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- Library Collection RecordPastoral livestock production systems in Africa that have existed for centuries are now threatened by changing demographics, improved communications, increased availability of modern weapons, open…Publication Date 2017
- Africa
- cattle
- food crisis
- grazing
- livestock
- nomads
- range management
- 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 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 RecordRangeland carrying capacity depends on aboveground net primary production (ANPP) and on the sustainable harvest index (HIsust), the portion of ANPP that livestock can consume without undermining the…Publication Date 2015-05
- grazing
- harvest index
- range management
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordRangeland carrying capacity depends on aboveground net primary production (ANPP) and on the sustainable harvest index (HIsust), the portion of ANPP that livestock can consume without undermining the…Publication Date 2015-05
- grazing
- harvest index
- range management
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordA quantitative analysis of the British Columbia, Canada cattle ranching community in light of global climate change provides insight as to how stakeholder needs and observations can be included in…Publication Date 2015-03
- adaptive capacity
- Cattle Ranching
- global climate change
- mail survey
- range management
- Library Collection RecordA quantitative analysis of the British Columbia, Canada cattle ranching community in light of global climate change provides insight as to how stakeholder needs and observations can be included in…Publication Date 2015-03
- adaptive capacity
- Cattle Ranching
- global climate change
- mail survey
- range management
- Library Collection RecordConservation initiatives on working ranches balance flexibility for land management with restrictions to ensure protection over time. Conservation easements are a common tool for range conservation,…Publication Date 2010-03-01
- California oak woodlands
- grazing policy
- land conservation
- land trusts
- policy instruments
- range management
- residual dry matter
- working landscapes
- Library Collection RecordHeterogeneous distribution of ungulates about the landscape can be a particularly vexing problem for resource managers. Although livestock preferences for leaves over stems among plants and patches…Publication Date 2006-03-01
- range management
- forage conditioning
- diet quality
- crested wheatgrass
- grazing behavior
- Library Collection RecordThe high inherent variability in rainfall and forage availability in arid regions makes it very difficult for a rancher to establish a herd size that is suited to the environment and also complicates…Publication Date 2004-03-01
- variability
- ranching
- drought
- range management
- grass production
- arid environments
- deserts
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordA 6-year study was conducted in tallgrass prairie to assess the effects of grazing management (cattle stocking densities and grazing systems) on plant community composition and diversity. Treatments…Publication Date 2004-01-01
- biodiversity
- plant ecology
- cattle grazing
- Flint Hills
- range management
- grazing systems
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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.…Publication Date 2003-11-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThe fragmented, weak identity of range science has been disadvantageous to the institutions and individuals involved with it. This paper addresses a complex, interrelated group of issues related to…Publication Date 2003-11-01
- research support
- range management
- rangelands
- synthesis
- concepts
- diversity
- Journal of Range Management
- university range programs
- art
- Library Collection RecordLivestock grazing in riparian areas is an important management issue on both private and public lands. A study was initiated in northeastern Oregon to evaluate the economic and ecological impacts of…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- cow-calf operations
- bioeconomic models
- input costs
- livestock prices
- public lands
- production costs
- riparian areas
- water supply
- feeding behavior
- Oregon
- precipitation
- spatial distribution
- range management
- grazing
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to identify and model environmental and management factors associated with cattle feces deposition patterns across annual rangeland watersheds in the Sierra Nevada…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- dry seasons
- wet season
- cattle manure
- forage quality
- watershed hydrology
- slope
- linear models
- defecation
- aspect
- water supply
- animal preferences
- water troughs
- California
- spatial distribution
- range management
- seasonal variation
- grazing
- beef cattle
- water quality
- pathogens
- grazing distribution
- watershed management
- Library Collection RecordClubmoss (Selaginella densa Rydb.), a low growing, vascular cryptogam forms carpet-like mats that cover up to 80% of the ground in the Northern Mixed Prairie. Many range managers believe clubmoss…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- Koeleria macrantha
- Selaginella
- Selaginella densa
- irrigated conditions
- Koeleria
- plant-water relations
- vegetation cover
- drought tolerance
- Saskatchewan
- yields
- forbs
- Poaceae
- Bouteloua gracilis
- leaf water potential
- precipitation
- xylem water potential
- range management
- plant competition
- canopy
- water stress
- Bouteloua gracilis
- cryptogams
- Koeleria cristata
- leaf xylem water potentials
- microphytic crust
- Northern Mixed Prairie
- Selaginella densa
- Library Collection RecordHigh quality forage for spring and autumn grazing can be obtained from Russian wildrye [Psathyrostachys juncea (Fisch.) Nevski], a cool-season bunchgrass. However, little is known about mineral…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- plant development
- diploidy
- harvest date
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- mineral content
- tetraploidy
- forage quality
- nitrogen fertilizers
- application rates
- range management
- introduced plants
- soil water
- chemical constituents of plants
- diploidy
- tetraploidy
- stage of maturity
- rain shelter
- Library Collection RecordNon-selective grazing (NSG) is a relatively novel way of farming livestock in the Nama Karoo of South Africa. Our key question was how heavy grazing under this high-intensity, low-frequency grazing…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- soil microorganisms
- cell respiration
- infiltration (hydrology)
- aggregate stability
- mixed grazing
- soil organic matter
- South Africa
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- range management
- grazing systems
- hoof action
- infiltration
- intensive herbivory
- microbial respiration
- semiarid
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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.…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed burning has long been recognized as a useful tool in rangeland management, but with it comes the risk of fire and smoke damage to the property of others. All but 2 states have codified…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- loss prevention
- agricultural law
- fire hazard
- risk communication
- liability
- negligence
- risk reduction
- cost-benefit analysis
- fires
- prescribed burning
- profitability
- Oklahoma
- range management
- fire
- natural resources policy
- prescribed fire
- rangeland fires
- rangeland policy
- Library Collection RecordTo quantify the effects of season of use on beef cattle distribution relative to the riparian area, 52 cow/calf pairs were used to evaluate 1) early summer grazing (mid-June to mid-July), and 2) late…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- water requirements
- late summer
- lactation
- early summer
- streams
- nutrient content
- highlands
- water intake
- riparian areas
- calves
- ambient temperature
- forage quality
- stocking rate
- beef cows
- Oregon
- summer
- spatial distribution
- range management
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grazing
- beef cattle
- feeding preferences
- beef cattle
- distribution patterns
- riparian areas
- season of use
- vegetation utilization
- Library Collection RecordThe study analyzed the basal area and density of perennial grasses along a cattle grazing intensity gradient away from a water development. Several mechanisms explaining combinations of changes in…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- Aristida
- Chloris
- Aristida inversa
- Aristida mendocina
- Chloris castilloniana
- shrublands
- basal area
- population density
- savannas
- grazing intensity
- range management
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- beef cattle
- distance from water
- basal area
- plant density
- Library Collection RecordWildfires commonly occur in the Fescue Prairie of Alberta, but little information exists to provide a basis for making grazing recommendations after burning. A wildfire in April 1999 provided an…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- seasonal development
- flowering
- grazing management
- Festuca altaica
- primary productivity
- harvest date
- Festuca campestris
- fire ecology
- Alberta
- tillering
- precipitation
- biomass
- range management
- defoliation
- defoliation intensity
- deferment
- etiolated growth
- herbage yields
- resilience
- tillers
- Library Collection RecordNative grasslands are a sink for atmospheric CO2 sequestration, but ways for extending site-specific CO2 flux measurements to a regional scale are lacking. Objectives of this study were to determine…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- carbon sequestration
- biogeochemical cycles
- evapotranspiration
- remote sensing
- carbon dioxide
- leaf area index
- vegetation
- precipitation
- shrubs
- semiarid zones
- prairies
- biomass
- range management
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grazing
- North Dakota
- global carbon cycle
- rangelands
- Bowen ratio
- remote sensing
- sequestration
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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.…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThe Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE 1.06) were evaluated with rainfall simulation data from a diverse set of rangeland vegetation types (8…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- Western United States
- soil erosion
- soil types
- accuracy
- Universal Soil Loss Equation
- Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation
- rainfall simulation
- hydrologic models
- prediction
- precipitation
- plant communities
- range management
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- erosion models
- sheet and rill erosion
- rainfall simulation experiments
- rangeland health
- Library Collection RecordAn experimental design required burn treatments for 10-m2 circular plots. We constructed a fire enclosure for the plots using sheetmetal, electrical conduit, and other commonly available materials.…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- peak temperature
- experimental rigs
- field experimentation
- soil temperature
- fire ecology
- prescribed burning
- range management
- botanical composition
- Nevada
- Utah
- fire
- Great Basin
- sagebrush
- burn barrell
- temperature
- temperature monitoring
- Library Collection RecordConsumption of mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr. var glandulosa) fruit by ruminants is an important component of seed dispersal. Two experiments were conducted to estimate the role of livestock and…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- wildlife
- seed dispersal
- Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
- viability
- weathering
- seed predation
- seed maturation
- seeds
- feces
- digestibility
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- Texas
- range management
- Prosopis
- germination
- digestion
- fecal dispersal
- phenology
- encroachment
- Library Collection RecordChanges in soil nutrient pools and microbial activity due to fire are important for understanding the availability of nutrients to plants. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- Actinomycetales
- Paspalum quadrifarium
- soil bacteria
- carbon
- soil nutrient dynamics
- Paspalum
- grasslands
- soil fertility
- fire ecology
- nitrogen
- prescribed burning
- phosphorus
- biomass
- range management
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- Paspalum quadrifarium
- fire
- microbial biomass
- soil nutrients
- flooding pampa
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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.…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed cattle grazing is often used to purposely enhance wildlife habitat. This study investigated the effects of fall cattle (Bos taurus) grazing intensity on elk (Cervus elaphus) and deer (…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- wildlife-livestock relations
- Festuca altaica
- Cervus elaphus
- spring
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- summer
- grazing intensity
- Odocoileus
- cattle
- wildlife management
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- Montana
- Cervus elaphus
- Festuca scabrella
- Odocoileus spp.
- livestock-wildlife relations
- prescribed livestock grading
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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.…Publication Date 2003-03-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordVegetation changes were evaluated over a 13 year period (1988-2000) on moderately grazed and lightly grazed rangelands in the Chihuahuan Desert of south central New Mexico. During the study period,…Publication Date 2003-03-01
- stocking rate
- arid lands
- livestock
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThe development of successful regional or national invasive weed control programs is often hampered by the way the problem is approached. Typically weed control programs are developed and evaluated…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- Aphthona
- Aphthona nigriscutis
- Aphthona lacertosa
- perennial weeds
- teamwork
- biological control agents
- USDA
- integrated pest management
- economic impact
- biological control
- Euphorbia esula
- ranching
- cost-benefit analysis
- invasion
- herbicides
- weed control
- South Dakota
- chemical control
- Wyoming
- sheep
- range management
- botanical composition
- Montana
- grazing
- North Dakota
- biological control
- Aphthona
- Weeds
- invasive species
- success
- integrated pest management
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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.…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordHoney mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) is a problem plant in much of the southwestern USA because it reduces forage production for livestock, interferes with livestock handling and reduces off-…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- top kill
- basal sprouting
- root-kill
- apical dominance
- aerial spraying
- woody weeds
- herbicide mixtures
- leaf area
- leaves
- clopyralid
- canopy gaps
- Prosopis glandulosa
- triclopyr
- multiple land use
- brush control
- shoots
- mortality
- plant communities
- Texas
- range management
- plant competition
- defoliation
- brush management
- brush sculpting
- canopy cover
- multiple use
- Prosopis glandulosa
- shrubs
- triclopyr
- woody plants
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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.…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordWe examined a stratified random sample of articles published over 3 decades of the Journal of Range Management to study the applications and changes in statistical methodology employed by range…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- Southwestern United States
- statistical data
- confidence intervals
- pseudoreplication
- journals
- probability analysis
- experimental design
- estimation
- statistical analysis
- range management
- effect size
- estimation
- p-value
- repeated measures
- Type I error
- Library Collection RecordThere is little information on the impact of grazing intensity on productivity and sustainability of intensively managed pastures in the humid, short-season parkland of the Canadian prairies. Our…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- urine
- Bromus riparius
- sward
- biogeochemical cycles
- controlled grazing
- feces composition
- Alberta
- leaf area index
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- in vitro digestibility
- range management
- plant litter
- beef cattle
- forage
- dry matter
- nutrient flow
- productivity
- disappearance
- residual
- pastures
- nutritive value
- 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 RecordAlteration of stream channel morphology by cattle and associated streambank erosion is a concern on rangeland watersheds. The objective of this study was to determine changes in stream channel…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- stream channel depth
- riparian grasslands
- depth
- stream erosion
- streams
- savanna woodlands
- Quercus wislizeni
- width
- grazing experiments
- dry seasons
- wet season
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- California
- range management
- beef cattle
- plant height
- grazing effects
- stream bank erosion
- sediments
- annual rangelands
- California
- Library Collection RecordUndisturbed plant communities dominated by shrubs or trees are often left isolated within landscapes otherwise devoid of woody vegetation following large-scale disturbances such as wildfires. We…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- biogeography
- Phasianidae
- Centrocercus urophasianus
- biodiversity
- wildfire management
- arid grasslands
- habitats
- Purshia tridentata
- prediction
- species diversity
- ecological succession
- fires
- fire effects
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant communities
- California
- land restoration
- range management
- Nevada
- rangelands
- Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
- biological diversity
- disturbance
- Island Biogeography Theory
- succession
- terrestial habitat islands
- Library Collection RecordEffective rangeland weed programs require the ability to predict plant community responses to management. Our objective was to develop regression equations to predict the plant community after…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- Festuca idahoensis
- endemic species
- ground cover
- mathematical models
- regression analysis
- species diversity
- weed control
- equations
- forbs
- plant communities
- plant density
- picloram
- Centaurea maculosa
- biomass
- range management
- introduced species
- Montana
- invasive species
- grasses
- spotted knapweed
- predicting plant response
- integrated weed management
- optimizing herbicide use
- Library Collection RecordSeedling recruitment of Dalmatian toadflax, (Linaria genistifolia ssp. dalmatica (L.) Maire and Petitmengin (Scrophulariaceae)), was examined in a 2-year field study in Montana using overseeding and…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- biological control agents
- Linaria dalmatica
- Nitidulidae
- Brachypterolus pulicarius
- oversowing
- recruitment
- insect control
- biological control
- poisonous weeds
- roots
- crop-weed competition
- stems
- seedling emergence
- seed productivity
- weed control
- seedlings
- range management
- Montana
- invasive species
- ecological invasion
- seed limitation
- microsites
- weed management
- biological control
- rangeland ecology
- overseeding
- Brachypterolus pulicarius
- plant competition
- Linaria genistifolia ssp. Dalmatica
- Library Collection RecordIn montane meadows of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains (Calif., USA), Rothrock sagebrush (Artemisia rothrockii G.) has expanded into sites once dominated by herbaceous species. We explored the…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- seedling establishment
- genetic soil types
- Artemisia rothrockii
- disturbed soils
- meadows
- depth
- plant colonization
- ground cover
- semiarid grasslands
- water table
- Artemisia
- brush control
- population structure
- soil water content
- growth rate
- precipitation
- plant communities
- California
- range management
- Artemisia rothrockii
- shrub invasion
- montane meadows
- seedling establishment
- Sierra Nevada
- Golden Trout Wilderness
- demography
- Library Collection RecordPanels of experts from the Society for Range Management and the National Research Council proposed that status of rangeland ecosystems could be ascertained by evaluating an ecological site's…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- soil surface
- soil structure
- flow resistance
- soil morphology
- gullied land
- wind erosion
- hydrologic factors
- assessment
- rapid methods
- data collection
- ecological balance
- grassland condition
- overland flow
- rill erosion
- ground cover
- grasslands
- range condition
- perennials
- mortality
- vegetation
- biomass production
- range management
- plant litter
- introduced species
- invasive species
- literature reviews
- United States
- soil compaction
- soil stability
- hydrologic function
- biological integrity
- ecosystem status
- erosion
- infiltration
- inventory
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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.…Publication Date 2002-09-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordChanges in rangeland species composition can effect forage quality, ecosystem function, and biological diversity. Unfortunately, documenting species compositional change is difficult due to a lack of…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- sown grasslands
- habitats
- Quercus
- woodland grasslands
- species diversity
- ecological succession
- invasion
- grazing intensity
- California
- range management
- botanical composition
- invasive species
- Northwest California
- herbarium
- oak woodlands
- livestock
- flora
- invasive species
- Library Collection RecordRangeland ecological condition was monitored over a 48 year period on 41 sites on Bureau of Land Management rangelands scattered across 6 counties in southwestern New Mexico. All sites were grazed by…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- arid grasslands
- ground cover
- semiarid grasslands
- range condition
- precipitation
- sustainability
- grazing intensity
- plant communities
- drought
- range management
- botanical composition
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- rangeland condition
- succession
- drought
- grazing management
- plant ecology
- Library Collection RecordIn this paper, the linkage between streamflow and shrub cover on rangelands is examined, with a focus on the extensive Texas rangelands dominated by mesquite and juniper. The conclusions drawn are…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- semiarid soils
- stream flow
- subsurface flow
- groundwater flow
- water yield
- Prosopis
- evapotranspiration
- watersheds
- brush control
- watershed hydrology
- runoff
- precipitation
- Texas
- range management
- Juniperus
- water yield
- range hydrology
- runoff
- shrub control
- ecohydrology
- stream flow
- semiarid