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- Library Collection RecordPrior simulation analysis of cattle fever tick population dynamics has indicated that fixed rotation, short duration grazing (SDG) systems could mediate the spread of ticks among pastures if rest…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- life cycle
- simulation models
- Boophilus
- tick infestations
- mortality
- duration
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- range management
- seasonal variation
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordSummer burning was used to reduce spittlebug (Aeneolamia albofasciata Lall.) populations in buffelgrass [Cenchrus ciliaris (L.) Link] on the Carbo Livestock Research Station in Sonora, Mexico. Five…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- aeneolamia albofasciata
- developmental stages
- population density
- Mexico
- rain
- prescribed burning
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- biomass
- range management
- phenology
- pest control
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordHerbicidal control of spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.) on rangeland in the western United States has been most effective using residual herbicides, such as picloram (4-amino-3,5,6-…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- 2,4-D
- application timing
- weed control
- nitrogen fertilizers
- forbs
- plant density
- Centaurea maculosa
- application rates
- biomass
- range management
- introduced species
- Montana
- invasive species
- grasses
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordDespite large efforts to generate and extend management innovations for rangeland operators, little is known about the degree to which practices are used. We determined what influenced use of 26…Publication Date 1999-01-01
- socioeconomic status
- innovation adoption
- farm surveys
- farmers' income
- livestock numbers
- public domain
- ranching
- range management
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordChanging social values and advances in ecological knowledge determine native seed policy for revegetating range and forest lands. Natural resource managers are shifting from seeding introduced…Publication Date 1998-11-01
- government agencies
- seed sources
- land policy
- seed collection
- sowing
- mined soils
- wildfire management
- reclamation
- species diversity
- seeds
- range management
- botanical composition
- Nevada
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordBoth the Society for Range Management's (1995) Task Group on Unity in Concepts and Terminology (UCT) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (1997) have recommended use of the ecological…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- land classification
- semi-desert scrub
- landscape ecology
- geographic information systems
- texture
- pinyon-juniper
- semiarid grasslands
- fire ecology
- slope
- range management
- botanical composition
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThe transition of range utilization from a qualitative concept in the early years of range management to a quantitative concept in today's range management science has been problematic. This…Publication Date 1999-03-01
- agricultural education
- growth rate
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordDrought is an ambiguous term, subject to expectation and the weight of emphasis on meteorological, agricultural, hydrological and socio-economic dimensions. Uncertainty associated with the…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- hydrologic data
- water holding capacity
- extensive livestock farming
- desertification
- subsidies
- risk reduction
- soil degradation
- crusts
- ground cover
- semiarid grasslands
- ranching
- soil erosion
- issues and policy
- stocking rate
- vegetation
- drought injury
- dry environmental conditions
- overgrazing
- drought
- range management
- Library Collection RecordSpotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.), an aggressive Eurasian forb, is replacing many native perennial grasses such as Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis Elmer.) on foothills of the Northern Rocky…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- Festuca idahoensis
- roots
- carbohydrates
- shoots
- weed control
- biomass production
- sheep
- Centaurea maculosa
- range management
- Montana
- plant competition
- grazing
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordRunoff and sediment yield were evaluated on a sandplain dominated by woody perennial shrubs in north-western NSW, Australia. The site was bladeploughed; and some plots were grazed by sheep and cattle…Publication Date 1997-03-01
- blade plowing
- New South Wales
- crusts
- hydrology
- semiarid grasslands
- soil erosion
- runoff
- grazing intensity
- shrubs
- sediment yield
- range management
- Library Collection RecordCheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) is currently and historically has been a serious point of contention among a wide variety of people interested in sagebrush (Artemisia) bunchgrass rangelands. Nowhere…Publication Date 1997-09-01
- wildfire management
- Artemisia
- crop-weed competition
- fire ecology
- Bromus tectorum
- overgrazing
- range management
- introduced species
- literature reviews
- 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 1998-07-01
- carrying capacity
- range ecosystems
- range management
- Library Collection RecordA series of summer grazing studies were conducted to evaluate cattle consumption of preflowering tall larkspur (Delphinium barbeyi [Huth] or D. occidentale [Wats.] Wats.) on mountain rangeland in…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- concentration
- Delphinium occidentale
- leaves
- alkaloids
- poisoning
- flowers
- Delphinium barbeyi
- Idaho
- cattle
- range management
- Utah
- grazing
- Colorado
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordResults from 6 years of seeding trials in the Chihuahuan Desert indicated that establishment of introduced and native grass species responded directly to soil moisture at the 1.22 cm (0.5 in) depth,…Publication Date 1997-03-01
- forage production
- net present value
- valuation
- microclimate
- sowing
- seedbed preparation
- risk
- soil temperature
- economic analysis
- production costs
- arid lands
- stand establishment
- crop production
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Texas
- range management
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- introduced species
- rangelands
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordSpotted knapweed (Centaurea Maculosa Lam.), a Eurasian perennial forb, is replacing many native perennial grasses, such as Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis Elmer.), in foothills of the Northern Rocky…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- native plants
- Festuca idahoensis
- weed control
- seedlings
- Idaho
- plant communities
- sheep
- plant density
- Centaurea maculosa
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordEastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) is reducing grassland productivity across much of the Great Plains. Control methods include broadcast prescribed fire, herbicides, cutting, and individual…Publication Date 1998-03-01
- costs and returns
- brush control
- fires
- fire effects
- Nebraska
- cutting
- prescribed burning
- Juniperus virginiana
- picloram
- range management
- Library Collection RecordElk (Cervus elaphus) have been repeatedly observed to prefer rested units within rest-rotation grazing systems. Given the logistical and financial investments associated with the maintenance of these…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- animal husbandry
- Cervus elaphus
- rotational grazing
- browsing damage
- cattle
- wildlife management
- biomass
- range management
- browsing
- Library Collection RecordExpert judgment, standardized in a meaningful format, can be used to identify research/survey needs and to characterize areas of (dis)agreement in species responses, associated traits, and factors…Publication Date 1998-05-01
- experts
- probability analysis
- plants
- prescribed burning
- grazing intensity
- Texas
- range management
- Library Collection RecordWe studied cattle and deer diet quality within replicated grazing treatments of continuous and short-duration grazing at heavy and moderate stocking rates. The study was conducted at the Welder…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- energy content
- protein content
- continuous grazing
- Odocoileus virginianus
- stocking rate
- species differences
- rotational grazing
- crude protein
- in vitro digestibility
- range management
- botanical composition
- beef cattle
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordAddress given at the Society's 50th Annual Meeting on Feb. 17, 1997 in Rapid City, IA. The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the…Publication Date 1997-03-01
- professional associations
- history
- range management
- Library Collection RecordIn this study the impact of a rotation grazing system on the soil and vegetation of a Stipa-Bouteloua-Agropyron community in the mixed prairie ecoregion was compared with the ungrazed treatment in…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- Elymus lanceolatus
- Hesperostipa comata
- Alberta
- rain
- chemical composition
- rotational grazing
- Bouteloua gracilis
- grazing intensity
- soil chemistry
- biomass
- range management
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordNative warm-season grass mixtures have been established on the Southern Plains under the USDA Conservation Reserve Program. We studied responses to N fertilizer on such pastures in western Oklahoma…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- grassland improvement
- ground cover
- nitrogen fertilizers
- stocking rate
- Oklahoma
- Bouteloua gracilis
- grazing intensity
- application rates
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- beef cattle
- forage
- Library Collection RecordState and transition (ST) descriptions of rangeland vegetation dynamics provide information on current perceptions of explicit causes of change in dominant vegetation. Structural attributes of ST…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- simulation models
- vegetation
- range management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThis 10-year study was designed to evaluate vegetation response to increasing stocking rates under rotational stocking (3 days graze, 51 days rest) and long-term rest. The 4 stocking rate treatments…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- Texas
- range management
- botanical composition
- livestock
- 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 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 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 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 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