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- Library Collection RecordBetter management of riparian areas has been promoted by public agencies for almost 2 decades. Recently, however, efforts have been intensified because serious conservation concerns remain. To…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- Great Plains states of USA
- water pollution
- erosion control
- private ownership
- public domain
- land ownership
- riparian buffers
- wildlife management
- range management
- Library Collection RecordA new typology shows that the notion of rangeland carrying capacity has considerable ambiguity even under conditions of high environmental certainty. When these environmental conditions are highly…Publication Date 1997-09-01
- equilibrium
- decision analysis
- knowledge
- carrying capacity
- estimation
- stocking rate
- range management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThe value of science to policy design is questioned by many, including political scientists. Critics view scientific expertise as subject to monopolization by an elite technocracy; a process with…Publication Date 1997-05-01
- decision making
- issues and policy
- democracy
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordContentions that willows (Salix spp.) on Yellowstone National Park's northern range have declined because of climatic change, fire suppression, reduced chemical defenses, or other natural…Publication Date 1997-03-01
- indigenous peoples
- Castor canadensis
- ecological balance
- national parks
- Salix
- history
- seed productivity
- riparian buffers
- population dynamics
- Cervus elaphus
- Wyoming
- plant communities
- overgrazing
- Library Collection RecordCattle trampling of endangered plants, certain animal species, and ground nests may be a management concern on rangeland. Researchers need theoretical models of trampling loss to assist in design of…Publication Date 1996-05-01
- probabilistic models
- birds' nests
- endangered species
- continuous grazing
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- cattle
- range management
- simulation
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordIn a recent JRM article, Singer et al. (1994) report results of a willow (Salix spp.) study on the northern (ungulate winter) range of Yellowstone National Park (YNP) and immediate vicinity. The…Publication Date 1995-09-01
- stress response
- Yellowstone National Park
- national parks
- Salix
- browse plants
- winter
- tannins
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- Cervus elaphus canadensis
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordDecision support software has evolved in a number of disciplines to facilitate efficient allocation of resources. Such tools are especially useful where the response of complex systems to human…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- decision analysis
- computer software
- economic analysis
- range management
- Library Collection RecordDiffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa Lam.), an invasive weed, has reduced forage production and biodiversity, and increased soil erosion on over a million hectares of rangeland in the western United…Publication Date 1997-01-01
- Hesperostipa comata
- Centaurea diffusa
- wind
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- sowing
- crop-weed competition
- ambient temperature
- invasion
- Agropyron cristatum
- rain
- Washington
- biomass
- range management
- defoliation
- Library Collection RecordSince 1988, University of California Cooperative Extension short courses have been offered to 362 California ranchers and interested participants. The purpose was to assist private rangeland owners…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- short courses
- U.S. Cooperative Extension Service
- ranching
- California
- range management
- grazing
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordThe objectives of this study were to identify a Site Conservation Threshold, the point at which accelerated erosion occurs, and to examine the usefulness of the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP…Publication Date 1996-05-01
- water erosion
- rill erosion
- ground cover
- semiarid grasslands
- highlands
- mathematical models
- loam soils
- clay soils
- range condition
- rain
- biomass
- sediment yield
- range management
- plant litter
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordBroom snakeweed [Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton and Rusby] destruction by 1, 3, or 5 snakeweed grasshoppers [Hesperotettix viridis (Thomas)] per plant was quantified and compared with forage…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- Hesperotettix viridis
- biological control
- population density
- feeding
- weed control
- mortality
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- range management
- Orthoptera
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordSeasonal habitat use by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmerman) was monitored with radio telemetry in 1988-89 to determine responses to experimental brush treatments, 5-6 years post-…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- habitat selection
- tebuthiuron
- triclopyr
- Odocoileus virginianus
- prescribed burning
- Oklahoma
- range management
- seasonal variation
- Library Collection RecordResearch has been lacking on the influence of honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) on forage production in the Chihuahuan desert. In 1964 honey mesquite was controlled (65% kill) with the…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- xerophytes
- woody weeds
- Prosopis glandulosa
- cost-benefit analysis
- brush control
- rain
- forbs
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- canopy
- grazing
- grasses
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordThe study concerns the impact of herbivory on the root systems of 3 perennial grasses, buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris), digitgrass (Digitaria commutata) and needlegrass (Stipa lagascae), growing in…Publication Date 1996-07-01
- Digitaria
- Tunisia
- digitaria commutata
- stipa lagascae
- arid zones
- roots
- root systems
- perennials
- cutting frequency
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- range management
- Stipa
- Library Collection RecordGrazing distribution patterns of large herbivores are affected by abiotic factors such as slope and distance to water and by biotic factors such as forage quantity and quality. Abiotic factors are…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- wild animals
- foraging
- mathematical models
- ungulates
- spatial distribution
- wildlife management
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordA metabolism study evaluated the influence of increasing quantities (0-30% dry matter basis) of mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana Rydb. Beetle) on dry matter intake and in…Publication Date 1995-11-01
- urine
- nitrogen balance
- feces
- chemical composition
- voluntary intake
- hay
- digestibility
- Wyoming
- Artemisia tridentata
- sheep
- nitrogen content
- dry matter
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordEstablishment of blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis [H.B.K.] Lag ex. Steud.) depends on adequate precipitation at critical times and on reduced competition from associated vegetation. These conditions…Publication Date 1995-11-01
- clones
- basal area
- vegetative propagation
- seedlings
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Wyoming
- biomass
- rangelands
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordDebearders are machines originally developed to remove grain from bearded (awned) seed heads of small grains. They are now used in many types of seed cleaning, including preparing sagebrush seed for…Publication Date 1997-01-01
- after-ripening
- seed quality
- seed cleaners
- awns
- processing technology
- seed production
- relative humidity
- duration
- seeds
- seedlings
- growth
- Wyoming
- Artemisia tridentata
- seed germination
- temperature
- Library Collection RecordProposals outlined in Rangeland Reform '94 have been perceived to greatly alter grazing use on public lands. In addition to new rules and regulations, the grazing fee would double under this…Publication Date 1996-05-01
- grazing permits
- land policy
- grazing tenancy
- econometric models
- public domain
- land values
- ranching
- range management
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordThe relative abundance and dietary botanical composition of the Chacoan cavy (Pediolagus salinicola) was studied on sites of very good, good, and poor range condition in the Western Chaco, Argentina…Publication Date 1995-11-01
- Pediolagus salinicola
- rodents
- indicator species
- savannas
- feces
- diet
- dry environmental conditions
- overgrazing
- range management
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe Journal of Range 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 1995-11-01
- wild animals
- Salix
- browse plants
- rain
- Wyoming
- browsing damage
- Cervus elaphus canadensis
- Library Collection RecordThree mixed prairie sites at Mandan, N.D. were grazed heavily (0.9 ha steer-1), moderately (2.6 ha steer-1), or left ungrazed (exclosure) since 1916. These sites provided treatments to study the…Publication Date 1995-09-01
- c4 species
- c3 species
- exclosures
- carbon
- organic matter
- stocking rate
- species differences
- Bouteloua gracilis
- nitrogen content
- range management
- botanical composition
- grazing
- prairie soils
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed burning and mowing are management practices commonly used on grasslands even though there is limited knowledge of long-term effects on soil quality. The influences of mowing and burning on…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- mowing
- soil organic matter
- soil density
- electrical conductivity
- highlands
- soil pH
- loam soils
- Nebraska
- prescribed burning
- nitrogen content
- range management
- infiltration
- bulk density
- Library Collection RecordSuccessful managers of federal rangelands in the next century will have to implement politically supportable policies that address both forage and non-forage values. To do so will require an…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- public opinion
- public domain
- surveys
- multiple land use
- Oregon
- wildlife management
- range management
- rangelands
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this research was to estimate the impacts of increased federal grazing fees on current holders of grazing permits on the Gila National Forest (GNF) in western New Mexico. A multi-…Publication Date 1997-01-01
- farm income
- fees
- grazing tenancy
- farm size
- economic impact
- ranching
- cost-benefit analysis
- linear models
- grazing intensity
- range management
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordThis paper is an analysis of general principles involved in designing concepts for range science. It discusses the diversity of conceptuality in range science, from dimensional units to variables to…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- objectives
- range management
- Library Collection RecordMany ranchers, rangeland managers, and range scientists in the Pacific Northwest consider western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook.) to be an invading weed that reduces water infiltration, dries…Publication Date 1996-01-01
- stream flow
- water yield
- habitats
- soil erosion
- brush control
- Juniperus occidentalis
- rain
- Oregon
- range management
- plant competition
- Library Collection RecordMicrowave radar is a potentially useful tool for monitoring the condition of the rangeland. A study was conducted in a mixed prairie community at the Agriculture Canada Research Substation at Onefour…Publication Date 1994-09-01
- radar
- radar backscatter
- oversowing
- aerial photography
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- remote sensing
- Agropyron cristatum
- Alberta
- land restoration
- range management
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- canopy
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordChanges in woodland vegetation integrate the consequences of livestock grazing intensity, the alteration of fire regimes, and possible climate alterution, as well as other factors. Quantitative…Publication Date 1994-09-01
- pinyon-juniper
- ground cover
- understory
- species diversity
- fire ecology
- stocking rate
- range management
- botanical composition
- Utah
- grazing
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordA Stipa-bouteloua community, cultivated in the autumn of 1928 and abandoned in the spring of 1932, reverted to a community dominated by needle-and-thread (Stipa comata Trin. and Rupr.). An exclosure…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- abandoned land
- soil organic matter
- Hesperostipa comata
- soil properties
- Alberta
- Bouteloua gracilis
- prairies
- range management
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThe profitability of alternative range-based production systems is frequently affected by government policies. Moreover, the comparative profitability of wild and domestic animal production systems…Publication Date 1994-07-01
- Zimbabwe
- disincentives
- opportunity costs
- farm income
- game farming
- savannas
- profitability
- beef production
- semiarid zones
- cattle
- range management
- Library Collection RecordLong-term influences of livestock grazing on vegetation around watering points was studied on 2 upland Chihuahuan desert ranges in southcentral New Mexico using regression analysis. One range had…Publication Date 1995-01-01
- drinking water
- arid zones
- stocking rate
- cattle
- range management
- botanical composition
- New Mexico
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordA study was conducted on the effect of the rhizobacterium Azospirillum brasilense strain Cd on the production of herbaceous swards growing at 2 rangeland habitats in Israel. One habitat was the…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- Azospirillum brasilense
- improvement
- soil inoculation
- phosphorus fertilizers
- Israel
- productivity
- nitrogen fertilizers
- range management
- Library Collection RecordGulf cordgrass (Spartina spartinae [Trin.] Merr.) is a highly productive bunchgrass that dominates thousands of hectares of marshlands along the Gulf coast. Herbage yield, protein content, and…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- total nonstructural carbohydrates
- spartina spartinae
- coasts
- marshes
- wetlands
- forage crops
- clipping
- stubble
- carbohydrates
- protein content
- Texas
- range management
- crop yield
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordMuch research concerning sagebrush control methods and forage response after control has been conducted due to the importance of sagebrush-grass dominated rangelands for livestock and wildlife in the…Publication Date 1995-01-01
- cost-benefit analysis
- economic threshold
- control programs
- brush control
- prescribed burning
- Wyoming
- Artemisia tridentata
- canopy
- forage
- Library Collection RecordAn increase in continuous fine fuels promoted by the expansion of aggressive annual exotic grasses in the Intermountain West has altered the region's fire regimes, with both ecologic and…Publication Date 1995-01-01
- fire danger
- Rocky Mountain region
- mathematical models
- prediction
- fire ecology
- rain
- Bromus tectorum
- Oregon
- California
- biomass
- range management
- climatic factors
- Library Collection RecordThere has been recent concern regarding the effects of range management practices on biodiversity. Our objective was to determine the long-term (> 30 years) effects of chaining, and chaining…Publication Date 1994-11-01
- plowing
- root plowing
- chaining
- habitats
- brush control
- species diversity
- woody plants
- Texas
- range management
- Library Collection RecordManagement of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) for both forage and seed would improve the diversity of options livestock producers have for their stands. Our objective was to evaluate how timing of…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- seed quality
- seed production
- Missouri
- nitrogen fertilizers
- Panicum virgatum
- tillering
- precipitation
- range management
- forage
- Library Collection RecordInformation is limited on the influence of range condition on cattle diets in the Chihuahuan desert. Botanical composition of cattle diets on Chihuahuan desert ranges in excellent and good condition…Publication Date 1994-09-01
- Bouteloua eriopoda
- Sporobolus
- nutrient content
- Prosopis glandulosa
- arid lands
- feces
- diet
- phosphorus
- cattle feeding
- nitrogen content
- range management
- botanical composition
- grazing
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordDynamic programming was used to obtain optimal management and marketing policies for stocker operations in Southeastern Colorado under different stocking rates, rainfall, and price scenarios.…Publication Date 1995-01-01
- dynamic programming
- risk
- marginal returns
- market prices
- rain
- stocking rate
- pastures
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThis paper analyzes subjective perceptions of Texas ranchers concerning management decision-making to obtain insight for improving technology transfer. Correlations among variables from a 1990 mail…Publication Date 1994-09-01
- reliability
- farm surveys
- data analysis
- grazing tenancy
- brush control
- weed control
- stocking rate
- Texas
- range management
- Library Collection RecordRangelands with histories of overgrazing are frequently depauperate of native grasses. Occasionally, remnant native grasses are found surviving in these areas. We hypothesized that these survivors…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- patterns
- Festuca idahoensis
- adaptation
- growth
- Oregon
- range management
- rangelands
- defoliation
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordAbandoned bentonite mine spoils are extremely difficult to revegetate because of their high clay content, salinity, sodicity, low permeability, and the semiarid climate of the area where bentonite…Publication Date 1994-05-01
- wood residues
- spoil heap soils
- sodic soils
- mine spoil
- bentonite
- soil amendments
- gypsum
- grassland improvement
- ground cover
- reclamation
- perennials
- Wyoming
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordImproved regression models were developed to predict winter forage production from big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) through consideration of the subspecies variation among mountain big…Publication Date 1994-05-01
- mathematical models
- prediction
- Wyoming
- Artemisia tridentata
- browsing damage
- canopy
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThe sequence of species selection over the grazing period directly determines the effectiveness of different grazing systems. Knowledge of this sequence is also important in understanding the plant-…Publication Date 1995-07-01
- Tristachya
- tirstachya leucothrix
- Themeda triandra
- Eragrostis plana
- Hyparrhenia hirta
- South Africa
- veld
- tillers
- sheep
- cattle
- range management
- botanical composition
- defoliation
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordEffects of site factors, mowing, 2,4-D, and seasons on antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata Pursh.) twig length, basal and tip diameters, and weight were evaluated in southcentral Wyoming. Linear…Publication Date 1994-05-01
- twig length
- environmental management
- habit
- mowing
- seasons
- 2,4-D
- habitats
- Purshia tridentata
- plant morphology
- branches
- diameter
- weight
- growth
- Wyoming
- browsing
- Library Collection RecordThe slow and uncertain rate of recovery of plant communities after severe disturbance is a major problem on rangelands. Earlier studies sketched the outline of secondary succession on mixed-grass…Publication Date 1994-05-01
- species diversity
- ecological succession
- yields
- rain
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Wyoming
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grazing
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordWiregrass (Aristida stricta Michx.)-dominated communities characterize extensive areas of South Florida that have been subjected to burning and uncontrolled grazing for decades. We evaluated the…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- Aristida stricta
- panicum oligosanthes
- burning
- Florida
- range management
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordVegetation responses to prescribed fire over a 12-year period are reported for several deteriorating aspen clones in northwestern Wyoming. This study extends earlier work by Bartos and Mueggler (1981…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- reproduction
- sprouts
- understory
- Populus tremuloides
- Cervus elaphus
- prescribed burning
- biomass production
- Wyoming
- land restoration
- Library Collection RecordDecisions made by Texas ranchers over a 10 year period (1980-1990) concerning stocking rate levels were dominated by perceptions about weather. A regression model explained 64% of the variability in…Publication Date 1994-09-01
- farmers' income
- weather
- decision making
- rain
- stocking rate
- beef production
- Texas
- range management
- grazing
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