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- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1955-07-01
- mountain brush
- burn
- Manti-La Sal National Forest
- Meadow Brome
- quackgrass
- trichophorum
- Mountain Snowberry
- Chokecherry
- browse
- Broadcast
- Brome
- Bromus inermis
- Agropyron intermedium
- burning
- smooth brome
- intermediate wheatgrass
- Seeded Grasses
- Pubescent Wheatgrass
- yield
- Zone
- big sagebrush
- grazing
- livestock
- overgrazing
- protection
- Artemisia tridentata
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1955-09-01
- Future Generations
- Grazing Capability
- Soil Feed
- cities
- soil
- logging
- soil erosion
- overstocking
- timber
- ranchers
- rangelands
- water
- grass
- livestock
- overgrazing
- conservation
- Library Collection RecordA stocking-rate guide for cattle on blue-grama range was developed at Central Plains Experimental Range. The guide is based on the amount of herbage left ungrazed at the end of the summer season as…Publication Date 1969-03-01
- Guide
- grazing efficiency
- Leaf Tissue
- Blue Grama Range
- adjustments
- herbage growth
- Central Plains Experimental Range
- quantity
- economics
- grazing intensity
- beef production
- Great Plains
- quality
- livestock
- cattle
- vegetation
- forage
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Colorado
- management
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordPreference ratings-determined by comparisons with bottlebrush squirreltail-showed Kentucky bluegrass, Arizona fescue, and mountain muhly were highly preferred in the pine type in summer, while…Publication Date 1969-03-01
- prairie junegrass
- bottlebrush squirreltail
- Arizona Fescue
- Mountain Muhly
- Pine Type
- Pinyon Juiper Type
- Beaver Creek Pilot Watershed
- Wild Bill Evaluation Area
- Preference Ratings
- forage species
- Cattle Preferences
- northern Arizona
- Kentucky bluegrass
- utilization
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordThe vegetation and soil characteristics of an ungrazed butte are compared with those of a similar site on an adjacent High Plains area. Woody plant cover was greater and more diverse on the butte…Publication Date 1969-11-01
- High Plains
- Hardland Site
- Ungrazed Butte
- Woody Plant Cover
- Flat Top Mountain
- canopy cover
- Herbage Removal
- trampling
- productivity
- Soil Characteristics
- grazing
- quality
- livestock
- vegetation
- production
- species composition
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordParaguay, located in the central part of South America, has an area of 157,000 square miles (40.7 million hectares). The country is divided into two geographic-physiographic areas: the eastern area…Publication Date 1969-09-01
- Plant Formations
- toxic plants
- Chaco
- Park
- Granitic
- Calcareous
- Undulating
- Swamp
- Thorn
- Plam
- Paraguay
- Plains
- cattle production
- environment
- geography
- future
- Physiography
- shrub
- South America
- range
- characteristics
- livestock
- overgrazing
- range management
- ranching
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1956-09-01
- seeding
- Agropyron desertorum
- Associates
- edaphic factors
- stand establishment
- soil
- Halogeton glomeratus
- moisture
- Halogeton
- seeding
- 4,5-T
- spraying
- chemicals
- herbicides
- big sagebrush
- yields
- livestock
- sheep
- control
- forage
- Nevada
- 2,4-D
- crested wheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1954-11-01
- demand
- Antelope
- resource allocation
- Net Income
- production costs
- consumers
- appreciation
- depreciation
- resources
- Business
- industry
- budget
- rangelands
- market
- producers
- economics
- price
- income
- big game
- elk
- utilization
- livestock
- sheep
- cattle
- relationships
- production
- control
- future
- feed
- carrying capacity
- management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1955-07-01
- Tax Costs
- employment
- producers
- populations
- Land Rentals
- vandalism
- Herd Control
- Processing
- costs
- Sportsmen
- labor
- economics
- fees
- efficiency
- big game
- range
- deer
- utilization
- Stocking
- water
- grazing
- land
- livestock
- relationships
- production
- forage
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1956-05-01
- rabbits
- Fecal Collections
- Germination Studies
- medusahead
- Fairway Crested Wheatgrass
- Hydrochloric Acid
- feed intake
- fecal excretion
- rodents
- annual grasses
- Southern Idaho
- dormancy
- Nuttall Saltbush
- effects
- Plant
- digestion
- viability
- seeds
- cheatgrass
- range
- Halogeton
- Shadescale
- Russian Thistle
- livestock
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1956-07-01
- decline
- restoration
- timber
- Southern
- forest range
- multiple use
- Game Habitat
- Openings
- silviculture
- All Aged Timber
- Even Aged Timber
- Forage Analysis
- density
- fire
- savannas
- deer
- wildlife
- livestock
- game
- forage
- management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1954-07-01
- Pests
- Pasture Products
- improved pastures
- Hill Country Pastures
- sown pastures
- native grasslands
- Preadtors
- pig
- roads
- tracks
- Potash
- Crop Improvement
- vegetative cover
- New Zealand
- soil
- legumes
- soil fertility
- fencing
- livestock
- sheep
- cattle
- production
- fertilization
- forage
- feed
- erosion
- agriculture
- grasslands
- management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1956-03-01
- Historical Backgrounds
- Spaniards
- introduced species
- herbaceous cover
- Cattle Sheep
- rangelands
- annuals
- industry
- temperature
- land use
- precipitation
- Use
- stocking rate
- distribution
- livestock
- California
- ranching
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1956-07-01
- Growth Requirements
- selective
- bunchgrass range
- Burgess Spring Experimental Range
- schedules
- Key Species
- Rest Rotation Grazing
- habits
- Units
- deterioration
- livestock distribution
- Idaho fescue
- range plants
- Manipulation
- seasons
- rest
- improvement
- grazing
- livestock
- cattle
- production
- frequency
- forage
- management
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1955-01-01
- Conflicting Use
- Conservationist
- Kaibab Herd
- Misuse
- cattlemen
- stocking rate
- degrees
- hunting
- overstocking
- browse
- big game
- range
- deer
- elk
- forage production
- utilization
- grass
- wildlife
- livestock
- cattle
- relationships
- overgrazing
- Arizona
- management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1955-09-01
- Needlegrass
- Loss
- Agropyron smithii
- needle-and-thread
- Stipa comata
- Depletion
- western wheatgrass
- grass
- blue grama
- livestock
- sheep
- overgrazing
- forage
- Bouteloua gracilis
- management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1955-09-01
- physiology
- Season Long
- Weed Eradication
- land values
- Trail Building
- Seasonal Ranges
- reseeding
- Continuous
- weather
- climate
- herding
- salting
- rotation
- quantity
- Deferred
- forage plants
- seasons
- fencing
- Range Conservation
- precipitation
- forage production
- brush
- distribution
- grazing
- quality
- livestock
- growth
- water development
- vegetation
- overgrazing
- drought
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1955-11-01
- Plan
- Iraq
- accomplishments
- Ministry of Agriculture
- land forms
- Bushes
- Cereal Straw
- Experimentation
- budget
- Findings
- structures
- Range Use
- land control
- farming
- planting
- winter
- native grasses
- seeds
- shrubs
- research
- precipitation
- grazing
- livestock
- vegetation
- forage
- range management
- training
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1954-07-01
- Dipodomys merriami
- Prosopis juliflora var. velutina
- transport
- Burrows
- Tucson
- economics
- Interrelationships
- movement
- ecological
- distance
- Cycle
- Merriam Kangaroo Rat
- seed dispersal
- Seed Caches
- velvet mesquite
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- diet
- density
- perennial grasses
- grass
- livestock
- rainfall
- Arizona
- populations
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1956-05-01
- 1949
- land management
- Soil Depletion
- reproduction
- death
- 1954
- Grass Survival
- pricklypear
- effects
- rotation
- Termites
- soil types
- temperature
- woody plants
- ranges
- brush
- Weeds
- mesquite
- livestock
- forbs
- forage
- rainfall
- drought
- grasses
- cover
- erosion
- Texas
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1956-05-01
- Xerophytic
- Forest Region
- central Argentina
- Monte
- Calden Tree
- Prosopis caldenia
- Algarroba
- Chanar
- Gourliea decorticans
- Fachinal
- Resuce Grass
- water resources
- distribution
- Bromus catharticus
- private lands
- shade
- improvement
- Prosopis juliflora
- animal husbandry
- utilization
- brush
- mesquite
- livestock
- sheep
- cattle
- vegetation
- rainfall
- management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1956-09-01
- Indicator Methods
- Range Digestion
- ruminants
- Fecal Bags
- Handling Techniques
- Indigestibility
- determination
- fecal nitrogen
- FEces Sampling
- diurnal variation
- Nutrient Consumption
- Free Choice
- Chromogen
- Review
- trials
- diet
- expenses
- consumption
- dry matter
- chemical composition
- clipping
- lignin
- nutrition
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1956-09-01
- Troughs
- Crib Developments
- streams
- Falsehellebore
- Justification
- grazing pressure
- Starkey Experimental Forest and Range
- Veratrum californicum
- stockwater
- ponds
- Springs
- utilization
- distribution
- livestock
- cattle
- water development
- Oregon
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1955-11-01
- Been Going
- Future Field
- Noxious Vegetation
- animal husbandry
- Timber Reproduction
- appraisal
- site quality
- erosion control
- practices
- government
- rehabilitation
- populations
- capacity
- watersheds
- Depletion
- Present
- Soil Conservation District
- rotation
- woody vegetation
- chaparral
- Deferred
- research
- poisonous plants
- forage production
- reseeding
- wildlife
- big sagebrush
- grazing
- mesquite
- livestock
- production
- fertilization
- brush control
- range management
- carrying capacity
- management
- Library Collection RecordRanchers need to modernize their use of public lands or face further restriction. Public range administrators can be of real aid by cooperating to encourage stockmen to improve ranges and adjust to…Publication Date 1965-05-01
- animal production
- Hope
- Changes in the West
- Land Practice
- Range Administration
- range technician
- multiple use
- ranchers
- forage production
- improvement
- grazing
- livestock
- future
- public lands
- Library Collection RecordKentucky bluegrass and some associated species contained more nitrogen-free extract and less crude fiber, calcium, and phosphorus when growing on open meadow sites than when growing on pine-shaded…Publication Date 1965-07-01
- Shade Effects
- Meadow Sites
- Pine Shaded Sites
- Roughleaf Ricegrass
- Fuzzyspike Wildrye
- Silvertop Sedge
- calcium
- fiber
- Crude
- Nitrogen Free Extract
- preference
- Limestone
- Timothy
- Black Hills
- Kentucky bluegrass
- chemical composition
- phosphorus
- herbage
- meadows
- Pinus ponderosa
- ponderosa pine
- palatability
- livestock
- South Dakota
- Wyoming
- Library Collection RecordPotential economic return from deer was greater than that from livestock under conditions of average prevailing prices and adequate deer harvest. Data computed from rancher surveys indicated that the…Publication Date 1965-09-01
- Kerr Wildlife Management Area
- Economic Returns
- liability
- Domestic Livestock
- harvests
- demand
- hunting
- ranchers
- resource management
- income
- deer
- stocking rate
- livestock
- vegetation
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Edwards Plateau
- Texas
- carrying capacity
- Library Collection RecordBrief descriptions of landscape, herding methods, forage values, livestock numbers, efforts to control grazing, and livestock-game relationships are presented as background for a suggested range…Publication Date 1965-09-01
- Kenya
- livestock
- sheep
- cattle
- game
- ranches
- growth
- relationships
- Parasite Control
- livestock numbers
- water development
- forage values
- dry seasons
- Grazing Conditions
- Grazing Control
- Masailand
- landscapes
- Herding Methods
- range development
- East Africa
- Kajiado
- Narok
- Grazing Schemes
- goats
- brush control
- Library Collection RecordRange management and utilization in the semi-arid and arid zones of Kazakhstan, Turkestan, and Uzbekistan were presented to a group of Fellows who attended a nine-week Study Tour sponsored by F.A.O.…Publication Date 1965-11-01
- Russia
- Range Study
- Tour
- Soviet Union
- Turkestan
- Uzbekistan
- state farms
- Collective Farms
- Lectures
- Soviet
- grazing management
- Kazakhstan
- utilization
- reseeding
- livestock
- range management
- Library Collection RecordGovernance plays a key role in rangeland management. In China, all rangeland, including pastoral land and agro-pastoral land, is owned by the State. Since 1980, use rights have been granted to…Publication Date 2015-03
- agro-pastoral region
- Community participation
- family income
- livestock
- rangeland governance
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordGround squirrel (Spermophilus spp.) and American badger (Taxidea taxus) burrowing activities are ecologically important disturbances that contribute to the heterogeneity of prairie environments.…Publication Date 2014-05
- Burrowing animals
- livestock
- Prairie conservation
- vegetation composition
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordUsing livestock or wildlife distribution as a management tool for improving Alaska's rangelands.Publication Date 1985
- distribution
- range management
- wildlife
- livestock
- Alaska
- Arctic
- Library Collection RecordWe introduce the five rangeland types found in the arid and semiarid regions of South Africa, namely Arid Savanna, Arid Grassland, Nama-karoo, Succulent Karoo, and Thicket, and describe the important…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- savanna
- livestock
- grazing
- management
- commercial agriculture
- subsistence agriculture
- Sustainable development
- Africa
- Library Collection Record1. Gradients of animal impact known as piospheres tend to develop around artificial watering points, particularly in arid zones. Such grazing gradients represent a potential opportunity for…Publication Date 2006
- animal impact
- piosphere
- watering points
- livestock
- species richness
- ecosystem ecology
- rangelands
- grazing
- management
- disturbance
- stocking rates
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSemi-arid areas are often considered to be environmentally and economically marginal, a situation which has been exacerbated by economic change, shifts in agricultural production and land use, and…Publication Date 2008
- Dry land degradation
- Economic decline
- Livestock trends
- population change
- Small towns
- rangelands
- Economic Aspects
- livestock
- agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- politics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordLivestock grazing may or may not be an exogenous disturbance facilitating the spread of exotic grasses, perhaps depending on the historical importance of native ungulates in a particular grassland.…Publication Date 2007
- Boer Lovegrass
- disturbance
- invasion
- Lehmann lovegrass
- livestock
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPastoral production around artificial watering points in semi-arid environments affects the density and composition of plant communities. In the Kalahari desert of southwestern Africa, bush…Publication Date 2007
- Rural livelihoods
- watering points
- land degradation
- Fodder trees
- Indigenous ecological knowledge
- Herero
- pastoralism
- traditional knowledge
- piosphere
- degradation
- cattle
- household income studies
- participatory rural appraisal
- livestock
- subsistence agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe aim of this study was to determine the effect of drought on grazing patterns of livestock in a communal rangeland in Namaqualand. Water points were the foci of almost all grazing routes even…Publication Date 2007
- pastoralism
- drought
- Livestock farming
- Livestock activity patterns
- communal rangeland
- livestock
- communal farming
- rangeland condition
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordA national-level land degradation risk monitoring system identified an important grazing area in central northern Namibia as an area at risk of environmental change. A time series analysis of primary…Publication Date 2007
- semi-arid
- local knowledge
- rainfall variability
- water supply
- grazing
- land management
- degradation
- data analysis
- grasslands
- livestock
- rainfall
- participatory rural appraisal
- decision support systems
- management
- traditional knowledge
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper provides an analysis of the physical and chemical characteristics of cyanobacterial soil crusts in the Molopo Basin, South Africa. It details the influence that soil type, livestock…Publication Date 2006
- cyanobacterial soil crusts
- Kalahari
- soil nutrients
- shrub encroachment
- Acacia mellifera
- soil classification
- livestock
- disturbance
- grasslands
- grazing
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordDegradation in semi-arid Karoo rangelands has been ascribed to over-utilization by livestock and variations in rainfall regime. The understanding of vegetation dynamics in confined plant-herbivore…Publication Date 2006
- African wild herbivore
- Herbivore exclosure
- plant functional type
- Protected area
- vegetation monitoring
- rangelands
- rangeland condition
- vegetation dynamics
- livestock
- grazing
- land use
- national parks
- rainfall
- monitoring
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAs part of an investigation of land degradation in the South African Karoo, three types of fine sediment signatures (radionuclides, mineral magnetism and sediment geochemistry) were used to trace the…Publication Date 2007
- Sediment fingerprinting
- South African Karoo
- Erosion history
- Extreme events
- 137Cs and 210Pb
- land use
- soils
- management
- grazing
- fire
- livestock
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe compared prediction of in vivo dry matter (DMD) and neutral detergent fiber (aNDFD) digestibility by the following techniques: (1) Tilley and Terry two-stage in vitro (conventional in vitro or…Publication Date 2008
- Digestion Techniques
- Filter bags
- Grinding size
- in vitro digestibility
- livestock
- animal nutrition
- fodder quality
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAdequate water supplies are essential to efficient livestock production. In many areas livestock are in conflict with crops for water and for key areas of use. Both surface and underground sources…Publication Date 2007
- Livestock drinking water
- Resource conflict
- Organization and management of water
- participation
- Cost recovery
- hydrology
- agriculture
- livestock
- socio-economic aspects
- policies
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis series of two papers describes a mechanistic model that simulates within years the productivity of vegetation and livestock on the communal semi-arid rangeland of the Succulent Karoo of South…Publication Date 2007
- semi-arid rangelands
- Mechanistic model
- plant growth
- diet selection
- food intake
- animal productivity
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- plant production
- animal production
- communal farming
- livestock
- management
- soil moisture
- rainfall
- runoff
- modelling
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn arid and semi-arid rangelands of sub-Saharan Africa, livestock are a central component of rural livelihoods and national economies, but their production is constrained by drought and disease, and…Publication Date 2006
- Maasai pastoralism
- Livestock development
- Livestock vaccination
- East Coast fever
- Livelihoods
- Socio-economic differentiation
- livestock
- rural areas
- pastoralism
- rangelands
- animal production
- disease
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn the biodiversity rich regions of western South Africa transhumance grazing strategies were practised for thousands of years. Today only vestiges of these systems remain with private ownership…Publication Date 2007
- Ecosystem goods and services
- livestock management
- productivity
- phenology
- landscape heterogeneity
- livestock
- management
- ecosystem dynamics
- Economic Aspects
- ecosystem services
- grazing
- household income studies
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSuccess in long-term agricultural production in resource-poor farming systems relies on the efficiency with which nutrients are conserved and recycled. Each transfer of nutrients across the farming…Publication Date 2006
- cattle
- Compost
- feed intake
- manure
- nitrogen use efficiency
- N losses
- agriculture
- soil nutrients
- management
- communal farming
- livestock
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordLarge herbivores can both positively and negatively affect primary productivity and rates of nutrient cycling in different ecosystems. Positive effects of grazers in grasslands have been attributed…Publication Date 2006
- livestock
- soil fertility
- rainfall
- ecosystem processes
- savanna
- productivity
- soil fertility
- cattle
- migration
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordFarm practices in the Sneeuberg Mountains, Karoo, South Africa are examined to assess their contribution to the development of the observed gullies and badlands. Data from the literature is augmented…Publication Date 2007
- erosion
- land degradation
- range management
- vegetation
- grazing
- Stock
- management
- degradation
- land use
- participatory rural appraisal
- livestock
- rehabilitation
- Africa