proposed…Publication Date 2016
- Artemisia tridentata
- cattle
- Exclosure
- Exotic annual grass
- fire
- fuel treatment
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Western juniper trees can cause late term abortions in cattle, similar to ponderosa pine trees. • Results from this study demonstrate that there is no difference in the labdane acid (…Publication Date 2015-12-01
- cattle
- abortions
- western juniper trees
- Isocupressic acid
- labdane acids
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Cattle with poor temperaments gain less weight in feedlots. However, how yearling steer temperament affects weight gain on rangelands is a knowledge gap for ranchers. • Flight speed,…Publication Date 2015-12-01
- cattle
- flight speed
- behavior
- shortgrass steppe
- Library Collection RecordForage and cow-calf productivity on two lightly and two conservatively grazed pastures were evaluated over a 15-year period (1997-2011) in the Chihuahuan Desert of south-central New Mexico. Spring-…Publication Date 2015-03
- cattle productivity
- drought
- forage
- grazing management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordForage and cow-calf productivity on two lightly and two conservatively grazed pastures were evaluated over a 15-year period (1997-2011) in the Chihuahuan Desert of south-central New Mexico. Spring-…Publication Date 2015-03
- cattle productivity
- drought
- forage
- grazing management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Drought is an adaptive challenge where management strategies and practices that work today might not work tomorrow. Adaptive challenges facing management may require thinking…Publication Date 2014-12-01
- systems thinking
- drought
- ranch flexibility
- management alternatives
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • The 1990 Dude Fire on the Mogollon Rim in Arizona and the following restoration resulted in an invasion of weeping lovegrass. • Ecosystem restoration required successful collaboration…Publication Date 2014-12-01
- weeping lovegrass
- Eragrostis curvula
- targeted grazing
- cattle
- protein supplementation
- restoration
- wildfire
- Dude fire
- Library Collection RecordGlobal positioning system (GPS) data collected over a 4-yr period on 52 crossbred young cows grazing a 146-ha pasture were used to determine whether cattle establish patch-scale rotational patterns…Publication Date 2014-11
- cattle
- GPS
- patch grazing
- Library Collection RecordGlobal positioning system (GPS) data collected over a 4-yr period on 52 crossbred young cows grazing a 146-ha pasture were used to determine whether cattle establish patch-scale rotational patterns…Publication Date 2014-11
- cattle
- GPS
- patch grazing
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Droughts are common on California rangelands. • The current drought in California is listed as severe or exceptional for most of the state. • The drought has affected rangeland, and…Publication Date 2014-10-01
- drought
- California
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Loss of grasslands to shrublands continues. • Demand for livestock products is expected to continue to grow. • Increased demand for red meat may stimulate rangeland livestock…Publication Date 2014-04-01
- cattle
- goats
- grasslands
- secondary plant metabolites
- sheep
- woody plants
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Toxic larkspur (Delphinium species) cause large economic losses from cattle deaths, increased management costs, and reduced utilization of pastures and rangelands. • We recommend that…Publication Date 2014-02-01
- alkaloids
- Delphinium
- larkspur
- cattle
- beef
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordMost wildfires occur during summer in the northern hemisphere, the area burned annually is increasing, and fire effects during this season are least understood. Understanding plant response to…Publication Date 2014-01
- drought
- grassland
- herbivory
- prescribed burn
- productivity
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordLittle information is available to help managers of cool-season dominated semiarid rangelands determine when to begin and end grazing in the spring and fall. Therefore, we evaluated the effects of…Publication Date 2014-01
- Carex filifolia
- drought
- fall regrowth
- Hesperostipa comata
- Stipa comata
- Library Collection RecordMost wildfires occur during summer in the northern hemisphere, the area burned annually is increasing, and fire effects during this season are least understood. Understanding plant response to…Publication Date 2014-01
- drought
- grassland
- herbivory
- prescribed burn
- productivity
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordLittle information is available to help managers of cool-season dominated semiarid rangelands determine when to begin and end grazing in the spring and fall. Therefore, we evaluated the effects of…Publication Date 2014-01
- Carex filifolia
- drought
- fall regrowth
- Hesperostipa comata
- Stipa comata
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of correcting indigestible neutral detergent fibre (iNDF) for the loss of lignin in predictions of silage organic matter digestibility (OMD).…Publication Date 2014
- silage
- plant nutritive value
- forage quality
- cattle
- sheep
- management
- faecal samples
- grass
- indigestible neutral detergent fibre
- in vivo digestibility
- lignin
- red clover
- Jokioinen
- Finland
- Library Collection RecordVetch species (Vicia narbonensis, V. sativa and V. villosa) are widely used for fodder production in Tunisia. This study aims to investigate vetch strategies involved in drought resistance through…Publication Date 2014
- drought
- Fodder
- management
- plant production
- water stress
- vetch species
- growth
- water relations
- stomatal conductance
- proline
- Tunisia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn this article Mary Kasulaitis describes a number of historic droughts, referencing rainfall records and personal accounts of area residents, and discusses the importance of precipitation to the…Publication Date 2014
- history
- Rainfall patterns
- drought
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordQuestions How do recent patterns of drought-induced woody plant mortality in Texas semi-arid savanna compare to the extended drought of the 1950s? Does the relative composition of the woody plant…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- climatic variability
- dieback
- Flash drought
- grazing
- Juniperus
- Legacy effect
- rangelands
- scale
- State transition
- Vegetation Change
- woody encroachment
- drought
- savanna
- indigenous encroaching species
- grazing
- Texas
- USA
- Library Collection RecordPopulations of the common perennial herb Plantago lanceolata L. have been exposed to nearly two decades of summer drought at the Buxton Climate Change Experiment (BCCIL), a controlled manipulation of…Publication Date 2014
- adaptation
- climate change
- drought
- functional traits
- grassland
- plant population and community dynamics
- Plantago lanceolata
- soils
- genetics
- ecosystem ecology
- northern England
- Library Collection RecordOxidative stress caused by drought stress is a major limiting factor for grass cultivation in arid and semi-arid regions. In order to investigate the effect of nitric oxide (NO) donors on drought…Publication Date 2014
- Nitric oxide donors
- Oxidative stress
- drought
- Antioxidant enzymes
- Turfgrasses
- pastures
- drought
- plant production
- Shiraz
- Iran