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- 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 RecordDan Robinett discusses the various kinds of vegetation that thrive in Southeastern Arizona. Dan also talks about the effects of mesquite encroachment within the region that alter vegetation cover.…Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- vegetation
- mesquite
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- January 22
- 2018
- Altar Valley
- Library Collection RecordAmy Ganguli details the changing nature of grassland vegetation within New Mexico and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. She provides information on how grasslands can be restored and other treatment…Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- vegetation
- grassland management
- grasslands
- New Mexico
- Chihuahua
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- 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 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 RecordFire used to be as natural on the landscape as rain. After years of fire suppression, the vegetation on the landscape has shifted. In Arizona, places like Altar Valley have found that a unique group…Publication Date 2017
- brush control
- management
- vegetation
- fire suppression
- Library Collection RecordThe natural Andean vegetation environment is the most important resource available to local pastoralist economies. Knowledge of its attributes is vital in assessing ecosystem properties and improves…Publication Date 2017
- biomass
- puna
- shrubs
- tussocks
- vegetation
- 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 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 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 • The profession of rangeland ecology and management has been built, to a large extent, on vegetation ecology. • Community ecology has been the source of advances in scientific…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- usable science
- vegetation
- research priorities
- 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 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 RecordIn Arizona, invasive and noxious plants have a significant impact on native vegetation and ecosystem health. Because invasive plants are competitive against native plants, once invasive plants…Publication Date 2016
- invasive species
- invasives
- acreage
- Arizona
- vegetation
- Small Landowners
- 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 RecordWet-season spelling of grazing land is a key recommendation for improving land condition to benefit sustainability, production and profit in agriculture. The Spelling Strategies project aims to…Publication Date 2015
- vegetation
- Central Queensland
- land condition
- pasture yield
- vegetation
- wet season spelling
- 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 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 RecordA publication for the identification of some plants species (grasses, forbs, sedges) of Alaska.ÂPublication Date 2014
- Plant biology
- grasses
- Sedges
- Plant replacement
- vegetation
- Alaska
- Arctic
- forbs
- 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 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 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 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 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
- Natural pastures
- Climatic change
- climatic factors
- vegetation
- Bulgaria
- vegetation
- Bulgaria
- 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
- Library Collection RecordOne of the most important issues in natural resources today is the intersection of land management and climate influences on vegetation change and soil erosion. Here at the SNRE, we are very…Publication Date 2013
- land management
- vegetation
- climate change
- soil erosion
- Vegetation Change
- climate influence
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- Laboratory
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2013
- agribusiness
- resources
- land productivity
- productivity
- range management
- methodology
- Library Collection RecordYoung livestock and wildlife learn what to eat and where to live based on interactions with their mothers. Young animals learn about foods in the womb prior to birth, from mother’s milk and through…Publication Date 2013
- livestock
- Dietary components
- livestock feed
- 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