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- 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 RecordWith a view to increasing rangeland pasture legume abundance, the herbage biomass and seedling recruitment of four New Zealand naturalized annual clover species (haresfoot clover Trifolium arvense L…Publication Date 2016
- grazing deferment
- legumes
- New Zealand rangeland
- Pasture Improvement
- seedling recruitment
- summer dry hill country
- Library Collection RecordIncreases in precipitation variability, coupledwith higher temperatures, will lead to greater frequencies of severe, prolonged droughts for many regions with the expectation of attendant increases in…Publication Date 2016
- climate change adaptation
- Drought Effects
- ecological indicators
- episodic dieback
- grass-tree codominance
- vegetation lags
- Library Collection RecordMedusahead (Elymus caput-medusae [L.] Nevski) is a highly damaging invasive annual grass in California rangelands. While it has been shown that prescribed fire can be a successful tool in…Publication Date 2016
- invasive
- medusahead
- prescribed fire
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland management
- restoration
- 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 2016
- Library Collection RecordDuncecap larkspur (Delphinium occidentale [Wats.] Wats.) is an important perennial weed on high-elevation rangelands because of significant cattle losses due to toxic alkaloids in the plant.…Publication Date 2016
- herbicide ecology
- larkspur
- toxic plants
- weed control
- Library Collection RecordSeedling recruitment plays a crucial role in recovering plant communities after disturbance. As a natural disturbance, fire canmediate species composition in fescue prairie. However, little was known…Publication Date 2016
- fire cues
- restoration
- seedling density
- species composition
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordProtected areas are essential, but not sufficient on their own, to conserve biodiversity into the future. Rangelands, used primarily for livestock grazing, have the potential to complement existing…Publication Date 2016
- community composition
- land sharing
- livestock grazing
- response mechanism
- sustainable agriculture
- vertebrate fauna
- 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 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 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 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 2016
- 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 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 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 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 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 2016
- 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 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 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 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 RecordAlthough fire is becoming frequent in arid lands throughout the world, little is known about the recruitment pattern of many arid land shrub species after fire. We explored topographic and edaphic…Publication Date 2016
- bitterbrush
- functional traits
- Great Basin
- plant reproduction strategy
- postfire succession
- sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordSagebrush steppe ecosystems in the western United States are characterized by harsh environmental conditions with high annual and seasonal variability in both precipitation and temperature.…Publication Date 2016
- model
- mortality
- restoration
- Seedbed
- temperature
- water availability
- Library Collection RecordNearly all of the ecosystem services supported by rangelands, including production of livestock forage, carbon sequestration, and provisioning of clean water, are negatively impacted by soil erosion…Publication Date 2016
- change detection
- digital elevation model
- photogrammetry
- rangeland monitoring
- remote sensing
- soil erosion
- Library Collection RecordA greater diversity of native legumes and forbs is desirable for rangeland restoration practice in the Intermountain Region of the western United States. But for such diversity to materialize in the…Publication Date 2016
- germination
- prechill
- rangeland legumes
- rangeland plant materials
- scarification
- stratification
- 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 2016
- Library Collection RecordRangeland management practices such as burning and grazing may affect the development, survival, and reproduction of grasshopper populations. Experiments in the northern Great Plains that examine…Publication Date 2016
- drought
- grasshopper
- grassland
- herbivory
- livestock grazing
- prescribed burn
- Library Collection RecordWe determined the effects of two forage allowance levels (LOW vs. HIGH) and weather conditions on daytime and nighttime movement patterns of young rangeland-raised cows. We also investigated whether…Publication Date 2016
- feeding site selection
- global positioning system (GPS)
- juniper woodland
- livestock
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordEvaluating the influence of energy development on pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) winter mortality risk is particularly critical given that northern populations already experience decreased…Publication Date 2016
- Antilocapra americana
- Cox's proportional hazards regression
- mortality risk
- pronghorn survival
- wind energy
- winter range
- 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 2016
- Library Collection RecordPiñon (Pinus spp.) and juniper (Juniperus spp.) expansion and infilling in sagebrush (Artemisia L.) steppe communities can lead to high-severity fire and annual weed dominance. To determine…Publication Date 2016
- encroachment
- Expansion
- fuel control
- Infilling
- mastication
- resilience
- resistance
- sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordMaintaining self-sustaining populations of desired plants is fundamental to rangeland management, and understanding the relationships among plant growth, seed production, and seedling recruitment is…Publication Date 2016
- fecundity
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- restoration
- water amendment
- 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 2016
- Library Collection RecordLand managers often face the dilemma of balancing livestock use with conservation of sensitive species and ecosystems. For example, most of the remaining vernal pools in California are grazed by…Publication Date 2016
- grazing
- Modoc Plateau
- Orcuttia tenuis
- seasonal wetlands
- vernal pool plants
- Library Collection RecordMany Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. wyomingensis) communities are invaded by exotic annuals, especially cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.), promoting larger and more frequent…Publication Date 2016
- competition
- exotic annuals
- fuel break
- resilience
- resistance
- Library Collection RecordA growing body of evidence suggests humans are pushing ecosystems near or beyond key ecological thresholds, resulting in transitions to new, sometimes undesirable phases or states that are costly to…Publication Date 2016
- catastrophic shifts
- forecasting
- mesic grasslands
- regime shifts
- resilience
- tipping points
- Library Collection RecordIn North America, the loss of habitat heterogeneity resulting from homogeneous livestock grazing is one factor contributing to steep population declines of many grassland bird species. Patch-burn…Publication Date 2016
- diversity
- grassland birds
- grazing
- heterogeneity
- patch-burn graze
- prescribed fire
- Library Collection RecordWe determined the feasibility of using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) video monitoring to predict intake of discrete food items of rangeland-raised Raramuri Criollo non-nursing beef cows. Thirty-five…Publication Date 2016
- cattle
- diet selection
- drones
- foraging behavior
- Library Collection RecordPinyon-juniper (Pinus spp.-Juniperus spp.) encroachment and decliningmule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) populations in western Colorado have necessitated management for increased forage. Pinyon-juniper…Publication Date 2016
- chain
- habitat
- mastication
- mule deer
- woody encroachment
- Library Collection RecordTragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu) has adapted to the harsh conditions of southern Africa's mopani woodland. However, there is still limited information on the diet composition and…Publication Date 2016
- browse
- browsing selectivity
- diet
- greater kudu
- mopani veld
- wet season
- Library Collection RecordThe productivity and stability of cattle production on rangelands depends on the maintenance of a dense and productive perennial grass-dominated resource base, which is contingent on appropriate…Publication Date 2016
- defoliation frequency
- palatable grass
- recovery period
- sandy nutrient-poor soils
- trampling
- 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 2016
- Library Collection RecordObjectives of postfire seeding in the Great Basin include reestablishment of perennial cover, suppression of exotic annual weeds, and restoration of diverse plant communities. Nonconventional seeding…Publication Date 2016
- cheatgrass
- competition
- ecological restoration
- rehabilitation
- Library Collection RecordBuffelgrass savanna is becoming widespread in aridland ecosystems around the world following invasion or deliberate land conversion for cattle forage. There is still a gap of information regarding…Publication Date 2016
- arid lands transformation
- buffelgrass
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- eddy covariance
- evapotranspiration
- net ecosystem exchange
- Library Collection RecordGrassland bird species are declining more quickly than birds of any other biome in North America, but effects of the most widespread use of native mixed-grass prairies, livestock grazing, on nest…Publication Date 2016
- chestnut-collared longspur
- grasslands
- Sprague's pipit
- stocking rate
- vesper sparrow
- Library Collection RecordRangelands are fire-dependent ecosystems severely altered through direct fire suppression and fuels management. The removal of fire is a dominant cause of ecological sites moving across thresholds…Publication Date 2016
- ecosystem management
- fire effects
- prescribed burning
- wildland fire
- Library Collection RecordInvasions by non-native plants can alter ecosystems such that new ecological states are reached, but less is known about how these transitions influence animal populations. Sagebrush (Artemisia…Publication Date 2016
- biological invasions
- Bromus tectorum
- granivore
- Pogonomyrmex
- state transitions
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordGardner's saltbush ecosystems are increasingly being invaded by halogeton (Halogeton glomeratus [M. Bieb.] C.A. Mey.), an annual halophyte that increases soil surface salinity and reduces plant…Publication Date 2016
- establishment
- forage
- rangeland
- rehabilitation
- Saline
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding the influence of grazing management and environmental drivers on net ecosystem exchange of CO2 (NEE) is essential for optimizing carbon (C) uptake in rangelands. Herein, using 15…Publication Date 2016
- Bowen ratio
- carbon
- NDVI
- NEE
- net ecosystem CO2 exchange
- Semiarid rangeland
- Library Collection RecordNatural Resource Conservation Service Range Planting - Conservation Practice Standards provide guidelines for making decisions about seedbed preparation, planting methods, plant materials selection,…Publication Date 2016
- ecosystem services
- microclimate
- plant materials
- seeding
- site preparation
- weather