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- Library Collection RecordPastoral livestock production systems in Africa that have existed for centuries are now threatened by changing demographics, improved communications, increased availability of modern weapons, open…Publication Date 2017
- Africa
- cattle
- food crisis
- grazing
- livestock
- nomads
- range management
- Library Collection RecordHeteropogon contortus recently and rapidly increased in dominance in grasslands where it once had been aminor component. Ecological effects of this increase are unknown, but landmanagers are…Publication Date 2016
- competitive advantage
- range management
- Soil Characteristics
- Library Collection RecordHeteropogon contortus recently and rapidly increased in dominance in grasslands where it once had been aminor component. Ecological effects of this increase are unknown, but landmanagers are…Publication Date 2016
- competitive advantage
- range management
- Soil Characteristics
- Library Collection RecordRangeland carrying capacity depends on aboveground net primary production (ANPP) and on the sustainable harvest index (HIsust), the portion of ANPP that livestock can consume without undermining the…Publication Date 2015-05
- grazing
- harvest index
- range management
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordRangeland carrying capacity depends on aboveground net primary production (ANPP) and on the sustainable harvest index (HIsust), the portion of ANPP that livestock can consume without undermining the…Publication Date 2015-05
- grazing
- harvest index
- range management
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordA quantitative analysis of the British Columbia, Canada cattle ranching community in light of global climate change provides insight as to how stakeholder needs and observations can be included in…Publication Date 2015-03
- adaptive capacity
- Cattle Ranching
- global climate change
- mail survey
- range management
- Library Collection RecordA quantitative analysis of the British Columbia, Canada cattle ranching community in light of global climate change provides insight as to how stakeholder needs and observations can be included in…Publication Date 2015-03
- adaptive capacity
- Cattle Ranching
- global climate change
- mail survey
- range management
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed (or targeted) sheep grazing can effectively suppress the invasive perennial forb spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe L. ssp. micranthos [Gugler] Hayek). Some ranchers and other natural…Publication Date 2012-05-01
- Centaurea maculosa
- Centaurea stoebe
- grasses
- prescribed grazing
- targeted grazing
- timing
- Weeds
- Library Collection RecordConservation initiatives on working ranches balance flexibility for land management with restrictions to ensure protection over time. Conservation easements are a common tool for range conservation,…Publication Date 2010-03-01
- California oak woodlands
- grazing policy
- land conservation
- land trusts
- policy instruments
- range management
- residual dry matter
- working landscapes
- Library Collection RecordCover and yield are two of the most commonly monitored plant attributes in rangeland vegetation surveys. These variables are usually highly correlated and many previous authors have suggested point-…Publication Date 2008-11-01
- forbs
- grasses
- non-destructive sampling
- relative cost
- shrubs
- Library Collection RecordWe postulate that phosphorus (P) fertilization may increase above-ground net primary productivity (ANPP) of rotationally grazed rangelands without reducing the legume component, as does N…Publication Date 2007-09-01
- forage productivity
- grasses
- legumes
- phosphorus
- tall fescue
- temperate native grasslands
- Library Collection RecordHeterogeneous distribution of ungulates about the landscape can be a particularly vexing problem for resource managers. Although livestock preferences for leaves over stems among plants and patches…Publication Date 2006-03-01
- range management
- forage conditioning
- diet quality
- crested wheatgrass
- grazing behavior
- Library Collection RecordThe high inherent variability in rainfall and forage availability in arid regions makes it very difficult for a rancher to establish a herd size that is suited to the environment and also complicates…Publication Date 2004-03-01
- variability
- ranching
- drought
- range management
- grass production
- arid environments
- deserts
- Africa
- 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 RecordThe fragmented, weak identity of range science has been disadvantageous to the institutions and individuals involved with it. This paper addresses a complex, interrelated group of issues related to…Publication Date 2003-11-01
- research support
- range management
- rangelands
- synthesis
- concepts
- diversity
- Journal of Range Management
- university range programs
- art
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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.…Publication Date 2003-11-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordClubmoss (Selaginella densa Rydb.), a low growing, vascular cryptogam forms carpet-like mats that cover up to 80% of the ground in the Northern Mixed Prairie. Many range managers believe clubmoss…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- Koeleria macrantha
- Selaginella
- Selaginella densa
- irrigated conditions
- Koeleria
- plant-water relations
- vegetation cover
- drought tolerance
- Saskatchewan
- yields
- forbs
- Poaceae
- Bouteloua gracilis
- leaf water potential
- precipitation
- xylem water potential
- range management
- plant competition
- canopy
- water stress
- Bouteloua gracilis
- cryptogams
- Koeleria cristata
- leaf xylem water potentials
- microphytic crust
- Northern Mixed Prairie
- Selaginella densa
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding landscape conversion is vital for assessing the impacts of ecological and anthropogenic disturbances at regional and global scales. Since rangelands cover nearly half of the global land…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- environmental degradation
- land use change
- anthropogenic activities
- vegetation cover
- urbanization
- shrublands
- landscape ecology
- Prosopis
- image analysis
- urban areas
- rural areas
- remote sensing
- vegetation types
- semiarid zones
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grasses
- Arizona
- land conversion
- landscape indices
- fire suppression
- rangeland maintenance
- semiarid
- grasslands
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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.…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordLivestock grazing in riparian areas is an important management issue on both private and public lands. A study was initiated in northeastern Oregon to evaluate the economic and ecological impacts of…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- cow-calf operations
- bioeconomic models
- input costs
- livestock prices
- public lands
- production costs
- riparian areas
- water supply
- feeding behavior
- Oregon
- precipitation
- spatial distribution
- range management
- grazing
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to identify and model environmental and management factors associated with cattle feces deposition patterns across annual rangeland watersheds in the Sierra Nevada…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- dry seasons
- wet season
- cattle manure
- forage quality
- watershed hydrology
- slope
- linear models
- defecation
- aspect
- water supply
- animal preferences
- water troughs
- California
- spatial distribution
- range management
- seasonal variation
- grazing
- beef cattle
- water quality
- pathogens
- grazing distribution
- watershed management
- Library Collection RecordThe western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara Sheviak and Bowles) is a threatened species of the tallgrass prairie. Invasion by leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) is a serious threat to…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- threatened species
- imazapic
- quinclorac
- disturbed habitats
- Platanthera praeclara
- buried seeds
- pesticide application
- endemic species
- glyphosate
- Euphorbia esula
- habitats
- weed control
- forbs
- prairies
- invasive species
- introduced plants
- grasses
- North Dakota
- invasive species
- herbicides
- range improvement
- soil seed bank
- Library Collection RecordCommunity-level (per unit area) and individual tiller reproductive biomass inside and outside of long-term exclosures on the northern winter range of Yellowstone National Park, USA were compared.…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- Yellowstone National Park
- bison
- seed productivity
- Cervus elaphus
- winter
- Antilocapra americana
- tillering
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- defoliation
- literature reviews
- grasses
- grasslands
- ungulates
- grazing
- clipping
- seed production and yield
- Yellowstone National Park
- literature reviews
- Library Collection RecordHigh quality forage for spring and autumn grazing can be obtained from Russian wildrye [Psathyrostachys juncea (Fisch.) Nevski], a cool-season bunchgrass. However, little is known about mineral…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- plant development
- diploidy
- harvest date
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- mineral content
- tetraploidy
- forage quality
- nitrogen fertilizers
- application rates
- range management
- introduced plants
- soil water
- chemical constituents of plants
- diploidy
- tetraploidy
- stage of maturity
- rain shelter
- Library Collection RecordNon-selective grazing (NSG) is a relatively novel way of farming livestock in the Nama Karoo of South Africa. Our key question was how heavy grazing under this high-intensity, low-frequency grazing…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- soil microorganisms
- cell respiration
- infiltration (hydrology)
- aggregate stability
- mixed grazing
- soil organic matter
- South Africa
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- range management
- grazing systems
- hoof action
- infiltration
- intensive herbivory
- microbial respiration
- semiarid
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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.…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed burning has long been recognized as a useful tool in rangeland management, but with it comes the risk of fire and smoke damage to the property of others. All but 2 states have codified…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- loss prevention
- agricultural law
- fire hazard
- risk communication
- liability
- negligence
- risk reduction
- cost-benefit analysis
- fires
- prescribed burning
- profitability
- Oklahoma
- range management
- fire
- natural resources policy
- prescribed fire
- rangeland fires
- rangeland policy
- Library Collection RecordTo quantify the effects of season of use on beef cattle distribution relative to the riparian area, 52 cow/calf pairs were used to evaluate 1) early summer grazing (mid-June to mid-July), and 2) late…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- water requirements
- late summer
- lactation
- early summer
- streams
- nutrient content
- highlands
- water intake
- riparian areas
- calves
- ambient temperature
- forage quality
- stocking rate
- beef cows
- Oregon
- summer
- spatial distribution
- range management
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grazing
- beef cattle
- feeding preferences
- beef cattle
- distribution patterns
- riparian areas
- season of use
- vegetation utilization
- Library Collection RecordOff-road military vehicle traffic is a major consideration in the management of military lands. The objective of this study was to determine the impacts of military tracked M1A1 heavy combat tank…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- rocks
- soil conservation
- military lands
- vehicles
- desert soils
- vegetation cover
- land management
- land use
- soil erosion
- dry seasons
- wet season
- forbs
- shrubs
- sediment yield
- plant litter
- grasses
- New Mexico
- military lands
- soil stability
- site recovery
- seasonal drought
- Library Collection RecordThe study analyzed the basal area and density of perennial grasses along a cattle grazing intensity gradient away from a water development. Several mechanisms explaining combinations of changes in…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- Aristida
- Chloris
- Aristida inversa
- Aristida mendocina
- Chloris castilloniana
- shrublands
- basal area
- population density
- savannas
- grazing intensity
- range management
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- beef cattle
- distance from water
- basal area
- plant density
- Library Collection RecordWildfires commonly occur in the Fescue Prairie of Alberta, but little information exists to provide a basis for making grazing recommendations after burning. A wildfire in April 1999 provided an…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- seasonal development
- flowering
- grazing management
- Festuca altaica
- primary productivity
- harvest date
- Festuca campestris
- fire ecology
- Alberta
- tillering
- precipitation
- biomass
- range management
- defoliation
- defoliation intensity
- deferment
- etiolated growth
- herbage yields
- resilience
- tillers
- Library Collection RecordNative grasslands are a sink for atmospheric CO2 sequestration, but ways for extending site-specific CO2 flux measurements to a regional scale are lacking. Objectives of this study were to determine…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- carbon sequestration
- biogeochemical cycles
- evapotranspiration
- remote sensing
- carbon dioxide
- leaf area index
- vegetation
- precipitation
- shrubs
- semiarid zones
- prairies
- biomass
- range management
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grazing
- North Dakota
- global carbon cycle
- rangelands
- Bowen ratio
- remote sensing
- sequestration
- Library Collection RecordThe mechanisms responsible for soil-N-mediated species replacement of native perennial grasses by the invasive annual grasses cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) and medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- dry matter partitioning
- Elymus multisetus
- nutrient utilization
- nutrient partitioning
- nitrate fertilizers
- soil nutrients
- ammonium fertilizers
- Taeniatherum caput-medusae
- Elymus elymoides
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- endemic species
- shoots
- Bromus tectorum
- nitrogen
- tillers
- plant competition
- invasive species
- Utah
- grasses
- native perennial grass
- invasive annual grass
- nitrogen availability
- nitrogen form
- carbon-to-nitrogen ratio (C:N)
- seedling development
- root development
- Library Collection RecordConsumption of mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr. var glandulosa) fruit by ruminants is an important component of seed dispersal. Two experiments were conducted to estimate the role of livestock and…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- wildlife
- seed dispersal
- Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
- viability
- weathering
- seed predation
- seed maturation
- seeds
- feces
- digestibility
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- Texas
- range management
- Prosopis
- germination
- digestion
- fecal dispersal
- phenology
- encroachment
- Library Collection RecordAn experimental design required burn treatments for 10-m2 circular plots. We constructed a fire enclosure for the plots using sheetmetal, electrical conduit, and other commonly available materials.…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- peak temperature
- experimental rigs
- field experimentation
- soil temperature
- fire ecology
- prescribed burning
- range management
- botanical composition
- Nevada
- Utah
- fire
- Great Basin
- sagebrush
- burn barrell
- temperature
- temperature monitoring
- Library Collection RecordThe Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE 1.06) were evaluated with rainfall simulation data from a diverse set of rangeland vegetation types (8…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- Western United States
- soil erosion
- soil types
- accuracy
- Universal Soil Loss Equation
- Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation
- rainfall simulation
- hydrologic models
- prediction
- precipitation
- plant communities
- range management
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- erosion models
- sheet and rill erosion
- rainfall simulation experiments
- rangeland health
- Library Collection RecordVegetation influences runoff and soil losses in semiarid environments. In shrublands of Central Argentina, grazing has resulted in a reduction of plant cover, an increase in the proportion of bare…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- sown pastures
- splash erosion
- shortgrasses
- range improvement
- vegetation cover
- erosion control
- tallgrasses
- sowing
- shrublands
- water erosion
- endemic species
- runoff
- forbs
- semiarid zones
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- Argentina
- grasses
- rainfall simulators
- runoff
- semiarid shrublands
- soil erosion
- vegetation cover
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed cattle grazing is often used to purposely enhance wildlife habitat. This study investigated the effects of fall cattle (Bos taurus) grazing intensity on elk (Cervus elaphus) and deer (…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- wildlife-livestock relations
- Festuca altaica
- Cervus elaphus
- spring
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- summer
- grazing intensity
- Odocoileus
- cattle
- wildlife management
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- Montana
- Cervus elaphus
- Festuca scabrella
- Odocoileus spp.
- livestock-wildlife relations
- prescribed livestock grading
- Library Collection RecordChanges in soil nutrient pools and microbial activity due to fire are important for understanding the availability of nutrients to plants. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- Actinomycetales
- Paspalum quadrifarium
- soil bacteria
- carbon
- soil nutrient dynamics
- Paspalum
- grasslands
- soil fertility
- fire ecology
- nitrogen
- prescribed burning
- phosphorus
- biomass
- range management
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- Paspalum quadrifarium
- fire
- microbial biomass
- soil nutrients
- flooding pampa
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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.…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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.…Publication Date 2003-03-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordVegetation changes were evaluated over a 13 year period (1988-2000) on moderately grazed and lightly grazed rangelands in the Chihuahuan Desert of south central New Mexico. During the study period,…Publication Date 2003-03-01
- stocking rate
- arid lands
- livestock
- range management
- Library Collection RecordA 2-year field experiment was undertaken to quantify the interacting effects of a late-spring prescribed burn and summer rainfall on seasonal runoff and erosion in a southern Arizona grassland. Six…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- Lycurus
- perennial bunchgrasses
- soil water movement
- Muhlenbergia
- soil density
- Eragrostis
- Bouteloua
- water erosion
- semiarid grasslands
- rain
- runoff
- prescribed burning
- rainfall simulators
- plant communities
- sediment yield
- grasses
- bulk density
- Arizona
- Arizona
- sediment yield
- summer rainfall
- Library Collection RecordThe development of successful regional or national invasive weed control programs is often hampered by the way the problem is approached. Typically weed control programs are developed and evaluated…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- Aphthona
- Aphthona nigriscutis
- Aphthona lacertosa
- perennial weeds
- teamwork
- biological control agents
- USDA
- integrated pest management
- economic impact
- biological control
- Euphorbia esula
- ranching
- cost-benefit analysis
- invasion
- herbicides
- weed control
- South Dakota
- chemical control
- Wyoming
- sheep
- range management
- botanical composition
- Montana
- grazing
- North Dakota
- biological control
- Aphthona
- Weeds
- invasive species
- success
- integrated pest management
- Library Collection RecordHoney mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) is a problem plant in much of the southwestern USA because it reduces forage production for livestock, interferes with livestock handling and reduces off-…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- top kill
- basal sprouting
- root-kill
- apical dominance
- aerial spraying
- woody weeds
- herbicide mixtures
- leaf area
- leaves
- clopyralid
- canopy gaps
- Prosopis glandulosa
- triclopyr
- multiple land use
- brush control
- shoots
- mortality
- plant communities
- Texas
- range management
- plant competition
- defoliation
- brush management
- brush sculpting
- canopy cover
- multiple use
- Prosopis glandulosa
- shrubs
- triclopyr
- woody plants
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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.…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordFood habits of plains vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus), greater rhea (Rhea americana) and cattle (Bos taurus) in the Parana? River Delta, Argentina, were studied over 2 years using microhistological…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- Rhea
- Prosopis nigra
- Rhea americana
- ecological competition
- Lagostomus maximus
- vertebrate pests
- forage legumes
- wetlands
- feces composition
- forbs
- diet
- shrubs
- cattle
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- pasture plants
- grazing
- grasses
- diet composition
- herbivory
- Lagostomus maximus
- Paraná River Delta
- Rhea americana
- Library Collection RecordSeedling recruitment of Dalmatian toadflax, (Linaria genistifolia ssp. dalmatica (L.) Maire and Petitmengin (Scrophulariaceae)), was examined in a 2-year field study in Montana using overseeding and…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- biological control agents
- Linaria dalmatica
- Nitidulidae
- Brachypterolus pulicarius
- oversowing
- recruitment
- insect control
- biological control
- poisonous weeds
- roots
- crop-weed competition
- stems
- seedling emergence
- seed productivity
- weed control
- seedlings
- range management
- Montana
- invasive species
- ecological invasion
- seed limitation
- microsites
- weed management
- biological control
- rangeland ecology
- overseeding
- Brachypterolus pulicarius
- plant competition
- Linaria genistifolia ssp. Dalmatica
- Library Collection RecordThere are several generalizations or assumptions concerning rangeland hydrology and erosion relationships found in the literature and in the management arena. These generalizations have found their…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- sheet erosion
- mixed-grass prairies
- tallgrass prairie
- rangeland soils
- Rocky Mountain region
- hydrology
- ground cover
- semiarid grasslands
- Artemisia
- mathematical models
- Carex
- brush control
- steppe soils
- range condition
- equations
- shortgrass prairie
- runoff
- rainfall simulators
- forbs
- soil water content
- plant communities
- California
- prairies
- biomass
- sediment yield
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- canopy
- infiltration
- grasses
- prairie soils
- rangeland hydrology
- infiltration
- erosion
- hydrologic modeling
- Library Collection RecordEffective rangeland weed programs require the ability to predict plant community responses to management. Our objective was to develop regression equations to predict the plant community after…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- Festuca idahoensis
- endemic species
- ground cover
- mathematical models
- regression analysis
- species diversity
- weed control
- equations
- forbs
- plant communities
- plant density
- picloram
- Centaurea maculosa
- biomass
- range management
- introduced species
- Montana
- invasive species
- grasses
- spotted knapweed
- predicting plant response
- integrated weed management
- optimizing herbicide use