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- Library Collection RecordThe Conservation Reserve Program of the 1985 Food Security Act, through the eighth signup, has retired 30.6 million acres of highly erodible cropland. However, the 10-year CRP contracts will begin to…Publication Date 1989-12-01
- United States
- land use
- agricultural policy
- pastures
- programs
- Farm Bill
- grass establishment
- Conservation Reserve Program
- agricultural land
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1964-03-01
- Johnsongrass
- Dark Green
- Yellow Green
- Plant Maturity
- Sorghum halepense
- animal preferences
- preference
- Managing
- Introduced
- selective grazing
- Stillwater
- steers
- pastures
- forage plants
- native
- color
- range
- palatability
- grazing
- Oklahoma
- Library Collection RecordThis forum manuscript examines the importance of grazing lands for sequestering soil organic carbon (SOC), providing societal benefits, and potential influences on them of emerging policies and…Publication Date 2010-01-01
- 2008 Farm Bill
- economic benefits
- environmental benefits
- legislation
- pastures
- rangelands
- soil carbon sequestration
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1985
- land management
- pastures
- Montana
- computer simulation
- Montana State University
- Library Collection RecordDistinguishing between anthropogenic and natural sources of sediment and nutrients is important for water resource management in irrigated basins. Water quality of flood irrigation was monitored at…Publication Date 2010-05-01
- grass
- grazing
- irrigation
- nitrogen
- pastures
- water quality
- Library Collection RecordProductive ground cover (PGC) is often used as a measure of sward health and persistence. To measure PGC, a camera stand was constructed to provide diffuse lighting of grass swards for color digital…Publication Date 2008-03-01
- camera stand
- digital aerial photography
- image classification
- grazing
- pastures
- prairie grass
- tall fescue
- Library Collection RecordTrees in silvopastoral systems can accumulate carbon (C) and nutrients under their canopies. Most studies measure only net changes in organic matter and nutrients without evaluating turnover of soil…Publication Date 2008-05-01
- agroforestry
- caatinga
- 13C natural abundance
- indigenous trees
- islands of fertility
- pastures
- Library Collection RecordRangeland monitoring often includes repeat photographs as a basis for documentation. Whereas photographic equipment and electronics have been evolving rapidly, photographic monitoring methods for…Publication Date 2009-11-01
- auto stitching
- digital photography
- pastures
- riparian
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordRanch management practices aimed at cattle and pasture vegetation have the potential to impact other animals as well, including nontarget organisms. Soil-inhabiting nematodes are often used as…Publication Date 2007-01-01
- bioindicators
- grazing
- nontarget organisms
- pastures
- ranch management
- richness
- trophic structure
- Library Collection RecordScaled quail (Callipepla squamata) numbers were evaluated during and after a 2-year drought period using strip census techniques on 2 pastures in late seral rangeland ecological condition and 2…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- Callipepla
- population size
- Callipepla squamata
- game birds
- seral stages
- vegetation cover
- wildlife habitats
- arid lands
- ecological succession
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- drought
- plant litter
- New Mexico
- upland game birds
- wildlife
- arid lands
- cattle grazing
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordGrazing of livestock in streams and associated riparian habitats (hereafter referred to as riparian zones) may affect small mammal communities by influencing vegetation, water quality, and other site…Publication Date 2004-07-01
- fencing
- litter
- livestock
- pastures
- streams
- vegetation
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordRotational grazing has been proposed as a Best Management Practice (BMP) for minimizing runoff in Wisconsin agricultural riparian areas. The influence of this land management practice on grassland…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- sturnella magna
- passerculus sandwichensis
- dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Wisconsin
- fields
- wild birds
- depth
- grasslands
- continuous grazing
- species diversity
- riparian buffers
- rotational grazing
- plant communities
- wildlife management
- plant litter
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- species richness
- density
- dominance
- buffer strips
- Library Collection RecordSimple, reliable tools are needed by land managers to quantify establishment success when seeding or re-seeding pastures or rangeland. A frequency grid was designed to measure seedling or plant…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- tools
- frequency distribution
- sown grasslands
- seedlings
- range management
- planting
- rangelands
- pastures
- plant density
- seedling counts
- Library Collection RecordEarly weaning of calves can improve reproduction of beef cows, and would be of no detriment to calf growth if the diet is adequate. Digestible energy intake could be limiting, however, when calves…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- early weaning
- concentrates
- Medicago sativa
- alfalfa
- alfalfa hay
- calf feeding
- body condition
- liveweight gain
- calves
- body weight
- pastures
- beef cows
- hay
- Argentina
- grazing
- Calf growth
- calf diet
- calf supplementation
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordA grazing system which allows cattle to select a season-long diet more nearly meeting their nutrient requirements should facilitate optimal weight gains. A study was conducted near Mandan, N. D.…Publication Date 2002-09-01
- native ranges
- Bromus inermis
- Agropyron desertorum
- protein content
- liveweight gain
- fiber content
- chemical composition
- pastures
- Pascopyrum smithii
- in vitro digestibility
- botanical composition
- grazing
- beef cattle
- feeding preferences
- North Dakota
- animal behavior
- crested wheatgrass
- western wheatgrass
- smooth bromegrass
- Library Collection RecordThere is little information on the impact of grazing intensity on productivity and sustainability of intensively managed pastures in the humid, short-season parkland of the Canadian prairies. Our…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- urine
- Bromus riparius
- sward
- biogeochemical cycles
- controlled grazing
- feces composition
- Alberta
- leaf area index
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- in vitro digestibility
- range management
- plant litter
- beef cattle
- forage
- dry matter
- nutrient flow
- productivity
- disappearance
- residual
- pastures
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordStocking rate is generally considered to be the most important management factor in sustainable grazing of Great Plains grasslands over management periods of 10 to 20 years or longer. Most studies to…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- birth weight
- calf production
- weaning weight
- Artemisia filifolia
- costs and returns
- optimization
- calves
- temporal variation
- body weight
- stocking rate
- pastures
- beef cows
- profitability
- precipitation
- sustainability
- grazing intensity
- drought
- range management
- seasonal variation
- Artemisia filifolia
- mixed prairie
- Southern Plains
- animal performance
- optimum stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordAlteration of stream channel morphology by cattle and associated streambank erosion is a concern on rangeland watersheds. The objective of this study was to determine changes in stream channel…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- stream channel depth
- riparian grasslands
- depth
- stream erosion
- streams
- savanna woodlands
- Quercus wislizeni
- width
- grazing experiments
- dry seasons
- wet season
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- California
- range management
- beef cattle
- plant height
- grazing effects
- stream bank erosion
- sediments
- annual rangelands
- California
- Library Collection RecordNitrogen fertilization is a common practice on introduced grass pastures established on marginal farmland in the Southern Great Plains. The efficiency of N fertilizer use on pastures and concern…Publication Date 2000-03-01
- soil organic matter
- costs and returns
- production costs
- liveweight gain
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- rain
- nitrogen fertilizers
- stocking rate
- pastures
- Oklahoma
- steers
- crude protein
- summer
- soil chemistry
- in vitro digestibility
- nitrogen content
- application rates
- biomass
- Southern Plains
- marginal farmland
- grass fertilization
- old world bluestem
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- forage quality
- Library Collection RecordWe surveyed the effectiveness of livestock guard dogs for reduc-ing predation on domestic sheep in Colorado during 1993. The number of producers using dogs increased from about 25 in 1986 to >159…Publication Date 2000-05-01
- Puma concolor
- livestock numbers
- coyotes
- lambs
- ewes
- predation
- guard dogs
- sheep dogs
- mortality
- Ursus americanus
- pastures
- rangelands
- Colorado
- Akbash
- black bears
- Canis latrans
- coyote
- dog
- Felis concolor
- Great Pyrenees
- Komondor
- mountain lion
- sheep
- Ursus americanus
- Library Collection RecordAccurate measures of the relative resource impacts from elk (Cervus elaphus) and cattle (Bos taurus and B. indicus) improve land management planning wherever these species cohabitate. Comparisons of…Publication Date 2000-05-01
- fences
- area
- mixed grazing
- experimental design
- Cervus elaphus
- pastures
- animal behavior
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- wildlife management
- range management
- Montana
- Cervus elaphus
- exclosure site
- livestock-wildlife relations
- wild ungulates
- Library Collection RecordFlorida native range is grazed in winter and cows are moved to bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flugge) pasture in March for breeding and calf rearing. Winter weight loss of cows is a major problem, and…Publication Date 2000-07-01
- weaning
- pregnancy rate
- breeding season
- weaning weight
- sown grasslands
- weight losses
- Paspalum notatum
- liveweight gain
- calves
- body weight
- rain
- Florida
- pastures
- spring
- beef cows
- summer
- grazing
- native forage
- cattle
- reproduction
- weight change
- management
- Library Collection RecordTwo grazing trials were conducted during early winter (December 1996-January 1997) and spring (April-May 1997) to evaluate the effect of shape of pasture on forage use and behavior of grazing sheep (…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- Italy
- chemical composition
- pastures
- winter
- animal behavior
- spring
- feeding behavior
- voluntary intake
- Mediterranean climate
- selective grazing
- use efficiency
- sward destruction
- shape
- protein intake
- energy intake
- grazing intensity
- sheep
- biomass
- forage
- dry matter
- diet choice
- space pattern
- grazing management
- Library Collection RecordActivity budgets and foraging behavior of yearling bison (Bison bison L.) on pasture were studied during quarterly trials between June 1994 and December 1995. Daily activity patterns were polyphasic…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- physical activity
- bison
- digestible energy
- British Columbia
- diurnal variation
- foraging
- dietary fiber
- lignin
- duration
- length
- pastures
- animal behavior
- feeding behavior
- crude protein
- seasonal variation
- feeding preferences
- nutritional ecology
- forage intake
- annual grazing
- forage selection
- Library Collection RecordA classification of dietary structural types that represents different arrangements of forage classes is proposed. It may be especially useful for interpreting and comparing herbivore diets from…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- Lama guanicoe
- feces composition
- pastures
- selective grazing
- species differences
- vegetation
- feeds
- digestibility
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- forage
- diet botanical composition
- conceptualization
- forage classes
- microhistological analysis
- multivariate analysis
- similarity of diets
- Library Collection RecordStrategic supplement placement has been shown to be an effective tool to lure cattle to underutilized rangeland. The goal of this study was to determine where cattle grazed when supplement was placed…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- molasses
- global positioning systems
- sloping land
- spatial variation
- water availability
- pastures
- feed supplements
- spatial distribution
- cattle
- Montana
- rangelands
- grazing
- grasses
- distribution
- grazing
- behavior
- utilization
- Library Collection RecordNative pasture and Old World bluestems (Bothriochloa spp.) have contrasting herbage production characteristics that suggest potential for incorporation into a complementary forage system. We compared…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- growth periods
- costs and returns
- economic analysis
- liveweight gain
- stocking rate
- pastures
- profitability
- Oklahoma
- biomass production
- botanical composition
- grazing
- beef cattle
- forage
- mixed prairie
- complementary forages
- old world bluestem
- Bothriochloa
- livestock performance
- Library Collection RecordPopulations of an introduced woody weed, prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile ssp. indica (Benth.) Brenan syn. Acacia arabica (Lam.) Willd. ssp. indica Benth.), were surveyed at 4 sites in…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- regeneration
- Weeds
- quarantine
- Queensland
- seed dispersal
- highlands
- rain
- seedlings
- pastures
- selective grazing
- woody plants
- rotational grazing
- sheep
- plant density
- introduced species
- browsing
- grazing
- plant height
- Life-stage profiles
- rainfall
- population dynamics
- regeneration
- cattle
- woody weeds
- Library Collection RecordStructural anti-quality characteristics are physical plant traits that reduce the performance and productivity of herbivores and quality of their agricultural products. Most structural anti-quality…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- shear strength
- animal injuries
- wool
- performance
- tensile strength
- foraging
- habitats
- plant morphology
- duration
- plant anatomy
- pastures
- digestibility
- sustainability
- botanical composition
- quality
- pasture plants
- literature reviews
- grazing
- feed intake
- bite size
- chewing
- canopy structure
- intake rate
- physical plant defenses
- spines
- Library Collection RecordThe greatest anti-quality associated with eastern temperature pasture grasses is the result of ergot alkaloids found in endophyte-infected (Neotyphodium ceonophialum) tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- body temperature
- necrosis
- Claviceps
- Claviceps purpurea
- mutualism
- Phalaris arundinacea
- lactation
- Neotyphodium coenophialum
- sexual reproduction
- Festuca arundinacea
- Lolium perenne
- alkaloids
- Lolium multiflorum
- persistence
- seeds
- pastures
- growth rate
- literature reviews
- ergot alkaloids
- tall fescue
- ergotism
- perennial ryegrass
- reed canarygrass
- annual ryegrass
- Library Collection RecordRuminants are a diverse group of mammals, both domestic and wild species, that exhibit microbial fermentation prior to gastrointestinal activity. During the digestive process, glycosides and other…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- metabolites
- metabolism
- clinical aspects
- substrates
- symptoms
- glycosides
- chemical structure
- treatments
- nutrient availability
- phytotoxins
- pastures
- ruminants
- rumen fermentation
- range management
- rangelands
- pasture plants
- literature reviews
- forage
- poisonous plants
- ruminants
- cattle
- rumen microbes
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing, fertilizing, and seeding on persistence of herbaceous species was monitored by point quadrat about every second year from 1975 to 1989 in a low-fertility pasture in the aspen…Publication Date 1999-01-01
- change
- Medicago sativa
- Bromus inermis
- Festuca rubra
- grassland improvement
- sown grasslands
- ground cover
- Poa pratensis
- continuous grazing
- Saskatchewan
- rain
- pastures
- vegetation
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordIn continuous grazing systems the amount of herbage and its quality is a matter of primary concern. However, at moderate stocking, cattle grazing usually leads to the generation of patches differing…Publication Date 1998-11-01
- areas
- patches
- density
- Festuca arundinacea
- continuous grazing
- stocking rate
- pastures
- cattle
- nitrogen content
- biomass
- Argentina
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordWe identified land uses, vegetation cover types, and landscape patterns associated with avian community diversity in 2 rural landscapes in a hardwood forest-tallgrass prairie ecotone that differ with…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- rural population
- suburban areas
- roads
- arable land
- patch size
- population change
- breeding places
- deciduous forests
- wild birds
- shrublands
- landscapes
- habitat selection
- ground cover
- land use
- population density
- ecotones
- grasslands
- brush control
- species diversity
- pastures
- Oklahoma
- wildlife management
- prairies
- Library Collection RecordLivestock-guarding dogs are an effective way of protecting rangeland sheep from predators. However, open mountain/forest range and widely ranging sheep are factors that may make adaptation to…Publication Date 1999-07-01
- nocturnal activity
- social integration
- extensive livestock farming
- predation
- training (animals)
- cost-benefit analysis
- Norway
- sheep dogs
- dog breeds
- Great Pyrenees
- Ursus arctos
- pastures
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordPocket gophers are important disturbance agents in rangelands, yet little is known about how plant responses to gopher disturbances vary with grazing and topography. We measured the spatial…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- Opuntia polyacantha
- Thomomys talpoides
- ground cover
- species diversity
- rain
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordBecause of its high palatability and sustained levels of forage quality, antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata Pursh DC) is one of the most desired shrubs on western U.S. rangelands. Bitterbrush…Publication Date 1999-03-01
- Purshia tridentata
- fire ecology
- mortality
- rain
- pastures
- selective grazing
- grazing intensity
- in vitro digestibility
- range management
- phenology
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grazing
- grasses
- beef cattle
- plant height
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordGrazing system and stocking rate effects on standing crop of species and relative species composition of tallgrass prairies in north-central Oklahoma were evaluated from 1989 to 1993. Twelve…Publication Date 1998-03-01
- continuous grazing
- rain
- stocking rate
- pastures
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- Oklahoma
- prairies
- biomass
- botanical composition
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordSome have argued that federal grazing preferences or permits are a form of private property and should be recognized as such by the federal government. This viewpoint studies the grazing controversy…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- legal rights
- public domain
- pastures
- United States
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordSeasonal wildlife observations were made along transects on 2 pastures in late seral and 2 pastures in mid seral condition in southcentral New Mexico in non-drought and drought years (1993, 1994).…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- seral stages
- wild birds
- arid zones
- wildlife
- climax communities
- grasslands
- rain
- pastures
- shrubs
- drought
- botanical composition
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordThe perceived economic damage to forage crops in Montana attributed to native ungulates during 1992 was estimated using a mail survey of 2,200 randomly selected farms and ranches. The 1,120…Publication Date 1996-07-01
- farm surveys
- crop damage
- crop losses
- vertebrate pests
- compensation
- hay fields
- haystacks
- fields
- farm size
- Odocoileus virginianus
- pastures
- Antilocapra americana
- hay
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Cervus elaphus canadensis
- Montana
- Library Collection RecordAbility to compete with alien weeds may be one factor enabling high-seral, native bunchgrasses to persist on degraded rangelands. This study examined the effect of competition from cheatgrass (Bromus…Publication Date 1995-09-01
- strain differences
- selection responses
- ecotypes
- Festuca idahoensis
- shoots
- Bromus tectorum
- pastures
- weight
- Oregon
- tillers
- biomass production
- plant competition
- rangelands
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordThirty-six weanling steer calves (avg wt = 174 +/- 14 kg) were grazed on either wheat, irrigated improved, or native rangeland pastures from December 1989 to December 1990. Irrigated improved…Publication Date 1995-11-01
- Triticum aestivum
- Festuca arundinacea
- irrigated pastures
- Cynodon dactylon
- grassland improvement
- liveweight gain
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- yields
- chemical composition
- pastures
- diet
- steers
- digestibility
- New Mexico
- forage
- dry matter
- feed intake
- Elytrigia elongata
- Library Collection RecordFecal microhistology and chemistry were used to evaluate botanical composition and quality of diets selected by Brangus cattle grazing Chihuahuan desert range in 3 seasons; fall: October, 1991;…Publication Date 1995-11-01
- phenotypic correlation
- sires
- free range husbandry
- genetic variance
- autumn
- heritability
- feces composition
- Brangus
- pastures
- spring
- summer
- biomass
- botanical composition
- grazing
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordEighty 2-year-old spring calving primiparous cows were assigned to 2 weaning and 2 grazing treatments (20 cows/treatment) from 7 September to 7 November in 1991, 1992, and 1993. Grazing treatments…Publication Date 1997-01-01
- subsurface irrigation
- dry periods
- lactation
- weaning
- lactation number
- irrigated pastures
- body condition
- liveweight gain
- calves
- body weight
- fiber content
- pastures
- Nebraska
- beef cows
- crude protein
- in vitro digestibility
- grazing
- forage
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordInformation is lacking on the influence of range condition on wildlife populations in the Chihuahuan Desert. Wildlife observations were made along transects on ranges in excellent and good ecological…Publication Date 1996-11-01
- arid grasslands
- wildlife
- species diversity
- range condition
- stocking rate
- pastures
- botanical composition
- grazing
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordFecal output of range cows was determined during 2 periods of summer (period I) and late summer (period II) grazing using a constant release intraruminal Cr2O3 bolus. Chromic oxide contamination was…Publication Date 1995-05-01
- chromic oxide
- controlled release
- contamination
- experimental bias
- errors
- feces composition
- pastures
- beef cows
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordA 4-year study was conducted on Kansas Flint Hills bluestem range to monitor animal gain, grass, and forb standing biomass following grazing, plant population dynamics, and in 2 years, subsequent…Publication Date 1995-05-01
- feed conversion
- dressing percentage
- carcass weight
- sorghum
- Sorghastrum nutans
- warm-season grasses
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- Poa pratensis
- Kansas
- liveweight gain
- grazing experiments
- pastures
- Andropogon gerardii
- steers
- feed supplements
- biomass
- botanical composition
- grasses
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordDynamic programming was used to obtain optimal management and marketing policies for stocker operations in Southeastern Colorado under different stocking rates, rainfall, and price scenarios.…Publication Date 1995-01-01
- dynamic programming
- risk
- marginal returns
- market prices
- rain
- stocking rate
- pastures
- range management
- Library Collection RecordInformation is presented on the suitability of various drills for direct seeding into permanent pastures and rangelands in Saskatchewan. Strips of sod 30 to 100-cm wide were killed during the growing…Publication Date 1992-09-01
- comparison
- seed drills
- direct seeding
- crop establishment
- permanent grasslands
- Medicago sativa
- seedling emergence
- Saskatchewan
- pastures
- soil water content
- seed germination
- range management