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- Library Collection RecordWe are in the second year of a new livestock grazing management scheme was implemented on the Santa Rita Experimental Range (Santa Rita) under the supervision of Dr. George Ruyle, School of Natural…Publication Date 2007
- Arizona
- Santa Rita
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- Library Collection Record
- Natural pastures
- Scrublands
- ecosystems
- Weeds
- weed control
- cutting
- burning
- goats
- chemicals
- evaluation
- Turkey
- Library Collection Record
- Natural pastures
- grasslands
- botanical composition
- crop management
- mulching
- burning
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- burning
- soil biology
- vegetation
- rangeland soils
- vegetation
- Library Collection Record
- burning
- savannas
- Library Collection RecordAt the centennial of the Santa Rita Experimental Range, historical analysis is called for on two levels. First, as a major site in the history of range ecology, the Santa Rita illuminates past…Publication Date 2003
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- Library Collection RecordOne of the most important issues in natural resources today is the intersection of land management and climate influences on vegetation change and soil erosion. Here at the SNRE, we are very…Publication Date 2013
- land management
- vegetation
- climate change
- soil erosion
- Vegetation Change
- climate influence
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- Laboratory
- Library Collection RecordA series of 3 workshops on brush management funded by WSARE. Links to presentations, handouts and videos.Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- video
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- Library Collection RecordMark Heitlinger discusses the significance of the Santa Rita region. Mark provides historic information that illustrates the significance of the range and it's importance to the research mission…Publication Date 2018
- grassland management
- brush control
- history
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- Library Collection RecordMark Heitlinger discusses the significance of the Santa Rita region. Mark provides historic information that illustrates the significance of the range and it's importance to the research mission…Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- history
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- 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 RecordDan Robinett discusses the various kinds of vegetation that thrive in Southeastern Arizona. Dan also talks about the effects of mesquite encroachment within the region that alter vegetation cover.…Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- vegetation
- mesquite
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- January 22
- 2018
- Altar Valley
- Library Collection RecordAmy Ganguli details the changing nature of grassland vegetation within New Mexico and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. She provides information on how grasslands can be restored and other treatment…Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- vegetation
- grassland management
- grasslands
- New Mexico
- Chihuahua
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- Library Collection RecordDr. Mike Crimmins discusses the current state of drought in Southeast Arizona and where the region is headed. He examines trends in rainfall within the region. WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1,…Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- climate change
- drought
- rainfall
- Arizona
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1965
- depth
- burning
- precipitation
- soil moisture
- Annual Burning
- Bluestem Prairie
- Flint Hills
- Herbage Productivity
- Herbage Yield
- Kansas State University Cattle Barn
- Library Collection RecordRecent research at the USDA-ARS Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed (WGEW) and the University of Arizona Santa Rita Experimental Range (SRER) The objectives of the symposium are to share recent…Publication Date 2021
- semiarid ecosystems
- Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- research
- Symposium
- Library Collection RecordCrested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum [L] Gaertm. and Agropyron desertorum [Fisch.] Schult.) has been seeded across millions of hectares of the sagebrush steppe and is often associated with native…Publication Date 2016
- Agropyron cristatum
- burning
- grazing
- legacy effects
- sagebrush
- Seedbed
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed fire has long been used worldwide for livestock and wildlife management. Prescribed fire effects on activity budgets and movement path characteristics of grazing animals, however, remain…Publication Date 2017
- behavior
- burning
- foraging efficiency
- GPS
- livestock
- rangeland improvement
- Library Collection RecordFire is a natural process in grasslands that maintains an open canopy and creates variable vegetative structure and composition over time. Although there is a wealth of knowledge on plant and avian…Publication Date 2017
- burning
- disturbance
- grasslands
- insect
- invertebrates
- predictor traits
- Library Collection RecordCrested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum [L] Gaertm. and Agropyron desertorum [Fisch.] Schult.) has been seeded across millions of hectares of the sagebrush steppe and is often associated with native…Publication Date 2016
- Agropyron cristatum
- burning
- grazing
- legacy effects
- sagebrush
- Seedbed
- Library Collection RecordAspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) is a major component of Intermountain forest ecology and relies on periodic disturbance, such as prescribed fire, to perpetuate. On the Manti-LaSal National Forest…Publication Date 2015-07
- browsing
- burning
- forest management
- Populus tremuloides
- resource competition
- secondary succession
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2020-06
- bison
- burning
- elk
- hunting
- indigenous people
- Yellowstone National Park
- 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 1979-06-01
- legumes
- fencing
- Walker ranch
- Richard L Walker
- native grass
- Ozark Mountains
- grasses
- burning
- 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 1981-10-01
- livestock
- soil
- public lands
- forage
- brush
- grass type conversions
- Northern California
- fertilizer
- Mendocino National Forest
- grass
- burning
- perennial
- 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 1983-02-01
- prevention
- biological control
- chemicals
- cultivation
- mowing
- control methods
- grazing capacity
- Infestation
- Leafy spurge
- Euphorbia esula
- burning
- forage
- sheep
- Montana
- 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 1992-08-01
- prescribed burning
- seral stages
- Colorado
- base saturation
- burning
- clearcutting
- pH
- soil fertility
- Mollisols
- regeneration
- Populus tremuloides
- Library Collection RecordHeat-induced changes in the soil-solution and post-wildfire erosion can create chemically and texturally diverse seedbed microsites. We quantified organic carbon, extractable NH4+ after incubation…Publication Date 1994
- mineralization
- ammonium compounds
- soil heating
- nitrates
- burning
- Bromus tectorum
- Artemisia tridentata
- Nevada
- simulation
- 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 1964-03-01
- Quercus turbinella
- dry weight
- Sprout Growth
- Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest
- Shurb Live Oak
- Season of Burning
- top removal
- Mechanical Top Removal
- Chemical Spraying
- 2,3,6-TBA
- Fresh Weight
- Pairs
- chaparral
- burning
- grazing capacity
- herbicides
- Silvex
- perennial grasses
- clipping
- reseeding
- vigor
- chemical treatments
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe invasive yellow bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum [L.] Keng) threatens native biodiversity, and its control is of interest to land managers involved in restoration of invaded grasslands. We used…Publication Date 2013-05-01
- burning
- exotic species
- integrated pest management
- King Ranch bluestem
- old world bluestem
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordDefoliation aimed at introduced cool-season grasses, which uses similar resources of native grasses, could substantially reduce their competitiveness and improve the quality of the northern tallgrass…Publication Date 2013-11-01
- big bluestem
- burning
- introduced grasses
- mowing
- native grasses
- nitrogen
- Library Collection RecordRangelands and savannas occupy 70% of the Australian continent and are mainly used for commercial grazing of sheep and cattle. In the center and north, where there are extensive areas of indigenous…Publication Date 2010-01-01
- burning
- carbon
- deforestation
- emissions
- fire
- livestock
- vegetation thickening
- Library Collection RecordHistorically, fire occurred throughout the year in the Great Plains, but current fire prescriptions are generally limited to the dormant season because of concerns for potential damage to fire-…Publication Date 2011-01-01
- burning
- defoliation
- mortality
- productivity
- pyric herbivory
- regrowth
- root growth
- Library Collection RecordRangeland scientists struggle with how long rangeland experiments must continue in order to detect treatment effects, particularly in semiarid ecosystems characterized by slow responses and high…Publication Date 2008-07-01
- long-term experimentation
- plant cover and density
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- seasonal rotation grazing
- semiarid grasslands
- yearlong grazing
- Library Collection RecordInvasion of sagebrush steppe by exotic annual grasses has modified the structure of shrubland communities over much of the western United States by increasing fuel loads and therefore the frequency…Publication Date 2004-01-01
- cryptogamic crust
- microphytic crust
- burning
- sagebrush
- moss
- lichens
- Library Collection RecordIn Argentina, Paspalum quadrifarium Lam. (paja colorada) forms tall dense grassland communities in the flooding pampas. Referred to locally as “pajonales”, these grasslands generally have very low…Publication Date 2000-05-01
- 2,4-DB
- Botrytis cinerea
- Fusarium
- Uromyces
- Stemphylium
- fungal diseases of plants
- uromyces loti
- Lotus glaber
- Paspalum quadrifarium
- dicamba
- burning
- sown grasslands
- Paspalum
- stand establishment
- weed control
- regrowth
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- Paspalum quadrifarium
- Lotus tennuis
- fire
- weed control
- disease
- species diversity
- Library Collection RecordThis study examined the effects of late growing-season (September) wildfire on the subsequent production and species composition of upland Nebraska Sandhills prairie vegetation. Three paired-plots (…Publication Date 2000-07-01
- Cyperaceae
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- soil temperature
- fires
- fire effects
- Nebraska
- forbs
- plant communities
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grasses
- burning
- species composition
- herbage standing crop
- soil temperature
- 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 perennial bunchgrass little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium [Michx.] Nash) was examined in a 5-yr study on tallgrass prairie to determine how fire influences its use by bison and its responses…Publication Date 1995-01-01
- bison
- burning
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- Kansas
- grazing experiments
- regrowth
- plant density
- prairies
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordHeat-induced changes in the soil-solution and post-wildfire erosion can create chemically and texturally diverse seedbed microsites. We quantified organic carbon, extractable NH4+ after incubation (…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- mineralization
- ammonium compounds
- soil heating
- nitrates
- burning
- Bromus tectorum
- Artemisia tridentata
- Nevada
- simulation
- Library Collection RecordWiregrass (Aristida stricta Michx.)-dominated communities characterize extensive areas of South Florida that have been subjected to burning and uncontrolled grazing for decades. We evaluated the…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- Aristida stricta
- panicum oligosanthes
- burning
- Florida
- range management
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordLebmann lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees.) is a perennial, warm-season bunchgrass that is native to South Africa and has been seeded and spread naturally in the southwestern United States.…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- red light
- far-red light
- phytochrome
- seedbed ecology
- mowing
- burning
- light relations
- soil temperature
- light
- seedling emergence
- fires
- fire effects
- seed germination
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- pasture plants
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordPrairie threeawn (Aristida oligantha Michx.) is an indicator of deteriorated range and is unpalatable and mechanically injurious to livestock. The effects of date of burning (November, February, or…Publication Date 1990-09-01
- crop quality
- atrazine
- burning
- cultural control
- Aristida oligantha
- grassland improvement
- weed control
- chemical control
- Oklahoma
- natural grasslands
- prairies
- crop yield
- forage
- Library Collection RecordCreeping bluestem (Schizachyrium stoloniferum), a major decreaser on Florida range, is adversely affected by grazing during the growing season after a winter burn. To compare the effect of…Publication Date 1985-11-01
- crude protein
- Schizachyrium stoloniferum
- burning
- carbohydrates
- yields
- Florida
- cutting
- tillering
- in vitro digestibility
- range management
- rangelands
- grazing
- forage
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordSoil water patterns were studied from June 1973 to February of 1977 in pinyon-juniper woodland, on pinyon-juniper areas chained and windrowed (grazed and ungrazed), and on pinyon-juniper areas…Publication Date 1982-11-01
- woodlands
- water storage
- impacts
- Soil Water Patterns
- pinyon-juniper
- Woodrowing
- debris
- Colorado Plateau
- chaining
- burning
- treatments
- grazing
- cover
- Utah
- crested wheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordBitterbrush plants were burned or clipped to 5 cm, during fall and spring, under different soil moisture conditions on 2 sites in eastern Oregon. Treated plants on the Juniperus/Artemisia-Purshia…Publication Date 1982-11-01
- Burns
- Fallk
- top removal
- Riley
- wind speed
- Eastern Oregon
- humidity
- Sprouting
- temperature
- burning
- clipping
- Purshia tridentata
- bitterbrush
- soil moisture
- spring
- mortality
- Library Collection RecordEsophageally fistulated steers were used to determine organic matter intake and digestibility of bluestem pastures during the summer grazing season. Following a 48-hour total fecal collection period…Publication Date 1973-11-01
- Bluestem Pasture
- Hand Clipping
- seasonal changes
- Organic Matter Intake
- Summer Grazing Season
- weight gain
- fiber
- Nitrogen Free Extract
- acid detergent fiber
- ash
- steers
- burning
- nutritive value
- lignin
- digestibility
- esophageal fistula
- crude protein
- forage yield
- Library Collection RecordA microscope point method was used to develop weight prediction equations for plant species in masticated forage samples of known species weights collected at the end of two successive growing…Publication Date 1968-11-01
- Fistualted Steers
- Microscope Point Method
- Weight Prediction Equations
- Masticated Forage Samples
- Percent Weight
- Confidence LImits
- grazing animals
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- diet
- Forage Samples
- botanical composition
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordIn most fertilization studies on desert grasslands, little attention has been paid to soil moisture conditions at the time of application. Results have been highly variable and fertilization has not…Publication Date 1968-03-01
- fertilizer application
- desert grasslands
- Summer Rainy Season
- management
- Arizona
- yields
- responses
- Time
- black grama
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- Bouteloua eriopoda
- protein content
- Grass Growth
- Soil Moisture Conditions
- Williams Ranch
- Oven Dry
- Library Collection RecordPlucking herbage from caged quadrats to simulate grazing resulted in lower estimates of yield and utilization than did monthly or yearly clipping of herbage from caged and open quadrats. At the end…Publication Date 1967-03-01
- Forage Consumption
- Cage Methods
- Caged Quadrats
- Measurement Technique
- Pine
- Longleaf Pine
- Palustris Experimental Forest
- comparison
- Bluestem range
- herbage weight
- burning
- clipping
- herbage
- yield
- utilization
- Pinus palustris
- growth
- Louisiana
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordImmediate effects of fire on perennial grasses lasted only 1 or 2 years. Burroweed was easily killed, but came back quickly with adequate cool-season moisture. Fire was relatively ineffective against…Publication Date 1967-05-01
- Semidesert Grasses
- Cool Season Moisture
- Shrub Densities
- fire effects
- cactus
- burroweed
- Growing Conditions
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- Southwest
- burning
- shrubs
- herbage yields
- fire
- precipitation
- perennials
- grazing
- mesquite
- soils
- vegetation