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- Library Collection RecordThe relative importance of breed versus rearing experience on the grazing behaviour and diet selection of beef cattle when grazing unimproved grassland was examined over 4 years. Suckler-reared…Publication Date 2014
- foraging ecology
- cattle
- grazing
- grassland
- management
- Nature conservation
- breed
- rearing experience
- grazing behaviour
- diet preference
- biodiversity
- North Wyke
- Devon UK
- Library Collection RecordThe Sonoita Valley Planning Partnership (SVPP) is a forum for stakeholder reporting and working together to perpetuate naturally functioning ecosystems while preserving the rural, grassland character…Publication Date 2014
- land use
- land management
- land
- land use planning
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordPlants are multifaceted organisms that have evolved numerous solutions to the problem of establishing, growing and reproducing with limited resources. The intrinsic dimensionality of plant traits is…Publication Date 2014
- community assembly
- curse of dimensionality
- determinants of plant community diversity and structure
- ecosystem processes
- intrinsic dimension
- isomap
- nonlinear data reduction
- plant spectrums
- plant strategies
- plant traits
- ecosystem ecology
- Arizona
- California
- USA
- Sheffield
- United Kingdom
- Library Collection RecordNews Release stating that the IFT has conducted the first cross-fostering of the Mexican wolf pups in the wild.Publication Date 2014
- endangered species
- wildlife management
- wolves
- Arizona
- Mexican gray wolf
- New Mexico
- Southwestern United States
- Wolf management
- wolf reintroduction
- Library Collection RecordFrequently asked questions including: what is the council, what is the strategic plan, why was the plan developed and when will it be implemented, does the plan directly compensate ranchers for…Publication Date 2014
- endangered species
- wildlife management
- wolves
- Arizona
- Mexican gray wolf
- New Mexico
- Southwestern United States
- Wolf management
- wolf reintroduction
- Library Collection RecordOutlines initial releases and translocations of wolves between 1998 and 2013. Â Initial releases (wolves born in captivity and have no pervious wild experience) can only occur in Arizona in the…Publication Date 2014
- endangered species
- wildlife management
- wolves
- Arizona
- Mexican gray wolf
- New Mexico
- Southwestern United States
- Wolf management
- wolf reintroduction
- Library Collection RecordIn this article Mary Kasulaitis describes a number of historic droughts, referencing rainfall records and personal accounts of area residents, and discusses the importance of precipitation to the…Publication Date 2014
- history
- Rainfall patterns
- drought
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article covers the turbulent years between 1848 and 1853 which saw Tubac burned in by Apaches, Arivaca abandoned under threat of Apache raids, and increased traffic through Tucson as 49'ers…Publication Date 2014
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serivice's Species Profile page for the Pima Pineapple Cactus provides general information on the cactus as well as an occurrence map, and links to related documentsPublication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Coryphantha scheeri
- Pima Pineapple Cactus
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe US Fish and Wildlife Service's Species Profile page on the Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl provides a brief overview of the owl's habitat, life history and population status. The page also…Publication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Cactus Ferrunginous Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis page provides information and photographs of the tortoise and its habitat and ecology.Publication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Gopherus morafkai
- Sonoran Desert Tortoise
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: Erosion dynamics in semiarid environments is defined by high magnitude, low frequency rainfalls that produce runoff with high sediment concentration. Check dams are widely used in this…Publication Date 2014
- Arizona
- Check dam
- erosion
- runoff
- Santa Rita Mountains
- sediment yield
- semiarid
- United States
- watershed
- Library Collection RecordAnnual report on the status of the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program.  Reporting Period: January 1 – December 31, 2013ÂPublication Date 2014
- wolves
- endangered species
- wildlife management
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Southwestern United States
- Wolf management
- Library Collection RecordArchaeology Southwest is a private 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. For three decades, Archaeology Southwest has practiced a holistic, conservation-based approach to…Publication Date 2014
- archaeology
- Arizona
- non-profit organization
- Southwest
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIn this brief letter of opposition, Pat King urges the government officials responsible for permiting the construction of the pipeline to consider local cultural and environmental resources as they…Publication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- energy development
- natural gas
- Sonoran Desert
- United States
- Library Collection RecordWith a cover letter written by C. H. Huckelberry, the Pima County Administrator, this letter of opposition outlines the county's arguement regarding the economic impacts of the planned Sierrita…Publication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- energy development
- natural gas
- Sonoran Desert
- United States
- Library Collection RecordFERC issues Final Environmental Impact Statement on Sierrita Pipeline Project (Docket Nos. CP13-73-000 and CP13-74-000) Issued: March 28, 2014 The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…Publication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- endangered species
- energy development
- Environmental Impact Statement
- Sonoran Desert
- United States
- Library Collection Record
68 Butterflies
A brief overview of the lifestyle, importance and variety of butterflies that reside in the Sonoran Desert.Publication Date 2014- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Butterflies
- Lepidoptera
- Sonoran Desert
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe Sonorensis is a magazine published by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Over the years it's articles have focused on a variety of topics central to the conservation of the flora and fauna of…Publication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- climate change
- conservation
- cultural traditions
- edible plants
- Jaguar
- Sea of Cortez
- tradional foods
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's Digital Library includes a catalog of images, narrative, and scientific nomenclature of plants, animals, minerals, and biotic communities of the Sonoran Desert…Publication Date 2014
- animal taxonomy
- Arizona
- educational materials
- native species
- photography
- plant taxonomy
- United States
- Library Collection RecordFounded in 1952, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is widely recognized throughout the world as a model institution for innovative presentation and interpretation of native plants and animals featured…Publication Date 2014
- Arizona
- educational resources
- environmental research
- Sonoran Desert
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article provides a brief history of the Rancho de la Osa, a guest ranch located in Southern Arizona, intermixed with commentary on the current owners' plans to sell the property. The first…Publication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Cattle Ranching
- Historical Site
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Desert marshes, or cienegas, are extremely biodiverse habitats imperiled by anthropogenic demands for water and changing climates. Given their widespread loss and increased recognition,…Publication Date 2014
- Arizona
- Cienega
- Gabions
- restoration
- United States
- wetlands
- Library Collection RecordSince its foundation in 2000 the Reading the Range program has transformed ranching in Gila County, AZ. The percentage of ranchers who incorporate Reading the Range monitoring techniques has risen…Publication Date 2014
- Arizona
- Gila County
- Library Collection RecordOutlines Depredation Compensation Guidelines to compensate livestock producers for wolf depredations. ÂPublication Date 2014
- wolves
- endangered species
- wildlife management
- Arizona
- Mexican gray wolf
- New Mexico
- Southwestern United States
- Wolf management
- Library Collection RecordThe Forest Health staff of the Southwestern Region provides assistance and expertise to Federal, State, Tribal and private land managers in Arizona and New Mexico concerning forest health conditions…Publication Date 2014
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Toxic larkspurs (Delphinium spp.) in western North America are abundant native plants on foothill and mountain rangelands. • Previous analysis for toxic alkaloids in waxy larkspur…Publication Date 2013-06-01
- Delphinium
- larkspur
- cattle
- grazing
- alkaloids
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • In 1990, cattle grazed private land in Utah’s Book Cliff Mountains until late July. Elk in the area ate about 50% of the forage regrowth on this land from late July to mid-September…Publication Date 2013-02-01
- cattle
- elk
- grazing
- competition
- rancher
- wildlife
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • The bark, leaves, and berries of western juniper trees in Oregon can cause abortions in late-term pregnant cattle. • The percentage of the abortion-causing compounds varied from tree…Publication Date 2013-02-01
- cattle
- abortions
- western juniper trees
- Isocupressic acid
- agathic acid
- labdane acids
- Library Collection RecordEcosystems have a critical role in regulating climate, and soil, water and air quality, but management to change an ecosystem process in support of one regulating ecosystem service can either provide…Publication Date 2013
- co-benefit
- Ecosystem service
- policy
- regulating service
- trade-off
- cattle
- grazing
- climate change
- soils
- management
- ecosystem ecology
- United Kingdom
- Library Collection RecordThere is a common perception in South Africa that the youth are not interested in agriculture, leading to two concerns: first, that this is exacerbating the youth unemployment crisis, and second,…Publication Date 2013
- agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- rural areas
- animal production
- Plant Productivity
- policy
- livestock
- communal rangelands
- cattle
- goats
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis article tells the story of the Santa Lucia Ranch and the people who called it home. Originally homesteaded by Gabriel E. Angulo, Jr. in 1921, the Santa Lucia was located near the confluence of…Publication Date 2013
- ranching
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is a 117,464-acre refuge that sits within the Altar Valley. Established in 1985, the refuge is primarily made up of semi-desert grasslands, ribboned by a…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis is a summary report from a workshop held at the Santa Rita Experiment Range on February 27-28, 2013.Publication Date 2013
- drought
- seasonality
- Arizona
- Apache county
- Cochise County
- Coconino County
- Pima County
- Yavapai County
- Gila County
- Santa Cruz County
- Palmer Drought Severity Index
- Library Collection RecordThis report focuses on final demand, employment, income and tax revenue effects recreational visitors to refuges have on the economies of local regions. In addition to the economic effects of refuge…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- ecosystem services
- ecotourism
- United States
- wildlife refuges
- Library Collection RecordThis webpage contains press releases, internal investigation transcripts, a timeline of events, and additional information on Macho B, a male jaguar captured by Arizona Game and Fish Officials which…Publication Date 2013
- jaguars
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThis article tells the story of Lucretia Roberts, the first female deputy sheriff in the state. Lucretia was elected to office in 1912 in Canelo, Arizona.Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Law enforcement
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis webpage includes information related to Macho B, a male jaguar captured by Arizona Game and Fish Department officials in February 2009 who later died as a result of capture related injuries.Publication Date 2013
- jaguars
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordAbstract—Conservation biologists, NGOs, and the USFWS have established a goal of returning a viable population of jaguars into the United States. The source population for this recovery will come…Publication Date 2013
- jaguars
- Arizona
- wildlife management
- population dynamics
- Library Collection RecordThe Encyclopedia Britannica defines range or rangeland as any extensive area of land that is occupied by native herbaceous or shrubby vegetation which is grazed by domestic or wild herbivores.†A…Publication Date 2013
- Arizona
- V bar V Experiment Station
- Yavapai County
- Library Collection RecordAn updated and revised version of an article published in 2010, Mary Kasulaitis presents us with a brief biography of some of the doctors who called the Arivaca area home between 1860 and 1940, many…Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIn 1952 Don Rowley purchased the Rancho Seco from Peggy and Jack Rubel, establishing the Carrow Cattle Company several years later after acquiring additional parcels. After his death, his sons sold a…Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIn this featured article, Bree Collins explores the role the ranching community plays in environmental stewardship in the Southwest. Touching on the issues of endangered species protection, the…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- conservation
- endangered species
- energy development
- New Mexico
- Ranching Economy
- United States
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordThis page contains mammal abstracts containing the taxonomy, biology, distribution, population trends, and management status of a wide variety of Arizona mammals.Publication Date 2013
- taxonomy
- biology
- distribution
- population change
- management
- wildlife
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordWilliam M. Marteny and his family settled at the headwaters of Arivaca Creek, filing for a homestead while trading cattle and horses. In 1919 Marteny sold the homestead, purchasing the Robles Ranch…Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordDiscussing the major themes and political tensions of the 1960s and 70s, Mary Kasulaitis tells us the story of Arivaca in the late sixties as "the hippies" began to arrive, focusing in on…Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis presentation provides a brief summary of Feldman's Master's thesis work in the Altar Valley.Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- culture
- ranching
- United States
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT: Residents of the region just north of the U.S.-Mexico border experience migration and smuggling activities through constantly changing found objects on the desert landscape--a pair of…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Border Enforcement
- cultural impact
- human activity
- illegal immigration
- litter
- United States
- Library Collection RecordMexican Wolf Blue Range Reintroduciton Project Statistics. Â Data Current as of December 31, 2013.Publication Date 2013
- endangered species
- wildlife management
- wolves
- Arizona
- Mexican gray wolf
- New Mexico
- Southwestern United States
- Wolf management
- wolf reintroduction
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Desert grasslands of the southwestern United States have experienced an increase in the abundance and distribution of woody plant species over the past century. Shrub encroachment has caused…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- black grama
- Bouteloua eriopoda
- broom snakeweed
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- invasive species
- Lehmann lovegrass
- New Mexico
- perennial grasses
- prescribed burn
- United States