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- 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 1989-02-01
- ecology
- Arizona
- environmental impact reporting
- cattle
- history
- livestock
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordJojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) is a major evergreen browse species for livestock and wildlife throughout its range from central Arizona to northwest Mexico and Baja California. Current guidelines for…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- Simmondsia chinensis
- wildlife
- browse plants
- woody plants
- range management
- browsing
- livestock
- grazing
- Arizona
- 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 RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1989
- Simmondsia chinensis
- wildlife
- browse plants
- woody plants
- range management
- browsing
- livestock
- grazing
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1989
- range management
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- livestock
- history
- stocking rate
- Arizona
- environmental impact reporting
- national forests
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1989
- ecology
- Arizona
- cattle
- history
- livestock
- rangelands
- environmental impact reporting
- Library Collection RecordLehmann lovegrass (Eragostis lehmanniana Nees) may be viewed as either an undesirable exotic invader or an important ground cover and forage plant on southwestern rangelands, depending on management…Publication Date 1988-09-01
- ground cover plants
- Weeds
- seedling emergence
- ecological succession
- mortality
- fires
- fire effects
- prescribed burning
- land restoration
- seed germination
- range management
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- rangelands
- Arizona
- forage
- Library Collection RecordLane et al. (1987) found that the proportion of bare or covered ground surface under the canopy is important for modeling infiltration in rangeland soils. Using a total of 322 composite plant canopy…Publication Date 1988-07-01
- resources
- mathematics and statistics
- rocks
- ground cover plants
- rangeland soils
- Atriplex confertifolia
- surveys
- water intake
- remote sensing
- prediction
- Artemisia tridentata
- Nevada
- canopy
- infiltration
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordChanges in vegetation under yearlong grazing were compared with those under the Santa Rita grazing system, a rotation system designed for southwestern US rangelands where 90% of the forage is…Publication Date 1988-07-01
- yield response functions
- grasslands
- vegetation
- rotational grazing
- semiarid zones
- plant density
- range management
- grazing
- Arizona
- 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 1988-06-01
- riparian forests
- Nature Conservancy
- wetlands
- habitat improvement
- Arizona
- national forests
- ecosystems
- rotational grazing
- range management
- wildlife 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 1988-04-01
- rangelands
- range management
- semiarid zones
- Arizona
- geographical distribution
- introduced species
- climatic factors
- South Africa
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- Library Collection RecordThe need for forage plants that are productive in, and adapted to, semiarid conditions prompted us to examine the range and independence of assortment of nutritional qualities of wild stands of…Publication Date 1988-03-01
- Salsola
- water soluble compounds
- acid detergent fiber
- Southwestern United States
- physicochemical properties
- nitrates
- oxalates
- lignin
- crude protein
- California
- semiarid zones
- in vitro digestibility
- Texas
- Nevada
- nutritive value
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- forage
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordLand managers have recommended burning or mowing big sacaton (Sporobolus wrightii) grassland in either fall or winter for 100 years. The greatest potential for natural fire would have occurred when…Publication Date 1988-01-01
- mowing
- seasons
- Sporobolus
- crop quality
- grasslands
- prescribed burning
- range management
- Arizona
- forage
- Library Collection RecordFour communities or sites dominated by blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima Torr.) were studied in the Kaiparowits Basin of southern Utah and northern Arizona. One site has been heavily grazed yearlong…Publication Date 1987-09-01
- Coleogyne ramosissima
- ground cover
- vegetation types
- plant communities
- Utah
- livestock
- grazing
- Arizona
- 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 1987-08-01
- ecologists
- biographies
- arid zones
- Arizona
- rangelands
- 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 1987-08-01
- management
- resource classification
- productivity
- public ownership
- objectives
- laws and regulations
- climax communities
- Arizona
- rangelands
- 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 1987-08-01
- logging
- religion
- Navajo
- forest recreation
- forest management
- Arizona
- afforestation
- New Mexico
- 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 1987-04-01
- case studies
- Arizona
- endangered species
- range management
- grazing
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Pediocactus bradyi
- Pediocactus sileri
- feasibility studies
- Cactaceae
- evaluation criteria
- Library Collection RecordElk (Cervus elaphus) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) distribution and use of habitats shared with cattle (Bos spp.) on a ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)-bunchgrass range in central Arizona was…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- habitat selection
- Pinus ponderosa
- Cervus elaphus
- Odocoileus hemionus
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- range management
- rangelands
- geographical distribution
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordA series of 14-day field experiments were conducted to evaluate seedling establishment characteristics of Bouteloua, Erogrostis, and Panicum grass species with controlled wet-dry watering…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- dryland farming
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- Eragrostis
- Panicum antidotale
- seedling emergence
- drought tolerance
- mortality
- dry seasons
- wet season
- seed germination
- establishment
- seasonal variation
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordPerennial grasses were seeded by drilling or broadcasting on 4 mechanical and 3 herbicidal weed control and/or seedbed preparation treatments at 4 semidesert grassland sites invaded by creosotebush (…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- Larrea tridentata
- crop establishment
- seedbed preparation
- deserts
- broadcasting
- Eragrostis
- pesticide application
- grasslands
- Mexico
- drilling
- perennials
- weed control
- Poaceae
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordMost rainfall and almost all runoff from Southwestern rangelands are the result of intense summer thunderstorm rainfall. Gully growth and headcutting are evident throughout the region. A large,…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- gully erosion
- rainfall-runoff relationships
- sediments
- watersheds
- semiarid zones
- rangelands
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordVegetation allometric relations were examined for 4 important grass species in southwestern ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa). Logarithmic regressions were developed relating aboveground biomass to…Publication Date 1986-09-01
- Festuca arizonica
- Muhlenbergia montana
- Poa fendleriana
- Coconino National Forest
- sitanion longefolium
- ground cover plants
- basal area
- biomass determination
- allometry
- Pinus ponderosa
- prescribed burning
- rangelands
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordSeedlings of velvet mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa var. velutina) were grown in sandy loam, clay loam, and clay soils to 30 and 60 days of age. Top and root growth parameters were measured at those…Publication Date 1986-07-01
- prosopis glandulosa var. velutina
- desert soils
- clay loam soils
- deserts
- Prosopis glandulosa
- clay soils
- root systems
- seedlings
- growth
- sandy loam soils
- Arizona
- 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 1986-06-01
- tannins
- botanical surveys
- poisoning
- poisonous plants
- Quercus
- Arizona
- cattle
- rangelands
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordStudies have shown a negative relationship between stocking rate and animal performance in conventional grazing systems. However, short-duration grazing (SDG) proponents state that stocking rates can…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- Parkinsonia
- cercidium floridum
- annual fluctuations
- carbon
- Prosopis juliflora
- deserts
- biogeochemical cycles
- plant analysis
- nitrogen
- biomass
- plant litter
- seasonal variation
- rangelands
- Arizona
- chemical constituents of plants
- 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 1986-04-01
- biomass
- roots
- biomass accumulation
- plant competition
- plant ecology
- woody plants
- grasses
- Arizona
- grasslands
- semiarid zones
- ecological succession
- 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 1986-04-01
- mine spoil
- selection criteria
- mined soils
- choice of species
- flora
- plant ecology
- introduced species
- arid zones
- land restoration
- Arizona
- Library Collection Record
229 Runoff Farming
This 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 1986-04-01- crop establishment
- Cupressus arizonica
- Pinus brutia var. eldarica
- silviculture
- terracing
- water stress
- runoff farming
- irrigation
- arid zones
- water harvesting
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordBiomass components of mesquite (Prosopis juliflora (Swartz) DC) and palo verde (Cercidium floridum (Benth)) soil-plant systems were collected during spring, winter, and fall for 3 years to study the…Publication Date 1986-03-01
- Parkinsonia
- cercidium floridum
- annual fluctuations
- carbon
- Prosopis juliflora
- deserts
- biogeochemical cycles
- plant analysis
- nitrogen
- biomass
- plant litter
- seasonal variation
- rangelands
- Arizona
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1986
- ground cover plants
- allometry
- Pinus ponderosa
- prescribed burning
- rangelands
- Arizona
- basal area
- biomass determination
- Coconino National Forest
- Festuca arizonica
- Muhlenbergia montana
- Poa fendleriana
- sitanion longefolium
- Library Collection RecordVarious rates of tebuthiuron pellets were aerially applied on rangelands in the Southwest to determine effects on noxious shrubs. Creosotebush (Larrea tridentata) and tarbush (Flourensia cernua)…Publication Date 1985-09-01
- arid zones
- tebuthiuron
- brush control
- woody plants
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordEffects of various treatments on germination rates were determined for Lehmann lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees), 'Cochise' lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees × Eragrostis…Publication Date 1985-09-01
- Eragrostis
- Panicum antidotale
- seed treatments
- Atriplex canescens
- soil water content
- semiarid zones
- seed germination
- establishment
- rangelands
- Arizona
- 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 1985-08-01
- range management
- rangelands
- Montana
- Utah
- Arizona
- rhizomes
- soil stabilization
- disturbed soils
- Idaho
- reclamation
- Agropyron cristatum
- 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 1985-08-01
- construction technology
- rocky terrain
- predator control
- electric fences
- Arizona
- rangelands
- 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 1985-06-01
- fire suppression
- wildfire management
- Arizona
- rangelands
- range management
- Library Collection RecordLive and standing dead biomass, standing crop, and total nitrogen, within each component, were measured in a big sacaton (Sporobolus wrightii Monro) grassland in southeastern Arizona for 3 years to…Publication Date 1985-05-01
- Sporobolus wrightii
- Sporobolus
- soil
- biomass determination
- grasslands
- vegetation
- nitrogen content
- Texas
- grazing
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordGreen needlegrass (Stipa viridula Trin.) is commonly used in range seedings and revegetation of disturbed lands in the northern Great Plains. This study was conducted to determine the influence of…Publication Date 1985-05-01
- Great Plains
- planting methods
- Soil Conservation Service
- plant materials center, bismarck, north dakota
- anatomy and morphology
- rooting
- Nassella viridula
- Canada
- seedlings
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe reduction in extent of riparian forests in the southwestern United States has been a topic of recent concern. The effect of dams on downstream river flow and the consequent modification of the…Publication Date 1985-03-01
- water conservation
- Populus fremontii
- Populus
- riparian forests
- vegetation
- Arizona
- 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 1985-02-01
- Arizona Strip Districts
- grasses
- natural regeneration
- overgrazing
- monitoring
- Arizona
- grasslands
- 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 1985-02-01
- rangelands
- Texas
- New Mexico
- history
- Arizona
- arid zones
- grasses
- woody plants
- vegetation
- plant ecology
- Library Collection RecordSeventy-two Navajo ranchers were questioned about the role of mixed-breed dogs with their flocks. Navajos call their dogs "sheep dogs" but, unlike sheep dogs used by other ranchers to…Publication Date 1985-01-01
- coyotes
- predation
- ranching
- guard dogs
- sheep
- goats
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordAnnual and perennial plant vegetation was sampled following a controlled burn (1981) and a wildfire (1980) in the Upper Sonoran Desert near Phoenix, Ariz. Perennial plant composition 1 year after…Publication Date 1984-11-01
- Upper Sonoran Desert
- Controlled Burn
- Shoot Surviviers
- Sprouters
- seeders
- Brittle Brush
- Encelia farinosa
- Invader Species
- Stickweed
- Stephanomeria exigua
- Four O'Clock
- Mirabilis bigelovii
- Bulldog Canyon
- herbaceous plants
- Woody Perennials
- vegetation responses
- Cacti
- Short Term
- annuals
- plant composition
- wildfire
- fire
- perennials
- vegetation
- Arizona
- 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 1984-08-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordApplications of pelleted picloram to individual plants of alligator juniper, one-seed juniper, Utah juniper, gambel oak, and shrub live oak in north central Arizona showed that a high rate…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- Quercus gambelii
- Juniperus monosperma
- Juniperus osteosperma
- Quercus turbinella
- herbicides
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe annual pattern of above-ground live biomass, recent dead standing biomass, old dead standing biomass, and standing crop of big sacaton (Sporobolus wrightii Monro) grassland community in semiarid…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- Sporobolus
- shoots
- plant communities
- semiarid zones
- biomass accumulation
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordFire temperatures at 4 vertical locations within 3 desert microhabitats were measured during a controlled burn using both temperature pellets and thermocouples. Examples of maximum air temperatures (…Publication Date 1984-05-01
- deserts
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordLivestock have been excluded from a 3,160-ha range in southeastern Arizona since 1968. Compared to an adjacent continuously grazed area, in 1981-82 a protected upland site supported 45% more grass…Publication Date 1984-05-01
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordA glasshouse study was conducted to determine how nonfertilized and fertilized soils collected in creosotebush [Larrea tridentata (DC.) Cov.] communities would influence seedling leaf growth and…Publication Date 1983-11-01
- California
- Texas
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordAccessions A-68, L-11, L-19, L-28, and L-38 of Lehmann lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees); P-15608 Cochise lovegrass (E. lehmanniana Nees X E. trichophora Coss & Dur.); A-84 and Catalina…Publication Date 1983-09-01
- Arizona