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- Library Collection RecordLeafy spurge control with glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine] plus 2,4-D [2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid] applied annually for 3 years alone or rotated with auxin herbicides was evaluated at 3…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- developmental stages
- timing
- 2,4-D
- injuries
- translocation (plant physiology)
- herbicide mixtures
- dicamba
- foliar uptake
- leaves
- costs and returns
- glyphosate
- Euphorbia esula
- stems
- weed control
- spring
- picloram
- application rates
- grasses
- North Dakota
- 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 RecordNutritive quality of vegetation is important when evaluating the habitat to sustain wildlife. Crude protein, fiber content and in vitro digestibility were evaluated for 17 shrubs, 7 trees, 2 ferns, 3…Publication Date 1999-03-01
- trees
- silica
- Capreolus capreolus
- ferns and fern allies
- Spain
- understory
- lignin
- protein content
- fiber content
- forbs
- crude protein
- shrubs
- in vitro digestibility
- seasonal variation
- grasses
- 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
- Library Collection RecordField studies were conducted in 2 types of grasslands in the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range of northern Wyoming and southern Montana to examine plant biomass production and nitrogen responses to the…Publication Date 1999-05-01
- mesic grasslands
- irrigated conditions
- controlled release
- NPK fertilizers
- arid grasslands
- competitive ability
- grasslands
- irrigation
- cutting frequency
- biomass production
- Wyoming
- nitrogen content
- Montana
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordWater yield from rangeland on the Edwards Plateau, Texas is significantly greater if a site is dominated by grass instead of brush. Brush control programs are being considered by policy-makers as a…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- leasing
- farm surveys
- farm income
- game animals
- water yield
- watershed management
- ranching
- hunting
- cost analysis
- decision making
- brush control
- Texas
- wildlife management
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThe flea beetle, Aphthona nigriscutis Foudras, is a potentially useful agent for biological control of leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) in grasslands devoted to wildlife conservation. However,…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- colonization
- Aphthona
- Aphthona nigriscutis
- population change
- biological control agents
- ground cover
- Euphorbia esula
- weed control
- fires
- fire effects
- prescribed burning
- forbs
- plant density
- plant litter
- invasive species
- grasses
- plant height
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordThe scientific study of rangelands in the western United States, started with the first collection of natural history specimens in the 18th century. Gradually over the 19th century, a basic catalog…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- land productivity
- Rocky Mountain region
- public domain
- history
- range condition
- sustainability
- sheep
- overgrazing
- range management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordBecause of its high palatability and sustained levels of forage quality, antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata Pursh DC) is one of the most desired shrubs on western U.S. rangelands. Bitterbrush…Publication Date 1999-03-01
- Purshia tridentata
- fire ecology
- mortality
- rain
- pastures
- selective grazing
- grazing intensity
- in vitro digestibility
- range management
- phenology
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grazing
- grasses
- beef cattle
- plant height
- maturity stage
- 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 RecordA 10-year riparian grazing study was conducted on a cold, mountain meadow riparian system in central Idaho in response to cattle grazing-salmonid fisheries conflicts. Six pastures were established…Publication Date 1999-05-01
- seral stages
- stream erosion
- Salix
- streams
- riparian buffers
- Idaho
- forbs
- grazing intensity
- shrubs
- cattle
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- canopy
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordExpansion of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis spp. occidentalis Hook.) woodlands in the sagebrush steppe has the potential to change composition, structure, and productivity of understory…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- logging effects
- soil water potential
- ground cover
- understory
- Poa pratensis
- species diversity
- Juniperus occidentalis
- forbs
- Oregon
- nitrogen content
- plant density
- biomass
- grasses
- soil water
- 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 RecordThe effect of the growing season and topographic zone on biomass production, protein content, cell content (CC), lignin, cellulose, hemicellulose, digestibility (DMD), and mineral element…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- cellulose
- cells
- nutrient deficiencies
- Spain
- hemicellulose
- mineral content
- legumes
- semiarid grasslands
- lignin
- protein content
- fiber content
- sodium
- slope
- forbs
- phosphorus
- digestibility
- cattle
- phenology
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- grasses
- 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 RecordInformation on the yield of grasses as the plants mature is useful to optimize grazing potential and quality hay production. The objectives of this study were to compare the yield and feeding value…Publication Date 1999-01-01
- Elymus lanceolatus
- Elymus trachycaulus
- Bromus inermis
- Elytrigia intermedia subsp. intermedia
- Dactylis glomerata
- Festuca arundinacea
- Festuca rubra
- Alopecurus pratensis
- protein content
- Agropyron cristatum
- fiber content
- Alberta
- phosphorus
- calcium
- crude protein
- biomass
- grasses
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordGeneralized linear mixed models were used to obtain best linear unbiased predictions (BLUP's) of herbivore preferences for range plant species from expert knowledge contained in range site…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- deer
- resource utilization
- Edwards Plateau
- Cyperaceae
- mixed grazing
- interspecific competition
- legumes
- browse plants
- best linear unbiased prediction
- linear models
- forbs
- shrubs
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- Texas
- grasses
- feeding preferences
- 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 RecordDiets of bison (Bison bison L.) were examined using microhistological fecal analysis in a 2-yr study on a tallgrass prairie site in northcentral Oklahoma. Graminoids comprised at least 98% of the…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- bison
- Carex
- selective grazing
- forbs
- Oklahoma
- prairies
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordAshe juniper (Junius ashei, Buckholz) is increasing on most sites across the Edwards Plateau of Texas. It is the purpose of this investigation to document the influence of Ashe juniper tree size on…Publication Date 1997-09-01
- browse line
- light penetration
- size
- Juniperus ashei
- understory
- Odocoileus virginianus
- stocking rate
- goats
- Texas
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- canopy
- browsing
- grasses
- 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 RecordIn sacco dry matter degradability (DMD) of the most commonly consumed range forages by llamas and sheep in the arid highlands of Bolivia was measured during the wet and dry seasons to determine if…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- in sacco dry matter degradation
- degradation
- Bolivia
- llamas
- highlands
- arid lands
- digestibility
- kinetics
- shrubs
- sheep
- grasses
- forage
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordThe study determined the species components of the diets of small ruminants grazing mountain ranges of the Montseny Biosphere Reserve (Catalunya, NE Spain). Three mixed flocks of sheep and goats, led…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- montane forests
- Erica arborea
- Calluna vulgaris
- Quercus ilex
- heathlands
- mixed grazing
- Festuca
- Spain
- foraging
- feces composition
- selective grazing
- species differences
- forbs
- shrubs
- diets
- sheep
- goats
- rangelands
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThe use of water in the upper 1 m of the soil profile by 3 common herbaceous species of the southern Great Plains was examined by labeling soil water with 2H2O and H2(18)O. Uptake of labeled water…Publication Date 1998-03-01
- Hilaria belangeri
- water uptake
- annuals
- leaves
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- stems
- root systems
- transpiration
- soil water content
- grasses
- 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 resource partitioning between cattle and deer (Odocoileus virginianus Boddaert) within replicated treatments of continuous and short-duration grazing at heavy and moderate stocking rates.…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- interspecific competition
- browse plants
- continuous grazing
- Odocoileus virginianus
- stocking rate
- species differences
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- cattle
- Texas
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grasses
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordWe documented vegetation dynamics (April 1986-July 1989) as part of a larger study to understand botanical composition and nutritional components of cattle and deer diets under 2 grazing systems (…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- continuous grazing
- rain
- Odocoileus virginianus
- stocking rate
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- Texas
- biomass
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grasses
- feeding preferences
- 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 RecordRegrowth grass hay produced on subirrigated meadows in the Nebraska Sandhills was evaluated as a supplement for gestating beef cows grazing winter range. Ninety-six crossbred spring calving,…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- pregnancy
- body condition
- liveweight gain
- reproductive performance
- chemical composition
- Nebraska
- beef cows
- hay
- dietary supplements
- feed supplements
- in vitro digestibility
- grasses
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordThis study evaluated the effects of supplementing a diet of range hay (5.7% crude protein, 68% NDF) with grass hay from subirrigated meadows (16.5% crude protein, 53.5% NDF), or with a 70% soybean…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- chemical composition
- hay
- digestibility
- crude protein
- digesta
- kinetics
- cattle
- protein supplements
- rumen fermentation
- grasses
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to determine how rangeland hydrology of oak, juniper, bunchgrass and shortgrass vegetation types is altered by fire. The research was conducted at the Sonora…Publication Date 1997-03-01
- bunchgrass
- shortgrasses
- Aristida
- soil aggregates
- Juniperus ashei
- soil organic matter
- water yield
- Quercus virginiana
- woodland grasslands
- runoff
- prescribed burning
- sheep
- goats
- Texas
- sediment yield
- plant litter
- rangelands
- grazing
- infiltration
- grasses
- bulk density
- 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 RecordExtensive rangelands and other vegetation types that we know today formed while atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration was low (50 to 75% of today's concentration). Fossil fuel burning…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- long term experiments
- C3 plants
- respiration
- plant-water relations
- C4 plants
- biogeochemical cycles
- stomatal conductance
- plant ecology
- carbon dioxide
- atmosphere
- photosynthesis
- species differences
- biomass production
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- literature reviews
- grazing
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordSeedbed requirements for the establishment of grasses and legumes were studied in 3 experiments conducted over 3 years (1981-83) on the sandy (< 5 mg kg-1 Bray P) and loam (> 20 mg kg-1 Bray P…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- forage legumes
- tropical grasslands
- seedbed preparation
- grassland improvement
- stand establishment
- sandy soils
- loam soils
- China
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordWildfire in the growing season is relatively frequent and interest is increasing in using growing-season fire in management of tallgrass prairie. However, the influence of fire in the growing season…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- seral stages
- wildfire management
- loam soils
- ecological succession
- fires
- fire effects
- old fields
- prescribed burning
- forbs
- Oklahoma
- biomass production
- plant communities
- prairies
- botanical composition
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of livestock grazing on organic and N in rangeland soils is not well defined. In this study on sandy rangeland in western Oklahoma, we sampled 8 pastures moderately grazed by cattle and 8…Publication Date 1997-09-01
- soil analysis
- carbon
- soil fertility
- nutrient uptake
- forbs
- Oklahoma
- biomass production
- grazing intensity
- plant communities
- nitrogen content
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grasses
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