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- Library Collection RecordThe impacts of wild herbivores on cattle diet selection were investigated in an East African rangeland during August 2001 and February 2002. The study compared cattle diets in plots exclusively…Publication Date 2007-03-01
- forbs
- livestock
- megaherbivores
- nutrition
- productivity
- wild herbivores
- Library Collection RecordIncreases of velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina Woot.) in southwestern grasslands might have been caused by livestock consumption of fuels that once burned with sufficient frequency and intensity to…Publication Date 2007-09-01
- burn
- exotic grasses
- foliage volume
- fuels
- grazing
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordDue to its palatability and forage quality, antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata Pursh DC) is a desirable shrub across western US rangelands. Because little information is available regarding…Publication Date 2004-03-01
- Purshia tridentata
- livestock
- big game
- winter range
- wildlife
- habitats
- browse
- Library Collection RecordGrazing of livestock in streams and associated riparian habitats (hereafter referred to as riparian zones) may affect small mammal communities by influencing vegetation, water quality, and other site…Publication Date 2004-07-01
- fencing
- litter
- livestock
- pastures
- streams
- vegetation
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordState guidelines for the administration of grazing in Oregon and Washington. They are intended to provide a clear statement of agency policy and direction for those who use public lands for livestock…
- grazing management
- standards
- livestock
- Bureau of Land Management
- Oregon
- rangeland health
- United States
- Washington
- Library Collection RecordMontezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae Vigors) are closely associated with oak woodlands (Quercus spp.). Livestock grazing and cover availability are considered important factors affecting Montezuma…Publication Date 2004-09-01
- Arizona
- Cyrtonyx montezumae
- grazing
- habitat selection
- livestock
- Madrean evergreen woodland
- Montezuma quail
- Library Collection RecordTreats sustainable ranching from the perspective of being in the livestock business as being in the grass business.Publication Date 1993
- grazing management
- livestock
- sustainable land management
- California
- grass production
- sustainable ranching
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAccelerated erosion of streambanks in grazed riparian pastures is of concern to land managers. We tested the hypothesis that providing cattle free-choice off-stream water and trace mineralized salt…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- riverbank protection
- soil stability
- riparian grasslands
- water erosion
- water availability
- animal behavior
- dietary mineral supplements
- Oregon
- grazing intensity
- beef cattle
- grazing
- greenline
- water quality
- livestock
- off-stream water
- Library Collection RecordIn recent years livestock death losses from poisonous plants in the western United States have averaged about 2-3% annually. A review of 36 grazing studies in North America shows poisonous plant…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- Oxytropis
- deserts
- avoidance conditioning
- Oxytropis sericea
- controlled grazing
- poisonous weeds
- woodland grasslands
- Western United States
- grasslands
- continuous grazing
- stocking rate
- range management
- livestock
- Delphinium
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
- grazing
- poisonous plants
- economics
- Library Collection RecordRisk of livestock losses to poisonous plants can be reduced on many ranges through prudent management based on application of existing knowledge. Poisonous plants can be categorized using both…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- weed palatability
- risk assessment
- toxicity
- controlled grazing
- poisonous weeds
- selective grazing
- grazing intensity
- range management
- literature reviews
- livestock
- grazing management
- diet selection
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordChanges in rangeland species composition can effect forage quality, ecosystem function, and biological diversity. Unfortunately, documenting species compositional change is difficult due to a lack of…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- sown grasslands
- habitats
- Quercus
- woodland grasslands
- species diversity
- ecological succession
- invasion
- grazing intensity
- California
- range management
- botanical composition
- invasive species
- Northwest California
- herbarium
- oak woodlands
- livestock
- flora
- invasive species
- Library Collection RecordVegetation changes were evaluated over a 13 year period (1988-2000) on moderately grazed and lightly grazed rangelands in the Chihuahuan Desert of south central New Mexico. During the study period,…Publication Date 2003-03-01
- stocking rate
- arid lands
- livestock
- range management
- 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 RecordAlthough recognized in importance from the dawn of history, forages have too often been underestimated and undervalued perhaps in part because animal performance has frequently failed to reflect…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- plant diseases and disorders
- immune response
- morbidity
- animal health
- sexual reproduction
- antinutritional factors
- Festuca arundinacea
- nutritional status
- toxicity
- mineral content
- economic analysis
- liveweight gain
- mortality
- adaptation
- animal behavior
- secondary metabolites
- digestibility
- insect pests
- nutritive value
- literature reviews
- livestock
- forage
- feed intake
- chemical constituents of plants
- nutrition
- animal health
- performance
- forage quality
- toxins
- Library Collection RecordPlant growth depends upon C, H, O, and at least 13 mineral elements. Six of these (N, K, Ca, Mg, P, and S) macro-elements normally occur in plants at concentrations greater than 1,000 mg kg(-1) level…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- silicon
- animal health
- sulfur
- nickel
- nutrient-nutrient interactions
- nutrient content
- mineral content
- nutrient availability
- sodium
- nitrogen
- potassium
- trace elements
- phosphorus
- magnesium
- calcium
- mineral nutrition
- literature reviews
- livestock
- forage
- mineral interaction
- mineral requirements
- mineral nutrients
- ruminant diets
- 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 RecordVisitors to the Big Cimarron Watershed in the Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado, had varying attitudes about cattle grazing. Without cuing, 9% of all visitors listed livestock as a source of…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- public opinion
- visitors
- uncompahgre national forest
- multiple land use
- livestock
- grazing
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordLivestock have been a key factor in the development of civilization, but what will their role be in the future and how should the science of rangeland management change to meet the challenges of the…Publication Date 1995-07-01
- interdisciplinary research
- adverse effects
- environmental impact
- stocking rate
- selective grazing
- rotational grazing
- range management
- defoliation
- literature reviews
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordBased on recent circumstances in connection with compensation of livestock killed by large, protected carnivores in Norway, this paper discusses what type of logic should be used to establish which…Publication Date 1994-03-01
- philosophy
- tracks
- argumentation
- proof
- losses
- predation
- Norway
- Ursus arctos
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordNonindustrial private forest landowners (NIPF) control 21.4% of Washington's commercial forestland, much of which produces forage. Resident NIPF owners in 3 regions in the state were surveyed to…Publication Date 1993-01-01
- silvopastoral systems
- private forestry
- motivation
- perception
- surveys
- landowners
- Washington
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordChanges in rangeland vegetation integrate the consequences of livestock grazing intensity and possible climate change, as well as other factors. Because vegetation changes tend to be very slow in dry…Publication Date 1992-11-01
- xerophytes
- Krascheninnikovia
- Hilaria
- change
- Hilaria jamesii
- eremosemium spinosa
- Achnatherum hymenoides
- ecological succession
- Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
- vegetation
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant communities
- rangelands
- Utah
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordPaper presented at the "Symposium on Ingestion of Poisonous Plants by Livestock," February 15, 1990, Reno, Nevada. Animals can be trained to avoid eating specific foods by offering them the…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- learning
- training (animals)
- avoidance conditioning
- Delphinium barbeyi
- feeding behavior
- livestock
- grazing
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordPaper presented at the "Symposium on Ingestion of Poisonous Plants by Livestock," February 15, 1990, Reno, Nevada. Many poisonous plants grazed by livestock on ranges and pastures in the…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- neonates
- Veratrum
- Nicotiana
- Conium
- lupins
- malformations
- teratogens
- abortion
- Oxytropis
- Astragalus
- Lupinus
- toxicology
- poisoning
- toxicity
- phytotoxins
- death
- literature reviews
- livestock
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordVariable weather, forage production, weed and pest problems, and livestock prices contribute to uncertainty in range livestock production. Because returns from livestock production, in which…Publication Date 1991-05-01
- prices
- econometric models
- stochastic processes
- variability of returns
- risk
- costs and returns
- animal production
- stocking rate
- profitability
- sustainability
- range management
- livestock
- forage
- Library Collection RecordPaper presented at the "Symposium on Ingestion of Poisonous Plants by Livestock," February 15, 1990, Reno, Nevada. A complex relationship exists between the presence of toxins in a plant…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- Oxytropis
- Astragalus
- swainsonine
- pyrrolizidine alkaloids
- weed palatability
- poisoning
- toxicity
- poisonous weeds
- Senecio
- phytotoxins
- livestock
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordEsophageal fistulated animals are used to collect samples of the forage being consumed by animals in grazing experiments. Four principal hypotheses (H) can be tested in esophageal trials: (1)…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- livestock feeding
- fistulation
- clipping
- experimental design
- grazing trials
- statistical analysis
- pastures
- sampling
- esophagus
- livestock
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordPaper presented at the "Symposium on Ingestion of Poisonous Plants by Livestock," February 15, 1990, Reno, Nevada. Improved usage of rangelands for livestock production requires better ways…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- biotransformation
- rumen microorganisms
- metabolic detoxification
- toxicity
- tolerance
- ruminants
- literature reviews
- livestock
- chemical constituents of plants
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordHeavy communal grazing pressure and rapid phytomass decomposition reduce shrub interspace cover in Somalia from 100% at the end of the growing season to 5% at the end of the dormant season. Intense…Publication Date 1990-11-01
- communal feeding
- interrill erosion
- hydrology
- watershed management
- ground cover
- watersheds
- Somalia
- sandy soils
- clay soils
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- shrubs
- plant litter
- rangelands
- livestock
- grazing
- infiltration
- Library Collection Record
329 50 Years
- history
- animal products
- Non food products
- farm income
- employment
- animal power
- Biogas
- Farmyard manure
- sustainability
- animal production
- production factors
- FAO
- animal diseases
- Endemics
- diffusion of information
- diagnosis
- vaccines
- veterinary services
- small farms
- appropriate technology
- Feed Crops
- Land varieties
- information systems
- monogastric animals
- Food technology
- Dairy hygiene
- Milk collection
- imports
- Animal resources
- risk
- population density
- rural population
- Cultivated land
- geography
- disease control
- Epidemics
- Disease surveillance
- Emergency relief
- farming systems
- grazing systems
- Natural drying
- fermentation
- Dried meat
- heat treatment
- training programmes
- mixed farming
- weed control
- food security
- Development policies
- towns
- Germplasm conservation
- Trypanosomiasis
- meat inspection
- environmental protection
- animal health
- livestock
- infectious diseases
- animal feeding
- feeding systems
- milk
- food supply
- domestic animals
- genetic resources
- Draught animal cultivation
- rinderpest
- meat
- Meat Products
- preservation
- Library Collection RecordArmed saltbush [Atriplex acanthocarpa (Torr.) Wats.] and fourwing saltbush [A. canescens (Pursh) Nutt.] are browsed by livestock and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Raf.). The objective of…Publication Date 1988-09-01
- atriplex acanthocarpa
- Atriplex canescens
- Odocoileus virginianus
- species
- digestibility
- semiarid zones
- Texas
- rangelands
- livestock
- forage
- plant height
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordDeciding how to allocate forage among animals is a fundamentally important process in range management. The wisdom of these decisions can be enhanced by estimating the marginal value of forage needed…Publication Date 1989-03-01
- economic impact
- wildlife
- mathematical models
- Idaho
- range management
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordThurber needlegrass (Stipa thurberiana Piper) is an important component of both forested and shrub-steppe communities of the Pacific Northwest and Great Basin regions, and little is known of its…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- Achnatherum thurberianum
- roots
- stocking rate
- regrowth
- Oregon
- range management
- phenology
- rangelands
- defoliation
- livestock
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection Record
- grassland management
- grasslands
- grazing lands
- grazing systems
- livestock management
- pastoralism
- ecosystems
- biodiversity
- vegetation
- botanical composition
- livestock
- feeds
- transhumance
- Library Collection RecordJojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) is a major evergreen browse species for livestock and wildlife throughout its range from central Arizona to northwest Mexico and Baja California. Current guidelines for…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- Simmondsia chinensis
- wildlife
- browse plants
- woody plants
- range management
- browsing
- livestock
- grazing
- Arizona
- Library Collection Record
- Arable soils
- farming systems
- livestock
- Nigeria
- rangelands
- West Africa
- crop management
- grazing
- mixed farming
- Library Collection RecordResponses of herbaceous and woody plants to combinations of 4 pine management and 4 grazing management systems were tested on a wet-flatwoods site in the pine-wiregrass vegetation type of north…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- forestry
- Aristida stricta
- Pinus elliottii
- ecological succession
- Pinus palustris
- Florida
- environmental impact reporting
- prescribed burning
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection Record
- Nepal
- feed intake
- Feed consumption
- Feed conversion efficiency
- Feed dispensers
- Feed processing
- Feed production
- Feed Resources
- feeding
- Feeding equipment
- feeding frequency
- feeding habits
- feeding level
- feeding preferences
- Broadleaved trees
- seed trees
- Plant protein
- Leaf protein concentrate
- Leaf protein
- protein content
- livestock
- browse plants
- Feed legumes
- animal production
- trees
- feeding systems
- farming systems
- animal feeding
- shrubs
- ruminants
- animal nutrition
- monogastric animals
- toxicity
- nutritive value
- Supplementary Feeding
- Protozoa
- digestion
- multipurpose trees
- small farms
- Leucaena
- Psyllidae
- Pest insects
- insect control
- crop losses
- Alley cropping
- Prosopis
- plant production
- Acacia nilotica
- geographical distribution
- forest resources
- soil conservation
- biomass
- energy sources
- Development policies
- Philippines
- climatic zones
- Cropping Systems
- species
- nutrients
- Agronomic characters
- diet
- steppes
- grazing systems
- weight gain
- domestic animals
- foraging
- toxic substances
- evaluation
- research
- milk yield
- Gliricidia
- Erythrina
- feeds
- Sugarcane
- Infestation
- pest resistance
- Feed Crops
- Food crops
- Hedges
- crop management
- crop yield
- chemical composition
- land use
- afforestation
- watersheds
- Gasifiers
- livestock management
- socioeconomic environment
- Library Collection Record
- environmental degradation
- livestock
- pastures
- grazing
- deforestation
- wildlife
- Nature conservation
- environmental impact
- Library Collection RecordThis paper reports the effect of season of cutting on coppice biomass production by 5 tree species common in the semiarid caatinga woodlands of northeast Brazil. Trees were cut early and late in the…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- growth
- environmental impact reporting
- species
- cutting
- Mimosa
- Caesalpinia
- Croton
- coppicing
- caesalpinia pyramidalis
- auxemma oncocalyx
- croton hemiargyreus
- mimosa acutistipula
- stumps
- death
- selective felling
- mimosa caesalpinifolia
- Brazil
- Boraginaceae
- biomass accumulation
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection Record
- grazing systems
- mixed farming
- Environmental policies
- livestock
- animal production
- environmental impact
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordAfrican pastoral ecosystems have been studied with the assumptions that these ecosystems are potentially stable (equilibrial) systems which become destabilized by overstocking and overgrazing.…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- dynamics
- development policy
- program evaluation
- environmental degradation
- Africa
- ecosystems
- pastoralism
- crop production
- range management
- climatic factors
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordContinuous stocking usually leads to the formation of grazed patches. However, the effect of patches on the grassland community is related to their stability. Therefore, we studied the spatial…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- Festuca altaica
- plant community analysis
- danthonia parryi
- grasslands
- yields
- Alberta
- stocking rate
- botanical composition
- livestock
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection Record
- Disease surveys
- Glossina
- Trypanosomiasis
- insect control
- rabbits
- Animal housing
- Bovinae
- Tuberculosis
- Irrigated Farming
- mixed farming
- Rainfed farming
- integration
- grazing systems
- sociocultural environment
- feeding systems
- nutritive value
- calves
- weaning
- weight losses
- vital statistics
- Foetal death
- rural communities
- decision making
- control methods
- small farms
- production data
- data collection
- FAO
- grassland management
- Self sufficiency
- mineral nutrients
- mortality
- Social consciousness
- animal feeding
- disease control
- livestock
- animal production
- livestock management
- animal products
- consumption
- Supplementary Feeding
- urea
- molasses
- beef cattle
- Library Collection Record
- Geomorphology
- land use
- species
- research
- education
- afforestation
- reforestation
- rangelands
- grasslands
- forestry
- consumption
- forest products
- human population
- livestock
- production data
- Coniferales
- wood
- Forest Protection
- Forestry policies
- forests
- erosion
- flood control
- Agricultural and rural legislation
- universities
- Research institutions
- wood preservation
- Chemistry
- Wood technology
- testing
- climatic zones
- vegetation
- yields
- forest management
- Eucalyptus
- arid zones
- trends
- 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 1989-01-01
- recreation
- laws and regulations
- wilderness
- Alaska
- environmental impact reporting
- wildlife management
- United States
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordResearch was initiated at the Texas Experimental Ranch in 1981 to quantify the effects of 2 livestock densities on forage quality in a rotational grazing (RG) treatment. Livestock densities evaluated…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- stocking rate
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- digestibility
- crude protein
- Texas
- quality
- livestock
- forage
- dry matter
- Library Collection Record
- logging
- paper
- Forest Protection
- seasons
- rangelands
- livestock
- Feed Crops
- Logging equipment
- wood
- transport
- Hauling
- world
- production data
- Forestry equipment
- Forest products industry
- species
- forests
- Wood industry
- Pulp
- climatic zones
- grassland management
- forest grazing
- Packaging
- Seed treatment
- seed collection
- seed
- handling
- prices
- imports
- trade
- Softwood
- Sawnwood
- Library Collection RecordNet returns from control of sand shinnery oak (Quercus havardii) with tebuthiuron [N-(5-1,1-dimethylethyl 1,3,4,-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N, N′-dimethylurea] were evaluated for Southern High Plains ranges. A…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- discount rates
- production
- tebuthiuron
- economic analysis
- weed control
- Quercus havardii
- chemical control
- land restoration
- Texas
- rangelands
- livestock
- forage
- Library Collection RecordFour communities or sites dominated by blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima Torr.) were studied in the Kaiparowits Basin of southern Utah and northern Arizona. One site has been heavily grazed yearlong…Publication Date 1987-09-01
- Coleogyne ramosissima
- ground cover
- vegetation types
- plant communities
- Utah
- livestock
- grazing
- Arizona
- Library Collection Record
- animal feeding
- animal health
- animal production
- grazing systems
- livestock
- reproductive performance
- silvopastoral systems
- agropastoral systems
- pastoralism
- pastoral society
- biodiversity
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