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- Library Collection RecordThis study examined the effects of late growing-season (September) wildfire on the subsequent production and species composition of upland Nebraska Sandhills prairie vegetation. Three paired-plots (…Publication Date 2000-07-01
- Cyperaceae
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- soil temperature
- fires
- fire effects
- Nebraska
- forbs
- plant communities
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grasses
- burning
- species composition
- herbage standing crop
- soil temperature
- Library Collection RecordRobust needlegrass (Achnatherum robustum [Vasey] Barkw. = Stipa robusta [Vasey] Scribn.) is a high-biomass rangeland species that is adapted to warmer temperatures and matures later than most cool-…Publication Date 2000-07-01
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- Colorado
- beef cattle
- forage
- Stipa
- dry matter
- feed intake
- feeding preferences
- plant height
- zero grazing
- Elytrigia elongata
- Acremonium
- endophytes
- Leymus chinensis
- ergot alkaloids
- ergometrine
- fungi
- roadside plants
- green fodders
- lysergic acid amide
- Stipa robusta
- Achnatherum robustum
- Acremonium
- ergonovine
- lysergic acid amide
- narcosis
- Neotyphodium
- sleepygrass
- Stipa robusta
- Library Collection RecordThe decreased carrying capacity of Argentinian Flooding Pampa rangelands through the reduction of density of C3 grasses may be partially attributed to continuous stocking. The objective of this study…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- pampas
- C4 grasses
- C3 grasses
- Lolium multiflorum
- sown grasslands
- continuous grazing
- rotational grazing
- range management
- Argentina
- rangelands
- grasses
- beef cattle
- winter forage production
- temperate-humid rangeland
- grazing systems
- Lolium multiflorum
- Library Collection RecordForage use data can help rangeland and wildlife managers make informed decisions. However, managers need to know if forage use techniques that are commonly used to estimate ungulate herbivory under…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- experimental plots
- height-weight curve methods
- paired-plot method
- growth curve
- regression analysis
- equations
- Cervus elaphus
- selective grazing
- Pascopyrum smithii
- biomass
- range management
- beef cattle
- forage
- plant height
- Arizona
- height-weight
- herbivory
- paired-plot
- stubble height
- Library Collection RecordWater quality contamination by pathogens and nutrients from cattle fecal deposits is a concern on rangeland watersheds. The temporal and spatial deposition of fecal material relative to storm events…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- watershed management
- estimation
- dry seasons
- wet season
- cattle manure
- weight
- range management
- dry matter
- water quality
- pathogens
- nutrients
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordWater quality contamination by pathogens and nutrients from cattle fecal deposits is a concern on rangeland watersheds. The temporal and spatial deposition of fecal material relative to storm events…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- watershed management
- estimation
- dry seasons
- wet season
- cattle manure
- weight
- range management
- dry matter
- water quality
- pathogens
- nutrients
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe Ecological Index Method impacted directly on the estimation of grazing capacities in the Karoo, an arid region in South Africa. Due to inherent deficiencies in the ecological index method, index…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- Limax
- pioneer species
- agronomic traits
- arid grasslands
- carrying capacity
- nutrient requirements
- climax communities
- South Africa
- veld
- estimation
- digestibility
- sheep
- range management
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- canopy
- grasses
- available dry matter production
- canopy spread cover
- current grazing capability
- [K divided by (Ca + Mg)
- total digestible nutrients
- Library Collection RecordStubble height, a measure of the herbaceous vegetation remaining after grazing, has been widely used in recent years to gage the impacts of grazing use in riparian areas. Stubble height is a short-…Publication Date 2000-11-01
- riparian grasslands
- Salix
- streams
- stubble
- ecotones
- height
- riparian buffers
- regrowth
- grazing intensity
- browsing damage
- cattle
- biomass
- range management
- literature reviews
- trampling
- grazing
- livestock management
- streambanks
- trampling
- utilization
- willow
- Library Collection RecordIt was hypothesized that grazing management could mitigate grasshopper outbreaks on native rangeland in the northern Great Plains. Key practices would require deliberate variation in timing and…Publication Date 2000-11-01
- Melanoplus sanguinipes
- opeia obscura
- encoptolophus costalis
- melanoplus gladstoni
- Acrididae
- heat sums
- life cycle
- insect control
- population density
- continuous grazing
- Agropyron cristatum
- mortality
- rain
- rotational grazing
- prairies
- biomass
- range management
- canopy
- North Dakota
- grasshopper management
- twice-over grazing system
- rotational grazing
- Menaloplus sanguinipes
- Library Collection RecordAssessment of standing crop on grasslands using a visual obstruction technique provides valuable information to help plan livestock grazing management and indicate the status of wildlife habitat. The…Publication Date 2000-11-01
- stand density
- data collection
- errors
- lowlands
- grasslands
- Nebraska
- sampling
- biomass
- range management
- grasses
- plant height
- Residual cover
- grassland structure
- regression model
- wildlife habitats
- Robel pole
- Nebraska Sandhills
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to describe the relationship among range condition scores, tenure system, management practices and bio-physical variables for 107 communal ejido ranches and 373…Publication Date 2001-01-01
- private ownership
- human population
- private farms
- common lands
- infrastructure
- coownership
- farm size
- carrying capacity
- land ownership
- ranching
- range condition
- Mexico
- rain
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- range management
- communal resources
- ejido
- infrastructure
- precipitation
- Library Collection RecordWoody cover, when expressed at the scale of the 207 km2 Cusenbary Draw basin, remained unchanged (approximately 23%) from 1955 to 1990. When expressed at the scale of range sites, woody cover…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- soil depth
- water yield
- water balance
- multiple use
- landscapes
- watershed management
- evapotranspiration
- Prosopis glandulosa
- brush control
- runoff
- woody plants
- precipitation
- spatial distribution
- Texas
- range management
- botanical composition
- Juniperus
- rangelands
- brush management
- evapotranspiration
- GIS and remote sensing
- hydrologic modeling
- semiarid rangelands
- Library Collection RecordIn Utah during the early 1990s it was theorized that substantive change was under way in the management of private grazing land. Change was thought to be spearheaded by grazing permittees who feared…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- part-time farming
- farm indebtedness
- farm surveys
- grazing tenancy
- public domain
- irrigated pastures
- risk
- investment
- land ownership
- ranching
- farmers' attitudes
- age
- range management
- rangelands
- Utah
- ranching
- hobby ranching
- land use
- technology transfer
- sustainable agriculture
- Library Collection RecordThe decade of the 1920s was somewhat of a paradox for range science. A. W. Sampson published 3 books that were widely used as text for higher education classes in range management. The United States…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- social change
- textbooks
- salt licks
- grazing tenancy
- USDA
- public domain
- history
- water supply
- prescribed burning
- sheep
- goats
- overgrazing
- range management
- grazing
- herding technology
- range text
- wildfire
- salting
- Library Collection RecordTwo grazing trials were conducted during early winter (December 1996-January 1997) and spring (April-May 1997) to evaluate the effect of shape of pasture on forage use and behavior of grazing sheep (…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- Italy
- chemical composition
- pastures
- winter
- animal behavior
- spring
- feeding behavior
- voluntary intake
- Mediterranean climate
- selective grazing
- use efficiency
- sward destruction
- shape
- protein intake
- energy intake
- grazing intensity
- sheep
- biomass
- forage
- dry matter
- diet choice
- space pattern
- grazing management
- Library Collection RecordStubble height, a measure of the amount of vegetation remaining after grazing, is thought to be a useful variable in the management of riparian areas. A number of riparian and grazing processes…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- sequential sampling
- stubble
- decision making
- riparian buffers
- equations
- grazing intensity
- range management
- plant height
- grazing management
- riparian areas
- Library Collection RecordIntroducing and establishing competitive plants is essential for the successful management of spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.) infested rangeland where a desirable understory is absent. Our…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- sowing date
- Elytrigia intermedia subsp. intermedia
- herbicide mixtures
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- cultural control
- clopyralid
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- glyphosate
- stand establishment
- plant density
- picloram
- Centaurea maculosa
- application rates
- range management
- Montana
- invasive species
- rehabilitation
- weed management
- reseeding
- seedling establishment
- Library Collection RecordAlthough the maintenance of biodiversity has become one of the goals in ecosystem management, the relationships of diversity to ecosystem characteristics such as level of herbivory, productivity, and…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- Lycopodiaceae
- species eveness
- grassland condition
- ground cover
- species diversity
- Saskatchewan
- forbs
- biomass
- range management
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- grasses
- plant height
- biomass
- litter
- sward structure
- Saskatchewan
- Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA)
- Two-way Indicator Species Analysis (TWINSPAN)
- Library Collection RecordSquirreltail (Sitanion hystrix (Nutt. J. G. Smith), a native, cool-season perennial bunchgrass of the Intermountain West has been shown to reinvade degraded rangelands invaded by exotic annual weeds…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- sward renovation
- Elymus elymoides
- seed development
- harvest date
- seed maturation
- seed weight
- reclamation
- seed germination
- range management
- germination
- phenology
- competition
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordThe dependence between grassland herbage production and precipitation within the Boreal region of central Alberta was evaluated. Additional objectives were to compare current year growing season (e.g…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- growth periods
- simulation models
- hydrology
- soil temperature
- highlands
- grasslands
- prediction
- Alberta
- growth
- precipitation
- biomass production
- plant communities
- forage
- current year precipitation
- lowlands
- production
- regression
- uplands
- water year
- Library Collection RecordCholla cactus may serve as an emergency feedstuff for livestock when forage availability is low. A study was conducted at the Corona Range and Livestock Research Center to evaluate the nutritive…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- processing technology
- spines
- opuntia imbricata
- moisture content
- organic matter
- burning
- leaves
- cows
- mineral content
- stems
- estimation
- fiber content
- feeds
- digestibility
- crude protein
- rumen fermentation
- nutritive value
- livestock
- New Mexico
- forage
- dry matter
- drought forages
- mineral content
- emergency feeding
- Library Collection RecordGoats consume juniper, but toxic terpenoids within the plant limit intake. Our objective was to determine if dosing goats with the adsorptive compound activated charcoal would increase juniper…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- Juniperus ashei
- charcoal
- Juniperus pinchotii
- browse
- adaptation
- terpenoids
- goats
- Texas
- forage
- feed intake
- feeding preferences
- Juniperus
- J. ashei
- J. pinchotii
- Capra
- experience
- preference
- toxicosis
- feedback
- aversions
- browsing
- Library Collection RecordA classification of dietary structural types that represents different arrangements of forage classes is proposed. It may be especially useful for interpreting and comparing herbivore diets from…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- Lama guanicoe
- feces composition
- pastures
- selective grazing
- species differences
- vegetation
- feeds
- digestibility
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- forage
- diet botanical composition
- conceptualization
- forage classes
- microhistological analysis
- multivariate analysis
- similarity of diets
- Library Collection RecordNative pasture and Old World bluestems (Bothriochloa spp.) have contrasting herbage production characteristics that suggest potential for incorporation into a complementary forage system. We compared…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- growth periods
- costs and returns
- economic analysis
- liveweight gain
- stocking rate
- pastures
- profitability
- Oklahoma
- biomass production
- botanical composition
- grazing
- beef cattle
- forage
- mixed prairie
- complementary forages
- old world bluestem
- Bothriochloa
- livestock performance
- Library Collection RecordAccurately identifying the botanical composition of free-ranging animal diets remains a challenge. Currently accepted procedures are time consuming, many requiring painstaking sample preparation…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- fluorescence
- lambs
- wavelengths
- methodology
- evaluation
- light intensity
- feces composition
- feces
- statistical analysis
- selective grazing
- feeds
- botanical composition
- forage
- feed intake
- cattle
- botanical composition
- fluorescence
- xenon fluorometry
- fecal fluorophores
- Library Collection RecordAlthough recognized in importance from the dawn of history, forages have too often been underestimated and undervalued perhaps in part because animal performance has frequently failed to reflect…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- plant diseases and disorders
- immune response
- morbidity
- animal health
- sexual reproduction
- antinutritional factors
- Festuca arundinacea
- nutritional status
- toxicity
- mineral content
- economic analysis
- liveweight gain
- mortality
- adaptation
- animal behavior
- secondary metabolites
- digestibility
- insect pests
- nutritive value
- literature reviews
- livestock
- forage
- feed intake
- chemical constituents of plants
- nutrition
- animal health
- performance
- forage quality
- toxins
- Library Collection RecordLignin is a polymer formed from monolignols derived from the phenylpropanoid pathway in vascular plants. It is deposited in the cell walls of plants as part of the process of cell maturation. Lignin…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- dietary fiber
- stems
- genotype
- lignin
- light
- age
- cell wall components
- xylem
- biochemical pathways
- phenylpropanoids
- cell differentiation
- sclerenchyma
- soil fertility
- air temperature
- chemical composition
- digestion
- soil water content
- digestibility
- range management
- literature reviews
- forage
- chemical constituents of plants
- anti-quality
- digestibility
- forage quality
- forage utilization
- Library Collection RecordPlants possess a wide variety of compounds and growth forms that are termed "anti-quality" factors because they reduce forage value and deter grazing. Anti-quality attributes can reduce a…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- allelochemicals
- food intake
- detoxification
- animal husbandry
- energy content
- metabolism
- flavor
- toxicity
- nutrient content
- foraging
- nutrient availability
- tolerance
- adaptation
- animal behavior
- selective grazing
- herbivores
- nutritive value
- quality
- literature reviews
- grazing
- forage
- anti-quality
- conditioned aversions
- detoxification
- diet selection
- forage quality
- foraging
- grazing behavior
- toxic plants
- Library Collection RecordPlant growth depends upon C, H, O, and at least 13 mineral elements. Six of these (N, K, Ca, Mg, P, and S) macro-elements normally occur in plants at concentrations greater than 1,000 mg kg(-1) level…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- silicon
- animal health
- sulfur
- nickel
- nutrient-nutrient interactions
- nutrient content
- mineral content
- nutrient availability
- sodium
- nitrogen
- potassium
- trace elements
- phosphorus
- magnesium
- calcium
- mineral nutrition
- literature reviews
- livestock
- forage
- mineral interaction
- mineral requirements
- mineral nutrients
- ruminant diets
- Library Collection RecordThe ability of proanthocyanidins (PA) to form insoluble complexes with proteins and polysaccharides affects fiber digestion and analysis. This review discusses these effects in relationship to the…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- molecular weight
- anthocyanidins
- chemical structure
- polymers
- polyphenols
- precursors
- methodology
- cell walls
- dietary fiber
- polysaccharides
- chemical composition
- digestion
- digestibility
- literature reviews
- forage
- chemical constituents of plants
- condensed tannins
- neutral detergent
- acid detergent
- lignin
- polyphenolics
- Library Collection RecordRuminants are a diverse group of mammals, both domestic and wild species, that exhibit microbial fermentation prior to gastrointestinal activity. During the digestive process, glycosides and other…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- metabolites
- metabolism
- clinical aspects
- substrates
- symptoms
- glycosides
- chemical structure
- treatments
- nutrient availability
- phytotoxins
- pastures
- ruminants
- rumen fermentation
- range management
- rangelands
- pasture plants
- literature reviews
- forage
- poisonous plants
- ruminants
- cattle
- rumen microbes
- Library Collection RecordHistorically, there have been several seminal achievements in management and utilization of privately-owned rangelands. The most important of the early achievements were domestication of livestock,…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- government research
- history
- land ownership
- agricultural research
- stocking rate
- prescribed burning
- overgrazing
- range management
- forage
- Library Collection RecordWe assessed the potential of activated charcoal to attenuate bitterweed (Hymenoxys odorata DC.) toxicosis in 3 trials. In Trial 1, lambs were offered a subacute level (.264% BW) of bitterweed and…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- sesquiterpenoid lactones
- detoxicants
- Hymenoxys odorata
- activated carbon
- sorghum
- dosage
- concentrates
- lambs
- biting rates
- poisonous weeds
- selective grazing
- forage
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordThis study was designed to: 1) compare the landscape distribution patterns of bison on fire-managed prairie remnants in the tallgrass (Oklahoma), and mixed prairie (Nebraska); and 2) identify the…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- edaphic factors
- tallgrass prairie
- mixed prairie
- bison
- topography
- fire ecology
- fires
- fire effects
- forage quality
- animal preferences
- selective grazing
- Nebraska
- prescribed burning
- prairies
- botanical composition
- geographical distribution
- forage
- Library Collection RecordCattle (Bos taurus) and vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus) diets were examined monthly in the semiarid caldénal in central Argentina. Cow-calf operations are the most important economic activities within…Publication Date 1999-07-01
- free range husbandry
- diversity
- Lagostomus maximus
- ambient temperature
- feces composition
- rain
- species differences
- grazing intensity
- diets
- cattle
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- grasses
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordThree hundred islands are found along the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. Among these islands, over 5,000 ha are used for agricultural purposes and 32% of this total is devoted to communal pasture, a…Publication Date 1999-07-01
- Phragmites australis
- islands
- Phalaris arundinacea
- waterfowl
- Quebec
- nesting
- flood meadows
- Passeriformes
- wild birds
- common lands
- cows
- habitats
- species diversity
- grazing intensity
- wildlife management
- prairies
- range management
- canopy
- Library Collection RecordJapanese brome (Bromus japonicus Thunb.) and downy brome (Bromus tectorum L.), introduced annuals, have invaded many northern mixed-prairie plant communities. This study determined the effect of…Publication Date 1998-11-01
- density
- interspecific competition
- Bromus japonicus
- ambient temperature
- rain
- Bromus tectorum
- weight
- Pascopyrum smithii
- tillering
- tillers
- biomass
- Montana
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordWhite-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus L.) feed heavily on alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) throughout Pennsylvania. Attempts to reduce deer feeding on forage crops have proven too costly or…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- Phleum pratense
- crop losses
- vertebrate pests
- Medicago sativa
- Dactylis glomerata
- yield losses
- Pennsylvania
- forage quality
- Odocoileus virginianus
- selective grazing
- hay
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordPermanent channel cross-sectional transects perpendicular to flow were used to estimate changes in spring and resultant creek channel morphology. Three cattle grazing treatments (none, light, and…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- depth
- springs (water)
- stream erosion
- streams
- riparian buffers
- rain
- grazing intensity
- California
- cattle
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThis research addresses the hypothesis that grazing intensity during and following drought can dramatically alter community level, post-drought recovery patterns. Research was conducted during the…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- warm-season grasses
- cool-season grasses
- timing
- annuals
- perennials
- precipitation
- biomass production
- grazing intensity
- prairies
- drought
- Montana
- rangelands
- grasses
- forage
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordRedberry juniper (Juniperus pinchotii Sudw.) is a common invasive brush species that reduces rangeland productivity over vast acreages in the Rolling Plains and Edwards Plateau regions of Texas. The…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- chaining
- timing
- Juniperus pinchotii
- costs and returns
- cost-benefit analysis
- brush control
- prescribed burning
- profitability
- biomass production
- Texas
- canopy
- forage
- Library Collection RecordTwo trials were conducted in 1994, 1995, and 1996 to determine the first limiting nutrient for summer calving cows grazing Sandhills range. In Trial 1, 48 lactating summer calving cows grazing native…Publication Date 1999-07-01
- soybean hulls
- tallow
- feather meal
- maize steep liquor
- protected protein
- digestible protein
- pregnancy rate
- breeding season
- birth weight
- dietary protein
- body condition
- liveweight gain
- calves
- ambient temperature
- body weight
- fiber content
- rain
- Nebraska
- beef cows
- soybean meal
- protein intake
- digestibility
- feed supplements
- grazing
- forage
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordPreventing the invasion of uninfested rangeland is central to managing spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.). Intensity, frequency, and season of grass defoliation determine the ability of…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- cutting height
- Festuca idahoensis
- ground cover
- cutting frequency
- tillering
- plant density
- Centaurea maculosa
- biomass
- range management
- introduced species
- Montana
- plant competition
- Library Collection RecordAn experiment with beef cows grazing Mediterranean-type grassland was conducted to study the effect of grazing deferment at the beginning of the growing season on pasture productivity and animal…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- poultry manure
- calving rate
- replacement rate
- Israel
- weaning weight
- controlled grazing
- production costs
- continuous grazing
- duration
- stocking rate
- Mediterranean climate
- beef cows
- conception rate
- energy intake
- feed supplements
- biomass
- range management
- grazing
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordChoice of plant materials is a fundamental component of any rangeland rehabilitation, reclamation, or restoration project. We describe here an integrated approach for such decision-making. This…Publication Date 1998-11-01
- artificial regeneration
- interspecific hybridization
- sowing
- plant genetic resources
- reclamation
- adaptation
- seedlings
- plant communities
- range management
- literature reviews
- Library Collection RecordThe potential of using spring defoliation to improve late-summer nutritive value of prairie sandreed [Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn.] on rangeland was studied with a factorial array of…Publication Date 1999-05-01
- cutting height
- Calamovilfa longifolia
- semiarid grasslands
- protein content
- cutting date
- yields
- stocking rate
- Nebraska
- crude protein
- tillers
- in vitro digestibility
- range management
- Library Collection RecordCarefully-managed livestock grazing has been offered as a tool to improve the forage quality of graminoids on big game winter range. Formal testing of this theory has thus far been done using hand…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- Festuca idahoensis
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- Carex geyeri
- stems
- Carex
- savannas
- Cervus elaphus
- rain
- stocking rate
- Oregon
- crude protein
- shrubs
- sheep
- in vitro digestibility
- biomass
- canopy
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordLone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum L.) were collected by drag samples of 1 km transects on 12 watersheds at Konza Prairie Research Natural Area near Manhattan, Kans., during summer 1995-1996.…Publication Date 1999-03-01
- Amblyomma americanum
- larvae
- nymphs
- adults
- bison
- Kansas
- prescribed burning
- prairies
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordBurning of vegetation generally increases surface runoff and erosion and potentially can change the nutrient dynamics of an ecosystem with loss of nutrients. Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- nitrogen
- runoff
- prescribed burning
- sandy loam soils
- potassium
- rainfall simulators
- gravelly soils
- phosphorus
- biomass
- losses from soil
- range management
- plant litter
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordConcern over the humane treatment and diminishing numbers of feral horses (Equus caballus) led to their protection under the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971. The potential for rapid…Publication Date 1999-03-01
- opportunity costs
- feral herds
- wildlife
- horses
- linear models
- stocking rate
- sward destruction
- species differences
- forbs
- steers
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- shrubs
- range management
- grasses