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- Library Collection RecordDr. Mitch McClaran and Elise Gornish discuss the Santa Rita's history as a grassland and the changing nature of mesquite populations within it. The nature of how this change effects wildlife is…Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- mesquite
- grassland management
- grasslands
- wildlife
- history
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- Library Collection RecordWoodland reduction has been underway for decades to improve habitat for certain wildlife species, increase forage for livestock, improve watershed function and reduce soil erosion, and increase plant…Publication Date 2017
- chaining
- hydro-ax
- pinyon-juniper management
- roller-chop
- tree removal
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordAll wild cats are important to ecosystem functioning because they are apex predators and therefore impact the entire food chain. In Southern Arizona, the top predator is the mountain lion, but over…Publication Date 2015
- jaguars
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordWith the rapid expansion of wildlife ranching and conservation in South African savannas and the resultant increase in multi-species grazing and browsing systems, information on browse production…Publication Date 2014
- savanna
- browsing
- grazing
- game
- wildlife
- conservation
- carrying capacity
- climate
- soil
- rainfall
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordBrowsing herbivores are generally highly selective feeders, selecting for new shoots and young plant material. Determinations of browser carrying capacity are then greatly inflated when based on…Publication Date 2014
- savanna
- browsing
- grazing
- game
- wildlife
- conservation
- carrying capacity
- climate
- soil
- rainfall
- modelling
- plant production
- management
- Zululand region
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • In 1990, cattle grazed private land in Utah’s Book Cliff Mountains until late July. Elk in the area ate about 50% of the forage regrowth on this land from late July to mid-September…Publication Date 2013-02-01
- cattle
- elk
- grazing
- competition
- rancher
- wildlife
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordWolves have been re-introduced across the Western United States and in 2005, they reached Oregon for the first time in over 60 years. To some, this event marks a milestone in repairing fragile…Publication Date 2012
- wildlife
- Mexican gray wolf
- Library Collection RecordScott Walker of the Utah Division of Wildlife Habitat discusses the management objectives and challenges facing Utah's mountain brush areas. This is critical habitat for all manner of species…Publication Date 2012
- wildlife management
- wildlife
- habitats
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: In the past few months, NatureWatch volunteers have been helping our grasslands by getting out and searching for Growling Grass Frogs, Striped Legless Lizards and Plains Yam Daisies, and…Publication Date 2011
- grassland animals
- ecology
- wildlife
- conservation
- grassland
- conservation
- Library Collection RecordInvasive species in Africa have important impacts on food security and biodiversity conservation. African floodplains in arid areas are critical wildlife habitats in addition to crop production and…Publication Date 2011
- dispersers
- habitat
- shifting cultivation
- wildlife
- Alien invasive species
- seeds
- seedlings
- livestock
- game
- conservation
- old lands
- ecosystem ecology
- Tana River
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordManagement of rangelands has largely operated under the paradigm of minimizing spatially discrete disturbances, often under the objective of reducing inherent heterogeneity within managed ecosystems…Publication Date 2010-11-01
- biodiversity
- fire
- grazing
- landscape ecology
- patch dynamics
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordRangelands are the least appreciated and one of the most endangered biomes in the US. Here are some reasons why we should care what happens to rangelands.Publication Date 2010
- rangelands
- education
- management
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordRangeland monitoring often includes repeat photographs as a basis for documentation. Whereas photographic equipment and electronics have been evolving rapidly, photographic monitoring methods for…Publication Date 2009-11-01
- auto stitching
- digital photography
- pastures
- riparian
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordThis video provides a quick summary of the differences between Wyoming's grazers and browsers and their dietary preferences.Publication Date 2009
- grazing
- browsing
- wildlife
- Wyoming
- Library Collection RecordWe detail the impact of abandoned traditional settlements (or bomas) on plant and nutrient succession in the Amboseli ecosystem, southern Kenya, over the course of a century. Plant and soil data were…Publication Date 2009
- biomass
- Nutrient hotspots
- pastoralism
- patch dynamics
- species richness
- wildlife
- Abandoned lands
- soil fertility
- vegetation dynamics
- savanna
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study looks at the impact of subdivision and sedentarization of pastoral lands on wildlife numbers and production in a savanna ecosystem of southern Kenya. The study uses aerial counts over a…Publication Date 2009
- land fragmentation
- rangelands
- Maasai
- settlement
- conservation
- land reform
- land use
- savanna
- ecosystem dynamics
- ecosystem ecology
- wildlife
- management
- grazing
- grasslands
- socio-economic aspects
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe assessed whether prior foraging by wild herbivores affected foraging behaviour of cattle in Laikipia rangeland, Kenya, during February 2001, August 2001 and February 2002. The study compared…Publication Date 2009
- competition
- bite rate
- foraging behaviour
- livestock
- private land
- Step rate
- wildlife
- foraging ecology
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe experience in V-V.Publication Date 2008
- bats
- wildlife
- water
- Arizona
- Ramp
- Library Collection RecordConserving African wildlife in human-occupied landscapes requires management intervention that is guided by a mechanistic understanding of how anthropogenic factors influence large-scale ecological…Publication Date 2007
- wildlife
- rainfall
- predation
- competition
- apparent competition
- Non-protected area
- management
- conservation
- grasslands
- eco - tourism
- cattle
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed fire was used in two semiarid grasslands to reduce shrub cover, promote grass production, and reduce erosional loss that represents a potential non-point-source of sediment to degrade…Publication Date 2006-01-01
- shrub control
- prescribed fire
- wildlife
- vegetation cover
- soil mineralizable N
- islands of fertility
- soil erosion bridge
- drought
- Library Collection RecordOver 70% of South Africa is too arid for crop farming and is used for either commercial livestock ranching, communal livestock ranching, or game ranching. The inherently different management…Publication Date 2006
- Semi-arid rangeland
- pastoralism
- wildlife
- rangeland degradation
- Soil Condition
- Grazing gradients
- rangeland condition
- management
- piosphere
- grazing
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNative seed mixes for rangeland seeding, prairie restoration, or cultivated pasture can benefit from a greater variety of forbs that more closely reflect the original vegetation of the southern Great…Publication Date 2005-11-01
- herbage nutritive value
- yield
- wildlife
- revegetation
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThe economic and ecological benefits and control costs of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook) management on rangelands are evaluated using a discrete-time, dynamic economic model developed…Publication Date 2005-09-01
- Juniperus occidentalis
- rangeland economics
- modeling
- wildlife
- erosion
- Library Collection RecordBotanical composition of mule deer and elk diets in winter, spring, summer, and autumn was studied during 1998 and 1999 on woodland rangeland in north-central New Mexico using microhistological…Publication Date 2005-07-01
- rangelands
- forage
- wildlife
- competition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThis paper explores the physical and imaginative construction of the Zimbabwean [`]lowveld' landscape. A powerful legacy of the colonial encounter with Zimbabwe was the notion that the lowveld…Publication Date 2005
- Zimbabwe
- wildlife
- wilderness
- conservation
- land reform
- landscape
- political ecology
- management
- national parks
- politics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordCompetition and compatibility between livestock and wildlife in Africa has been a point of considerable speculation, with implications for conservation. However, controlled replicated experiments are…Publication Date 2005
- livestock
- Africa
- Dung counts
- Trait-mediated effects
- indirect effects
- conservation
- game farming
- wildlife
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordResearch on Anderson and Scherzinger's hypothesis that spring cattle grazing can positively affect subsequent nutritional characteristics of grasses have generated mixed results. Our objectives…Publication Date 2004-07-01
- Agropyron spicatum
- Festuca idahoensis
- Sitanion hystrix
- beef cattle
- big game
- winter range
- wildlife
- habitats
- diet quality
- Library Collection RecordGrazing of livestock in streams and associated riparian habitats (hereafter referred to as riparian zones) may affect small mammal communities by influencing vegetation, water quality, and other site…Publication Date 2004-07-01
- fencing
- litter
- livestock
- pastures
- streams
- vegetation
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordMourning dove (Zenaida macroura L.) densities were determined using strip census techniques over a 2-year period (spring 1996 to winter 1998) on pastures in early-, mid-, and late-seral ecological…Publication Date 2004-05-01
- upland game birds
- wildlife
- arid lands
- cattle grazing
- Zenaida macroura
- Library Collection RecordMany North American grassland bird populations appear to be declining, which may be due to changes in grazing regimes on their breeding areas. Establishment of water developments and confining cattle…Publication Date 2004-05-01
- distance sampling
- livestock grazing
- mixed-grass prairies
- North Dakota
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordDue to its palatability and forage quality, antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata Pursh DC) is a desirable shrub across western US rangelands. Because little information is available regarding…Publication Date 2004-03-01
- Purshia tridentata
- livestock
- big game
- winter range
- wildlife
- habitats
- browse
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Aim Wildlife and pastoral peoples have lived side-by-side in the Mara ecosystem of south-western Kenya for at least 2000 years. Recent changes in human population and landuse are…Publication Date 2004
- Kenya
- Maasai Mara
- pastoralism
- rangelands
- bomas
- livestock
- wildlife
- land use
- conservation
- national parks
- tourism
- Economic Aspects
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper examines the melding of two discourses in southeastern Zimbabwe: land reform and wildlife management. The former seeks to redistribute large, [`]under-utilized' landholdings to…Publication Date 2004
- Zimbabwe
- wildlife management
- land reform
- Campfire
- political ecology
- Lowveld
- Community based natural resource management
- management
- conservation
- land use
- socio-economic aspects
- politics
- wildlife
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe number of tsessebes in Kruger National Park, South Africa, increased during 1977-1985, but declined after 1986. We used tsessebe number and age structure to determine year-to-year variation in…Publication Date 2004
- drought
- population dynamics
- Population model
- rainfall
- plant production
- modelling
- tsessebe
- wildlife
- vegetation dynamics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordScaled quail (Callipepla squamata) numbers were evaluated during and after a 2-year drought period using strip census techniques on 2 pastures in late seral rangeland ecological condition and 2…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- Callipepla
- population size
- Callipepla squamata
- game birds
- seral stages
- vegetation cover
- wildlife habitats
- arid lands
- ecological succession
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- drought
- plant litter
- New Mexico
- upland game birds
- wildlife
- arid lands
- cattle grazing
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordConsumption of mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr. var glandulosa) fruit by ruminants is an important component of seed dispersal. Two experiments were conducted to estimate the role of livestock and…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- wildlife
- seed dispersal
- Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
- viability
- weathering
- seed predation
- seed maturation
- seeds
- feces
- digestibility
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- Texas
- range management
- Prosopis
- germination
- digestion
- fecal dispersal
- phenology
- encroachment
- Library Collection RecordThe numbers of livestock and wildlife that can be supported in an arid environment such as the Hoanib River catchment, north-western Namibia, are determined by annual and seasonal availability of…Publication Date 2003
- Non-equilibrium system
- vegetation assessment
- Arid Environment
- vegetation dynamics
- ecosystem ecology
- livestock
- wildlife
- grazing
- rainfall
- land use
- piosphere
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThorn removal experiments quantified the effects of plant spinescence on the foraging efficiency of two mammalian browsers of similar body size, the indigenous bushbuck and the introduced domestic…Publication Date 2003
- Capra hircus (boergoat)
- foraging efficiency
- Spinescence
- Intake rates
- Tragelaphus scriptus (bushbuck)
- diet selection
- foraging ecology
- goats
- wildlife
- plant autecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of intensive grazing and browsing of domestic stock and wildlife on the number of species and abundance of vegetation was investigated in the Hoanib River catchment, north-western Namibia…Publication Date 2003
- vegetation impact
- Arid Environment
- intensive grazing
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- grasslands
- grazing
- livestock
- wildlife
- land use
- drought
- 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
- grazing
- weed control
- range management
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- whitethorn acacia
- Viscid acacia
- scarification
- medicinal properties
- medicinal plants
- Acacia
- desert animals
- drought tolerance
- forage crops
- seed germination
- habitats
- wildlife
- xerophytes
- herbicides
- 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 2002-12-01
- rangelands
- range management
- grazing
- ecological succession
- plant communities
- wildlife
- grasslands
- forage
- forest ecology
- British Columbia
- natural history
- fodder plants
- 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
- resource allocation
- natural history
- resource management
- British Columbia
- forage
- monitoring
- forest ecology
- wildlife
- habitats
- cattle
- rangelands
- range management
- grazing
- multiple land use
- 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
- grazing
- range management
- rangelands
- sustainability
- ranching
- Colorado
- ecosystems
- plant communities
- wildlife
- land use
- conservation areas
- watersheds
- natural resource management
- population change
- 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 2002-04-01
- Juniperus occidentalis
- soil water content
- Artemisia tridentata
- forage
- wildlife
- habitats
- fires
- prescribed burning
- range management
- 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 2002-04-01
- nutritive value
- waterfowl
- wetlands
- forage
- wildlife
- habitats
- prairies
- Great Plains region
- livestock feeding
- grazing
- 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 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 2001-08-01
- plateaus
- mixed farming
- Ordos Plateau
- green banking
- arid lands
- land use
- biodiversity
- xerophytes
- wildlife
- China
- environmental protection
- sustainability
- rangelands
- range management
- 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 2001-06-01
- Lagopus lagopus
- wildlife
- habitats
- prairies
- South Dakota
- cattle
- endangered species
- Montana
- rotational grazing
- rangelands
- range management
- wildlife management
- Library Collection RecordA disclimax stand of Canadian bluejoint (Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv.) was heavily grazed by cattle and horses for 4 years to weaken the grass's competition with hardwoods important…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- Calamagrostis canadensis
- Epilobium angustifolium
- rhizomes
- plant development
- wildlife
- viability
- competitive ability
- carbohydrates
- browse plants
- seed weight
- seed productivity
- shoots
- Alaska
- horses
- weight
- woody plants
- digestibility
- cattle
- nitrogen content
- biomass
- phenology
- plant competition
- grazing
- trampling
- chemical constituents of plants
- Calamagrostis canadensis
- overstocking
- forage quality
- boreal forests