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- Library Collection RecordNest microclimate and concealment are critical components to the development of avian embryos; however, the correlation between microclimate and nest survival are unclear, especially since trade-offs…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordThe potential for disturbances to shift an ecosystem to an alternative ecological state is a primary concern of rangeland managers. In the Nebraska Sandhills, one of the largest contiguous grassland…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordKleberg bluestem (Dichanthium annulatum), a warm-season perennial bunchgrass is native to both the Asian and African continents, was introduced to South Texas during the 1930s. Its subsequent…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordVegetation responses may be more strongly linked to environmental stochasticity than they are to herbivore density in semiarid rangelands. Although decoupling of vegetation and herbivores by…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordManagement of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations has traditionally been based on a density-dependent model of population growth in which deer morphology and demography vary with…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordIn Sonora, Mexico, extensive cattle production is conducted in 15.4 million hectares, of which 5.5 (36%) are semi-arid areas including grasslands that present production rates with very marked…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordBiomass production is often an important factor land mangers take into consideration when selecting grasses to use for rangeland restoration where livestock forage production is the primary land…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordRuminant production efficiency is affected by the voluntary intake of forages and forage quality. Increasing foraging activity increases energy requirements of animals. Frame size and physiological…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordRuminant production efficiency is affected by the voluntary intake of forages and forage quality. Increasing foraging activity increases energy requirements of animals. Frame size and physiological…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordDisturbance due to military activity on the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) has resulted in invasive annual weed dominance by Salsola iberica, Kochia scoparia, Kochia hyssopifolia, Halogeton…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordOften there is a time lag between the generation of new scientific knowledge and its application on the landscape. Researchers are routinely taught to present their findings using specialized…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordScientists must understand how to make information relevant to a variety of audiences in order to ensure that best available science is applied to real world management. However, scientists often…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordTree density has been increasing due to the exclusion of fires over years in the American Southwest and ecological restoration treatments are aimed to reduce such increasing fuel for extreme fire…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordState and Transition Models (STM) depict changes in plant communities resulting from both ecosystem dynamics and anthropogenic perturbations. Ecological Site Descriptions (ESD) are documents that…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordManaging a robust pasture ecosystem and optimizing available forage under sub-arctic conditions in interior Alaska is a challenge. The region is characterized by a short growing season, slow residue…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordPrairie dog occupation of rangelands is often seen as a detriment to beef production because of altered plant communities and reduced quantity of forage. Within northern mixed grass prairie, plant…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordWoody plant encroachment into the grassland ecosystems of North America has been a long-documented phenomenon of ecological and economical significance. Due to anthropogenic manipulation, simply…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordGrazing occurs on about 6 million acres of rangelands in the United States, but current grazing management practices aimed at limiting rangeland degradation promote uniform utilization. This is…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordButterfly abundance and diversity continue to decline with habitat fragmentation, degradation, and loss. Since butterflies play an important role in pollination, maintain overall grassland…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordChoosing appropriate plant materials for a rangeland rehabilitation project is critical for long-term success. The question is what species to seed? We find it is first necessary to define…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordWildfires in the Intermountain West are and annual event. The introduction and subsequent invasion of cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) onto millions of hectares of rangelands throughout the West has…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordRangelands represent the dominant land use systems in many countries of the world and provide sociological and cultural benefits to millions of people in both rural and urban areas. The undesirable…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordWoody plant encroachment has occurred in tallgrass prairie due to reduced fire frequency, climate change, and urbanization. One woody plant in particular, Cornus drummondii, a clonal shrub that forms…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordAnnual grazing plans and within year adaptations are commonly developed based on a combination of average annual precipitation and current year precipitation. Because inter- and intra-annual…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordDevelopers of Ecological Site Descriptions (ESD's) increasingly rely on moderate-scale ecoregion designations known as the Land Resource Unit (LRU) to resolve differences in vegetation…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordThe identification and development of methodologies to facilitate sustainable rangeland management are essential for management of ecosystems supporting livestock production. Remote sensing could be…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordBrowsing by ungulates is one cause for aspen decline in western North America. The goal of this study was to explore the influence of plant chemicals (protein, aspen bark, phenolic glycosides [PG]…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordThis project conducted in a semiarid watershed in north-central Oregon aims to improve understanding of land management decisions in vegetation and water features. The study site comprises a 1-km…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordSierra Nevada mountain meadows are important resources that provide numerous ecosystem services (e.g. water storage, species diversity, and flood mitigation), recreational opportunities, and summer…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordFire maintains ecological function in many ecosystems worldwide, especially mesic sub-Saharan rangelands. But much rangeland fire research occurs in a wildfire context, is focused on fire effects, or…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordPlant population persistence throughout the Great Plains, especially of perennial grasses, is dependent on tiller recruitment from the belowground bud bank. In the northern mixed-grass prairie of the…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordSharp-tailed grouse use leks to find mates during their breeding season. The leks usually have short vegetation, which can be achieved and maintained through management decisions such as grazing or…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordFire is the dominant disturbance in big sagebrush ecosystems. Of the three subspecies of big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata), mountain big sagebrush (ssp. vaseyana; MBS) is the most resilient to…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordPilot data based on the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) range-wide lesser prairie-chicken survey (LEPC) 2015, supplemented with temporal replication of survey methods on a…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordRangelands in Sudan constitute the main land use system in arid and semi-arid areas, that provides good sources for feeding huge numbers of animals in addition to their environmental and social…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordReduction in sagebrush rangelands has resulted in sagebrush avifauna population declines across western North America, triggering a need to better understand relationships between environmental…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordEcosystem services are benefits that society receives from landscapes, and can include food, fiber, and wood, the regulation of climate, the pollination of crops, and the provisioning of intellectual…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordAccording to the Greek myth, Hercules was successful in slaying the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra where others failed because he used fire to quickly cauterize the stump of each serpentine head he…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordYellow Flag Iris (YFI) (Iris pseudacorus) is a non-native, invasive plant that is causing substantial changes to the ecology of wetland and riparian areas. Due to the limited options for invasive…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordRangelands in the intermountain west provide multiple ecosystem services including sustainable forage for livestock and habitat for sage grouse. Livestock grazing systems that alter the timing and…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordManagers benefit from improved monitoring techniques that provide rapid, accurate, cost effective and robust measures of rangeland health and ecological trend. Remote sensing can be an effective tool…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordAlthough temperature is acknowledged as a driver of galliform population dynamics and individual behavior, the mechanisms behind these relationships are unclear. For example, the influence of…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordWildfire is a major threat to the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) severely impacting key habitat every year. Although fire is a natural ecological process in these habitats, the…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordUnder adaptive management, goals and decisions for managing rangeland resources are shaped by requirements like the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM's) Land Health Standards, which specify…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordWe evaluated the potential of a fiber optic cable connected to distributed temperature sensing (DTS) technology to characterize rangeland fire behavior in real time. We used a 'fire cable…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordEncroachment of woody plants into savanna understories changes vertical structure of biomass, reduces herbaceous vegetation and alters savanna fuelbeds. Oak savanna occurs globally and is…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordSand sagebrush (Artemisia filifolia) has been shown to actively resprout after prescribed fires; however, many land managers remain reluctant to use fire as a management tool for sand sagebrush…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordExtending south to a latitude of slightly below 36 degrees North, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico is the extreme southern extent of White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura)…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordSustained increases in the scale and intensity of energy development activities have dominated land use trends on the Colorado Plateau, USA over the last several decades. These land-use types are…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordThe replacement of wild ungulate herbivores by domestic livestock in African savannas is composed of two interrelated phenomena: 1) loss or reduction in numbers of individual wildlife species or…Publication Date 2016
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