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- Library Collection RecordThe gendered contexts of rangeland decision-making in the southwestern United States are poorly understood. We conducted life-history interviews with 19 ranching women and analyzed the resulting…Publication Date 2016
- decision-making
- Gender
- life-history
- natural resource management
- rangeland
- women ranchers
- Library Collection RecordFrequent burning is a crucial ecological and economic component of the Kansas Flint Hills. Although burning is important for the preservation of tallgrass prairie and improving livestock production,…Publication Date 2016
- burn season
- fire ecology
- prescribed burning
- tallgrass prairie
- Library Collection RecordPlant invasions are a threat to rangelands in California. Understanding how seeds of invasive plants are dispersed is critical to developing sound management plans. Domestic livestock can transport…Publication Date 2016
- California rangelands
- cattle grazing
- endozoochory
- epizoochory
- invasive plants
- seed dispersal
- Library Collection RecordWe investigated the hypothesis that not only forage allowance but also sward structure affects daily forage intake by beef heifers on natural grasslands of the Pampa Biome (southern Brazil). We used…Publication Date 2016
- alkane
- grazing intensity
- intake rate
- nutrient intake
- Pampa biome
- tussocks
- Library Collection RecordCurrent climate change (e.g., temperature and precipitation variations) profoundly influences terrestrial vegetation growth and production, ecosystem respiration, and nutrient circulation. Grasslands…Publication Date 2016
- aridity index
- Chinese grassland
- terrestrial biogeochemical modeling
- terrestrial carbon cycle
- water budget condition
- Library Collection RecordGrazing facilitates foraging opportunities for brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater), an obligate brood parasite. Cowbirds can reduce productivity of their hosts, causing some host species to…Publication Date 2016
- brown-headed cowbird
- cowbird management
- Edwards Plateau
- Molothrus ater
- Vireo atricapilla
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this paper is to recommend a framework and methodology for incorporating hydrologic data and ecohydrologic relationships in Ecological Site Descriptions (ESDs) and thereby enhance the…Publication Date 2016
- adaptive management
- ecological site
- erosion
- infiltration
- monitoring
- multiple stable states
- rangeland
- rangeland health
- rangeland hydrology and erosion model
- resilience
- runoff
- state-and-transition models
- Library Collection RecordPyric-herbivory is the spatial and temporal interaction of fire and grazing on area resources that results in site selection by animals on recently burned areas. Pyric-herbivory promotes…Publication Date 2016
- annual burn grazing
- patch burn grazing
- rainfall simulation
- saturated hydraulic conductivity
- sediment transport
- surface runoff
- Library Collection RecordManagers of rangeland ecosystems require methods to track the condition of natural resources over large areas and long periods of time as they confront climate change and land use intensification. We…Publication Date 2016
- Bureau of Land Management
- climate and land use change
- Colorado Plateau
- ecological sites
- state-and-transition models
- vegetation monitoring
- Library Collection RecordManaging the risk of wildfires is a growing concern in the western United States. Targeted grazing, or managing livestock grazing to achieve specific vegetation goals, is one possible tool to treat…Publication Date 2016
- fuel reduction
- grazing behavior
- herding
- livestock distribution
- strategic supplementation
- Library Collection RecordIn native campos of Uruguay, overseeding legumes coupled with phosphorus (P) fertilization is a technology used to increase animal production. Short-term improvements in both forage productivity and…Publication Date 2016
- campos
- improvement
- legumes
- long-term integrity
- short-term production
- trade-off
- Library Collection RecordManagement of conservation-reliant species can be complicated by the need to manage ecosystem processes that operate at extended temporal horizons. One such process is the role of fire in regulating…Publication Date 2017
- cutting
- fire
- juniper
- pinyon
- prescribed burning
- sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordThe Endangered Species Act (ESA) continues to serve as one of the most powerful and contested federal legislative mandates for conservation. In the midst of heated debates, researchers, policy makers…Publication Date 2017
- adaptive management
- collaboration
- cooperative conservation
- endangered species management
- human dimensions of natural resource
- management
- resilience
- Library Collection RecordWestern Juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook.) has greatly expanded in the past 150+years and now dominates over 3.6 million ha of rangeland in the Intermountain Western United States. The impacts of…Publication Date 2017
- iSnobal
- juniper
- sage grouse
- sagebrush
- snow
- streamflow
- Library Collection RecordJuniper and piñon coniferous woodlands have increased 2- to 10-fold in nine ecoregions spanning the Intermountain Region of the western United States. Control of piñon-juniper woodlands by mechanical…Publication Date 2017
- conifer woodland
- fuel reduction
- juniper
- prescribed fire
- sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordRecent and unprecedented scale of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) conservation in the American West enables assessment of community-level benefits afforded to other sagebrush-obligate…Publication Date 2017
- Brewer's sparrow
- conifer removal
- sage thrasher
- sage-grouse
- sagebrush landscape protection
- sagebrush sparrow
- Library Collection RecordWe investigated bird abundance in response to western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) removal using a short-term chronosequence approach and generated estimates of density and responses to…Publication Date 2017
- Brewer's sparrow
- conifer removal
- gray flycatcher
- green-tailed towhee
- vesper sparrow
- western juniper
- Library Collection RecordGrasslands are among themost imperiled ecosystems in North America. Reasons that grasslands are threatened include conversion to row-crop agriculture, fragmentation, and changes in fire regimes. The…Publication Date 2017
- Eastern Redcedar
- habitat selection
- lesser prairie-chicken
- nest survival
- tympanuchus pallidicinctus
- woody encroachment
- Library Collection RecordLoss of native grasslands by anthropogenic disturbances has reduced availability and connectivity of habitat for many grassland species. A primary threat to contiguous grasslands is the encroachment…Publication Date 2017
- avoidance
- lesser prairie-chicken
- mesquite
- Prosopis glandulosa
- resource utilization function
- space use
- tympanuchus pallidicinctus
- Library Collection RecordThe link between individual variation in resource selection (e.g., functional response) and fitness creates a foundation for understanding wildlife-habitat relationships. Although many anthropogenic…Publication Date 2017
- Centrocercus urophasianus
- conifer removal
- fitness
- functional response
- greater sage-grouse
- resource selection function
- Library Collection RecordConiferwoodlands expanding into sage-steppe (Artemisia spp.) are a threat to sagebrush obligate species including the imperiled greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). Conifer removal is…Publication Date 2017
- conifer management
- encroachment
- Great Basin
- sage-grouse
- sagebrush steppe
- western juniper
- Library Collection RecordFine-scale spatiotemporal studies can better identify relationships between individual survival and habitat fragmentation so thatmechanistic interpretations can be made at the population level.…Publication Date 2017
- behavioral change point analysis
- Brownian Bridge Movement Model
- Centrocercus urophasianus
- juniper
- pinyon
- Library Collection RecordIn sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystems, encroachment of pinyon (Pinus spp.) and juniper (Juniperus spp.; hereafter, "pinyon-junipeR&Rdquo;) trees has increased dramatically since European…Publication Date 2017
- avoidance
- Bi-State Distinct Population Segment
- Centrocercus urophasianus
- Conifer
- demography
- ecological trap
- hazard ratio
- resource selection
- treatment
- Library Collection RecordInvasive woody plant expansion is a primary threat driving fragmentation and loss of sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) and prairie habitats across the central andwestern United States. Expansion of native…Publication Date 2017
- Eastern Redcedar
- encroachment
- juniper
- lesser prairie-chicken
- mesquite
- remote sensing
- sage grouse
- Library Collection RecordEncroachment of Great Plains grasslands by fire-sensitive woody plants is a large-scale, regional process that fragments grassland landscapes. Using prairie grouse (Tympanuchus spp.) of conservation…Publication Date 2017
- disturbance
- Eastern Redcedar
- fire
- grazing
- Greater Prairie-Chicken
- Juniperus virginiana
- lesser prairie-chicken
- woody plant encroachment
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangeland Ecology & 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 2017
- Juniperus
- prairie-chicken
- prosoporis
- sage-grouse
- voluntary conservation
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangeland Ecology & 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 2017
- Library Collection RecordA study examining the composition and dynamics of the soil seedbank was conducted at two locations in central Queensland between December 2007 and May 2009. These two grassland communities were…Publication Date 2017
- Biological invasion
- grasslands
- parthenium weed
- plant diversity
- Library Collection RecordPlains rough fescue (Festuca hallii [Vasey] Piper) is an important, native forage grass species in Western Canada. Despite the high demand of seeds of this species, supply remains extremely limited…Publication Date 2017
- autumn
- Festuca hallii
- forage
- precipitation
- seed production
- spring
- temperature
- Library Collection RecordFire plays a crucial role in mediating species composition in Fescue Prairie. However, previous studies focused on responses of plant community to burning without disentangling the effects of burning…Publication Date 2017
- fescue prairie
- fire
- seedling emergence
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordThe conversion of dry woody rangelands into pastures can alter key soil physical properties that regulate ecosystem water circulation and storage. Based on three paired stands of native woodlands and…Publication Date 2017
- Arid Chaco
- deforestation
- ecohydrology
- land use/land cover change
- water balance
- Library Collection RecordOptimal rates of litter retention for maximizing annual aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) were investigated in native mixed-grass rangelands in Saskatchewan, Canada. The study was conducted…Publication Date 2017
- Litter Accumulation
- productivity
- Range Health
- soil moisture
- Library Collection RecordThe invasive annual grass medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae [L.] Nevski) poses a substantial threat to the health and function of rangelands across the western United States. On rangelands…Publication Date 2017
- Annual Grassland
- California
- Dirichlet regression
- Elymus caput-medusae
- invasive plant management
- multistate modeling
- Library Collection RecordSuccess of targeted grazing is strongly influenced by the ability of livestock managers to focus grazing livestock on a specific area. Targeted cattle grazing using low-stress herding (LSH) and…Publication Date 2017
- grazing behavior
- livestock distribution
- low-moisture block
- targeted grazing
- Library Collection RecordWhile the primary use of rangelands for over a century has been livestock grazing to produce food and fiber, elevated demand for recreational land has increasingly brought livestock-recreation…Publication Date 2017
- conservation
- grassland
- land-use conflicts
- rangeland
- recreation
- Library Collection RecordElk (Cervus elaphus L.) and cattle (Bos taurus L.) co-occur on rangelands throughout western North America. Literature regarding range relations between elk and cattle, however, is contradictory,…Publication Date 2017
- behavior
- Bos taurus
- Cervus elaphus
- GPS tracking
- range relations
- Library Collection RecordDespite inhabiting fire-adapted grasslands and shrublands across much of their continental distribution, northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus, hereafter bobwhite) behavior relative to disturbance (…Publication Date 2017
- Colinus virginianus
- dispersal
- home range
- movement
- prescribed burning
- prescribed fire
- Library Collection RecordEcological interactions between fire and grazing have shaped the evolutionary history of grassland ecosystems. Currently, grassland birds have experienced ongoing population declines, following…Publication Date 2017
- home range
- intensive early stocking
- patch-burn grazing
- prescribed fire
- resource utilization function
- Tympanuchus cupido
- Library Collection RecordConservation of imperiled species often demands addressing a complex suite of threats that undermine species viability. Regulatory approaches, such as the US Endangered Species Act (1973), tend to…Publication Date 2017
- Conifer expansion
- conservation
- invasive annual grasses
- population persistence
- soil temperature/moisture regimes
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangeland Ecology & 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 2017
- Library Collection RecordGiven the high cost of restoration and the underlying assumption that reducing annual grass abundance is a necessary precursor to rangeland restoration in the Intermountain West, United States, we…Publication Date 2017
- Bromus tectorum
- Ecosystem resilience
- invasive annual grass
- perennial grass competition
- rangeland restoration
- soil disturbance
- Library Collection RecordVegetation on the Channeled Scablands of eastern Washington has been altered to a community dominated by medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae [L.] Nevski). Medusahead is used by livestock but…Publication Date 2017
- Hycrest II
- revegetation
- Sherman Big Bluegrass
- Taeniatherum caput-medusae
- Vavilov II
- Library Collection RecordMedusahead is an annual weed that invades millions of acres in the western United States. This study explored the effect of energy supplementation on use of this unpalatable weed by ewes and their…Publication Date 2017
- diet selection
- foraging behavior
- preference
- weed control
- Library Collection RecordBoth salt cedar (Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb.) and willow baccharis (Baccharis salicina Torr. & Gray) are readily invading rivers, streams, and lake basins throughout Texas. Both outcompete…Publication Date 2017
- experience
- intake
- Supplementation
- toxic
- Library Collection RecordWoodland reduction has been underway for decades to improve habitat for certain wildlife species, increase forage for livestock, improve watershed function and reduce soil erosion, and increase plant…Publication Date 2017
- chaining
- hydro-ax
- pinyon-juniper management
- roller-chop
- tree removal
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordThe expansion of piñon-juniper woodlands over the past 100-150 yr in the western United States has resulted in large-scale efforts to kill trees and recover sagebrush steppe rangelands. Western…Publication Date 2017
- Bromus tectorum
- invasive annual grass
- sagebrush-steppe
- western juniper
- Library Collection RecordTwentieth-century fire exclusion has produced unnatural and undesirable changes in vegetation structure and dynamics of many rangelands of western North America, but not all kinds of ecosystems have…Publication Date 2017
- Dinosaur National Monument
- historical fire rotation
- modern fire rotation
- piñon-juniper woodlands
- Library Collection RecordLoess Plateau covers 640 000 km2 in the central northern China. Despite a semiarid environment, harsh winters, and hot summers, agriculture has been practiced in this region for > 5 000 yr,…Publication Date 2017
- land use conversion
- semiarid region
- soil organic carbon
- soil total nitrogen
- soil total phosphorus
- Library Collection RecordTemperate grassland ecosystems are imperiled globally, and habitat loss in North America has resulted in steep declines of endemic songbirds. Commercial livestock grazing is the primary land use in…Publication Date 2017
- grassland birds
- grazing
- northern Great Plains
- precipitation
- Soil Productivity
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding changes in topsoil water balance induced by grazing is of great interest for both theoretical and applied reasons. It can elucidate the processes involved in grassland degradation and…Publication Date 2017
- grassland
- inner Mongolia
- livestock grazing
- soil water