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- Library Collection RecordGrazed rangeland ecosystems encompass diverse global land resources and are complex social-ecological systems from which society demands both goods (e.g., livestock and forage production) and…Publication Date 2015-09
- agricultural policy
- biodiversity
- coupled human and natural systems
- ecosystem services
- sustainability science
- working landscapes
- 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 1964-05-01
- work
- challenge
- Working Relationships
- standards
- Traits
- Duties
- Develop
- Coordinating
- Alternative Land Use
- appraisal
- Additional Knowledge
- economics
- plant physiology
- range technician
- Job
- prediction
- evaluation
- surveys
- multiple use
- planning
- intensity
- utilization
- seeding
- forage yield
- range condition
- grazing
- relationships
- control
- fertilization
- future
- conservation
- applications
- Library Collection RecordThis article examines the question of how well the rangeland management profession has served conservation of patterns and processes that support multiple ecosystem services. We examine the paradigms…Publication Date 2012-11-01
- biodiversity
- fire
- grazing
- landscape ecology
- pyric herbivory
- shifting mosaic
- Library Collection RecordRecent opposition to the rangeland management paradigm of achieving uniform, moderate grazing across entire landscapes has emerged because heterogeneity is recognized as the foundation of…Publication Date 2013-09-01
- biodiversity
- conservation of pattern and process
- heterogeneity
- landscapes patch burning
- pyric herbivory
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordMonoculture and mixed pastures in Florida provide habitat for a variety of resident and migratory bird species. The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of grazing on vegetation…Publication Date 2010-03-01
- abundance
- avian-habitat relationships
- biodiversity
- guild
- heterogeneity
- migratory birds
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordAn assessment of nonequilibrium rangeland dynamics was conducted in the Aru basin, a semiarid site located in the very dry northwest part of the Chang Tang Nature Reserve, Tibet, China. A grazing…Publication Date 2010-07-01
- biodiversity
- grazing gradient
- rangeland assessment
- rangeland ecosystem management
- species diversity
- Library Collection RecordSuccessful prairie restoration will depend in part on convincing private landowners with agricultural and recreational use goals to implement appropriate rangeland management practices, such as…Publication Date 2010-11-01
- adaptive ecosystem management
- biodiversity
- grazing management
- Juniperus virginiana
- landowner attitudes
- prairie restoration
- prescribed burning
- Library Collection RecordManagement of rangelands has largely operated under the paradigm of minimizing spatially discrete disturbances, often under the objective of reducing inherent heterogeneity within managed ecosystems…Publication Date 2010-11-01
- biodiversity
- fire
- grazing
- landscape ecology
- patch dynamics
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordLandspraying while drilling (LWD) is an approved disposal method for water-based drilling mud (WBM) systems in western Canada. The mud is applied either on cultivated land, where it is incorporated…Publication Date 2011-07-01
- biodiversity
- energy exploitation
- hydrocarbon extraction
- native rangelands
- oil and natural gas
- Library Collection RecordAchieving economically optimum livestock production on rangelands can conflict with conservation strategies that require lower stocking rate to maintain wildlife habitat. Combining the spatial and…Publication Date 2011-11-01
- biodiversity
- conservation grazing
- fire
- heterogeneity
- patch burn
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordThis study evaluated the impact of shrub encroachment within cool-season floodplain meadows in a portion of the Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve in southwestern Alberta, where nearly half of open…Publication Date 2009-01-01
- Betula glandulosa
- biodiversity
- bunchgrasses
- fire suppression
- forage production
- shrub cover
- 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 RecordMany range managers have suggested that clubmoss (Selaginella densa Rydb.) negatively alters the composition of seed banks and inhibits the establishment of plant species that decrease under improper…Publication Date 2004-05-01
- biodiversity
- microbiotic crust
- microphytic crust
- Northern Mixed Prairie
- range condition
- Selaginella densa
- 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 RecordAfter wildfires in 1996 in the sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) and pinyon-juniper (Pinus spp.–Juniperus spp.) zones of west-central Utah, the USDI-BLM attempted to reduce soil erosion and cheatgrass…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- aerial sowing
- revegetation plants
- erosion control
- rehabilitation
- biodiversity
- Elytrigia intermedia subsp. intermedia
- sowing
- wildfire management
- sown grasslands
- Artemisia
- species diversity
- Agropyron cristatum
- weed control
- fires
- fire effects
- Bromus tectorum
- plant communities
- botanical composition
- Pinus
- Juniperus
- plant competition
- invasive species
- Utah
- Elytrigia elongata
- Bureau of Land Management
- rehabilitation
- chaining
- serial seeding
- plant material
- cheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordSome grasses harbor endophytic fungi living in intercellular spaces in the leaves, stems and reproductive organs. The fungi can dramatically affect the physiology and ecology of plants. For example,…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- Elymus canadensis
- mutualism
- colonization
- host plants
- Iowa
- plant physiology
- toxins
- plant-water relations
- leaves
- Illinois
- Missouri
- stems
- Kansas
- plant ecology
- incidence
- Nebraska
- herbivores
- Oklahoma
- tillers
- Texas
- prairies
- geographical distribution
- Acremonium
- endophytes
- Elymus canadensis
- Epichlo typhina
- Neotyphodium
- geographical pattern
- mutualism
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of herbicide applications to kill honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) on community diversity are poorly documented. Our objective was to test the hypothesis that herbicide…Publication Date 1997-03-01
- nontarget organisms
- rodents
- biodiversity
- wild birds
- Prosopis glandulosa
- triclopyr
- species diversity
- rain
- vegetation
- Texas
- canopy
- Library Collection RecordGrazed and ungrazed sites subjected to different fire frequencies were sampled on the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area in northeast Kansas after 4 years of bison grazing (1987-1991). The objective…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- biodiversity
- bison
- topography
- frequency
- Kansas
- fires
- plant communities
- prairies
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordLate spring burning response of the dominant big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) was studied on a tallgrass site in central Oklahoma (USA) during a dry (1984) and a wet (1985) year. During active…Publication Date 1988-05-01
- nitrogen assimilation
- anatomy and morphology
- plant physiology
- leaf area
- biogeochemical cycles
- prescribed burning
- Andropogon gerardii
- Oklahoma
- biomass accumulation
- phenology
- Library Collection RecordThe use of metal and plastic barriers to contain root systems of woody plants is presented as a method to study water relations and other physiological responses of field-grown shrubs. This method…Publication Date 1988-01-01
- plant physiology
- plant-water relations
- research
- Prosopis glandulosa
- containers
- root systems
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordA method for mapping coarse root distribution suitable for stony soils was developed. Each root is considered as a broken line, whose segments are fairly straight root portions. The spatial location…Publication Date 1988-05-01
- Apiaceae
- plant physiology
- stony soils
- root distribution
- quantitative analysis
- computer techniques
- Senecio
- species
- Argentina
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordA single, mature and 12 smaller honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr. var. glandulosa) trees were partially excavated during 1986 to examine root distributional patterns. The mature tree had an…Publication Date 1988-05-01
- plant physiology
- root distribution
- leaf area
- soil water relations
- dry matter accumulation
- Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
- Texas
- biomass accumulation
- soil texture
- Library Collection RecordAbove- and belowground biomass dynamics of 'WW-Spar' (Bothriochloa ischaemum) and 'Caucasian' (B. caucasica) Old World bluestems were monitored under field conditions during…Publication Date 1986-07-01
- plant physiology
- roots
- plant morphology
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- Bothriochloa bladhii
- water-use efficiency
- Oklahoma
- growth rate
- biomass
- rangelands
- forage
- Library Collection RecordLight and temperature dependencies for net photosynthesis and stomatal conductance were generally very similar between foliage on crested wheatgrass (Agropyron desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Schult.)…Publication Date 1986-09-01
- characteristics
- stomatal movement
- plant physiology
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- light intensity
- Agropyron desertorum
- photosynthesis
- gas exchange
- temperature
- phenology
- rangelands
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordAn experiment was conducted to determine if concentrations of chlorophyll and basic metabolites (total organic nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), and total nonstructural carbohydrates (TNC)) were…Publication Date 1987-03-01
- phenotype
- sex expression
- plant physiology
- metabolites
- chlorophyll
- carbohydrates
- Atriplex canescens
- gender differences
- vigor
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- seasonal variation
- 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 1955-09-01
- Future Farmers of America
- morphology
- Future Farmers
- Livestock Products
- plant physiology
- Vo-Ag
- Vocational Agriculture
- Field Work
- Range Judging
- FFA
- ecology
- range
- utilization
- grass
- improvement
- grass yield
- range condition
- conservation
- education
- Montana
- 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 1956-09-01
- Practical Application
- Ranch Selection
- Study
- appraisal
- experience
- Herd
- flexibility
- plant physiology
- plant ecology
- curriculum
- college
- improvement
- Forage Reserves
- ranch management
- grazing capacity
- nutrition
- Use
- grazing
- range management
- training
- ranching
- management
- Library Collection RecordGrazed rangeland ecosystems encompass diverse global land resources and are complex social-ecological systems from which society demands both goods (e.g., livestock and forage production) and…Publication Date 2015-09
- agricultural policy
- biodiversity
- coupled human and natural systems
- ecosystem services
- sustainability science
- working landscapes