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- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 1999-12-01
- liveweight gain
- mortality
- lambing rate
- lambs
- fleece weight
- biomass production
- weaning weight
- income
- range condition
- forage
- rain
- Arizona
- Utah
- sheep
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- costs and returns
- cattle
- New Mexico
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of root-plowing on soil organic carbon and nitrogen were investigated by comparing paired undisturbed native rangeland with root-plowed sites in the southern Great Plains. Time since root…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- Nassella leucotricha
- Sporobolus asper
- Nassella
- Bothriochloa saccharoides
- plowing
- soil organic matter
- Bothriochloa
- Sporobolus
- soil density
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- Buchloe dactyloides
- grassland improvement
- Prosopis
- brush control
- nitrogen content
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordTen eastern gamagrass [Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.] entries from Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, were evaluated for in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD), protein concentration, lignin…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- phenylalanine ammonia-lyase
- enzyme activity
- geographical variation
- Tripsacum dactyloides
- leaves
- stems
- lignin
- Kansas
- genetic variation
- protein content
- Oklahoma
- in vitro digestibility
- Texas
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordRedberry juniper (Juniperus pinchotii Sudw.) is a common invasive brush species that reduces rangeland productivity over vast acreages in the Rolling Plains and Edwards Plateau regions of Texas. The…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- chaining
- timing
- Juniperus pinchotii
- costs and returns
- cost-benefit analysis
- brush control
- prescribed burning
- profitability
- biomass production
- Texas
- canopy
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 1999-10-01
- Texas
- range management
- Library Collection RecordChinese tallow (Sapium sebiferum L. Roxb.) was introduced to the United States from China in the mid to late 1800s and has since naturalized throughout much of the southern U. S. Tallow continues to…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- Triadica sebifera
- timing
- cultural control
- application timing
- roots
- carbohydrates
- herbicides
- weed control
- chemical control
- Texas
- introduced species
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordChronic overgrazing in the central Andes alters vegetation and may cause erosion and loss of productivity, but quantitative studies are lacking. We measured the relative influence of environmental…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- transhumance
- socioeconomic
- soil organic matter
- grazing time
- ground cover
- controlled grazing
- species diversity
- range condition
- dry seasons
- wet season
- slope
- aspect
- stocking rate
- mountain grasslands
- precipitation
- sheep
- biomass
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- altitude
- Library Collection RecordPredation by coyotes (Canis latrans) on livestock continues to plague producers in the United States. Agricultural interests are concerned about coyote predation because sheep inventories in the U.S.…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- territory
- working animals
- contraception
- trapping
- guard animals
- losses
- coyotes
- lambs
- predator-prey relationships
- llamas
- predation
- predator control
- population density
- hunting
- Western United States
- guard dogs
- population dynamics
- sheep
- wildlife management
- literature reviews
- Library Collection RecordDiscing strips of rangeland to increase wildlife foods is a common management practice. I tested the hypotheses (1) annual discing results in greater canopy cover of annual forbs preferred by white-…Publication Date 1999-07-01
- discing
- annuals
- Prosopis glandulosa
- frequency
- palatability
- perennials
- rain
- Odocoileus virginianus
- forbs
- semiarid zones
- Texas
- canopy
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordLivestock-guarding dogs are an effective way of protecting rangeland sheep from predators. However, open mountain/forest range and widely ranging sheep are factors that may make adaptation to…Publication Date 1999-07-01
- nocturnal activity
- social integration
- extensive livestock farming
- predation
- training (animals)
- cost-benefit analysis
- Norway
- sheep dogs
- dog breeds
- Great Pyrenees
- Ursus arctos
- pastures
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordCalibrated predictive relationships obtained from simple and multiple regression of thematic mapper or broad-band (BB) and 1.4 nm interval or narrow-band (NB) spectral data were evaluated for…Publication Date 1999-05-01
- Artemisia tripartita
- Balsamorhiza
- spectral analysis
- balsamorhiza saggitta
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- wavelengths
- reflectance
- errors
- controlled grazing
- remote sensing
- multispectral imagery
- range condition
- Idaho
- sheep
- seasonal variation
- canopy
- Library Collection RecordCombined with other information, fecal output appears to have potential use in models to predict forage intake. Better understanding of fecal output dynamics relative to forage availability could…Publication Date 1999-05-01
- digestibility markers
- ytterbium
- organic matter
- leaves
- stems
- prediction
- equations
- feces composition
- forbs
- steers
- digestibility
- crude protein
- Texas
- grasses
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 1999-04-01
- funding
- range condition
- overgrazing
- drought
- stocking rate
- Texas
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 1999-04-01
- rangelands
- range management
- Texas
- Society for Range Management
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 1999-04-01
- rangelands
- cattle
- performance
- grazing experiments
- controlled grazing
- costs and returns
- grazing intensity
- stocking rate
- sheep
- literature reviews
- Library Collection RecordWarm-season perennial bunchgrasses frequently are used for hay and grazing in central Texas. We compared 6 alternative grasses with 2 more commonly grown species ['Ermelo' weeping lovegrass…Publication Date 1999-03-01
- Pennisetum orientale
- Pennisetum flaccidum
- Eragrostis superba
- Digitaria eriantha
- Panicum coloratum
- Eragrostis curvula
- lignin
- protein content
- Bothriochloa bladhii
- yields
- cultivars
- fiber content
- weight
- species differences
- crude protein
- tillering
- tillers
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- Texas
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordWhite-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimm.) appear to concentrate foraging activity along the perimeters of warm-season food plots. Because of this, we tested the hypothesis that (1) providing…Publication Date 1999-01-01
- Lablab purpureus
- foraging
- mortality
- Odocoileus virginianus
- semiarid zones
- spatial distribution
- Texas
- biomass
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordThree trials were conducted to determine if low ingestion of some leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) by sheep is primarily due to differences in sheep or in leafy spurge. In the first trial, pastures…Publication Date 1999-01-01
- organic compounds
- dried fodders
- lambs
- geographical variation
- weed palatability
- grassland improvement
- Euphorbia esula
- selective grazing
- Idaho
- sheep
- fertilizer
- feeding preferences
- North Dakota
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 1999-01-01
- horses
- nomadism
- yaks
- China
- sheep
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordWe documented behaviors of Great Pyrenees livestock-guarding dogs toward people, livestock, dogs, horses, reindeer, and bear to determine if they might be suitable for protecting livestock in Norway…Publication Date 1999-01-01
- Norway
- reindeer
- predators
- sheep dogs
- dog breeds
- aggression
- humans
- Ursus
- Gulo gulo
- Great Pyrenees
- Lynx
- sheep
- 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 1998-12-01
- Colinus virginianus
- cattle
- game farming
- Texas
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThe epidermal remains of 4 poisonous plant species that produce acute intoxication in ruminants were quantified by microhistological analysis in the gastro-intestinal content of sheep experimentally…Publication Date 1998-11-01
- Conium maculatum
- digestive tract
- Wedelia glauca
- Baccharis coridifolia
- Cestrum parqui
- Cestrum
- plant tissues
- poisoning
- cell walls
- rumen contents
- identification
- digestibility
- digesta
- sheep
- Argentina
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordInvasion of pristine grasslands by caldén (Prosopis caldenia Burkart), and increased densities of this species in savannas are well-known vegetation changes in the semiarid region of central…Publication Date 1998-11-01
- landscape ecology
- Prosopis
- savanna woodlands
- ecological succession
- population dynamics
- rain
- shrubs
- sheep
- cattle
- Argentina
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordTwo small-plot grazing trials were conducted in the spring of 1996 and the winter of 1997 to determine whether sheep would differentially graze fourwing saltbush [Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.] on…Publication Date 1998-11-01
- Atriplex canescens
- gender differences
- palatability
- dioecy
- winter
- spring
- sheep
- biomass
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordAshe juniper (Juniperus ashei Buchh.) is increasing in density and areal coverage on the Edwards Plateau of Texas. This is causing changes in community leaf area that could impact the ecosystem water…Publication Date 1998-11-01
- area
- Juniperus ashei
- leaf area
- leaves
- water balance
- stems
- estimation
- Texas
- biomass
- canopy
- plant height
- 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 1998-10-01
- carrying capacity
- water yield
- public expenditure
- Texas
- 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 1998-10-01
- Texas
- California
- ranching
- farm labor
- saddles
- Library Collection RecordConcentration and composition of monoterpenoids in plant tissue affects a variety of environmental and ecological issues such as plant defenses, plant classification and phytotoxicity. Developing the…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- distillation
- hexane
- gas chromatography
- steam distallation
- extraction
- Juniperus ashei
- Juniperus pinchotii
- monoterpenoids
- conifer needles
- duration
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordDepth to a root restricting layer affects both soil moisture and nutrient availability, resources strongly correlated to plant cover and production. We evaluated the potential of 2 electromagnetic…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- Artemisia tripartita
- Balsamorhiza
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- autumn
- soil depth
- electrical conductivity
- controlled grazing
- spring
- sheep
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordResearch on diet selection is limited by inadequate techniques for determining botanical composition of diets. Our objective was to determine if near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) of fecal…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- spectral analysis
- alfalfa
- alfalfa hay
- Euphorbia esula
- calibration
- feces
- infrared spectroscopy
- hay
- sheep
- goats
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordThe study determined the species components of the diets of small ruminants grazing mountain ranges of the Montseny Biosphere Reserve (Catalunya, NE Spain). Three mixed flocks of sheep and goats, led…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- montane forests
- Erica arborea
- Calluna vulgaris
- Quercus ilex
- heathlands
- mixed grazing
- Festuca
- Spain
- foraging
- feces composition
- selective grazing
- species differences
- forbs
- shrubs
- diets
- sheep
- goats
- rangelands
- grasses
- 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 1998-06-01
- ranching
- Texas
- wildlife management
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of fall and spring sheep use on cover components and recovery following a change in seasonality of grazing practices, were studied within long-term grazing treatments of three-tip…Publication Date 1998-05-01
- Artemisia tripartita
- Balsamorhiza
- timing
- ground cover
- controlled grazing
- stocking rate
- Idaho
- semiarid zones
- sheep
- plant density
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- canopy
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordMost farms in the semi-arid region of Morocco are mixed cereal-livestock producers. Livestock, dominated by sheep, account for more than one third of farm income but production is far below potential…Publication Date 1998-05-01
- wool production
- Medicago polymorpha
- Medicago truncatula
- ley farming
- Morocco
- fallow
- lambs
- ewes
- liveweight gain
- body weight
- rain
- semiarid zones
- sheep
- drought
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordExpert judgment, standardized in a meaningful format, can be used to identify research/survey needs and to characterize areas of (dis)agreement in species responses, associated traits, and factors…Publication Date 1998-05-01
- experts
- probability analysis
- plants
- prescribed burning
- grazing intensity
- Texas
- range management
- Library Collection RecordDespite extensive coverage and long-term use, the extent to which shadscale [Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. &Frem.) Wats.] community dynamics are driven by grazing rather than by climate and…Publication Date 1998-03-01
- artemisia spinescens
- Hilaria
- Sporobolus cryptandrus
- Achnatherum hymenoides
- Atriplex confertifolia
- rain
- Krascheninnikovia lanata
- sheep
- biomass
- seasonal variation
- Utah
- canopy
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordLeafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L), an aggressive Eurasian forb, is invading native upland ranges dominated by bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata [Pursh] A. Love) and Idaho fescue (Festuca…Publication Date 1998-03-01
- Festuca idahoensis
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- seed banks
- Euphorbia esula
- Idaho
- sheep
- plant density
- grazing
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordGeneralized linear mixed models were used to obtain best linear unbiased predictions (BLUP's) of herbivore preferences for range plant species from expert knowledge contained in range site…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- deer
- resource utilization
- Edwards Plateau
- Cyperaceae
- mixed grazing
- interspecific competition
- legumes
- browse plants
- best linear unbiased prediction
- linear models
- forbs
- shrubs
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- Texas
- grasses
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordIn developing an improved understanding of the dynamics of understory plant composition and productivity in Coastal Plain forest ecosystems, we examined the influence of site preparation and…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- chopping
- Arkansas
- subsoil
- site preparation
- windrowing
- cultivation
- interspecific competition
- Pinus taeda
- phosphorus fertilizers
- 2,4-D
- Paspalum
- legumes
- understory
- ecological succession
- forest plantations
- Louisiana
- prescribed burning
- forbs
- biomass production
- shrubs
- Texas
- Pinus
- canopy
- grasses
- forage
- soil texture
- Library Collection RecordGrasslands of northern Tierra del Fuego sustain 1 sheep/ha and are very extensively managed, with flocks roaming freely in large paddocks (2,000-4,000 ha). This system requires knowledge of landscape…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- lamb production
- ecotypes
- Poa
- extensive livestock farming
- indicator species
- landscape ecology
- ground cover
- soil fertility
- mortality
- stocking rate
- natural grasslands
- plant communities
- sheep
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordWe documented vegetation dynamics (April 1986-July 1989) as part of a larger study to understand botanical composition and nutritional components of cattle and deer diets under 2 grazing systems (…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- continuous grazing
- rain
- Odocoileus virginianus
- stocking rate
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- Texas
- biomass
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grasses
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordWe studied resource partitioning between cattle and deer (Odocoileus virginianus Boddaert) within replicated treatments of continuous and short-duration grazing at heavy and moderate stocking rates.…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- interspecific competition
- browse plants
- continuous grazing
- Odocoileus virginianus
- stocking rate
- species differences
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- cattle
- Texas
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grasses
- feeding preferences
- 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 1997-10-01
- Prosopis glandulosa
- brush control
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordAshe juniper (Junius ashei, Buckholz) is increasing on most sites across the Edwards Plateau of Texas. It is the purpose of this investigation to document the influence of Ashe juniper tree size on…Publication Date 1997-09-01
- browse line
- light penetration
- size
- Juniperus ashei
- understory
- Odocoileus virginianus
- stocking rate
- goats
- Texas
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- canopy
- browsing
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordDense stands of honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr. var. glandulosa) negatively impact livestock handling and herbaceus forage production; however, very little information is available on the…Publication Date 1997-09-01
- thinning
- agroforestry
- stand density
- Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
- multiple land use
- rain
- biomass production
- semiarid zones
- Texas
- biomass
- Library Collection RecordSpotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.), an aggressive Eurasian forb, is replacing many native perennial grasses such as Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis Elmer.) on foothills of the Northern Rocky…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- Festuca idahoensis
- roots
- carbohydrates
- shoots
- weed control
- biomass production
- sheep
- Centaurea maculosa
- range management
- Montana
- plant competition
- grazing
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordThis 10-year study was designed to evaluate vegetation response to increasing stocking rates under rotational stocking (3 days graze, 51 days rest) and long-term rest. The 4 stocking rate treatments…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- Texas
- range management
- botanical composition
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordWe measured the impact of prescribed summer and winter burns on vegetation characteristics and spring abundance of birds in a Spartina/Paspalum grassland at Matagorda Island National Wildlife Refuge…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- species abundance
- wild birds
- Spartina
- environmental impact
- Paspalum
- grasslands
- vegetation management
- populations
- prescribed burning
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordSpotted knapweed (Centaurea Maculosa Lam.), a Eurasian perennial forb, is replacing many native perennial grasses, such as Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis Elmer.), in foothills of the Northern Rocky…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- native plants
- Festuca idahoensis
- weed control
- seedlings
- Idaho
- plant communities
- sheep
- plant density
- Centaurea maculosa
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordIn sacco dry matter degradability (DMD) of the most commonly consumed range forages by llamas and sheep in the arid highlands of Bolivia was measured during the wet and dry seasons to determine if…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- in sacco dry matter degradation
- degradation
- Bolivia
- llamas
- highlands
- arid lands
- digestibility
- kinetics
- shrubs
- sheep
- grasses
- forage
- dry matter
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