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- 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 RecordTarbush (Flourensia cernua DC.) is an abundant but generally unpalatable shrub native to the Chihuahuan Desert. The objective of this study was to examine the leaf surface chemistry of tarbush in…Publication Date 1994-11-01
- weed palatability
- leaves
- monoterpenoids
- Flourensia
- Flourensia cernua
- waxes
- surfaces
- chloroform
- volatile compounds
- epicuticular wax
- chemical composition
- ruminants
- New Mexico
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordIn semiarid pinyon-juniper environments, the principal mechanisms of redistribution of water, sediments, nutrients, and contaminants are runoff and erosion. To study the phenomena underlying these…Publication Date 1994-07-01
- disturbed soils
- water balance
- pinyon-juniper
- hydrology
- water erosion
- rain
- runoff
- semiarid zones
- seasonal variation
- literature reviews
- infiltration
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordOne experiment involving steers fed low-quality grass diets singly and mixed with native forbs, native shrubs, or alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) was conducted to compare the influence of these diets on…Publication Date 1992-11-01
- croton pottsii
- ammonia
- native plants
- volatile fatty acids
- Sphaeralcea coccinea
- Medicago sativa
- dietary fiber
- Atriplex canescens
- Croton
- steers
- digestibility
- digesta
- kinetics
- pH
- cattle feeding
- shrubs
- diets
- rumen fermentation
- rangelands
- Cercocarpus montanus
- New Mexico
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThis study was conducted on Chihuahuan desert range near Las Cruces, in southcentral New Mexico, to determine the relationship of blacktailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) densities to good (GC)…Publication Date 1993-11-01
- Lepus californicus
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordData collected over a 11-year period at 2 study areas near Vaughn and Roswell, N.M. were used to define equations that relate grass biomass to the amount of broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae […Publication Date 1993-11-01
- understory
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- Bouteloua gracilis
- biomass
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordKnowledge of comparative diet selection by cattle and black-tailed jackrabbits (Lepus californicus) would permit better estimation of grazing capacity on Chihuahuan desert ranges. Cattle and black-…Publication Date 1993-07-01
- Lepus californicus
- stocking rate
- diet
- cattle
- botanical composition
- New Mexico
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordHoney mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr. var. glandulosa populations continue to expand and become more dense, even on areas once "successfully" treated either with herbicides or by…Publication Date 1992-11-01
- fenuron
- shrub invasion
- manual weed control
- deserts
- arid zones
- Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
- grasslands
- brush control
- mortality
- seedlings
- chemical control
- plant density
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordRussian thistle (Salsola iberica Sennen and Pau), a common weed found on overgrazed rangelands, abandoned farmlands, and other disturbed sites in the western United States, is often grazed by…Publication Date 1992-11-01
- sodium chloride
- nitrates
- oxalates
- nutrient solutions
- salinity
- saline water
- Salsola tragus
- calcium chloride
- salt stress
- lignin
- cell wall components
- fiber content
- nitrogen
- water quality
- nutritive value
- quality
- New Mexico
- forage
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordLocoweed poisoning generally occurs in early spring. We evaluated cattle grazing of woolly locoweed (Astragalus mollissimus var. mollissimus Torr.) at Gladstone, N.M., and of white locoweed (…Publication Date 1993-09-01
- Oxytropis sericea
- Astragalus mollissimus
- feeding behavior
- cattle
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordContinuous low animal density grazing of tobosa [Hilaria mutica (Buckl.) Benth.] in the northern Chihuahuan desert results in nonuniform forage utilization. Stocking smaller tobosa rangeland paddocks…Publication Date 1993-11-01
- Hilaria mutica
- grazing
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordThe Sandy Ridge Site of southern New Mexico was studied to determine the dependance of total standing crop and components of standing crop on range condition rating. Total standing crop which…Publication Date 1991-11-01
- Prosopis glandulosa
- ecological succession
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- forage
- Library Collection RecordRevenues associated with controlling broom snakeweed (Xanthocephalum sarothrae) on 6 soils with heavy, moderate, and light infestations of snakeweed were estimated. The analysis considered economic…Publication Date 1991-05-01
- poisoning
- poisonous weeds
- economic analysis
- liveweight gain
- weed control
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- reproductive performance
- chemical control
- profitability
- finishing
- picloram
- Texas
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- forage
- Library Collection RecordIn vivo digestibility trials involving cattle (steers) and goats (wethers) fed shrub and nonshrub mixtures were conducted to evaluate the potential of fecal output, fecal nitrogen output, and fecal…Publication Date 1992-03-01
- energy metabolism
- wethers
- excretion
- Sphaeralcea coccinea
- nitrogen metabolism
- Atriplex canescens
- estimation
- feces composition
- Croton
- steers
- digestibility
- shrubs
- goats
- nutritive value
- quality
- Cercocarpus montanus
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- forage
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordThe accuracy of microhistological techniques for analysis of herbivore diets was evaluated with cattle, sheep, and Angora goats fed grass, forb, and shrub mixtures of known botanical compositions.…Publication Date 1992-03-01
- feces analysis
- assessment
- feces composition
- shrubs
- diets
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- botanical composition
- grasses
- New Mexico
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordTwo experiments with steers were conducted to evaluate the influence of native forbs and shrubs on nitrogen utilization by cattle. Diets in Exp. 1 were blue grams (Bouteloua gracilis [H.B.K.]) (BG),…Publication Date 1992-03-01
- barley straw
- croton pottsii
- nitrogen retention
- Hordeum vulgare
- Sphaeralcea coccinea
- nitrogen metabolism
- Medicago sativa
- alfalfa
- alfalfa hay
- Atriplex canescens
- Croton
- hay
- steers
- cattle feeding
- Bouteloua gracilis
- shrubs
- rangelands
- nutritive value
- quality
- Cercocarpus montanus
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- forage
- Library Collection RecordLine transect procedures were used to estimate density of lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) in tebuthiuron-treated and untreated sand shinnery oak (Quercus havardii Rydb.)…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- tympanuchus pallidicinctus
- population ecology
- habitat destruction
- Phasianidae
- tebuthiuron
- population density
- Quercus havardii
- vegetation
- Texas
- range management
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordIn 1984, 99 Angus X Hereford cows (4- to 6-yr-olds) were assigned randomly to a 4-yr, 2 X 2 factorial study. Treatment assignment was permanent, and no new cows were added during the study. By 1987,…Publication Date 1992-03-01
- weaning weight
- calf feeding
- calving interval
- calf removal
- cows
- body condition
- reproductive performance
- crude protein
- protein supplements
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordInterest in evaluating theoretical considerations in traditional methods of determining range condition have increased recently with application of different analytical techniques. In this study, the…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- cluster analysis
- quantitative climax approach
- deserts
- land classification
- secondary succession
- spatial variation
- climax communities
- grasslands
- plant ecology
- ecological succession
- pastures
- biomass production
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- forage
- Library Collection RecordSeeding rangeland is a challenge for rangeland scientists, especially on those soils with tendency to crusting. Although some information is available on how soil conditioners affect emergence of…Publication Date 1992-05-01
- soil treatment
- polyacrylamide
- setaria macrostachya
- Sporobolus airoides
- sowing
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- Panicum antidotale
- crusts
- seedling emergence
- stand establishment
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- range management
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordVegetational response of a nine-paddock, short-duration grazing cell was compared to that of a continuous pasture for a 5-year period in southcentral New Mexico. Differences in vegetational response…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- grazing time
- vegetation cover
- standing crop
- stocking rate
- pastures
- vegetation
- Bouteloua gracilis
- biomass production
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- grazing
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordField experiments conducted between 1982 to 1988 compared 2,4-D [(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid] and metsulfuron [2-[[[[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl) amino)carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl]benzoic…Publication Date 1991-11-01
- metsulfuron
- efficacy
- 2,4-D
- brush control
- Artemisia tridentata
- seasonal variation
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordIn vivo digestibility trials were conducted in metabolism stalls at New Mexico State University to evaluate the influence of leaves of true mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus Raf.) and fourwing…Publication Date 1990-11-01
- digestible protein
- nitrogen retention
- feed conversion
- nitrogen balance
- toxicity
- Atriplex canescens
- chemical composition
- hay
- crude protein
- Bouteloua gracilis
- shrubs
- diets
- goats
- nutritive value
- Cercocarpus montanus
- New Mexico
- forage
- Library Collection RecordJunipers (Juniperus spp.) and pinyons (pinus edulis Engelm.) are reinfesting areas from which they have been removed and are encroaching into other areas. Controlling these trees while they are small…Publication Date 1990-05-01
- pesticide application
- Pinus edulis
- soil classification
- tebuthiuron
- brush control
- picloram
- range management
- Juniperus
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordHerbage biomass for blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis [H.B.K. Lag]), pinyon ricegrass (Piptochaetium fimbriatum [H.B.K.] Hitche.), New Mexico muhly (Muhlenbergia pauciflora Buckl.), other grasses and…Publication Date 1990-09-01
- mixed forests
- muhlenbergia pauciflora
- piptochaetium fimbriatum
- light penetration
- Muhlenbergia
- Juniperus monosperma
- silvopastoral systems
- forest ecology
- pinyon-juniper
- Pinus edulis
- understory
- pastures
- Poaceae
- Bouteloua gracilis
- biomass
- canopy
- New Mexico
- forage
- Library Collection RecordBehavioral characteristics of supplemented (S; 23% crude protein, 3.41 mcal DE/kg) and nonsupplemented (N) ewes grazing native New Mexico rangeland were monitored from December 1983 to August 1984.…Publication Date 1990-09-01
- lambing
- ewe feeding
- movement
- ewes
- liveweight gain
- winter
- spring
- dietary supplements
- natural grasslands
- summer
- diets
- grazing behavior
- New Mexico
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordThree rates of dried sewage sludge (22.5, 45.0, and 90.0 Mg (megagrams) ha-1), were applied to a degraded semiarid grassland site on the Upper Rio Puerto Watershed in west-central New Mexico. Various…Publication Date 1990-07-01
- heavy metals
- sewage sludge
- semiarid soils
- soil amendments
- grassland improvement
- population density
- soil fertility
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- yields
- trace elements
- nutrient contents of plants
- Bouteloua gracilis
- growth rate
- botanical composition
- New Mexico
- forage
- Library Collection RecordPhenology of mesa dropseed [Sporobolus flexuosus (Thurb.) Rydb.] was studied from 1979 to 1987 on the Jornada Experimental Range in southern New Mexico. Growing season (March through November)…Publication Date 1991-01-01
- Sporobolus flexuosus
- Chihuahuan Desert
- crop growth stage
- Sporobolus
- deserts
- growth rate
- precipitation
- adaptability
- phenology
- rangelands
- pasture plants
- New Mexico
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordBest linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) procedures were used to separate genetic merit from environmental effects on 205-d weight (205-d wt) of calves produced by cows grazing 2 pasture systems.…Publication Date 1990-09-01
- liveweight gain
- calves
- continuous grazing
- progeny testing
- breeding value
- best linear unbiased prediction
- genetic effects
- responses
- environmental factors
- heifers
- rotational grazing
- diets
- cattle
- grazing
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordRehabilitation of degraded rangeland requires rebuilding the soil, including soil biota. In this study wheat straw, bark and wood chips, and dried municipal sludge were placed on native range plots…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- soil biology
- organic fertilizers
- microorganisms
- straw
- degradation
- rangeland soils
- soil amendments
- arthropods
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordThis rainfall simulation study evaluates the effects of slope, vegetation, rock, and soil characteristics on interrill erosion of semiarid slopes of the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico. A single-…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- interrill erosion
- hydrology
- watershed management
- rain
- environmental factors
- slopes
- semiarid zones
- simulation
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordIndividual leaders of fourwing saltbush were permanently marked and their growth responses monitored during a 3-year study in a shortduration grazing system, a 4-pasture rotation system, and in…Publication Date 1989-03-01
- growth rate
- grazing
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordThe matric potential of soil water is presented for 6 clay loam sites on floodplains of arid rangelands. Gypsum resistance blocks impregnated with plaster of paris were placed at 6 soil depths to 122…Publication Date 1989-09-01
- matric potential
- clay loam soils
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordEstablishment, yield, and nutritional quality of 'Nordan' crested wheatgrass (Agropyron desertorum [Fischer ex Link] Schultes), 'Fairway' crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum […Publication Date 1989-03-01
- Elytrigia
- Agropyron
- yields
- chemical composition
- species differences
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Artemisia tridentata
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordA field experiment using 2 patterns of irrigation and 1 level of nitrogen fertilizer (10 g-N m-2) was conducted in order to discern water and nitrogen interactions that may control production of…Publication Date 1988-09-01
- reproductive physiology
- Larrea tridentata
- water uptake
- irrigation water
- plant development
- nitrogen fertilizers
- growth
- range management
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordThe need for forage plants that are productive in, and adapted to, semiarid conditions prompted us to examine the range and independence of assortment of nutritional qualities of wild stands of…Publication Date 1988-03-01
- Salsola
- water soluble compounds
- acid detergent fiber
- Southwestern United States
- physicochemical properties
- nitrates
- oxalates
- lignin
- crude protein
- California
- semiarid zones
- in vitro digestibility
- Texas
- Nevada
- nutritive value
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- forage
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordBetween 1915 and 1932, permanent 1 × 1-m quadrats were established on grasslands of the Jornada Experimental Range in southern New Mexico. Quadrat records accumulated from 1915 to 1979 on grasslands…Publication Date 1988-05-01
- change
- experimental stations
- varieties
- basal area
- arid zones
- ecological succession
- woody plants
- environmental factors
- Poaceae
- plant density
- range management
- rangelands
- grazing
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordCattle production on desert grassland ranges in southern New Mexico has been low, although limited research shows diet nutritional quality of cattle is adequate to meet production needs during most…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- dona ana county, new mexico
- production
- deserts
- dietary fiber
- grasslands
- feces composition
- steers
- crude protein
- diets
- protein supplements
- seasonal variation
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- forage
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordEight field trials [early August 1983 (EAUG83), late August 1983 (LAUG83), early November 1983 (ENOV83), early January 1984 (EJAN84), May 1984 (MAY84), late July 1984 (LJUL84), late August 1984 (…Publication Date 1987-11-01
- fertilizer application
- nitrogen
- digestion
- steers
- digesta
- kinetics
- Bouteloua gracilis
- rumen fermentation
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grazing
- New Mexico
- forage
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this research was to determine the effects of selected vegetation, soil, rock, and slope variables on infiltration of semiarid rangelands with slope gradients ranging from 0-70%.…Publication Date 1988-05-01
- rocks
- correlation
- semiarid soils
- rangeland soils
- soil depth
- hydrology
- vegetation
- slopes
- range management
- infiltration
- New Mexico
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordBroom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae [Pursh] Britt. and Rusby) has increased in density and distribution on many southwestern ranges. The objective of this study was to determine root and shoot…Publication Date 1988-01-01
- roots
- shoots
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- seedlings
- growth rate
- establishment
- biomass
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordInfiltration, sediment concentration of runoff, and sediment production from lightly grazed and ungrazed semiarid slopes were compared using a hand-portable rainfall simulator. The study slope was…Publication Date 1988-07-01
- hydrologic factors
- mountains
- mountain areas
- sediments
- highlands
- runoff
- slopes
- semiarid zones
- sheep
- rangelands
- grazing
- infiltration
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordProfit maximizing combinations of livestock enterprises, plant control practices, and grazing management systems for ranches in the southern High Plains were examined. A typical ranch and a multi-…Publication Date 1987-11-01
- farm income
- linear programming
- timing
- grassland improvement
- ranching
- brush control
- Quercus havardii
- cattle
- Texas
- range management
- grazing
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordWithin the pinyon-juniper type, trees and understory vegetation are interspersed with open areas forming a mosaic of vegetational patterns. The objective of this research was to define and describe…Publication Date 1988-03-01
- ecological zones
- Juniperus monosperma
- plant community analysis
- forest ecology
- Pinus edulis
- statistical analysis
- geographical distribution
- canopy
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordTobosa (Hilaria mutica [Buckl.] Benth.) was seasonally grazed with cattle under high-density (2.1 to 5.1 animal unit/hectare [AU/ha]) rotation and low-density (0.33 and 0.39 AU/ha) continuous…Publication Date 1988-01-01
- crop quality
- Hilaria mutica
- arid zones
- liveweight gain
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- crude protein
- cattle
- rangelands
- grazing
- New Mexico
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThe influence of individual broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae [Pursh] Britt. & Rushby) plants on the distribution of buried viable seed and the distribution of plants in the field was…Publication Date 1987-09-01
- deserts
- distribution
- grasslands
- seedling emergence
- allelopathy
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- seeds
- botanical composition
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordWeight relations for twig lengths and diameters were determined for hairy mountain mahogany plants in southern New Mexico. Both twig lengths and twig diameters were related linearly to twig weights.…Publication Date 1988-03-01
- crop production
- plant anatomy
- statistical analysis
- branches
- length
- diameter
- cercocarpus breviflorus
- weight
- browsing
- grazing
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to develop a small plot (1 m2) rainfall simulator operational on steep terrain in the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico. The simulator developed is hand-portable and…Publication Date 1986-07-01
- portable sprayers
- sloping land
- arid zones
- watersheds
- soil erosion
- design
- runoff
- rainfall simulators
- water quality
- infiltration
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordThis study determined the impacts of fertilization and livestock grazing on infiltration rates and sediment production. Infiltration rates and sediment production varied across years, depending on…Publication Date 1986-07-01
- sediments
- fertilizer application
- stocking rate
- Bouteloua gracilis
- rangelands
- livestock
- grazing
- infiltration
- bulk density
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordAverage grazing lease prices as tabulated in the 1985 federal grazing fee review and evaluation study were found to be significantly different between some pricing regions of the study. Comparing the…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- fees
- grazing on public land
- aggregations
- data analysis
- statistical analysis
- rangelands
- New Mexico