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- Library Collection RecordRangelands are globally extensive, provide fundamental ecosystem services,and are tightly coupled human–ecological systems. Rangeland sustainability depends largely on the implementation and…
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordAn environmental asessment meant to assist in amending land use plans in Arizona to incorporate the needs of more recent wildland fire management concerns.ÂPublication Date 2004
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe survey on values, objectives, beliefs, and attitudes, implemented as a module of the National Survey on Recreation and the Environment, asked over 7,000 respondents nationwide about their values…Publication Date 2005
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- undefined
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this study was to compare current woodland density and distribution in and around the dry upper Verde River watershed in northwestern Arizona with conditions prior to Anglo settlement…Publication Date 2006
- vegetation
- Arizona
- Vegetation Change
- Library Collection RecordCattle producers, including stocker operators, often find themselves at the mercy of forces outside their control, such as weather and markets. Their success often depends on their ability to manage…Publication Date 2010
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordFederal regulations such as the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act continue to challenge ranchers and land management agencies alike. Ranchers looking to succeed in the face of these…Publication Date 2010
- monitoring techniques
- United States
- Arizona
- Yavapai
- Library Collection RecordLivestock production in Gila and Yavapai Counties is dominated by range cow operations. Only 3% of Gila County is private ground and very little crop ground is available for raising supplemental feed…
- Arizona
- North Central Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe Regional Center for Sustainable Economic Development (RCSED) was established at the University of Arizona in 2009 as the state's Economic Development Administration-designated University…
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordExtension Natural Resource programs for Gila County are varied to meet the many educational needs for the county. They are designed to help the public and resource managers make informed decisions…
- Arizona
- Gila County
- Library Collection RecordYavapai County is one Arizona's original territorial counties formed in 1864. The County encompasses 8,122 square miles and 5 square miles of water. For comparison, the area is about the same…
- Arizona
- Yavapai County
- Library Collection RecordWe are in the second year of a new livestock grazing management scheme was implemented on the Santa Rita Experimental Range (Santa Rita) under the supervision of Dr. George Ruyle, School of Natural…Publication Date 2007
- Arizona
- Santa Rita
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- Library Collection RecordOur faculty, students, and scientific staff are engaged in a diverse array of research programs which include fire history and fire ecology, multiproxy paleoclimatology, archaeology, biogeography,…
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordNutritional challenges placed upon the lactating cow can be extreme in Arizona. One challenge placed upon the cow is the extra nutritional requirements caused by lactation. Figure 1 illustrates the…Publication Date 2015
- Nutritional disorders
- nutrition
- reproduction
- Arizona
- Challenges
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordThe overall purpose of the Chino Winds Demonstration Project is to display the implementation and results of a set of Best Management Practices (BMPs) and associated Guidance Practices (GPs) for…
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordA map of the Walnut Gulch Ecological Sites. Website includes access to data.
- Arizona
- Walnut Gulch
- Library Collection RecordA map of the Walnut Gulch Ecological Sites. Website includes access to data.
- Arizona
- Walnut Gulch
- Library Collection RecordDr. Mike Crimmins discusses the current state of drought in Southeast Arizona and where the region is headed. He examines trends in rainfall within the region. WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1,…Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- climate change
- drought
- rainfall
- Arizona
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- Library Collection RecordThis is a summary report from a workshop held at the Santa Rita Experiment Range on February 27-28, 2013.Publication Date 2013
- drought
- seasonality
- Arizona
- Apache county
- Cochise County
- Coconino County
- Pima County
- Yavapai County
- Gila County
- Santa Cruz County
- Palmer Drought Severity Index
- Library Collection RecordThe Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) was historically distributed throughout the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Extensive predator removal campaigns during the early 20th…Publication Date 2018
- Arizona
- conservation genomics
- gray wolves
- hybridization
- New Mexico
- single nucleotide polymorphisms
- Library Collection RecordThis study looks at the cost and return estimates for typical cow/calf operations in each of the five ranching regions of Arizona.Publication Date 2017
- Arizona
- ranching
- budgets
- economics
- investment
- assets
- Library Collection RecordIn Arizona, invasive and noxious plants have a significant impact on native vegetation and ecosystem health. Because invasive plants are competitive against native plants, once invasive plants…Publication Date 2016
- invasive species
- invasives
- acreage
- Arizona
- vegetation
- Small Landowners
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1964
- juniper
- soil moisture
- vegetation
- Arizona
- Compeition
- Grass Composition
- herbage yields
- Juniperus monosperma
- Show Low
- understory vegetation
- Zonation
- Zone
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1973
- Paraffin
- water harvesting
- precipitation
- water
- livestock
- runoff
- Arizona
- carrying capacity
- Granite Reef
- Mesa
- Water Source
- Wax Treated Soils
- Library Collection RecordA knowledge of the functions of the roots, stems and leaves of grass plants is of value to continued, profitable range manaegment since grasses are living organisms, they are affected by all…Publication Date 2016
- grasses
- plants
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2015
- browse plants
- Arizona
- rangelands
- nutrition
- Browsers
- characteristics
- Library Collection RecordIn hundreds of communities in our eleven western states, ranchers, environmentalists and federal land managers are wrestling with each other's differences in values, motives, needs and cultures…Publication Date 1998
- ranchers
- environmentalists
- collaboration
- Southwest
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Library Collection Record1-Jul-09Publication Date 2009
- forage
- grazing
- range management
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordTrichomoniasis (or Trich, as it is commonly referred to in the industry) is a reproductive disease in cattle that can seriously impact the bottom line of Arizona ranches and the cow…Publication Date 2020
- cattle
- Arizona
- health
- economics
- Cow and Calf
- impacts
- Library Collection RecordCow poop photographs are compared with stock photos to determine the approximate crude protein and digestibility of there forage/food. Look for CowPoopAnalyzer in the App Store.
- forage
- quality
- crude protein
- digestibility
- app
- poop
- manure
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1986
- steers
- in vitro digestibility
- forage
- feed intake
- digestibility trials
- feces collection
- feed composition tables
- volume determination
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1986
- autumn
- liveweight gain
- pastures
- prescribed burning
- digestibility
- cattle
- Texas
- forage
- feeding preferences
- crude proteins
- diets
- grazing trials
- Nassella leucotricha
- spartina spartinae
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1986
- ground cover plants
- allometry
- Pinus ponderosa
- prescribed burning
- rangelands
- Arizona
- basal area
- biomass determination
- Coconino National Forest
- Festuca arizonica
- Muhlenbergia montana
- Poa fendleriana
- sitanion longefolium
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1987
- production
- deserts
- grasslands
- steers
- crude protein
- seasonal variation
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- forage
- feed intake
- dietary fiber
- diets
- dona ana county new mexico
- feces composition
- protein supplements
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1988
- carbohydrates
- Kansas
- yields
- stocking rate
- winter
- Andropogon gerardii
- cattle
- rangelands
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1989
- Simmondsia chinensis
- wildlife
- browse plants
- woody plants
- range management
- browsing
- livestock
- grazing
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordEfficacy of a continuous release marker device (CRD) containing chromium oxide to estimate fecal output was evaluated in two 12-day grazing trials with beef steers (n = 10, trial 1; n = 7, trial 2).…Publication Date 1991
- faeces
- sampling
- animal nutrition
- beef cattle
- forage
- feed intake
- chromic oxide
- grazing trials
- markers
- Library Collection RecordA sequential multiple latin square experimental design was evaluated as a tool for establishing dietary preference rankings. Dietary preference of 4 grasses was determined by a series of four 4 X 4…Publication Date 1991
- Alopecurus
- lambs
- Festuca arundinacea
- evaluation
- palatability
- statistical analysis
- forage
- feed intake
- feeding preferences
- Alopecurus arundinaceus
- Elytrigia elongata
- ranking
- Library Collection RecordAccumulation of wolf plants in rangeland pastures frequently results in waste or incomplete utilization of high quality forage by cattle. The objective of this research was to establish the degree of…Publication Date 1992
- Agropyron desertorum
- palatability
- cattle
- plant density
- phenology
- forage
- feeding preferences
- crop growth stage
- grazing behavior
- Library Collection RecordThree experiments were conducted to evaluate effects of supplemental protein and forage on marker estimated fecal output using an intraruminal continuous release marker device in grazing steers. In…Publication Date 1995
- heat
- controlled release
- Nebraska
- hay
- soybean meal
- steers
- crude protein
- seasonal variation
- beef cattle
- forage
- chromic oxide
- errors
- feces collection
- fiber content
- protein supplements
- wheat
- Library Collection RecordSeven trials, independent of data used to develop fecal near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) equations, were conducted to validate previously developed fecal NIRS equations for prediction of…Publication Date 1995
- reflectance
- organic matter
- protein content
- faeces
- crude protein
- forage
- equations
- infrared spectroscopy
- Library Collection RecordSheep diets were determined seasonally for large flocks grazing year-round in 2 landscape types of the Magellanic steppe of Argentina. A tussock-grass steppe of Festuca gracillima Hooker f. dominates…Publication Date 1996
- Festuca
- steppes
- species diversity
- diet
- woody plants
- sheep
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- canopy
- forage
- Festuca gracillima
- steppe soils
- tertiary sediments
- tussock grasslands
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1952
- animal products
- soil
- water
- improvement
- livestock
- cattle
- forage
- plants
- grasslands
- Arthur Blaschke
- Cattle Ranchers
- Condition
- conservation
- Correctly
- forbs
- grass
- Graze
- Grazing Program
- Palatability.
- Soil Conservation Service
- Southwestern
- Texas Hill Country
- Library Collection RecordIndependent digestion trials with 5 forages were conducted to compare n-alkane with indigestible acid-detergent fiber (IADF) as internal markers to predict in vivo dry matter digestibility (…Publication Date 1969
- alkanes
- alfalfa
- prediction
- hay
- digestibility
- cattle
- in vitro digestibility
- grasses
- forage
- alfalfa hay
- digestibility markers
- feces composition
- fiber content
- indigestible acid-detergent fiber
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1955
- perennials
- ecology
- evaluation
- annuals
- land use
- productivity
- classification
- grazing
- erosion
- Arizona
- Densities
- dominance
- Ecological Process
- herbage yields
- Inferior
- Injury.
- Life Form
- management practices
- mulch
- Plant
- Ponderosa Pine Zone
- Range Conditions
- recovery
- replacement
- Seasonal Fluctuation
- Seasonal Use
- Stocking
- Subordination
- succession
- Superior
- trend
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1994
- wildlife management
- botanical composition
- canopy
- grazing intensity
- Utah
- Arizona
- arid zones
- vegetation
- tortoises
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1999
- forage
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1969
- soil chemistry
- soil physical properties
- Arizona
- plant communities
- botanical composition
- relict soils
- semi-desert scrub
- semiarid grasslands
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1986
- energy balance
- digestibility
- feeding frequency
- forage
- cattle
- Montana
- rangelands
- dietary supplements
- energy intake
- feed grains
- grazing behavior
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1989
- range management
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- livestock
- history
- stocking rate
- Arizona
- environmental impact reporting
- national forests
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1989
- ecology
- Arizona
- cattle
- history
- livestock
- rangelands
- environmental impact reporting