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- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2019-02
- breeding
- conservation
- cropland
- grasses
- pastures
- rangeland
- Library Collection RecordTargeted livestock grazing is a proven tool for manipulating rangeland vegetation, and current knowledge about targeted livestock grazing is extensive and expanding rapidly. Targeted grazing…Publication Date 2019
- focused grazing
- livestock
- prescriptive grazing
- rangelands
- targeted grazing
- Vegetation Manipulation
- Library Collection RecordMany people believe grazing management is vital to ecosystem health. Others feel ecosystems are only healthy when nature takes its course. The Great Plains bison population of the early 1800s…Publication Date 2018-08
- bison
- extinction
- keystone species
- overhunting
- range management
- Library Collection RecordAlthough research on the behavior of individual animals has been growing in recent years, the role that individual variation among animals may play in the outcome of species interactions in nature…Publication Date 2018-02
- granivorous rodents
- individual variation
- livestock
- mountain lions
- rangeland management
- sage-grouse
- Library Collection RecordMaking changes on the farm or ranch involves taking risks. One or two years spent experimenting can lead to a financial hit too difficult to recover from. That’s where Western SARE’s Farmer/…Publication Date 2018
- Almonds
- animal production
- crop production
- Cropping Systems
- Hazelnuts
- integrated pest management
- livestock
- Nuts
- Organic agriculture
- pest management
- pollination
- soil management
- Library Collection RecordThis Guide is one output of a long-term project organized by researchers from the University of Arizona which intended to address drought concerns for livestock grazing in the Southwestern United…Publication Date 2018
- drought
- livestock
- grazing
- Forest Land
- guidelines
- Southwest
- national forests
- Guide
- Library Collection RecordPastoral livestock production systems in Africa that have existed for centuries are now threatened by changing demographics, improved communications, increased availability of modern weapons, open…Publication Date 2017
- Africa
- cattle
- food crisis
- grazing
- livestock
- nomads
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThe extent and heterogeneity of rangelands in the state of Nevada (United States) pose a challenging situation for land managers when determining stocking levels for livestock grazing.…Publication Date 2017
- drought
- grazing
- livestock
- MODIS
- PDSI
- precipitation
- 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 RecordOn the Ground • Livestock numbers have been declining since the early 1930s but many of the same resource concerns are still present today. • We must change the way we think about and manage…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- grazing
- rangelands
- management
- Utah
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Poisonous plants on western North American rangelands have historically been troublesome to livestock producers. • Research on toxic plants was initiated by the United States…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- poisonous plants
- cattle
- sheep
- livestock
- toxic
- plant secondary compounds
- Library Collection RecordWe determined the effects of two forage allowance levels (LOW vs. HIGH) and weather conditions on daytime and nighttime movement patterns of young rangeland-raised cows. We also investigated whether…Publication Date 2016
- feeding site selection
- global positioning system (GPS)
- juniper woodland
- livestock
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordHeteropogon contortus recently and rapidly increased in dominance in grasslands where it once had been aminor component. Ecological effects of this increase are unknown, but landmanagers are…Publication Date 2016
- competitive advantage
- range management
- Soil Characteristics
- Library Collection RecordWe determined the effects of two forage allowance levels (LOW vs. HIGH) and weather conditions on daytime and nighttime movement patterns of young rangeland-raised cows. We also investigated whether…Publication Date 2016
- feeding site selection
- global positioning system (GPS)
- juniper woodland
- livestock
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordUtilization has been an important “tool†in range management since its beginnings. On the surface the concept appears simple, referring to the percentage of current forage removed by…Publication Date 2016
- livestock
- forage
- monitoring
- Library Collection RecordHeteropogon contortus recently and rapidly increased in dominance in grasslands where it once had been aminor component. Ecological effects of this increase are unknown, but landmanagers are…Publication Date 2016
- competitive advantage
- range management
- Soil Characteristics
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Precipitation variability within and across years remains a major challenge for livestock producers in arid and semiarid ecosystems. • Cattle adapted to harsh desert ecosystems may…Publication Date 2015-12-01
- livestock
- dry lands
- foraging
- Mexican cattle
- Library Collection RecordRangeland carrying capacity depends on aboveground net primary production (ANPP) and on the sustainable harvest index (HIsust), the portion of ANPP that livestock can consume without undermining the…Publication Date 2015-05
- grazing
- harvest index
- range management
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordRangeland carrying capacity depends on aboveground net primary production (ANPP) and on the sustainable harvest index (HIsust), the portion of ANPP that livestock can consume without undermining the…Publication Date 2015-05
- grazing
- harvest index
- range management
- sustainability
- 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 RecordA quantitative analysis of the British Columbia, Canada cattle ranching community in light of global climate change provides insight as to how stakeholder needs and observations can be included in…Publication Date 2015-03
- adaptive capacity
- Cattle Ranching
- global climate change
- mail survey
- range management
- Library Collection RecordA quantitative analysis of the British Columbia, Canada cattle ranching community in light of global climate change provides insight as to how stakeholder needs and observations can be included in…Publication Date 2015-03
- adaptive capacity
- Cattle Ranching
- global climate change
- mail survey
- 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 RecordThis presentation begins with an overview of some of the changes that have already been observed on grasslands in southeastern Arizona including increased occurrence of winter droughts and decreased…Publication Date 2015
- drought
- perennials
- grassland management
- range management
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Patch-burn grazing is a range management strategy that might be able to simultaneously optimize livestock production objectives and wildlife habitat objectives. • We compared patch-…Publication Date 2014-06-01
- livestock production
- range management
- wildlife habitat
- 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 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 RecordClimate change is expected to adversely affect agriculture in South Africa. A rise in variable and unfavourable conditions is likely to surpass the limits of current coping mechanisms of farmers,…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- agriculture
- livestock
- Karoo
- rangelands
- Subsistence farming
- communal farming
- socio-economic aspects
- management
- South Africa
- 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 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 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 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 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 greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is a candidate for listing as an endangered species. Proposed proactive policies and conservation measures to protect the species could potentially…Publication Date 2014
- range management
- Economics of production
- Idaho
- Nevada
- Oregon
- range economics
- Wyoming
- 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 RecordIn the United States, the current distribution of big sagebrush ranges from Washington and California east to the Dakotas and Nebraska. In the future, areas where sagebrush will expand, the leading…Publication Date 2014
- drought
- sagebrush
- regeneration
- range management
- 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 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 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 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 RecordUsing an analysis of aerial photographs from 1942, 1985 and 2004 we assessed the impact of changing land tenure and land-use regimes on the cover of thicket vegetation on the Grahamstown commonage.…Publication Date 2014
- bush encroahcment
- land use
- management
- Aerial Photographs
- goats
- browsing
- livestock
- grazing
- grasses
- shrubs
- degradation
- Grahamstown
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordHistorically, livestock have been the main method of converting rangeland production into financial returns. It is possible that livestock will continue in this role, for the major portion of…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordGrassland songbird populations are declining, and one reason for this might be livestock management practices in native prairies. Although cattle grazing is a common practice in native mixed-grass…Publication Date 2013-07-01
- ground-nesting birds
- livestock
- mixed-grass prairies
- vegetation structure
- wildlife habitats
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Properly applied grazing management may reduce fire frequency in annual grass–invaded sagebrush communities. • Grazing can be a cost-effective tool for reducing fire potential and…Publication Date 2013-06-01
- wildfire
- livestock
- federal land
- private land
- 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 • Range scientists, managers, and practitioners can benefit by including history in their current monitoring and restoration efforts. • A symposium at the 2012 SRM Annual Meeting…Publication Date 2013-02-01
- history
- range management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordSubdivision and sedentarization of pastoral communities is accelerating rapidly across the African rangelands, posing a severe threat to wildlife populations, but few studies have looked…Publication Date 2013-01-01
- grass biomass
- land tenure
- livestock
- Maasai
- pastoralism
- wildlife conservation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2013
- agribusiness
- resources
- land productivity
- productivity
- range management
- methodology
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2013
- agriculture
- animal husbandry
- Feed Crops
- grasslands
- pastures
- efficiency
- agriculture
- Library Collection RecordPastoralists in Namaqualand, South Africa, use herd mobility to manage livestock and rangeland resources. However, their socioeconomic conditions and ecological landscapes are changing and we explore…Publication Date 2013
- management
- livestock
- socio-economic aspects
- rangelands
- communal farming
- policy
- pastoralism
- grazing
- Namaqualand
- South Africa