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- Library Collection RecordStocking rate is generally considered to be the most important management factor in sustainable grazing of Great Plains grasslands over management periods of 10 to 20 years or longer. Most studies to…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- birth weight
- calf production
- weaning weight
- Artemisia filifolia
- costs and returns
- optimization
- calves
- temporal variation
- body weight
- stocking rate
- pastures
- beef cows
- profitability
- precipitation
- sustainability
- grazing intensity
- drought
- range management
- seasonal variation
- Artemisia filifolia
- mixed prairie
- Southern Plains
- animal performance
- optimum stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordKnowledge of livestock population dynamics is important to better understand functional attributes and development potential of pastoral production systems. With a focus on the Borana system of semi-…Publication Date 2002-09-01
- pastoralism
- Ethiopia
- risk assessment
- land use
- population dynamics
- mortality
- rain
- stocking rate
- cattle
- drought
- Borana
- pastoralism
- drought
- equilibrial/non-equilibrial systems
- risk management
- Library Collection RecordWater is an important nutrient for livestock production and is often provided on rangelands directly from ponds or dugouts. Cattle may defecate and urinate into the water thereby adding nutrients and…Publication Date 2002-09-01
- microbial contamination
- protozoal infections
- nematode infections
- Giardia
- Cryptosporidium
- Trichostrongylus
- Nematodirus
- algae and seaweeds
- ponds
- salinity
- British Columbia
- liveweight gain
- calves
- palatability
- Alberta
- cattle manure
- water supply
- water troughs
- stocking rate
- beef cows
- feedlots
- steers
- prairies
- water quality
- grazing
- beef cattle
- ponds
- dugouts
- weight gain
- water intake
- Library Collection RecordThe terms of grazing lease contracts potentially influence a tenant's incentive to preserve the vegetation resource. Annual stocking rate decisions dictate the degree of overgrazing, which can…Publication Date 2002-09-01
- leasing
- optimization
- production costs
- equations
- duration
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- overgrazing
- beef cattle
- Lease Type
- Lease Length
- Standardized Beta Coefficient
- 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 2002-08-01
- controlled grazing
- cattle
- rotational grazing
- prescribed burning
- grazing intensity
- stocking rate
- literature reviews
- brush control
- grazing trials
- economic analysis
- veld
- Zimbabwe
- 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 2002-06-01
- grazing
- weed control
- range management
- rotational grazing
- foraging
- stocking rate
- drought
- monitoring
- forage
- Society for Range Management
- recreation
- pastures
- Oklahoma
- Mountain Park, Oklahoma
- residual effects
- finishing
- testing
- 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 2002-06-01
- pastures
- federal government
- economic analysis
- stocking rate
- history
- ranching
- Nevada
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordSteer nutritional response to vegetation conditions created by 4 grazing treatments was evaluated during the final 2 years (1987-88) of a 9-year grazing trial. Treatments were season-long stocking (…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- nutrient density
- dietary protein
- controlled grazing
- cell wall components
- Kansas
- liveweight gain
- continuous grazing
- shortgrass prairie
- fiber content
- stocking rate
- steers
- digestibility
- precipitation
- grazing intensity
- prairies
- biomass
- seasonal variation
- beef cattle
- feed intake
- grazing systems
- beef cattle
- stockers
- diet quality
- forage intake
- 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 RecordComputer simulation was used to determine the effects of wild elk (Cervus elaphus) on available forage, cattle herd size, and ranch gross margin in southwestern Montana beef cow-calf production…Publication Date 2002-03-01
- leasing
- livestock numbers
- interspecific competition
- simulation models
- ranching
- habitats
- hunting
- production costs
- stocking rate
- Cervus elaphus canadensis
- wildlife management
- range management
- Montana
- grazing
- beef cattle
- forage
- range economics
- Library Collection RecordA 3-year study was conducted to evaluate grazing strategies for production of growing cattle during summer on Northern Great Plains rangeland. Crossbred yearling steers (N = 123 per year, avg initial…Publication Date 2002-03-01
- liveweight gain
- body weight
- fiber content
- stocking rate
- steers
- crude protein
- natural grasslands
- summer
- precipitation
- grazing intensity
- in vitro digestibility
- biomass
- botanical composition
- Montana
- beef cattle
- forage
- grazing management
- beef cattle
- protein supplementation
- Library Collection RecordAn understanding of the impacts of grazing during and following drought on rangeland ecosystems is critical for developing effective drought management strategies. This study was designed to examine…Publication Date 2002-03-01
- pascopyron smithii
- primary productivity
- drought tolerance
- stocking rate
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Bouteloua gracilis
- tillering
- growth rate
- leaf water potential
- xylem water potential
- drought injury
- tillers
- biomass production
- Montana
- grazing
- soil water
- water stress
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Pascopyrum smithii
- production
- rainout shelter
- rest
- water potential
- Library Collection RecordThe keys to the successful ecological restoration of Bulga Downs station have been conservative stocking rates and the use of natural early warning indicators of stress on the land. An ecological…Publication Date 2002
- ecology
- grazing management
- stocking rate
- indicators
- stress
- rangelands
- Australia
- Family Business
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- projects
- landlords
- kangaroos
- stocking rate
- Pressure
- New South Wales
- West 2000 Program
- Library Collection RecordPaddocks in a stocking rate trial at Mt Sanford, in the Victoria River District of the Northern Territory, were examined for factors that influenced the development of piospheres (zones of…Publication Date 2002
- grasslands
- paddocks
- stocking rate
- grazing management
- mineral supplements
- Northern Australia
- piosphere
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- projects
- degradation
- floodplains
- fencing
- strategies
- stocking rate
- Australia
- Flood Plain
- grazing pressure
- Pastoralists
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- stocking rate
- land degradation
- rent
- financial institutions
- Publicity
- rental carrying capacity
- semi-arid rangelands
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordPresence of invading annual bromes (Bromus spp.) can alter seasonal patterns of forage production and quality and require management changes for efficient use of infested rangelands in the Northern…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- Bromus japonicus
- Poa secunda
- atrazine
- arid grasslands
- liveweight gain
- weed control
- Bromus tectorum
- stocking rate
- forbs
- steers
- crude protein
- Bouteloua gracilis
- precipitation
- biomass production
- biomass
- range management
- introduced species
- Montana
- plant competition
- Bromus japonicus
- Pascopyrum smithii
- northern Great Plains
- standing crop
- forage quality
- Library Collection RecordBecause intensive grazing is new to the humid western Canadian parkland (prairies), there is little information available about its effects on soil N and P status. This study addressed the question…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- Bromus inermis
- NPK fertilizers
- Bromus riparius
- triticale
- nitrate nitrogen
- sown grasslands
- soil fertility
- Alberta
- stocking rate
- use efficiency
- species differences
- phosphorus
- grazing intensity
- soil chemistry
- nitrogen content
- application rates
- prairies
- range management
- beef cattle
- ammonium
- faeces
- grazing intensity
- macronutrient status
- urine
- Library Collection RecordNative pasture and Old World bluestems (Bothriochloa spp.) have contrasting herbage production characteristics that suggest potential for incorporation into a complementary forage system. We compared…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- growth periods
- costs and returns
- economic analysis
- liveweight gain
- stocking rate
- pastures
- profitability
- Oklahoma
- biomass production
- botanical composition
- grazing
- beef cattle
- forage
- mixed prairie
- complementary forages
- old world bluestem
- Bothriochloa
- livestock performance
- Library Collection RecordAlkaloids constitute the largest class of plant secondary compounds, occurring in 20 to 30% of perennial herbaceous species in North America. Alkaloid-containing plants are of interest, first because…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- binding
- morbidity
- physiology
- metabolism
- excretion
- antinutritional factors
- alkaloids
- toxicity
- phytotoxins
- mortality
- stocking rate
- selective grazing
- species differences
- rotational grazing
- feed supplements
- biomass production
- rumen fermentation
- rangelands
- pasture plants
- literature reviews
- chemical constituents of plants
- poisonous plants
- plant toxins
- forage quality
- diet selection
- grazing management
- Library Collection RecordLivestock production and wildlife habitat objectives become antagonistic on grasslands when the architecture of standing herbage needed for key wildlife species limits the amount of forage that can…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- Tympanuchus phasianellus
- grouse
- habitat destruction
- nesting
- Phasianidae
- timing
- visual obstruction
- multiple use
- ground cover
- controlled grazing
- stocking rate
- Nebraska
- precipitation
- grazing intensity
- botanical composition
- plant height
- autumn visual obstruction
- grazing pressure
- sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) habitat
- Library Collection RecordTo quantify effects of forage canopy properties, soil surface relief, and hill slope on the hydrologic properties of the soil in a New Zealand hill land pasture, duplicate plots (15 x 3 m) with 3…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- New Zealand
- surface roughness
- water erosion
- ground cover
- slope
- stocking rate
- sandy loam soils
- cattle
- canopy
- infiltration
- trampling
- plant height
- soil water
- Hoof damage
- canopy
- erosion
- surface roughness
- topography
- Library Collection RecordNatural fires on the native grasslands of Oklahoma and Kansas were important for maintaining ecosystem structure and function. Today, land managers largely conduct prescribed fires in the late…Publication Date 2001-01-01
- tallgrass prairie
- Great Plains states of USA
- mixed prairie
- forage legumes
- seasons
- seral stages
- wildfire management
- legumes
- frequency
- Kansas
- fire ecology
- perennials
- fires
- fire effects
- stocking rate
- selective grazing
- prescribed burning
- forbs
- Oklahoma
- biomass production
- grazing intensity
- prairies
- grasses
- beef cattle
- native grasslands
- prescribed fire
- fire frequency
- fire interactions
- fire return interval
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to describe the relationship among range condition scores, tenure system, management practices and bio-physical variables for 107 communal ejido ranches and 373…Publication Date 2001-01-01
- private ownership
- human population
- private farms
- common lands
- infrastructure
- coownership
- farm size
- carrying capacity
- land ownership
- ranching
- range condition
- Mexico
- rain
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- range management
- communal resources
- ejido
- infrastructure
- precipitation
- 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 2000-12-01
- grazing
- range management
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of the experiment was to examine the effects of different stocking densities (3.7, 4.6, and 5.5 cows ha- l) on tiller density, botanical composition, and chemical (crude protein [CP],…Publication Date 2000-11-01
- flowering date
- Trifolium repens
- heat sums
- sward
- dairy cows
- Spain
- Lolium perenne
- sown grasslands
- mineral content
- protein content
- fiber content
- rain
- stocking rate
- sward destruction
- potassium
- phosphorus
- magnesium
- calcium
- dietary mineral supplements
- rotational grazing
- tillering
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- maturity stage
- Lolium
- stocking rate
- Trifolium
- Library Collection RecordPresence of 2 large herbivores in the same rangeland makes assessment of proper stocking rates and management practices rather complex. This study evaluated composition and overlap of red deer and…Publication Date 2000-11-01
- mixed grazing
- Prosopis
- Cervus elaphus
- stocking rate
- species differences
- diet
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- beef cattle
- browsing
- intermediate feeders
- grass users
- rangeland use
- range diets
- multi-species programs
- Library Collection RecordStocking rate directly influences the frequency and intensity of defoliation of individual plants which, in turn, impacts energy flow and plant succession in grazed ecosystems. The objective of this…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- Bothriochloa saccharoides
- Aristida purpurea
- Aristida purpurea var. longiseta
- Bothriochloa
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- continuous grazing
- range condition
- ecological succession
- rain
- stocking rate
- forbs
- Oklahoma
- biomass
- botanical composition
- grasses
- beef cattle
- standing crop
- plant succession
- grazing impacts
- Bouteloua
- Aristida
- 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 2000-08-01
- range management
- stocking rate
- grazing time
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to provide a tool for maintaining a high grazing efficiency. In a rotational grazing system, the residual sward height does not provide enough information in advance…Publication Date 2000-07-01
- France
- assessment
- ewes
- heat sums
- dairy cows
- nitrogen balance
- volume determination
- controlled grazing
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- plant height
- herbage height
- nitrogen
- stocking rate
- management
- dairy farms
- Library Collection RecordTo examine the effect of grazing and potential interactions among grazing and biological traits of plants, we studied patch dynamics, seed production, and seedling survival in a Mediterranean…Publication Date 2000-05-01
- annuals
- recruitment
- Spain
- Phalaris aquatica
- perennials
- mortality
- rain
- seedlings
- stocking rate
- sward destruction
- tillering
- grazing intensity
- overgrazing
- cattle
- drought
- botanical composition
- Mediterranean grassland
- overgrazing
- perennial grasses
- plant recruitment
- seedling survival
- summer-drought
- Library Collection RecordWe compared the herbage standing crop on 31 farms along a rainfall gradient in Namibia (southwestern Africa) in 1997 with the results attained for the same gradient by Walter (1939). We found that…Publication Date 2000-03-01
- Namibia
- environmental degradation
- desertification
- grasslands
- rain
- stocking rate
- biomass production
- overgrazing
- forage
- Africa
- rangelands
- historical records
- grazing
- rainfall
- Library Collection RecordEconomic impacts from federal grazing policy frequently figure in public debate about federal land in the American West. The spatial and economic level of aggregation at which impacts are estimated…Publication Date 2000-03-01
- rural economy
- income
- primary sector
- sectoral analysis
- grazing tenancy
- public domain
- economic impact
- stocking rate
- Idaho
- spatial distribution
- rangelands
- public lands
- grazing
- input/output models
- Library Collection RecordNitrogen fertilization is a common practice on introduced grass pastures established on marginal farmland in the Southern Great Plains. The efficiency of N fertilizer use on pastures and concern…Publication Date 2000-03-01
- soil organic matter
- costs and returns
- production costs
- liveweight gain
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- rain
- nitrogen fertilizers
- stocking rate
- pastures
- Oklahoma
- steers
- crude protein
- summer
- soil chemistry
- in vitro digestibility
- nitrogen content
- application rates
- biomass
- Southern Plains
- marginal farmland
- grass fertilization
- old world bluestem
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- forage quality
- 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 2000-02-01
- range management
- botanical composition
- Alberta
- ecological succession
- grazing intensity
- stocking rate
- climax communities
- range condition
- 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 2000-02-01
- range management
- beef cattle
- rotational grazing
- Alberta
- ecological succession
- grazing intensity
- stocking rate
- literature reviews
- Western United States
- rain
- range condition
- infiltration
- Library Collection RecordGrazing distribution and forage use patterns are important influences on rangeland ecosystems. Spatial patterns of grazing by domestic cattle (Bos taurus) were observed over 2 consecutive years under…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- geographic information systems
- mathematical models
- prediction
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- spatial distribution
- grazing
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordCarefully-managed livestock grazing has been offered as a tool to improve the forage quality of graminoids on big game winter range. Formal testing of this theory has thus far been done using hand…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- Festuca idahoensis
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- Carex geyeri
- stems
- Carex
- savannas
- Cervus elaphus
- rain
- stocking rate
- Oregon
- crude protein
- shrubs
- sheep
- in vitro digestibility
- biomass
- canopy
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThe long-term sustainability of pasture management systems, whether related to structural stability or nutrient dynamics, is dependent upon maintaining soil biological properties. This study…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- arylsulfatase
- alkaline phosphatase
- acid phosphatase
- microorganisms
- Manitoba
- livestock numbers
- carbon
- enzyme activity
- sown grasslands
- continuous grazing
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- nitrogen content
- biomass
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordProductivity of Barzona, Brangus, and Beefmaster cattle was evaluated on conservatively (n=2) (40 ha AU-1) and moderately (28.5 ha AU-1) stocked pastures (n=2) in the Chihuahuan Desert of south-…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- cattle breeds
- pregnancy rate
- farm income
- livestock numbers
- weaning weight
- arid grasslands
- arid zones
- production costs
- calves
- continuous grazing
- body weight
- rain
- Brangus
- Beefmaster
- barzona
- stocking rate
- breed differences
- beef cows
- shrubs
- botanical composition
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordHistorically, there have been several seminal achievements in management and utilization of privately-owned rangelands. The most important of the early achievements were domestication of livestock,…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- government research
- history
- land ownership
- agricultural research
- stocking rate
- prescribed burning
- overgrazing
- range management
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThe mainstream view of pastoral management is founded on the principle of 'conservative stocking' as the basis for economic viability and ecological sustainability. Under this paradigm…Publication Date 2000
- management
- sustainability
- stocking rate
- Government intervention
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA grazing management guide has been developed for the semi -arid woodlands to enable pastoralists to better monitor the condition of their land and incorporate this information into management…Publication Date 2000
- grazing management
- techniques
- monitoring
- stocking rate
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordDuring the last decade a [']new rangeland science 039; has emerged. One of the tenets of the new science is that pastoralists should not adhere to a single conservative stocking rate, but rather…Publication Date 2000
- Capital costs
- cattle
- carrying capacity
- Environmental costs
- modelling
- rangeland
- southern Africa
- stocking rate
- socio-economic aspects
- economics
- management
- Africa
- 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 RecordThis investigation was to determine the carrying capacity of the Southern Plains mixed-grass prairie by measuring vegetation and yearling steer gain responses to 2 replicates of 3 different grazing…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- ground cover
- carrying capacity
- liveweight gain
- rain
- stocking rate
- winter
- Oklahoma
- steers
- summer
- sustainability
- botanical composition
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordAn experiment with beef cows grazing Mediterranean-type grassland was conducted to study the effect of grazing deferment at the beginning of the growing season on pasture productivity and animal…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- poultry manure
- calving rate
- replacement rate
- Israel
- weaning weight
- controlled grazing
- production costs
- continuous grazing
- duration
- stocking rate
- Mediterranean climate
- beef cows
- conception rate
- energy intake
- feed supplements
- biomass
- range management
- grazing
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordThe recent expansion of juniper into sagebrush steppe communities throughout the semiarid Intermountain West is most frequently attributed to the reduced role of fire, introduction and overstocking…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- dendrochronology
- growth rings
- artemisia arbuscula
- Festuca idahoensis
- Pinus ponderosa
- fire ecology
- Juniperus occidentalis
- rain
- stocking rate
- Oregon
- grazing intensity
- semiarid zones
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordEastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.) is a perennial warm-season bunchgrass that starts growth earlier in the spring than most other warm-season grasses. This suggests that combining…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- Tripsacum dactyloides
- Tripsacum
- protein content
- liveweight gain
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- rain
- stocking rate
- Oklahoma
- grazing intensity
- in vitro digestibility
- biomass
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- grazing
- beef cattle
- plant height
- maturity stage