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- Library Collection RecordGrazing management involve manipulating the grazing animal, the forage plant, and the soil complex to obtain specific ecological and economic objectives. The successful grazing manager must…Publication Date 2023
- grazing management
- grazing intensity
- grazing
- grazing systems
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2019-02
- breeding
- conservation
- cropland
- grasses
- pastures
- rangeland
- Library Collection RecordUtilization levels and residual height are tools for adaptive management, not management objectives. Utilization/residual measurements are subject to many sources of sampling, procedural and personal…Publication Date 2018-10
- adaptive management
- grazing management
- monitoring
- residual vegetation
- stubble height
- utilization
- Library Collection RecordTanglehead is a native bunchgrass with a pan-tropical distribution. Historically, tanglehead was common but not abundant in southern Texas and was considered a decreaser whose presence indicated good…Publication Date 2018-04
- grazing management
- habitat quality
- invasive grasses
- native grasses
- prescribed fire
- rangeland improvement
- Library Collection RecordAlthough stocking rate is often described as the most important decision livestock managers make, most environmental concerns associated with cattle ranching in the western U.S. result from…Publication Date 2018
- cattle
- distribution
- grazing
- grazing management
- terrain
- nurture
- nature
- Library Collection RecordThe Great Basin Fire Science Exchange connects land managers and scientists to improve pre- and post-fire management decisions by providing relevant information and access to technical expertise.…Publication Date 2017
- wildfires
- fuels
- Rehabilitation of natural resources
- grazing management
- Seeding (seed)
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordNorth American prairies are acknowledged to have evolved with grazing following fire. Given this evolutionary fire-grazing interaction, our objective was to determine whether seasonal timing of…Publication Date 2017
- burn
- grassland
- grazing management
- land management
- mowing
- postfire grazing
- productivity
- rangeland
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordPrairie-Oak Savanna is a temperate, globally-unique, endangered habitat type characterized by old-growth Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) stands, expansive low prairie habitat, and wetland complexes.…Publication Date 2017
- restoration ecology
- oak savanna
- invasive hybrid cattail
- terrestrial laser scanning
- woody encroachment
- prescribed burning
- grazing management
- Corylus americana
- secretive marsh birds
- Library Collection RecordLand managers are responsible for developing effective strategies for conserving and restoring Great Basin ecosystems in the face of invasive species, conifer expansion, and altered fire regimes. A…Publication Date 2016
- invasive species
- Annual Plants
- conifers
- wildfires
- grazing management
- fuels
- Seeding (seed)
- sagebrush
- aspen (tree)
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordForage and cow-calf productivity on two lightly and two conservatively grazed pastures were evaluated over a 15-year period (1997-2011) in the Chihuahuan Desert of south-central New Mexico. Spring-…Publication Date 2015-03
- cattle productivity
- drought
- forage
- grazing management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordForage and cow-calf productivity on two lightly and two conservatively grazed pastures were evaluated over a 15-year period (1997-2011) in the Chihuahuan Desert of south-central New Mexico. Spring-…Publication Date 2015-03
- cattle productivity
- drought
- forage
- grazing management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: To provide guidelines for maintaining productive sagebrush steppe communities in grazed areas after fire. The focus is on plant communities that, prior to fire, were largely intact and had…Publication Date 2015
- grazing management
- wildfires
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordWilting grass prior to ensiling generally increases the dry matter (DM) intake but the effect of wilting on animal performance is still poorly understood. There is a need to improve understanding of…Publication Date 2014
- forage quality
- pastures
- silage
- rumen
- crude protein degradation
- dry matter
- utilizable crude protein
- crude protein fractions
- amino acids
- Aulendorf
- Baden-Württemberg
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordOxidative stress caused by drought stress is a major limiting factor for grass cultivation in arid and semi-arid regions. In order to investigate the effect of nitric oxide (NO) donors on drought…Publication Date 2014
- Nitric oxide donors
- Oxidative stress
- drought
- Antioxidant enzymes
- Turfgrasses
- pastures
- drought
- plant production
- Shiraz
- Iran
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of summer-to-winter simulated grazing management factors, namely defoliation interval (INT: 21, 42, 56 or 84 d), defoliation height (DH: 2·7, 3·6, 5·3 or 6·0 cm) and final defoliation…Publication Date 2014
- grazing
- management
- plant production
- fodder production
- pastures
- white clover
- perennial ryegrass
- defoliation
- Interval
- height
- closing date
- Ireland
- Library Collection RecordNumerous lists of plant species, ranging from excursion notes to ecological surveys, have been published in New South Wales during the last one hundred years (Pickard 1972). The more detailed of…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- Central-Western New South Wales
- pastures
- trangie
- Library Collection RecordPoor irrigation management in pastures can lead to yield and quality reduction as well as loss of income through extra pumping and leaching of nitrate fertiliser. A number of irrigation scheduling…Publication Date 2014
- irrigation
- management
- pastures
- fertiliser
- plant production
- weather
- Ryegrass
- soil water
- plant production
- water dynamics
- nutrients
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordForage legumes have the potential to contribute substantially to warm-season, subtropical and tropical pastures and rangelands. Compared to grasses, they have advantages in accessing subsoil…Publication Date 2014
- grasslands
- pastures
- rangelands
- legumes
- forage ecology
- nutrients
- management
- agriculture
- nutritional value
- Library Collection RecordExperiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of combined water salinity and deficit irrigation on common bermudagrass in order to address the shortage of water resources and increasing water…Publication Date 2014
- Antioxidant
- Common bermudagrass
- Deficit irrigation
- Turfgrass
- Water salinity
- irrigation
- pastures
- plant production
- Shiraz
- Iran
- Library Collection RecordThe biomass of plants for the purpose of phytoremediation is often small. Carbon dioxide (CO2) can enhance plant biomass and so, it is reasonable to draw such an assumption that CO2 can be used to…Publication Date 2014
- carbon dioxide
- greenhouse gases
- phytoremediation
- pollution
- pastures
- soils
- biomass
- Heavy metal contamination
- Micro-plot study
- phytoremediation
- Plant Species
- Beijing
- China
- Library Collection RecordWe investigated the effects of high biomass yielding winter cover crops, namely grazing vetch (Vicia dasycarpa L.) and oats (Avena sativa L.), on soil phosphorus (P) availability in low fertiliser…Publication Date 2014
- biomass
- pastures
- crops
- phosphorus
- soil nutrients
- plant production
- fertilizer
- Eastern Cape Province
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordChilean needle grass [Nassella neesiana (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth; CNG] is a perennial spear grass that has invaded pastures in south-eastern Australia and can lead to a substantial reduction of…Publication Date 2014
- management
- grazing
- sheep
- grazing management
- pasture management
- sheep
- Weeds
- Alien invasive species
- grasslands
- animal production
- Herbicide
- soils
- seeds
- Austrailia
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of boron (B) on flower development, nectar production, seed yield and germination in organic red clover was investigated in soils with <1 mg B kg?1. Different techniques for application…Publication Date 2014
- seeds
- pastures
- boron
- seed yield
- nectar
- flower development
- germination
- Sweden
- Sweden
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • This case study demonstrates the importance of adaptive management to the resilience of a ranch. • With a combination of strategic livestock and grazing management, especially…Publication Date 2013-10-01
- grazing management
- ranch profitability
- optimum stocking rate
- flexible grazing
- monitoring
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • To condition plant communities for desired eventdriven change, plants should not be defoliated during critical periods of their life cycle year after year. • Because animal…Publication Date 2013-10-01
- grazing management
- guidelines for adequate plant recovery from defoliation
- adaptive grazing management
- Library Collection RecordCattle weight gain responses to seasonal weather variability are difficult to predict for rangelands because few long-term (>20 yr) studies have been conducted. However, an increased understanding…Publication Date 2013-07-01
- beef cattle production
- climate variability
- decision support tools
- grazing management
- model averaging
- semiarid rangelands
- Library Collection RecordVarious sensors and analytic tools have been developed to assist with the collection and analysis of data regarding the activities of animals at pasture. We tested an accelerometry-based activity…Publication Date 2013-05-01
- activity monitor
- cow
- grazing behavior
- grazing management
- linear discriminant analysis
- logistic regression
- Library Collection RecordNitrogen (N) availability can strongly influence forage quality and the capacity for semiarid rangelands to respond to increasing atmospheric CO2. Although many pathways of nitrogen input and loss…Publication Date 2013-01-01
- grazing management
- Great Plains
- large herbivores
- nitrogen cycling
- semiarid grasslands
- shortgrass steppe
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2013
- resource conservation
- vegetation
- overgrazing
- desertification
- pastures
- Syria
- vegetation
- desertification
- Library Collection RecordThe present study assessed the effects of deferred grazing management on rangeland condition using aboveground biomass, vegetation cover and species composition as indicators of range condition. The…Publication Date 2013
- grazing
- vegetation
- ecosystem ecology
- management
- rangeland
- biomass
- grazing management
- ngitili
- species diversity
- vegetation cover
- Shinyanga
- Meatu districts
- Tanzania
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2013
- morphogenesis
- pastures
- Statistical methods
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 22nd International Scientific Symposium on Nutrition of Farm Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T.; Kapun S..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2013
- goats
- dairy farms
- milk production
- animal production
- pastures
- feed intake
- animal feeding
- parasites
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 22nd International Scientific Symposium on Nutrition of Farm Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T.; Kapun S..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2013
- wild animals
- Cervidae
- grazing
- grazing intensity
- pastures
- crop losses
- losses
- costs
- chemical composition
- proximate composition
- nutritive value
- energy value
- Cervidae
- Cervidae
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2013
- pastures
- biodiversity
- Feed grasses
- fatty acids
- altitude
- seasons
- altitude
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2013
- agriculture
- animal husbandry
- Feed Crops
- grasslands
- pastures
- efficiency
- agriculture
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2013
- pastures
- Leguminosae
- carbon
- nitrogen
- Leguminosae
- Leguminosae
- Library Collection RecordWhat does this manual do? The manual aids users in establishing their own monitoring program in grasslands, shrublands, and grass/shrub mixes. It is not designed for use in measuring riparian or…Publication Date 2013
- range management
- grazing management
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2013
- vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae
- pastures
- varieties
- biology
- chemicophysical properties
- Library Collection RecordChris Call of Utah State meets with Rick Danvir the wildlife biologist for the Deseret ranch. This massive 200,000 private ranch manages not only 10,000 cows, but at least as many wild herbivores and…Publication Date 2012
- grazing management
- wildlife management
- ranching
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- pastures
- grazing
- biomass
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The contribution of non-domestic grazing pressure to pastoral areas of western NSW has been reported to increase grazing intensity by at least 50%. Any control of these external grazing…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- grazing management
- Australia
- ground cover
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- grasses
- Feed Crops
- pastures
- crops
- Feed grasses
- crop yield
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 21th International Scientific Symposium on Nutrition of Farm Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T.; Kapun S..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2012
- dairy cows
- milk yield
- proximate composition
- pastures
- grazing
- animal feeding
- animal nutrition
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- pastures
- botanical composition
- Feed grasses
- biomass
- grassland management
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- forests
- pastures
- recreation
- Ownership
- law
- economic analysis
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- pastures
- cattle
- soil compaction
- soil management
- animal power
- Library Collection RecordGuidelines have been developed through research and experience. They include timing of grazing, frequency of grazing, intensity of grazing, type of livestock, number of animals, animal distribution,…Publication Date 2012
- grazing intensity
- grazing management
- grazing systems
- duration of grazing
- grazing frequency
- grazing timing
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- landscape
- Coleoptera
- Nature conservation
- biodiversity
- soil management
- pastures
- Coleoptera
- Coleoptera
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- Feed grasses
- Stylosanthes
- pastures
- defoliation
- Stylosanthes
- Stylosanthes
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 21th International Scientific Symposium on Nutrition of Farm Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T.; Kapun S..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2012
- dairy cows
- pastures
- grazing
- animal feeding
- animal nutrition
- nutritive value
- milk yield