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- Library Collection RecordKnowledge regarding the economic impacts of predicted increases in seasonal precipitation variability on cowcalf enterprises, through influences of precipitation on both forage and cattle…Publication Date 2016
- Calf Gains
- climate change
- drought
- forage production
- northern mixed-grass prairie
- semiarid grasslands
- Library Collection RecordWe examined multiple environmental factors related to climate change that affect cattle production on rangelands to identify sources of vulnerability among seven regions of the western United States…Publication Date 2017
- cattle
- climate change
- rangelands
- vulnerability
- Library Collection RecordKnowledge regarding the economic impacts of predicted increases in seasonal precipitation variability on cowcalf enterprises, through influences of precipitation on both forage and cattle…Publication Date 2016
- Calf Gains
- climate change
- drought
- forage production
- northern mixed-grass prairie
- semiarid grasslands
- Library Collection RecordSteadily rising carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere has the potential to increase plant biomass production and reduce plant transpiration in semiarid rangelands. Incorporating results…Publication Date 2015-09
- biomass
- climate change
- CO2
- evapotranspiration
- rangeland
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordGrasslands are highly imperiled as a result of widespread conversion for agriculture and alteration from human development. Remaining grasslands are susceptible to mismanagement, development and…Publication Date 2015-03
- climate change
- energy development
- fire-grazing interaction
- pyric herbivory
- tallgrass prairie
- Tympanuchus cupido
- Library Collection RecordExpansion of woody plants in North American grasslands and savannas is facilitated in part by root system adaptation to climatic extremes. Climatic extremes are predicted to become more common with…Publication Date 2014-03
- Carbon isotope ratio
- carbon sequestration
- climate change
- leaf water potential
- Root-to-shoot ratio
- woody plant encroachment
- Library Collection RecordA large number of empirical and mechanistic simulation models and decision support tools have been produced for rangelands. Collectively, these models have considerably increased our fundamental…Publication Date 2012-11-01
- climate change
- decision making
- enterprise levels
- experiential and experimental knowledge
- object modeling systems
- state-and-transition models
- Library Collection RecordRangeland ecosystems cover approximately one-third of the land area in the United States and half of the land area of California. This large land area, coupled with the propensity of grasses to…Publication Date 2010-01-01
- annual grasslands
- climate change
- Mediterranean climate
- oak woodlands
- soil carbon sequestration
- Library Collection RecordThe emergence of markets for mitigation of climate change presents new opportunities for increasing economic and ecological returns to rangelands in developing countries. Improving rangeland…Publication Date 2010-01-01
- carbon sequestration
- climate change
- rangeland management
- Library Collection RecordVegetation changes associated with climate shifts and anthropogenic disturbance have major impacts on biogeochemical cycling. Much of the interior western United States currently is dominated by…Publication Date 2011-03-01
- biogeochemical cycles
- carbon sequestration
- cheatgrass
- climate change
- invasive annual grass
- sagebrush
- soil organic carbon
- total nitrogen
- Library Collection RecordInter- (between years) and intra- (within year) annual variability of precipitation are high on rangelands. We used replicated rainout shelters in a southern tallgrass prairie ecosystem to decrease…Publication Date 2011-07-01
- altered precipitation regime
- climate change
- ecosystem stability
- Southern tallgrass prairie
- species richness
- rainout shelter
- Library Collection RecordFossil fuel-derived inputs can increase cow-calf production per unit of land or labor but can raise financial and environmental concerns. Eleven US cow-calf systems from nine ecological regions in…Publication Date 2011-11-01
- beef cattle
- carbon emission
- climate change
- feed costs
- fossil fuel
- Library Collection RecordDroughts characterize rangelands, yet drought research remains limited. Objectives of the study were to determine: 1) effects of the 1999-2004 drought on ranch resources, 2) how ranchers coped with…Publication Date 2011-11-01
- adaptive management
- climate change
- policy
- range livestock
- risk management
- social-ecological systems
- Library Collection RecordPrecipitation-use efficiency (PUE) is a key determinant of aboveground net primary production (ANPP). We used long-term datasets to contrast ANPP and PUE estimates between northern (southeast Montana…Publication Date 2009-05-01
- climate change
- drought
- grasslands
- precipitation-use efficiency
- primary production
- rangelands
- water
- Library Collection RecordOver the last century there has been marked expansion and infilling of pinyon (Pinus spp.)-juniper (Juniperus spp.) woodlands into grassland and shrubland ecosystems across the western United States…Publication Date 2009-11-01
- age structure
- climate change
- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
- land use change
- pinyon
- tree growth
- tree ring
- woodland expansion
- woody encroachment
- Library Collection RecordEffects of unmanaged populations of large mammalian herbivores, especially elk (Cervus elaphus on vegetation is a concern in Yellowstone National Park, since wolves (Canis Lupus) are extirpated,…Publication Date 1994-11-01
- Alces alces
- climate change
- Salix
- Cervus elaphus
- species differences
- growth
- tannins
- secondary metabolites
- digestibility
- Wyoming
- browsing damage
- nitrogen content
- drought
- water stress
- altitude
- Library Collection RecordSteadily rising carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere has the potential to increase plant biomass production and reduce plant transpiration in semiarid rangelands. Incorporating results…Publication Date 2015-09
- biomass
- climate change
- CO2
- evapotranspiration
- rangeland
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordGrasslands are highly imperiled as a result of widespread conversion for agriculture and alteration from human development. Remaining grasslands are susceptible to mismanagement, development and…Publication Date 2015-03
- climate change
- energy development
- fire-grazing interaction
- pyric herbivory
- tallgrass prairie
- Tympanuchus cupido
- Library Collection RecordExpansion of woody plants in North American grasslands and savannas is facilitated in part by root system adaptation to climatic extremes. Climatic extremes are predicted to become more common with…Publication Date 2014-03
- Carbon isotope ratio
- carbon sequestration
- climate change
- leaf water potential
- Root-to-shoot ratio
- woody plant encroachment