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- 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 2001-12-01
- weed control
- range management
- prescribed burning
- rangelands
- brush control
- herbicides
- forage
- cost benefit analysis
- Southwestern United States
- farming systems
- mesquite
- Library Collection RecordThe tribe Triticeae contains over 250 perennial species that are components of grasslands in the temperate and sub-arctic regions of the world and includes some of the world's most valuable…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- Elymus
- plant introduction
- germplasm
- Hordeum
- Leymus
- Psathyrostachys
- Elytrigia
- genome
- germplasm evaluation
- Agropyron
- plant genetic resources
- mortality
- yields
- adaptation
- Nebraska
- precipitation
- introduced species
- grasses
- forage
- Triticeae
- Agropyron
- Thinopyrum
- Elymus
- Leymus
- Pascopyrum
- survival
- forage yield
- Library Collection RecordPresence of annual bromes (Bromus spp.), introduced annual weedy grasses, can alter seasonal patterns of forage production and quality and require management changes for efficient use of infested…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- protein
- dietary protein
- Bromus japonicus
- atrazine
- arid grasslands
- protein content
- liveweight gain
- weed control
- selective grazing
- diet
- steers
- precipitation
- biomass
- range management
- crop yield
- introduced species
- grazing
- beef cattle
- forage
- Bromus japonicus
- Pascopyrum smithii
- northern Great Plains
- crude protein yield
- Library Collection RecordLand, livestock, and wildlife managers need to understand the nutritional dynamics of forages to sustain adequate growth and reproduction of their animals and/or assure equitable payment for forages…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- Leymus cinereus
- Elymus elymoides
- rangeland soils
- Festuca idahoensis
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- Poa secunda
- arid grasslands
- Achnatherum thurberianum
- nutrient content
- plant ecology
- fiber content
- Bromus tectorum
- Oregon
- crude protein
- precipitation
- grasses
- forage
- crude protein
- neutral detergent fiber
- in vitro organic matter disappearance
- Poa sandbergii
- Bromus tectorum
- Sitanion hystrix
- Agropyron spicatum
- Festuca idahoensis
- Stipa thurberiana
- Elymus cinereus
- Library Collection RecordKnowledge of the rate woody plant canopy cover increases is essential for understanding the ecology of rangeland plant communities, determining the economic feasibility of brush management practices…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- aerial photography
- chaining
- grubbing
- Juniperus pinchotii
- carrying capacity
- soil types
- brush control
- rain
- biomass production
- grazing intensity
- Texas
- canopy
- forage
- Juniperus pinchotii
- mechanical brush control
- aerial photography
- line transects
- juniper management
- herbage production
- Library Collection RecordLarge areas of rangelands in the east Mediterranean Basin are dominated by dense cover of the unpalatable, dwarf shrub prickly burnet (Sarcopoterium spinosum (L.) Spach.). This study examined the…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- Sarcopoterium spinosum
- chalk grasslands
- Mediterranean grassland
- NPK fertilizers
- Israel
- cultural control
- ground cover
- brush control
- chemical control
- prescribed burning
- biomass
- range management
- forage
- shrub encroachment
- Mediterranean ecosystem
- fertilization
- fire
- range improvement
- Sarcopoterium spinosum
- Library Collection RecordWe analyzed the habitat preferences of white-tailed deer in a 1,000 ha area in an arid region of northeastern Mexico where drinking water is abundant throughout the year (via 33 water troughs). Seven…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- Leucophyllum
- Celtis
- rest
- shade
- Acacia
- Hilaria
- predator-prey relationships
- Opuntia
- shrublands
- Flourensia
- habitat selection
- Prosopis
- arid zones
- searching behavior
- feeding
- grasslands
- gender differences
- Mexico
- rain
- animal preferences
- Odocoileus virginianus
- animal behavior
- plant communities
- seasonal variation
- canopy
- forage
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Northeastern zone
- water sources
- radiotelemetry
- hiding cover|thermal cover
- forage
- 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
- mulching
- grassland soils
- crop residues
- rangeland soils
- erosion control
- forage
- rangelands
- United States
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordAccurately identifying the botanical composition of free-ranging animal diets remains a challenge. Currently accepted procedures are time consuming, many requiring painstaking sample preparation…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- fluorescence
- lambs
- wavelengths
- methodology
- evaluation
- light intensity
- feces composition
- feces
- statistical analysis
- selective grazing
- feeds
- botanical composition
- forage
- feed intake
- cattle
- botanical composition
- fluorescence
- xenon fluorometry
- fecal fluorophores
- Library Collection RecordNative pasture and Old World bluestems (Bothriochloa spp.) have contrasting herbage production characteristics that suggest potential for incorporation into a complementary forage system. We compared…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- growth periods
- costs and returns
- economic analysis
- liveweight gain
- stocking rate
- pastures
- profitability
- Oklahoma
- biomass production
- botanical composition
- grazing
- beef cattle
- forage
- mixed prairie
- complementary forages
- old world bluestem
- Bothriochloa
- livestock performance
- Library Collection RecordA classification of dietary structural types that represents different arrangements of forage classes is proposed. It may be especially useful for interpreting and comparing herbivore diets from…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- Lama guanicoe
- feces composition
- pastures
- selective grazing
- species differences
- vegetation
- feeds
- digestibility
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- forage
- diet botanical composition
- conceptualization
- forage classes
- microhistological analysis
- multivariate analysis
- similarity of diets
- Library Collection RecordAlthough recognized in importance from the dawn of history, forages have too often been underestimated and undervalued perhaps in part because animal performance has frequently failed to reflect…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- plant diseases and disorders
- immune response
- morbidity
- animal health
- sexual reproduction
- antinutritional factors
- Festuca arundinacea
- nutritional status
- toxicity
- mineral content
- economic analysis
- liveweight gain
- mortality
- adaptation
- animal behavior
- secondary metabolites
- digestibility
- insect pests
- nutritive value
- literature reviews
- livestock
- forage
- feed intake
- chemical constituents of plants
- nutrition
- animal health
- performance
- forage quality
- toxins
- Library Collection RecordLignin is a polymer formed from monolignols derived from the phenylpropanoid pathway in vascular plants. It is deposited in the cell walls of plants as part of the process of cell maturation. Lignin…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- dietary fiber
- stems
- genotype
- lignin
- light
- age
- cell wall components
- xylem
- biochemical pathways
- phenylpropanoids
- cell differentiation
- sclerenchyma
- soil fertility
- air temperature
- chemical composition
- digestion
- soil water content
- digestibility
- range management
- literature reviews
- forage
- chemical constituents of plants
- anti-quality
- digestibility
- forage quality
- forage utilization
- Library Collection RecordPlants possess a wide variety of compounds and growth forms that are termed "anti-quality" factors because they reduce forage value and deter grazing. Anti-quality attributes can reduce a…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- allelochemicals
- food intake
- detoxification
- animal husbandry
- energy content
- metabolism
- flavor
- toxicity
- nutrient content
- foraging
- nutrient availability
- tolerance
- adaptation
- animal behavior
- selective grazing
- herbivores
- nutritive value
- quality
- literature reviews
- grazing
- forage
- anti-quality
- conditioned aversions
- detoxification
- diet selection
- forage quality
- foraging
- grazing behavior
- toxic plants
- Library Collection RecordPlant growth depends upon C, H, O, and at least 13 mineral elements. Six of these (N, K, Ca, Mg, P, and S) macro-elements normally occur in plants at concentrations greater than 1,000 mg kg(-1) level…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- silicon
- animal health
- sulfur
- nickel
- nutrient-nutrient interactions
- nutrient content
- mineral content
- nutrient availability
- sodium
- nitrogen
- potassium
- trace elements
- phosphorus
- magnesium
- calcium
- mineral nutrition
- literature reviews
- livestock
- forage
- mineral interaction
- mineral requirements
- mineral nutrients
- ruminant diets
- Library Collection RecordRuminants are a diverse group of mammals, both domestic and wild species, that exhibit microbial fermentation prior to gastrointestinal activity. During the digestive process, glycosides and other…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- metabolites
- metabolism
- clinical aspects
- substrates
- symptoms
- glycosides
- chemical structure
- treatments
- nutrient availability
- phytotoxins
- pastures
- ruminants
- rumen fermentation
- range management
- rangelands
- pasture plants
- literature reviews
- forage
- poisonous plants
- ruminants
- cattle
- rumen microbes
- Library Collection RecordThe ability of proanthocyanidins (PA) to form insoluble complexes with proteins and polysaccharides affects fiber digestion and analysis. This review discusses these effects in relationship to the…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- molecular weight
- anthocyanidins
- chemical structure
- polymers
- polyphenols
- precursors
- methodology
- cell walls
- dietary fiber
- polysaccharides
- chemical composition
- digestion
- digestibility
- literature reviews
- forage
- chemical constituents of plants
- condensed tannins
- neutral detergent
- acid detergent
- lignin
- polyphenolics
- Library Collection RecordGoats consume juniper, but toxic terpenoids within the plant limit intake. Our objective was to determine if dosing goats with the adsorptive compound activated charcoal would increase juniper…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- Juniperus ashei
- charcoal
- Juniperus pinchotii
- browse
- adaptation
- terpenoids
- goats
- Texas
- forage
- feed intake
- feeding preferences
- Juniperus
- J. ashei
- J. pinchotii
- Capra
- experience
- preference
- toxicosis
- feedback
- aversions
- browsing
- Library Collection RecordCholla cactus may serve as an emergency feedstuff for livestock when forage availability is low. A study was conducted at the Corona Range and Livestock Research Center to evaluate the nutritive…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- processing technology
- spines
- opuntia imbricata
- moisture content
- organic matter
- burning
- leaves
- cows
- mineral content
- stems
- estimation
- fiber content
- feeds
- digestibility
- crude protein
- rumen fermentation
- nutritive value
- livestock
- New Mexico
- forage
- dry matter
- drought forages
- mineral content
- emergency feeding
- Library Collection RecordThe dependence between grassland herbage production and precipitation within the Boreal region of central Alberta was evaluated. Additional objectives were to compare current year growing season (e.g…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- growth periods
- simulation models
- hydrology
- soil temperature
- highlands
- grasslands
- prediction
- Alberta
- growth
- precipitation
- biomass production
- plant communities
- forage
- current year precipitation
- lowlands
- production
- regression
- uplands
- water year
- Library Collection RecordTwo grazing trials were conducted during early winter (December 1996-January 1997) and spring (April-May 1997) to evaluate the effect of shape of pasture on forage use and behavior of grazing sheep (…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- Italy
- chemical composition
- pastures
- winter
- animal behavior
- spring
- feeding behavior
- voluntary intake
- Mediterranean climate
- selective grazing
- use efficiency
- sward destruction
- shape
- protein intake
- energy intake
- grazing intensity
- sheep
- biomass
- forage
- dry matter
- diet choice
- space pattern
- grazing 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 2001-02-01
- energy content
- seasons
- altitude
- phosphorus
- nutritive value
- crude protein
- comparisons
- grasses
- quality
- forage
- rain
- Arizona
- 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 2000-12-01
- quality
- dietary quality
- Pleuraphis jamesii
- forage
- Arizona
- grazing intensity
- Elytrigia elongata
- Achnatherum hymenoides
- grasses
- Atriplex canescens
- Library Collection RecordForage use data can help rangeland and wildlife managers make informed decisions. However, managers need to know if forage use techniques that are commonly used to estimate ungulate herbivory under…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- experimental plots
- height-weight curve methods
- paired-plot method
- growth curve
- regression analysis
- equations
- Cervus elaphus
- selective grazing
- Pascopyrum smithii
- biomass
- range management
- beef cattle
- forage
- plant height
- Arizona
- height-weight
- herbivory
- paired-plot
- stubble height
- Library Collection RecordRobust needlegrass (Achnatherum robustum [Vasey] Barkw. = Stipa robusta [Vasey] Scribn.) is a high-biomass rangeland species that is adapted to warmer temperatures and matures later than most cool-…Publication Date 2000-07-01
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- Colorado
- beef cattle
- forage
- Stipa
- dry matter
- feed intake
- feeding preferences
- plant height
- zero grazing
- Elytrigia elongata
- Acremonium
- endophytes
- Leymus chinensis
- ergot alkaloids
- ergometrine
- fungi
- roadside plants
- green fodders
- lysergic acid amide
- Stipa robusta
- Achnatherum robustum
- Acremonium
- ergonovine
- lysergic acid amide
- narcosis
- Neotyphodium
- sleepygrass
- Stipa robusta
- Library Collection RecordLow soil nutrient status may be the major limiting factor to forage production in rangelands of the Mendoza plains 4 years out of 10. We studied vegetation responses to annual applications of N and P…Publication Date 2000-07-01
- phosphorus fertilizers
- economic analysis
- production costs
- soil fertility
- rain
- nitrogen fertilizers
- use efficiency
- biomass production
- application rates
- Argentina
- rangelands
- forage
- crude protein
- season rain-use efficiency
- nutrient use efficiency
- range fertilization economics
- Library Collection RecordIndependent digestion trials with 5 forages were conducted to compare n-alkane with indigestible acid-detergent fiber (IADF) as internal markers to predict in vivo dry matter digestibility (…Publication Date 2000-03-01
- digestibility markers
- alkanes
- indigestible acid-detergent fiber
- alfalfa
- alfalfa hay
- prediction
- feces composition
- fiber content
- hay
- digestibility
- cattle
- in vitro digestibility
- grasses
- forage
- maturity stage
- indigestible
- ADF
- hydrocarbon
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordWe compared the herbage standing crop on 31 farms along a rainfall gradient in Namibia (southwestern Africa) in 1997 with the results attained for the same gradient by Walter (1939). We found that…Publication Date 2000-03-01
- Namibia
- environmental degradation
- desertification
- grasslands
- rain
- stocking rate
- biomass production
- overgrazing
- forage
- Africa
- rangelands
- historical records
- grazing
- rainfall
- Library Collection RecordWe assessed the potential of activated charcoal to attenuate bitterweed (Hymenoxys odorata DC.) toxicosis in 3 trials. In Trial 1, lambs were offered a subacute level (.264% BW) of bitterweed and…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- sesquiterpenoid lactones
- detoxicants
- Hymenoxys odorata
- activated carbon
- sorghum
- dosage
- concentrates
- lambs
- biting rates
- poisonous weeds
- selective grazing
- forage
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordCarefully-managed livestock grazing has been offered as a tool to improve the forage quality of graminoids on big game winter range. Formal testing of this theory has thus far been done using hand…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- Festuca idahoensis
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- Carex geyeri
- stems
- Carex
- savannas
- Cervus elaphus
- rain
- stocking rate
- Oregon
- crude protein
- shrubs
- sheep
- in vitro digestibility
- biomass
- canopy
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordHistorically, there have been several seminal achievements in management and utilization of privately-owned rangelands. The most important of the early achievements were domestication of livestock,…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- government research
- history
- land ownership
- agricultural research
- stocking rate
- prescribed burning
- overgrazing
- range management
- forage
- 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 1999-12-01
- liveweight gain
- mortality
- lambing rate
- lambs
- fleece weight
- biomass production
- weaning weight
- income
- range condition
- forage
- rain
- Arizona
- Utah
- sheep
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- costs and returns
- cattle
- New Mexico
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- range management
- Library Collection RecordRedberry juniper (Juniperus pinchotii Sudw.) is a common invasive brush species that reduces rangeland productivity over vast acreages in the Rolling Plains and Edwards Plateau regions of Texas. The…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- chaining
- timing
- Juniperus pinchotii
- costs and returns
- cost-benefit analysis
- brush control
- prescribed burning
- profitability
- biomass production
- Texas
- canopy
- forage
- Library Collection RecordWhite-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus L.) feed heavily on alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) throughout Pennsylvania. Attempts to reduce deer feeding on forage crops have proven too costly or…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- Phleum pratense
- crop losses
- vertebrate pests
- Medicago sativa
- Dactylis glomerata
- yield losses
- Pennsylvania
- forage quality
- Odocoileus virginianus
- selective grazing
- hay
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordThis research addresses the hypothesis that grazing intensity during and following drought can dramatically alter community level, post-drought recovery patterns. Research was conducted during the…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- warm-season grasses
- cool-season grasses
- timing
- annuals
- perennials
- precipitation
- biomass production
- grazing intensity
- prairies
- drought
- Montana
- rangelands
- grasses
- forage
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordThis study was designed to: 1) compare the landscape distribution patterns of bison on fire-managed prairie remnants in the tallgrass (Oklahoma), and mixed prairie (Nebraska); and 2) identify the…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- edaphic factors
- tallgrass prairie
- mixed prairie
- bison
- topography
- fire ecology
- fires
- fire effects
- forage quality
- animal preferences
- selective grazing
- Nebraska
- prescribed burning
- prairies
- botanical composition
- geographical distribution
- forage
- Library Collection RecordTwo trials were conducted in 1994, 1995, and 1996 to determine the first limiting nutrient for summer calving cows grazing Sandhills range. In Trial 1, 48 lactating summer calving cows grazing native…Publication Date 1999-07-01
- soybean hulls
- tallow
- feather meal
- maize steep liquor
- protected protein
- digestible protein
- pregnancy rate
- breeding season
- birth weight
- dietary protein
- body condition
- liveweight gain
- calves
- ambient temperature
- body weight
- fiber content
- rain
- Nebraska
- beef cows
- soybean meal
- protein intake
- digestibility
- feed supplements
- grazing
- forage
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordBig sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) declined from ungulate browsing during the first half of the twentieth century on the Northern Yellowstone Winter Range. It was our objective to compare…Publication Date 1999-07-01
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- slopes
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant communities
- Odocoileus hemionus
- browsing damage
- shrubs
- Cervus elaphus canadensis
- canopy
- forage
- Library Collection RecordCattle (Bos taurus) and vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus) diets were examined monthly in the semiarid caldénal in central Argentina. Cow-calf operations are the most important economic activities within…Publication Date 1999-07-01
- free range husbandry
- diversity
- Lagostomus maximus
- ambient temperature
- feces composition
- rain
- species differences
- grazing intensity
- diets
- cattle
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- grasses
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordEstimates of forage use are often the basis for important management decisions (e.g., determining carrying capacity and setting stocking rates). Using both hypothetical and field data, we examine the…Publication Date 1999-03-01
- sample plot technique
- data analysis
- representative sampling
- estimation
- yields
- plant communities
- Cervus elaphus canadensis
- rangelands
- Utah
- forage
- 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 1999-01-01
- forage
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1999
- forage
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1999
- forage
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordJapanese brome (Bromus japonicus Thunb.) and downy brome (Bromus tectorum L.), introduced annuals, have invaded many northern mixed-prairie plant communities. This study determined the effect of…Publication Date 1998-11-01
- density
- interspecific competition
- Bromus japonicus
- ambient temperature
- rain
- Bromus tectorum
- weight
- Pascopyrum smithii
- tillering
- tillers
- biomass
- Montana
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThe winter forage quality of bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum [Pursh] Scribn. &Smith) is generally inadequate for maintenance of wintering Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- energy requirements
- developmental stages
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- stubble
- protein content
- yields
- Cervus elaphus
- winter
- cutting
- digestibility
- crude protein
- phenology
- nutritive value
- forage
- dry matter
- 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 1998-08-01
- forage
- grassland improvement
- Library Collection RecordNative warm-season grass mixtures have been established on the Southern Plains under the USDA Conservation Reserve Program. We studied responses to N fertilizer on such pastures in western Oklahoma…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- grassland improvement
- ground cover
- nitrogen fertilizers
- stocking rate
- Oklahoma
- Bouteloua gracilis
- grazing intensity
- application rates
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- beef cattle
- forage
- Library Collection RecordPhysical and chemical traits of grass tillers can be strongly correlated. Understanding such patterns would help define physiological development of tillers and changes in quality of forage in…Publication Date 1998-05-01
- Bouteloua
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- chlorophyll
- Calamovilfa longifolia
- ash
- hemicellulose
- cell walls
- Andropogon hallii
- lignin
- protein content
- fiber content
- Nebraska
- weight
- tillers
- in vitro digestibility
- botanical composition
- forage
- dry matter
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordIn developing an improved understanding of the dynamics of understory plant composition and productivity in Coastal Plain forest ecosystems, we examined the influence of site preparation and…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- chopping
- Arkansas
- subsoil
- site preparation
- windrowing
- cultivation
- interspecific competition
- Pinus taeda
- phosphorus fertilizers
- 2,4-D
- Paspalum
- legumes
- understory
- ecological succession
- forest plantations
- Louisiana
- prescribed burning
- forbs
- biomass production
- shrubs
- Texas
- Pinus
- canopy
- grasses
- forage
- soil texture
- Library Collection RecordIndicators of nutrient intake were compared for beef steers grazing tallgrass prairie managed with continuous grazing or 8-paddock short-duration grazing. Two replicates of each grazing system were…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- duodenum
- flow
- feeding level
- dietary protein
- organic matter
- continuous grazing
- range condition
- feces composition
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- Oklahoma
- steers
- digestibility
- digesta
- grazing intensity
- nitrogen content
- prairies
- forage
- feed intake