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- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2020-04
- Cattle Ranching
- Forage standing crop
- forage utilization
- grazing
- south Texas
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordPastoralism is practiced by millions of people worldwide. It has roots in every part of the world and back thousands of years to the beginning of agriculture. But while pastoral societies have…Publication Date 2019
- rangelands
- pastoralism
- pastoral society
- sustainability
- Pastoralists
- Neglected
- Library Collection RecordIn eight counties in Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska characterized by high levels of intact Northern Great Plains grassland habitat, ranchers observe the following sustainability challenges: Land…Publication Date 2018-06
- conservation
- life cycle
- ranching
- succession
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordRangeland vulnerability assessments have the potential to function as conceptual tools for policymakers and rangeland users to ensure the sustainable management of vulnerable rangelands. This…Publication Date 2018-02
- biophysical indicators
- integrated approaches
- Me-Bar and Valdez technique
- socioeconomic indicators
- sustainability
- vulnerability
- Library Collection RecordFire safety in the wildland-urban interface including your hoe and landscape.Publication Date 2018
- fire
- landscape
- safety
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordThis study assesses the drought coping strategies of rangeland users (RUs) in Fars province in southwest Iran. Our findings reveal that in the RUs’ experience, the most effective drought coping…Publication Date 2017-10
- drought
- grazing capacity
- Indigenous knowledge
- rangeland improvement
- stocking rate
- sustainable rangeland management
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • We assessed the long-term effects of continuous and rotational grazing on grass and treedynamics on adjacent ranches in the semiarid Kalahari of western Botswana. • Rotationally…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- continuous grazing
- grazing capacity
- grazing value
- rotational grazing
- 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 RecordGrassland bird species are declining more quickly than birds of any other biome in North America, but effects of the most widespread use of native mixed-grass prairies, livestock grazing, on nest…Publication Date 2016
- chestnut-collared longspur
- grasslands
- Sprague's pipit
- stocking rate
- vesper sparrow
- 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 RecordGrassland bird species are declining more quickly than birds of any other biome in North America, but effects of the most widespread use of native mixed-grass prairies, livestock grazing, on nest…Publication Date 2016
- chestnut-collared longspur
- grasslands
- Sprague's pipit
- stocking rate
- vesper sparrow
- 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 RecordUneven utilisation of pastures is an issue facing extensive cattle properties in the Northern Territory. During the dry season most cattle need to return to water points to drink at least once a day…Publication Date 2015
- intensification
- intensification
- north Australia
- Northern Territory
- pasture utilisation
- rotational grazing
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordThe Nullarbor region is a vast gently undulating limestone based plain through Western Australia and South Australia (Figure 1). The climate is arid or semi-arid, with hot dry summers, cold winters…Publication Date 2015
- ecology
- ecosystem
- innovation
- production
- sustainability
- transition
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordIn this second of a six-part webinar series, Leon Atwell and Jack Newcomb of the Coalition for Community Excellence talk about how to create vision and mission statements that will inspire and guide…Publication Date 2015
- sustainability
- video
- webinar
- Library Collection RecordThis poster is a case study on the changes in pasture yield, cover and defoliation after the establishment of a new bore. This case study is part of a larger, long-term stocking rate and wet season…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- cover
- Mitchell grass
- pasture spelling
- stocking rate
- yield
- Library Collection RecordThere is limited information about the effects of cattle grazing to longer-term plant community composition and herbage production following fire in sagebrush steppe. This study evaluated vegetation…Publication Date 2014-07
- bunchgrass
- fire
- stocking rate
- utilization
- Wyoming big sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordThere is limited information about the effects of cattle grazing to longer-term plant community composition and herbage production following fire in sagebrush steppe. This study evaluated vegetation…Publication Date 2014-07
- bunchgrass
- fire
- stocking rate
- utilization
- Wyoming big sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • We develop a simple bio-economic model to reflect the stocking rate decision for a profit-seeking land manager and use it to identify factors influencing the optimal stocking rate. •…Publication Date 2013-10-01
- bio-economic modeling
- optimal stocking rate
- stocking rate
- economics
- overhead costs
- fixed costs
- variable costs
- value of production
- gross margin analysis
- Library Collection RecordRecent climatic trends and climate model projections indicate that climate change will modify rangeland ecosystem functions and the services and livelihoods that they provision. Recent history has…Publication Date 2013-09-01
- carbon sequestration
- land change science
- social-ecological systems
- social learning
- sustainability
- transformation
- Library Collection RecordDeveloping sustainable rangeland management strategies requires solution-driven research that addresses ecological issues within the context of regionally important socioeconomic concerns. A key…Publication Date 2013-01-01
- energy development
- greater sage-grouse
- landscape planning
- resource selection
- severe winter conditions
- sustainability
- 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 RecordThe paper critiques Vetter's (in this issue) assertion that commercialisation of smallholder agriculture holds dangers for sustainable rangeland management. The paper argues that a range of…Publication Date 2013
- sustainability
- communal farming
- subsistence agriculture
- rangelands
- management
- policy
- smallholder farming
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordDrylands support over 2 billion people and are major providers of critical ecosystem goods and services across the globe. Drylands, however, are one of the most susceptible biomes to degradation.…Publication Date 2013
- desert
- invasion
- restoration
- state-and-transition models
- thresholds
- degradation
- restoration ecology
- sustainability
- ecosystem services
- Western United States
- Library Collection RecordIn the savanna rangelands of southern Africa, the debate about land reform tends to be about the redistribution of formerly freehold ranches and fencing-off the rangeland commons into ranches for…Publication Date 2013
- savanna
- rangelands
- management
- land reform
- communal farming
- sustainability
- policies
- socio-economic aspects
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordEcosystem restoration is now globally recognized as a key component in conservation programs and essential to the quest for the long-term sustainability of our human-dominated planet. Restoration…Publication Date 2013
- CBD COP11
- enabling factors
- Hyderabad Call
- restoration ecology
- conservation
- sustainability
- policy
- Library Collection RecordNational and international assessments are increasingly highlighting the unsustainable use of earth's natural resources in the face of population increase, growing material affluence and global…Publication Date 2013
- ecosystem services
- management
- policy
- sustainability
- United Kingdom
- Library Collection RecordEcosystem restoration is now globally recognized as a key component in conservation programs and essential to the quest for the long-term sustainability of our human-dominated planet. Restoration…Publication Date 2013
- CBD COP11
- enabling factors
- Hyderabad Call
- restoration ecology
- conservation
- sustainability
- policies
- biodiversity
- Hyderabad
- India
- Library Collection RecordThe majority of native prairie has been lost throughout North America. Much of the remaining prairie is used for livestock grazing, so conservation of prairie species depends on sustainable grazing…Publication Date 2012-03-01
- obligate grassland birds
- rangeland management
- season-long grazing
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT Is the use of rangelands for cattle production consistent with the conservation of natural habitat? The problem is discussed in the context of a case study of Toomba Station, a fully…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- sustainability
- Australia
- conservation
- Library Collection RecordMalaysia is one of the highly vulnerable countries due to climatic changes. Here the changes in climate factors cause adverse impacts on agricultural sustainability and relevant livelihood…Publication Date 2012
- Agricultural sustainability
- sustainable livelihood
- climate change
- adaptation
- mitigation
- policy
- Malaysia
- sustainability
- Malaysia
- Library Collection RecordThe contribution of forest and wild products to the rural economy is typically undervalued in standard socioeconomic surveys. In this paper, we analyze the contribution of forests and other wild…Publication Date 2012
- environmental income
- forests
- inequality
- Livelihoods
- sustainability
- Uganda
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAuthor summary: "...In this paper, I will talk about my experience of the last 4 years, managing my grazing enterprise as a complex system. I will tell you a bit about what I’ve done…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- stocking rate
- wool production
- sheep
- Nutritional Requirements
- Australia
- complex systems
- Library Collection RecordAs society seeks to meet the needs of a growing human population and rising aspirations for consumption, many of the ecosystem services on which society depends have declined in the global aggregate…Publication Date 2012
- resource management
- sense of place
- social-ecological
- sustainability
- transformation
- New Zealand
- Library Collection RecordAbstract. Inter-annual rainfall variability is a major challenge for sustainable and profitable grazing management in northern Australia. Results are presented from a large, 13 year grazing trial on…Publication Date 2012
- stocking rate
- Australia
- flexible stocking
- spelling
- Library Collection RecordAbstract An estimated 110 Mt of dust is eroded by wind from the Australian land surface each year, mainly originating from the arid and semi-arid rangelands. Livestock production is thought to…Publication Date 2012
- wind erosion
- land degradation
- management
- stocking rate
- Australia
- GRASP
- modelling
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2012
- stocking rate
- carrying capacity
- rotational grazing
- monitoring techniques
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordApplied Information and Communication Technologies. Proceedings of the 5th International Scientific Conference, Jelgava, Latvia, April 26-27, 2012 (Electronic resource), Latvia Univ. of Agriculture,…Publication Date 2012
- grasslands
- fertilization
- NPK fertilizers
- nitrogen fertilizers
- application rates
- greenhouse gases
- nitrous oxide
- carbon dioxide
- Methane
- sustainability
- research
- Methane
- Library Collection RecordThe impact of deferred grazing (no defoliation of pastures for a period generally from spring to autumn) and fertilizer application on plant population density, ground cover and soil moisture in a…Publication Date 2012
- grazing management
- sustainability
- tiller density
- perennial grasses
- phosphorus
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordClimates are changing worldwide at rates not seen previously in geological time. This affects food production itself and the growth and reproduction of plant pathogens which reduce crop yield and…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- climate change
- crop loss
- disease
- food security
- plant pathogens
- population
- resource supply
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordThis paper proposes a broad overview of possible responses to the challenges posed by rangelands to promote discussion on a sustainable future for these vast regions. Rangelands Australia, an…Publication Date 2012
- Indigenous human populations
- Indigenous knowledge
- rangeland communities
- rangeland management
- sustainable livelihoods
- rangelands
- management
- sustainability
- pastoralism
- Nature reserves
- restoration
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe study focused on investigating the effects of different grazing ratios and stocking rate of cattle and goats under mixed species grazing on different species of plant. The experimental site was…Publication Date 2012
- Mixed-species grazing
- stocking rate
- grazing ratio
- cattle
- goats
- biomass
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordCommercial livestock production offers one of the main opportunities for mainstreaming of biodiversity conservation in the grassland biome of South Africa. Grazing management is expected to influence…Publication Date 2011-03-01
- grazing equipment
- increaser-decreaser classification
- mixed grazing
- species richness
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordSmallholder farmers in developing countries face numerous limitations that hinder them from embracing improved agricultural practices and innovations with great potential for meaningful…Publication Date 2011
- Subsistence farming
- Poverty
- fodder quality
- policies
- politics
- East African region
- Fodder shrubs
- fodder shrub innovations
- partnerships and collaboration
- research and development
- scaling-up the adoption
- smallholder farmers
- species diversification
- sustainability
- East Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- dairy cows
- animal feeding
- grazing systems
- pastures
- grassland management
- grazing intensity
- livestock management
- milk yield
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- case studies
- pastoralism
- Kenya
- managers
- grazing systems
- drought
- Climatic change
- sustainability
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordThe main objective of this study was to determine to what extent grazing pressure and timing modulate the seasonal progression of herbage quality in hilly Mediterranean grassland systems. The study…Publication Date 2011
- grazing
- cattle
- fodder quality
- grassland
- management
- rangelands
- sustainablity
- acid detergent fibre
- digestibility
- grazing system
- neutral detergent fibre
- near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy
- protein
- stocking rate
- eastern Galilee
- Israel
- Library Collection RecordA 2-year whole-farm study compared pasture-based systems increasing milk production per ha by increasing either stocking rate (from 2·5 to 3·8 cows/ha) or milk yield per cow (from 6000 to 9000 kg/…Publication Date 2011
- management
- economics
- milk yield
- stocking rate
- pasture
- grazing
- dairy cows
- dairy farm
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordOver the past few years, agribusiness, investment funds and government agencies have been acquiring long-term rights over large areas of land in Africa. Together with applicable national and…Publication Date 2011
- policies
- land use
- Economic Aspects
- politics
- International Institute for Environment and Development policy
- research
- climate
- ecology
- urban
- economics
- sustainability
- legislation
- southern Africa