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- Library Collection RecordLitter and organic matter accumulations can reduce soil water through interception of precipitation and subsequent evaporation of absorbed water. Interception varies with mass and water holding…Publication Date 1991-01-01
- particle size distribution
- soil organic matter
- mixed pastures
- water holding capacity
- Festuca
- grazing trials
- Alberta
- natural grasslands
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- prairies
- plant litter
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordIn recent years there has been an increasing emphasis on reestablishment of woody vegetation in degraded riparian zones. In this study we evaluated the influence of grazing and selected site factors…Publication Date 1991-01-01
- shoot cuttings
- salix geyeriana
- crop establishment
- Salix
- water table
- site factors
- riparian buffers
- mortality
- soil water content
- grazing intensity
- plant communities
- California
- cattle
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordA study was conducted in the Texas Rolling Plains to test the hypotheses that short-duration grazing increases plant density and diversity in grasslands. Densities of 9 species of winter annual forbs…Publication Date 1989-09-01
- annuals
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- Texas
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordThe influence of grazing by cattle on soil bulk density was studied in a typic Natraquoll of the Flooding Pampa of Argentina for a period of 33 months, by comparing a grazed situation to an enclosure…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- pampas
- physicochemical properties
- floodplains
- soil density
- environmental factors
- soil water content
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- Argentina
- grazing
- soil compaction
- bulk density
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordThe impacts of intensive vs. extensive silviculture, and moderate continuous livestock grazing vs. no livestock grazing as they relate to infiltration and runoff water quality were evaluated using…Publication Date 1989-09-01
- silviculture
- Pinus palustris
- Louisiana
- grazing intensity
- plant litter
- Library Collection RecordEconomic arguments in favor of grazing intensity trials are provided by economic analysis of grazing intensity results from Coastal, Callie and experimental hybrid S-16 bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon…Publication Date 1989-09-01
- Cynodon dactylon
- economic impact
- steers
- grazing intensity
- Library Collection RecordWe discuss what concepts or models should be used to organize research and management on rangelands. The traditional range succession model is associated with the management objective of achieving an…Publication Date 1989-07-01
- ecological balance
- equilibrium
- ecosystems
- simulation models
- climax communities
- ecological succession
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordGrazing was eliminated from the Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary, located in south-central Arizona, in 1968. Long-term changes in canopy cover of vegetation were evaluated between 1969 and…Publication Date 1989-07-01
- recovery
- ecosystems
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- plant communities
- semiarid zones
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordResearch was conducted on the effects of rotational grazing (RG) compared to continuous grazing (CG) on the behavior of cattle grazing on rangelands. Different livestock densities in the RG…Publication Date 1989-07-01
- grazing time
- continuous grazing
- grazing experiments
- stocking rate
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- grazing behavior
- spatial distribution
- cattle
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordManipulating stocking rate and duration of grazing is fundamental to range management. It has been claimed that rotation grazing systems will increase stocking capacity of range while maintaining or…Publication Date 1988-07-01
- economics
- Hesperostipa comata
- Agropyron
- liveweight gain
- stocking rate
- crop production
- rotational grazing
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- range management
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThe term harvest efficiency has been used with increasing frequency to describe results of intensive grazing management. A concept of harvest efficiency for grazed systems, i.e., a grazing efficiency…Publication Date 1988-07-01
- grazing experiments
- productivity
- agricultural research
- nomenclature
- efficiency
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordGrazing trials in which treatments are compared at only 1 grazing intensity greatly outnumber those in which treatments are compared at several grazing intensities. This suggests that, compared to…Publication Date 1988-07-01
- data analysis
- Cynodon dactylon
- models
- liveweight gain
- regression analysis
- cultivars
- grazing experiments
- stocking rate
- steers
- grazing intensity
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordConcentrations and loadings (output, number day-1 km-2) of fecal coliform (FC) indicator bacteria were measured from 1979 through 1984 in streamflow from 13 forested watersheds under the following…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- Escherichia coli
- water pollution
- coliform bacteria
- grant county, oregon
- streams
- watersheds
- feces
- Oregon
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- water quality
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding the temporal response of vegetation to selected livestock grazing strategies is necessary for the continued maintenance or increased productivity of rangelands. Vegetation cover and…Publication Date 1988-03-01
- plant community analysis
- plant ecology
- ecological succession
- grazing experiments
- grazing intensity
- Texas
- biomass
- rangelands
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordInfluences of grazing intensity on species composition and herbage production of grass-woodland and improved grassland subtypes of annual range were evaluated over a 5-year period in coastal northern…Publication Date 1987-03-01
- grassland utilization
- grasslands
- responses
- yields
- productivity
- grazing intensity
- California
- sheep
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordLittle published information is available on the vegetation or its response to grazing in the high elevation (3,900-4,800m) grasslands of the Andes, known as the puna. The objective of this study was…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- puna
- Peru
- plant community analysis
- highlands
- ecological succession
- grazing intensity
- rangelands
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordManagement of sympatric ungulates on multiple use lands requires knowledge of how species exploit resources available to them. We examined seasonal food habits, dietary overlap, and dietary quality…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- horses
- ungulates
- sympatric species
- resource partitioning
- feces composition
- Antilocapra americana
- Oregon
- grazing intensity
- diet studies
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- range management
- seasonal variation
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordCreeping bluestem (Schizachyrium stoloniferum) was grazed every 60-days to 15 or 30-cm stubble heights during the following 4 periods (seasons): (1) June, Aug., Oct. (JAO); (2) Oct., Dec., Feb. (ODF…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- seasons
- spread
- Schizachyrium stoloniferum
- grazing time
- stubble
- Florida
- nutrient contents of plants
- tillering
- grazing intensity
- establishment
- crop yield
- grazing
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordA 5-year study was conducted to evaluate the influences of rest-rotation, deferred-rotation, and season-long grazing systems on cattle diet botanical composition and quality and weight gains on…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- Oregon
- rotational grazing
- nutrient contents of plants
- animal nutrition
- mountain grasslands
- ruminants
- performance testing
- grazing intensity
- diet studies
- cattle
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordCaucasian bluestem (Bothriochloa caucasica (Trin.) C.E. Hubb.) is a warm-season grass introduced from Eurasia that is currently used for reseeding farmland and depleted range in the Southern Great…Publication Date 1987-05-01
- ratios
- root shoot ratio
- Bothriochloa bladhii
- tolerance
- root systems
- leaf area index
- steers
- grazing intensity
- defoliation
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordVariation in voluntary forage intake is undoubtedly the major dietary factor determining level and efficiency of ruminant production. This variation is largest and least predictable for grazing…Publication Date 1985-07-01
- foraging
- voluntary intake
- ruminants
- grazing intensity
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordGrazing trials were conducted on high elevation summer range in southwestern Utah, with cattle and sheep stocked separately and together in .4-ha paddocks. Vegetation measurements were taken before…Publication Date 1985-07-01
- symphoricarpos oreophilus
- Symphoricarpos
- foraging
- highlands
- grazing intensity
- sheep
- cattle
- rangelands
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordChanges in basal cover of vegetation were predicted in response to variation in precipitation and grazing intensity. Multiple regression analysis was used with basal cover as a dependent variable and…Publication Date 1985-07-01
- Great Plains
- plant development
- plant ecology
- precipitation
- grazing intensity
- climatic factors
- United States
- Library Collection RecordStocking intensity and stocking pressure have been defined and used as technical stocking variables describing animals on pasture. Relationships between these variables and stocking variables such as…Publication Date 1985-11-01
- nomenclature
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- Library Collection RecordHalogeton first infested the Benmore Experimental Area on heavily grazed "slick spots," where soils contain more total soluble salts and greater amounts of exchangeable sodium than adjacent…Publication Date 1968-01-01
- Rest Rotation Grazing
- Halogeton Invasion
- Crested Wheatgrass Range
- Benmore Experimental Area
- slickspots
- Seeding Light Stocking
- Soluble Salts
- sodium
- topography
- grazing intensity
- Heavy Grazing
- grazing season
- Halogeton glomeratus
- precipitation
- soils
- deferment
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordTwenty-five years of light, moderate, and heavy grazing by cattle have had little effect on abundance of pricklypear at Central Plains Experimental Range. Pricklypear was removed from heavily…Publication Date 1968-03-01
- Central Great Plains
- Plains Pricklypear
- Opunita polyacantha
- relations
- Available Herbage
- forage availability
- removal
- Central Plains Experimental Range
- grazing intensity
- yield
- grazing
- blue grama
- frequency
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordTwo loamy prairie pastures were studied to determine the effect of different grazing intensities on botanical composition, herbage production, and plant vigor. Indications are that heavy grazing…Publication Date 1967-07-01
- plant composition
- leaf height
- Loamy Prairie Pastures
- Osage Rangeland
- overstocking
- Andropogon scoparius
- grazing intensity
- Andropogon gerardii
- botanical composition
- plant vigor
- little bluestem
- big bluestem
- switchgrass
- Indiangrass
- Basal Density
- herbage production
- vigor
- range condition
- production
- Sorghastrum nutans
- Panicum virgatum
- Oklahoma
- Library Collection RecordGrazing intensity of native range had little effect on total root weight, but under heavy grazing the percentage of total roots in the upper foot was greater than under moderate grazing. Thirty lb of…Publication Date 1967-05-01
- grazing intensity
- Heavy Grazing
- root weight
- Moderate Grazing
- root development
- production
- Mandan
- top growth
- Northern Great Plains Research Center
- ammonium nitrate
- soil moisture
- perennials
- grazing
- Range Grasses
- nitrogen
- fertilization
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1949-07-01
- forage growth
- microclimate
- Little Thompson River
- Estes Park
- grass density
- Summer Growing Season
- precipitation
- Perennial Grass Production
- litter
- Forage Removal
- grazing intensity
- soil
- mulch
- Kentucky bluegrass
- clipping
- plant succession
- forage production
- utilization
- grazing
- protection
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1949-07-01
- Annual Plants
- organic matter
- soil temperature
- height growth
- climate
- temperature
- Berkeley
- burning
- grazing values
- grazing intensity
- herbage
- forage yield
- fire
- soil moisture
- soils
- forbs
- forage
- species composition
- California
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1953-01-01
- effects
- desert range
- grazing land
- reproductive efficiency
- Heavy Stocking
- Conservative Stocking
- energy
- Nutritional Requirements
- Digestion Studies
- grazing intensity
- nutritive value
- protein
- range forage
- utilization
- stocking rate
- livestock
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1962-03-01
- water intake rate
- Fescue Grassland
- Saskatchean River System
- Range Experiment Substation
- Stavley
- Mobile Infiltrometer
- soil erosion
- grazing intensity
- Alberta
- cover
- management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1962-05-01
- Wet Cows
- Fill
- Overnight Shrinkage
- Stomach Compartments
- Range Supplements
- Lactating Condition
- Range Cattle
- grazing intensity
- San Joaquin Experimental Range
- weight
- growth
- California
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1962-03-01
- Annual Grass Type
- Permanent Wilting PErcentage
- Soil Water Plant System
- plant yields
- Mediterranean climate
- Physical Conditions
- grazing intensity
- Soil Moisture Depletion
- California
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1959-01-01
- height growth
- cattle gains
- Ponderosa Pine Zone
- flexibility
- seeded range
- Grazing Procedure
- Yellow Sweetclover
- Melilotus officinalis
- Percentage of Weight Removed
- depleted range
- trials
- Herd Management
- Bromus inermis
- Agropyron intermedium
- smooth brome
- grazing intensity
- intermediate wheatgrass
- Russian wildrye
- clipping
- plant vigor
- herbage production
- utilization
- vigor
- Elymus junceus
- Agropyron cristatum
- stocking rate
- yields
- forage values
- Colorado
- crested wheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1958-01-01
- midgrasses
- Sands
- Eastern Colorado
- sandhill
- Medium Textured
- Sandy Plains
- Nunn
- Site Evaluations
- tallgrasses
- variation
- Central Plains
- range sites
- climax vegetation
- grazing intensity
- beef production
- plant cover
- rangelands
- Great Plains
- uplands
- forage production
- management
- Library Collection RecordA stocking-rate guide for cattle on blue-grama range was developed at Central Plains Experimental Range. The guide is based on the amount of herbage left ungrazed at the end of the summer season as…Publication Date 1969-03-01
- Guide
- grazing efficiency
- Leaf Tissue
- Blue Grama Range
- adjustments
- herbage growth
- Central Plains Experimental Range
- quantity
- economics
- grazing intensity
- beef production
- Great Plains
- quality
- livestock
- cattle
- vegetation
- forage
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Colorado
- management
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordIn rangeland management, water quantity and quality are related to range condition. The better the range condition, the better the water relationships. Range condition can be improved by regulating…Publication Date 1969-07-01
- Water Control
- Type Conversion
- Livestock Selection
- mechanical control
- rangeland management
- reduction
- Water Relationships
- Sedimentation
- animals
- Flood
- Pitting
- Contour Furrowing
- Plant
- climate
- objectives
- ecology
- topography
- quantity
- economics
- grazing intensity
- soil
- shrubs
- seasons
- reseeding
- trees
- controlled grazing
- range condition
- grazing
- quality
- fertilization
- erosion
- runoff
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1956-09-01
- Vitamins
- Edaphic Influences
- Chemical Properties
- Climatic Influences
- stage of maturity
- Plant Species
- maturity
- nutrients
- climate
- Livestock Class
- carbohydrates
- minerals
- energy
- burning
- grazing intensity
- soil
- Factors
- nutritive value
- browse
- protein
- range forage
- range condition
- quality
- forbs
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordTotal protein, ash, lignin, and other carbohydrates were somewhat higher in forage from poor ranges while ether extract, cellulose, and gross energy were slightly higher in forage from good ranges.…Publication Date 1965-03-01
- Nutritive Intake
- Daily Intake
- Poor Condition
- summer range
- fence line contrast
- Good Condition
- nutrients
- Cache National Forest
- Extract
- ash
- carbohydrates
- cellulose
- diet
- energy
- grazing intensity
- lignin
- digestibility
- protein
- herbage production
- utilization
- range condition
- sheep
- production
- forage
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordSideoats grama is a key species for indicating forage use on the Rolling Plains of Texas. A regression equation for field determination of percent utilization of sideoats grama was developed and…Publication Date 1965-09-01
- Total Height
- Perryman Ranch
- Baylor County
- Texas Experimental Ranch Throckmorton County
- Wrapped Diameter
- stubble height
- methods
- Percent Utilization
- grazing intensity
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- regression
- utilization
- Sideoats grama
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordCurrently, livestock management in the North American Great Plains aims for even use of forage, which creates a homogenous landscape. Reintroducing heterogeneity, defined here as the variation in…Publication Date 2015-07
- conservation grazing
- grazing intensity
- habitat heterogeneity
- Native Grassland
- protected areas
- Library Collection RecordNative warm-season grasses (NWSG) currently are being promoted for livestock forage and biofuels feedstock in the Mid-South. However, there are no published data on how NWSG managed with livestock in…Publication Date 2015-03
- grassland songbirds
- grazing intensity
- native warm-season grasses
- northern bobwhite
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordThe interaction of resource availability and disturbance can strongly affect plant species richness and the spread of exotic plants. Several ecological theories posit that disturbance mediates the…Publication Date 2014-11
- California
- camera trap
- Festuca perennis
- grazing intensity
- invasive species
- principal response curves
- Library Collection RecordState-and-transition models for semiarid grasslands in the North American Great Plains suggest that the presence of herbivorous black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) on a site 1) creates a…Publication Date 2014-11
- ecological sites
- grazing intensity
- resilience
- shortgrass steppe
- state-and-transition models
- western Great Plains
- Library Collection RecordEffects of grazing management systems (GS) on biomass production and nutritional quality of rangeland vegetation in semiarid regions are extensively studied; however, limited information is available…Publication Date 2014-03
- Alternating grazing
- continuous grazing
- grazing intensity
- inner Mongolia
- Live weight gain
- steppe