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- Library Collection RecordThe effects of cattle grazing were evaluated on range dynamics of the Caatinga which is a deciduous dry woodland, covering most of the semi-arid Brazilian Northeast. Three stocking rates (SR) were…Publication Date 1999-05-01
- caatinga
- continuous grazing
- mortality
- rain
- stocking rate
- species differences
- woody plants
- rotational grazing
- shrubs
- semiarid zones
- Brazil
- cattle
- plant density
- drought
- botanical composition
- canopy
- plant height
- 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 1999-04-01
- rangelands
- cattle
- performance
- grazing experiments
- controlled grazing
- costs and returns
- grazing intensity
- stocking rate
- sheep
- literature reviews
- Library Collection RecordIn this article, Sayre gives a history of the cattle boom in Southern Arizona, examining its political and environmental impacts.Publication Date 1999
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- cattle
- environmental impacts
- political ecology
- ranching
- Southern Arizona
- United States
- 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 1998-12-01
- Colinus virginianus
- cattle
- game farming
- Texas
- range management
- Library Collection RecordInvasion of pristine grasslands by caldén (Prosopis caldenia Burkart), and increased densities of this species in savannas are well-known vegetation changes in the semiarid region of central…Publication Date 1998-11-01
- landscape ecology
- Prosopis
- savanna woodlands
- ecological succession
- population dynamics
- rain
- shrubs
- sheep
- cattle
- Argentina
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordIn continuous grazing systems the amount of herbage and its quality is a matter of primary concern. However, at moderate stocking, cattle grazing usually leads to the generation of patches differing…Publication Date 1998-11-01
- areas
- patches
- density
- Festuca arundinacea
- continuous grazing
- stocking rate
- pastures
- cattle
- nitrogen content
- biomass
- Argentina
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordSince settlement, cattle grazing has been a major cause of soil disturbance in cold desert ecosystems. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of cattle grazing in different seasons…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- cryptogams
- lichen crusts
- mosses and liverworts
- tillage
- deserts
- ground cover
- winter
- spring
- Idaho
- summer
- cattle
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordSevere livestock losses caused by tall larkspur (Delphinium spp.) consumption have caused many producers to try various preventative measures, including the use of mineral-salt supplementation. The…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- dose response
- dosage
- training (animals)
- poisoning
- Delphinium barbeyi
- dietary mineral supplements
- barley
- cattle
- Utah
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordPermanent channel cross-sectional transects perpendicular to flow were used to estimate changes in spring and resultant creek channel morphology. Three cattle grazing treatments (none, light, and…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- depth
- springs (water)
- stream erosion
- streams
- riparian buffers
- rain
- grazing intensity
- California
- cattle
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this research was to determine, on a seasonal basis, the relative preferences of cattle for 7 native grasses and d crested wheatgrass (Agropyron desertorum (Fischer ex Link)Schultes…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- vegetative growth
- flowering
- dormancy
- Agropyron desertorum
- fiber content
- selective grazing
- Oregon
- crude protein
- cattle
- plant density
- biomass
- phenology
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordSpring livestock grazing has been suggested as a tool to improve winter forage quality of bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum [Pursh] Scribn. & Smith). Impacts on plant vigor and survival…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- basal area
- Cervus elaphus
- winter
- spring
- cattle
- phenology
- defoliation
- grazing
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of the growing season and topographic zone on biomass production, protein content, cell content (CC), lignin, cellulose, hemicellulose, digestibility (DMD), and mineral element…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- cellulose
- cells
- nutrient deficiencies
- Spain
- hemicellulose
- mineral content
- legumes
- semiarid grasslands
- lignin
- protein content
- fiber content
- sodium
- slope
- forbs
- phosphorus
- digestibility
- cattle
- phenology
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThis research investigated the potential for using cattle grazing pressure (AU Mg-1 ha-1) and stocking rate (Animal Unit Days ha-1) for predicting basal scarring and browsing of lodgepole pine (Pinus…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- silvopastoral systems
- British Columbia
- Pinus contorta
- seedlings
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- browsing damage
- cattle
- trampling
- 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 RecordThis research investigated the potential for using cattle grazing pressure (AU Mg-1 ha-1) and stocking rate (Animal Unit Days ha-1) for predicting basal scarring and browsing of lodgepole pine (Pinus…Publication Date 1998-03-01
- clearcutting
- British Columbia
- Pinus contorta
- mortality
- seedlings
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- browsing damage
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordMismanagement of livestock can result in herbivory on Pinus seedlings with potential for growth loss. From 1986 to 1990 on a conifer plantation in the Mixed-Conifer Zone of southwestern Oregon we…Publication Date 1998-03-01
- apical meristems
- timing
- Pinus ponderosa
- seedlings
- Oregon
- browsing damage
- cattle
- grazing
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordGeneralized linear mixed models were used to obtain best linear unbiased predictions (BLUP's) of herbivore preferences for range plant species from expert knowledge contained in range site…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- deer
- resource utilization
- Edwards Plateau
- Cyperaceae
- mixed grazing
- interspecific competition
- legumes
- browse plants
- best linear unbiased prediction
- linear models
- forbs
- shrubs
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- Texas
- grasses
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordElk (Cervus elaphus) have been repeatedly observed to prefer rested units within rest-rotation grazing systems. Given the logistical and financial investments associated with the maintenance of these…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- animal husbandry
- Cervus elaphus
- rotational grazing
- browsing damage
- cattle
- wildlife management
- biomass
- range management
- browsing
- Library Collection RecordA grazing study was initiated in the foothills of southwestern Alberta on the rough fescue grasslands (Festuca campestris (Rydb.) in 1949 comparing various grazing intensities. In 1992, soil samples…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- soil aggregates
- color
- A horizons
- grassland condition
- soil density
- organic matter
- soil temperature
- Festuca campestris
- Alberta
- phosphorus
- pH
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- nitrogen content
- prairie soils
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordSince settlement, cattle grazing has been a major cause of soil disturbance in cold desert ecosystems. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of cattle grazing in different seasons…Publication Date 1998
- cryptogams
- tillage
- deserts
- winter
- spring
- Idaho
- summer
- cattle
- grazing
- ground cover
- lichen crusts
- mosses and liverworts
- Library Collection RecordFifteen environmental variables, among them cattle density (hereafter [`]pressure index'), were measured along grazing gradients of eight boreholes at Olifants Drift in south-eastern Botswana.…Publication Date 1998
- environmental variables
- pressure index
- Grazing gradients
- bush-encroaching
- CANOCO
- boreholes
- encroacher
- cattle
- grazing
- stocking rates
- indigenous encroaching species
- pastoralism
- subsistence agriculture
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe significance of encroacher woody plant browse (among other factors) in the composition of the diet of cattle was quantified for July 1996, March 1997 and September 1997. This is important because…Publication Date 1998
- woody encroachers
- woody plant browse
- carrying capacity
- communal rangelands
- crude protein
- D. cinerea
- G. flava
- forage quality
- Forage Quantity
- foraging ecology
- cattle
- grasslands
- grazing
- vegetation dynamics
- ecosystem dynamics
- Africa
- 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 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 RecordThe objective of this study was to create and maintain a long lasting aversion to tall larkspur (Delphinium barbeyi Huth) under field grazing conditions. Two grazing trials were conducted: the first…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- poisoning
- avoidance conditioning
- grazing trials
- Delphinium barbeyi
- feeding behavior
- cattle
- grazing
- Colorado
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordThis study evaluated the effects of supplementing a diet of range hay (5.7% crude protein, 68% NDF) with grass hay from subirrigated meadows (16.5% crude protein, 53.5% NDF), or with a 70% soybean…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- chemical composition
- hay
- digestibility
- crude protein
- digesta
- kinetics
- cattle
- protein supplements
- rumen fermentation
- grasses
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to determine if cattle that were familiar with white locoweed (Oxytropis sericea Nutt, ex T&G) could be aversively conditioned to avoid eating it. In the first…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- avoidance conditioning
- Oxytropis sericea
- cattle
- grazing
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordA series of summer grazing studies were conducted to evaluate cattle consumption of preflowering tall larkspur (Delphinium barbeyi [Huth] or D. occidentale [Wats.] Wats.) on mountain rangeland in…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- concentration
- Delphinium occidentale
- leaves
- alkaloids
- poisoning
- flowers
- Delphinium barbeyi
- Idaho
- cattle
- range management
- Utah
- grazing
- Colorado
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordThe larkspur mirid (Hopplomachus affiguratus) is host specific to tall larkspur (Delphinium barbeyi Huth). These insects suck cell solubles from leaves and reproductive racemes, causing flowers to…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- hopplomachus affiguratus
- prevention
- damage
- biological control agents
- leaves
- poisoning
- flowers
- Delphinium barbeyi
- cattle
- Utah
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- poisonous 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 1997-06-01
- cattle
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordHound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale L.) is a noxious weed on forested range of western North America (N.A.), which produces barbed nutlets (burrs) that attach to animals. There is anecdotal…Publication Date 1997-05-01
- Cynoglossum officinale
- burrs
- British Columbia
- seed dispersal
- cattle
- plant density
- 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 RecordOrnithologists often use simulated nests consisting of game bird or domestic poultry eggs to study nest survival. Researchers investigating cattle trampling of ground nests have sometimes used clay…Publication Date 1997-05-01
- clay
- birds' nests
- eggs
- clay pigeons
- game birds
- stocking rate
- animal behavior
- rotational grazing
- cattle
- simulation
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordThe paper describes an analytical procedure to preliminarily investigate large scale animal-environment interactions. The method is based on Correspondence Analysis applied over a contingency table…Publication Date 1997-01-01
- livestock numbers
- physical activity
- savanna woodlands
- feeding habits
- habitats
- annual grasslands
- winter
- animal behavior
- spring
- shrubs
- cattle
- seasonal variation
- Library Collection RecordSinking boreholes to tap groundwater supplies facilitated expansion of all-year round livestock production into the semi-arid Kalahari. Increased grazing and trampling pres sure around the boreholes…Publication Date 1997
- agriculture
- piosphere
- grazing
- grasslands
- soil erosion
- Soil Condition
- cattle
- watering points
- rainfall
- modelling
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe structural and functional attributes of the herbaceous sward were contrasted under three land uses (commercial cattle farms, communal cattle lands and private game farms) and two catenal…Publication Date 1997
- Annual
- basal area
- cattle
- communal grazing
- density
- game
- palatability
- perennial
- tuft size
- landscape ecology
- commercial agriculture
- communal farming
- game farming
- soils
- climate
- land use
- management
- species richness
- biodiversity
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordFor many grassland songbird species, pastures represent some of the best available breeding habitat in the Upper Midwest. Increasing interest in intensive rotational grazing (IRG) among midwestern…Publication Date 1996-07-01
- pheasants
- birds' nests
- Wisconsin
- wild birds
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordMore information about the effects of combining intensive livestock grazing of noxious weeds and associated desirable plants with other control measures is needed to develop effective rangeland weed…Publication Date 1996-07-01
- Euphorbia esula
- Poa pratensis
- rain
- selective grazing
- species differences
- sheep
- cattle
- plant density
- picloram
- biomass
- Montana
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordCattle trampling of endangered plants, certain animal species, and ground nests may be a management concern on rangeland. Researchers need theoretical models of trampling loss to assist in design of…Publication Date 1996-05-01
- probabilistic models
- birds' nests
- endangered species
- continuous grazing
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- cattle
- range management
- simulation
- trampling
- 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 1996-04-01
- land evaluation
- game reserves
- Chihuahuan Desert
- environmental degradation
- water management
- deserts
- animal husbandry
- forage
- stocking rate
- costs and returns
- cattle
- New Mexico
- rangelands
- range management
- grazing
- 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 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 1996-02-01
- computer software
- animal husbandry
- Utah
- cattle
- ranching
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of species composition and sward structure on the ingestive behaviour of cattle and sheep grazing a mesic, low quality grassland in South Africa were investigated over the 1990–93…Publication Date 1996
- diet selection
- cattle
- sheep
- grasslands
- grazing
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper examines the advantages of the traditional cattlepost system against the recent drive towards the fencing of Botswana's rangelands and the establishment of privatised, commercial beef…Publication Date 1996
- rangelands
- degradation
- Kalahari
- Cattle Ranching
- Hunter-gatherers
- Botswana
- cattle
- subsistence agriculture
- commercial agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- Economic Aspects
- politics
- policies
- grazing
- 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 1995-12-01
- open days
- surveys
- agricultural education
- Arizona
- cattle
- ranching
- 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 1995-12-01
- waterfowl
- conservation areas
- cattle
- Montana
- rotational grazing
- wildlife management
- multiple land use
- Library Collection RecordGrazing can have a profound impact on soil water through its influence on infiltration via treading and on evapotranspiration through defoliation. Hydrologic changes in rangelands are most often…Publication Date 1995-11-01
- groundwater recharge
- grazing time
- soil depth
- evapotranspiration
- controlled grazing
- Alberta
- slope
- soil water content
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- grazing
- 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 RecordMicrobial growth in the rumen is a pivotal part of any ruminant protein system, and there is an optimal balance between available nitrogen (N) and energy in the rumen. When the nitrogen-to-energy…Publication Date 1995-09-01
- cattle
- in vitro digestibility
- protein supplements
- rumen fermentation
- protein requirement
- nitrogen content
- 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 1995-08-01
- grazing
- rangelands
- rotational grazing
- cattle
- North Dakota
- nesting
- nests
- Tympanuchus phasianellus
- Phasianidae
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