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- Library Collection RecordWild horse (Equus ferus caballus) management in western North America is an escalating concern for ecological integrity on these landscapes. Identifying potential diet overlap among horses, livestock…Publication Date 2016
- cattle
- diet composition
- domestic sheep
- elk
- Equus ferus caballus
- microhistological fecal analysis
- mule deer
- pronghorn
- Library Collection RecordFollowing western settlement, fire was suppressed directly and indirectly by Euro-American land management practices. Currently, reintroduction of fire into sagebrush steppe systems may be desirable…Publication Date 2016
- John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
- long-term study
- sagebrush steppe
- Wyoming big sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordCalculated belowground buried root bag decomposition rates may be impacted by soil disturbance and that mesh bags can exclude potential degraders. This paper explicitly compares the sequential soil…Publication Date 2016
- carbon turnover rates
- loamy
- root decomposition rate
- Shoot
- soil organic carbon
- thin upland
- Library Collection RecordPrevious research suggests facilitative grazing by cattle during the preceding summer-fall can enhance spring foraging habitat of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni). However, previous…Publication Date 2016
- cattle
- Cervus elaphus
- forage conditioning
- grazing facilitation
- resource selection function
- targeted livestock grazing
- Library Collection RecordCrested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum [L] Gaertm. and Agropyron desertorum [Fisch.] Schult.) has been seeded across millions of hectares of the sagebrush steppe and is often associated with native…Publication Date 2016
- Agropyron cristatum
- burning
- grazing
- legacy effects
- sagebrush
- Seedbed
- Library Collection RecordLittle is known about how defoliation intensity and frequency alter plant community composition and diversity in northern Great Plains mixedgrass communities. We evaluated defoliation effects in…Publication Date 2016
- defoliation frequency
- defoliation intensity
- ecological site
- richness
- soil moisture
- Library Collection RecordCheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) is a highly invasive species in the Northern Great Basin that helps decrease fire return intervals. Fire fragments the shrub steppe and reduces its capacity to provide…Publication Date 2016
- big sagebrush
- conservation
- greater sage grouse
- invasive annuals
- MODIS
- shrub steppe
- US Fish andWildlife Service priority areas for
- Library Collection RecordNatural Resource Conservation Service Range Planting - Conservation Practice Standards provide guidelines for making decisions about seedbed preparation, planting methods, plant materials selection,…Publication Date 2016
- ecosystem services
- microclimate
- plant materials
- seeding
- site preparation
- weather
- Library Collection RecordA growing body of evidence suggests humans are pushing ecosystems near or beyond key ecological thresholds, resulting in transitions to new, sometimes undesirable phases or states that are costly to…Publication Date 2016
- catastrophic shifts
- forecasting
- mesic grasslands
- regime shifts
- resilience
- tipping points
- Library Collection RecordIn North America, the loss of habitat heterogeneity resulting from homogeneous livestock grazing is one factor contributing to steep population declines of many grassland bird species. Patch-burn…Publication Date 2016
- diversity
- grassland birds
- grazing
- heterogeneity
- patch-burn graze
- prescribed fire
- Library Collection RecordWe determined the feasibility of using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) video monitoring to predict intake of discrete food items of rangeland-raised Raramuri Criollo non-nursing beef cows. Thirty-five…Publication Date 2016
- cattle
- diet selection
- drones
- foraging behavior
- Library Collection RecordPinyon-juniper (Pinus spp.-Juniperus spp.) encroachment and decliningmule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) populations in western Colorado have necessitated management for increased forage. Pinyon-juniper…Publication Date 2016
- chain
- habitat
- mastication
- mule deer
- woody encroachment
- Library Collection RecordTragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu) has adapted to the harsh conditions of southern Africa's mopani woodland. However, there is still limited information on the diet composition and…Publication Date 2016
- browse
- browsing selectivity
- diet
- greater kudu
- mopani veld
- wet season
- Library Collection RecordThe productivity and stability of cattle production on rangelands depends on the maintenance of a dense and productive perennial grass-dominated resource base, which is contingent on appropriate…Publication Date 2016
- defoliation frequency
- palatable grass
- recovery period
- sandy nutrient-poor soils
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordObjectives of postfire seeding in the Great Basin include reestablishment of perennial cover, suppression of exotic annual weeds, and restoration of diverse plant communities. Nonconventional seeding…Publication Date 2016
- cheatgrass
- competition
- ecological restoration
- rehabilitation
- Library Collection RecordMany Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. wyomingensis) communities are invaded by exotic annuals, especially cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.), promoting larger and more frequent…Publication Date 2016
- competition
- exotic annuals
- fuel break
- resilience
- resistance
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding the influence of grazing management and environmental drivers on net ecosystem exchange of CO2 (NEE) is essential for optimizing carbon (C) uptake in rangelands. Herein, using 15…Publication Date 2016
- Bowen ratio
- carbon
- NDVI
- NEE
- net ecosystem CO2 exchange
- Semiarid rangeland
- Library Collection RecordGardner's saltbush ecosystems are increasingly being invaded by halogeton (Halogeton glomeratus [M. Bieb.] C.A. Mey.), an annual halophyte that increases soil surface salinity and reduces plant…Publication Date 2016
- establishment
- forage
- rangeland
- rehabilitation
- Saline
- Library Collection RecordThe impact on palatable shrubs when herbivores have access to high-quality food is unclear. We determined if providing high-quality food and increasing white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)…Publication Date 2016
- Celtis ehrenbergiana
- deer density
- deer effects on vegetation
- Eysenhardtia texana
- Odocoileus virginianus
- spiny hackberry
- supplemental feed
- Texas kidneywood
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordBuffelgrass savanna is becoming widespread in aridland ecosystems around the world following invasion or deliberate land conversion for cattle forage. There is still a gap of information regarding…Publication Date 2016
- arid lands transformation
- buffelgrass
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- eddy covariance
- evapotranspiration
- net ecosystem exchange
- Library Collection RecordInvasions by non-native plants can alter ecosystems such that new ecological states are reached, but less is known about how these transitions influence animal populations. Sagebrush (Artemisia…Publication Date 2016
- biological invasions
- Bromus tectorum
- granivore
- Pogonomyrmex
- state transitions
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordRangelands are fire-dependent ecosystems severely altered through direct fire suppression and fuels management. The removal of fire is a dominant cause of ecological sites moving across thresholds…Publication Date 2016
- ecosystem management
- fire effects
- prescribed burning
- wildland fire
- Library Collection RecordSeedling recruitment plays a crucial role in recovering plant communities after disturbance. As a natural disturbance, fire canmediate species composition in fescue prairie. However, little was known…Publication Date 2016
- fire cues
- restoration
- seedling density
- species composition
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordDuncecap larkspur (Delphinium occidentale [Wats.] Wats.) is an important perennial weed on high-elevation rangelands because of significant cattle losses due to toxic alkaloids in the plant.…Publication Date 2016
- herbicide ecology
- larkspur
- toxic plants
- weed control
- Library Collection RecordMedusahead (Elymus caput-medusae [L.] Nevski) is a highly damaging invasive annual grass in California rangelands. While it has been shown that prescribed fire can be a successful tool in…Publication Date 2016
- invasive
- medusahead
- prescribed fire
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland management
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordIncreases in precipitation variability, coupledwith higher temperatures, will lead to greater frequencies of severe, prolonged droughts for many regions with the expectation of attendant increases in…Publication Date 2016
- climate change adaptation
- Drought Effects
- ecological indicators
- episodic dieback
- grass-tree codominance
- vegetation lags
- Library Collection RecordWith a view to increasing rangeland pasture legume abundance, the herbage biomass and seedling recruitment of four New Zealand naturalized annual clover species (haresfoot clover Trifolium arvense L…Publication Date 2016
- grazing deferment
- legumes
- New Zealand rangeland
- Pasture Improvement
- seedling recruitment
- summer dry hill country
- Library Collection RecordAlthough the impact of optimal stocking rate on rangeland health and ranch profitability has been extensively studied, grazing management practice has received far less attention in mathematical…Publication Date 2016
- continuous grazing
- Grass Composition
- livestock consumption
- multipaddock grazing
- rangeland health
- 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 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 RecordRangelands, due to their large expanse, are responsible for processing a significant portion of freshwater in the western United States. Rangeland managers are in need of methods to quantify…Publication Date 2016
- ecological sites
- infiltration
- rainfall simulation
- runoff
- Library Collection RecordAlthough the impact of optimal stocking rate on rangeland health and ranch profitability has been extensively studied, grazing management practice has received far less attention in mathematical…Publication Date 2016
- continuous grazing
- Grass Composition
- livestock consumption
- multipaddock grazing
- rangeland health
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangeland Ecology & Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further…Publication Date 2015-11
- Library Collection RecordFew seed sources of North American forbs are available for revegetation/restoration of degraded western rangelands adapted to annual precipitation zones less than 300 mm, and those that are available…Publication Date 2015-11
- Astragalus filipes
- Dalea ornata
- Dalea searlsiae
- revegetation
- seed germination
- seed scarification
- Library Collection RecordSagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) plant communities in the Great Basin region are being severely impacted by increasingly frequent wildfires in association with the expansion of exotic annual…Publication Date 2015-11
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- climate variability
- restoration
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordGrazing tolerance of dominant native species may determine the fate of rangeland ecosystems, and using native plant populations with good grazing tolerance in restoration seedings may improve…Publication Date 2015-11
- clipping tolerance
- Elymus wawawaiensis
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- SLA
- tiller number
- timing of defoliation
- Library Collection RecordSupplementing wildlife populations with resources during times of limitation has been suggested for many species. The focus of our study was to determine responses of northern bobwhite (Colinus…Publication Date 2015-11
- Artificial water sources
- northern bobwhite
- resource utilization functions
- scaled quail
- survival
- Library Collection RecordElephant-induced thicket degradation in the Addo Elephant National Park (AENP), Eastern Cape, South Africa, was assessed during 1973 and 2010 using multitemporal satellite imagery. Changes in the…Publication Date 2015-11
- botanical reserves
- landscape metrics
- normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI)
- postclassification
- remote sensing
- Library Collection RecordFertilization can affect vegetation dynamics and natural grassland diversity. This study evaluated the vegetation dynamics of a natural grassland 16 years after the initial fertilization, discussing…Publication Date 2015-11
- diversity
- exotic species introduction
- Floristic Composition
- herbage mass production
- Library Collection RecordMost remaining grasslands are used for livestock grazing; stocking rates could be managed to help stop declining songbird populations. We examined the effects of stocking rates on grassland songbirds…Publication Date 2015-11
- Baird's sparrow
- cattle grazing
- chestnut-collared longspur
- Ecological threshold
- grassland management
- Sprague's pipit
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordWestern rangelands are currently under severe threat from exotic annual grasses. To successfully manage rangelands that are either infested with or susceptible to exotic annual grasses, we must focus…Publication Date 2015-11
- fuel attributes
- fuel-based model
- perennial bunchgrass
- resistance and resilience
- wildfire
- Wyoming big sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordThe Gunnison sage-grouse (GUSG) is an iconic species recently proposed for protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In Colorado's Upper Gunnison River Basin, ranchers own the majority…Publication Date 2015-11
- conservation
- Endangered Species Act
- Gunnison sage-grouse
- private land
- ranching
- rangeland
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangeland Ecology & Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further…Publication Date 2015-11
- Library Collection RecordThe Gunnison sage-grouse (GUSG) is an iconic species recently proposed for protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In Colorado's Upper Gunnison River Basin, ranchers own the majority…Publication Date 2015-11
- conservation
- Endangered Species Act
- Gunnison sage-grouse
- private land
- ranching
- rangeland
- Library Collection RecordWestern rangelands are currently under severe threat from exotic annual grasses. To successfully manage rangelands that are either infested with or susceptible to exotic annual grasses, we must focus…Publication Date 2015-11
- fuel attributes
- fuel-based model
- perennial bunchgrass
- resistance and resilience
- wildfire
- Wyoming big sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordMost remaining grasslands are used for livestock grazing; stocking rates could be managed to help stop declining songbird populations. We examined the effects of stocking rates on grassland songbirds…Publication Date 2015-11
- Baird's sparrow
- cattle grazing
- chestnut-collared longspur
- Ecological threshold
- grassland management
- Sprague's pipit
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordFertilization can affect vegetation dynamics and natural grassland diversity. This study evaluated the vegetation dynamics of a natural grassland 16 years after the initial fertilization, discussing…Publication Date 2015-11
- diversity
- exotic species introduction
- Floristic Composition
- herbage mass production
- Library Collection RecordElephant-induced thicket degradation in the Addo Elephant National Park (AENP), Eastern Cape, South Africa, was assessed during 1973 and 2010 using multitemporal satellite imagery. Changes in the…Publication Date 2015-11
- botanical reserves
- landscape metrics
- normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI)
- postclassification
- remote sensing
- Library Collection RecordSupplementing wildlife populations with resources during times of limitation has been suggested for many species. The focus of our study was to determine responses of northern bobwhite (Colinus…Publication Date 2015-11
- Artificial water sources
- northern bobwhite
- resource utilization functions
- scaled quail
- survival
- Library Collection RecordGrazing tolerance of dominant native species may determine the fate of rangeland ecosystems, and using native plant populations with good grazing tolerance in restoration seedings may improve…Publication Date 2015-11
- clipping tolerance
- Elymus wawawaiensis
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- SLA
- tiller number
- timing of defoliation
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