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- Library Collection RecordFor over a decade, the CEC has supported grasslands conservation and beneficial management practices across North America. The CEC’s grasslands work encourages sustainable ranching practices and…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordAmerica’s free-ranging horses are a western icon – and a potentially destructive non-native species that threatens native wildlife and their habitats. In the 1500s, Spanish explorers introduced…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordConventional treatments to stimulate aspen regeneration are widely available (e.g., Shepperd et al. 2008), although we now know that a strong sprouting response is not enough to protect from post-…Publication Date 2014
- management
- Library Collection RecordWe often hear about the diverse values of aspen forests, but what evidence is there to support such assertions? Much of the "value" of aspen lies in its apparently innate beauty; a rich…Publication Date 2014
- ecosystems
- Library Collection RecordQuaking aspen are widely revered by range and wildlife managers alike for their diverse and nourishing array of understory plants. Young aspen sprouts are particularly favored by deer, elk, cattle,…Publication Date 2014
- livestock feed
- forage
- Library Collection RecordAspen "decline" comes in two flavors: long-term decline related to conifer encroachment and short-term decline (a.k.a., Sudden Aspen Decline or SAD) initiated by drought. For decades we…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordThis book tackles an increasingly crucial question: What can we do about the seemingly intractable challenges confronting all of humanity today, including climate change, global hunger, water…Publication Date 2014
- biodiversity
- carbon sequestration
- climate change
- Composting
- conservation
- no-tillage
- soil carbon
- United States
- water scarcity
- Watershed Restoration
- Library Collection RecordAspen has conventionally been thought of as "fire dependent," meaning that it requires forest fires to thrive. The quick-sprouting root system of an aspen clone rapidly regenerates after…Publication Date 2014
- fires
- Library Collection RecordThe primary goal of this project was to assess the effect of climate change on carbon cycling in mature sagebrush ecosystems. We used initial soil characteristics and carbon values for three location…Publication Date 2014
- Carbon cycle
- sagebrush
- climate change
- Library Collection RecordThis page provides information and photographs of the tortoise and its habitat and ecology.Publication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Gopherus morafkai
- Sonoran Desert Tortoise
- United States
- Library Collection Record
61 Trust Land
Abstract not availablePublication Date 2014- land use
- land ownership
- land management
- Library Collection RecordIf feeding poor-quality forages (less than 7% crude protein and 50% TDN) are a necessary part of your livestock operation, exposing replacement females to poor-quality roughage early in life with…Publication Date 2014
- forage
- Diet preferences
- livestock raising
- Library Collection RecordThe Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's Digital Library includes a catalog of images, narrative, and scientific nomenclature of plants, animals, minerals, and biotic communities of the Sonoran Desert…Publication Date 2014
- animal taxonomy
- Arizona
- educational materials
- native species
- photography
- plant taxonomy
- United States
- Library Collection RecordFounded in 1952, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is widely recognized throughout the world as a model institution for innovative presentation and interpretation of native plants and animals featured…Publication Date 2014
- Arizona
- educational resources
- environmental research
- Sonoran Desert
- United States
- Library Collection RecordA collection of resources provided by Agriculture and Agri-food Canada which is an integration of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, National Land and Water Information Service and Agri-…Publication Date 2014
- agriculture
- environmental assessment
- Regulations
- policies
- Rehabilitation of natural resources
- Canada
- Library Collection RecordThe TGCI is hosting a workshop the day prior to the start of the WPC – November 11th, 2014. We encourage all those interested in grasslands conservation to attend as we are keen to have an…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordSouth Africa’s grasslands stretch from the eastern seaboard into a very large part of the interior, and hold many areas considered high priority for biodiversity at an international, national and…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordEnvironmental services are “the benefits people obtain from ecosystems.â€1 These benefits may be categorized as provisioning services, regulating services, and cultural services (Table 1). The…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordEnvironmental services are “the benefits people obtain from ecosystems.â€1 These benefits may be categorized as provisioning services, regulating services, and cultural services (Table 1). The…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordThe Forest Health staff of the Southwestern Region provides assistance and expertise to Federal, State, Tribal and private land managers in Arizona and New Mexico concerning forest health conditions…Publication Date 2014
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordPower dynamics between actors of various levels must be balanced. Â Social and ecological boundaries and scales have to be reconciled and stakeholders must agree on shared values and metrics by which…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordThe Sonoita Valley Planning Partnership (SVPP) is a forum for stakeholder reporting and working together to perpetuate naturally functioning ecosystems while preserving the rural, grassland character…Publication Date 2014
- land use
- land management
- land
- land use planning
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe Sonorensis is a magazine published by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Over the years it's articles have focused on a variety of topics central to the conservation of the flora and fauna of…Publication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- climate change
- conservation
- cultural traditions
- edible plants
- Jaguar
- Sea of Cortez
- tradional foods
- United States
- Library Collection RecordSince 6000 years ago, modern steppe vegetation has contracted in some regions (e.g. southeastern Idaho) but expanded into other regions (e.g. eastern Oregon). These changes from the mid-Holocene to…Publication Date 2014
- steppes
- communities
- sagebrush
- Idaho
- Oregon
- Library Collection RecordWe compiled long-term records on canopy cover from permanent vegetation plots across the western United States to examine how the cover of common grasses and sagebrush changes in response to yearly…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- plants
- sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordIn the United States, the current distribution of big sagebrush ranges from Washington and California east to the Dakotas and Nebraska. In the future, areas where sagebrush will expand, the leading…Publication Date 2014
- drought
- sagebrush
- regeneration
- range management
- Library Collection RecordBig sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) grows in arid and semiarid areas throughout the Intermountain West. It is a long-lived, slow-growing, evergreen shrub that typically grows 2 to 4 feet in height…Publication Date 2014
- toxins
- noxious plants
- livestock feed
- Library Collection RecordBig sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) grows in arid and semiarid areas throughout the Intermountain West. It is a long-lived, slow-growing, evergreen shrub that typically grows 2 to 4 feet in height…Publication Date 2014
- sagebrush
- steppes
- livestock management
- Library Collection RecordWyoming is a rangeland state! Around 85% of the state is considered rangelands. These rangelands are not only an important part of Wyoming’s history and culture, but also influence the ecosystems…Publication Date 2014
- rangelands
- Introduction
- Wyoming
- Library Collection RecordWyoming is a rangeland state! Around 85% of the state is considered rangelands. These rangelands are not only an important part of Wyoming’s history and culture, but also influence the ecosystems…Publication Date 2014
- rangelands
- Introduction
- Wyoming
- Library Collection RecordThis is a description of a research project entitled "Reducing Wildfire Spread with Targeted Grazing".Publication Date 2014
- grazing
- Fire Prevention
- Idaho
- owhyee
- Library Collection RecordG-Range is a global rangeland model that simulates generalized changes in rangelands through time. Spatial data and a set of parameters that describe plant growth in landscape units combine with…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection Record
83 Butterflies
A brief overview of the lifestyle, importance and variety of butterflies that reside in the Sonoran Desert.Publication Date 2014- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Butterflies
- Lepidoptera
- Sonoran Desert
- United States
- Library Collection RecordSometimes a single plant prevents managers from grazing livestock in an area with good forage production. Often the plant has high agronomic value, like fruit trees, Douglas fir trees or …Publication Date 2013
- agronomic traits
- livestock management
- foraging
- Library Collection RecordThis webpage contains press releases, internal investigation transcripts, a timeline of events, and additional information on Macho B, a male jaguar captured by Arizona Game and Fish Officials which…Publication Date 2013
- jaguars
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThis webpage includes information related to Macho B, a male jaguar captured by Arizona Game and Fish Department officials in February 2009 who later died as a result of capture related injuries.Publication Date 2013
- jaguars
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThis page contains mammal abstracts containing the taxonomy, biology, distribution, population trends, and management status of a wide variety of Arizona mammals.Publication Date 2013
- taxonomy
- biology
- distribution
- population change
- management
- wildlife
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordOur Bird-friendly burning and grazing best-practice guidelines are intended to promote awareness and conservation of threatened grassland bird species, primarily in the agricultural (red meat…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordThis map of ecoregions has been produced for Alaska as a framework for organizing and interpreting environmental data for State, national, and international level inventory, monitoring, and research…Publication Date 2013
- Ecological zonation
- Alaska
- Arctic
- ecoregions
- Library Collection RecordThe Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is a 117,464-acre refuge that sits within the Altar Valley. Established in 1985, the refuge is primarily made up of semi-desert grasslands, ribboned by a…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe UA’s Santa Rita Experimental Range is one of the large-scale/long-term study areas that are crucial for this research. Using techniques like repeat photography, inclusion or exclusion of…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordToxins exist everywhere in nature. We define toxins as chemicals that naturally occur in plants and can cause illness or death if eaten in sufficient quantities. Toxins occur in all grasses, forbs…Publication Date 2013
- toxins
- livestock feed
- plant toxins
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract is available for this article.Publication Date 2013
- restoration ecology
- Library Collection RecordThe Bureau of Land Management, which administers about 245 million acres of public lands, manages livestock grazing on 155 million acres of those lands, as guided by Federal law. The terms and…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordYoung livestock and wildlife learn what to eat and where to live based on interactions with their mothers. Young animals learn about foods in the womb prior to birth, from mother’s milk and through…Publication Date 2013
- livestock
- Dietary components
- livestock feed
- Library Collection RecordA chronological overview of significant events related to the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program. Â Last updated in July 2013.Publication Date 2013
- wolves
- Arizona
- Mexican gray wolf
- New Mexico
- Southwest
- United States
- wildlife management
- Wolf management
- wolf reintroduction
- Library Collection RecordA collection of plant images by scientific and common name.Publication Date 2013
- plants
- photography
- United States
- Library Collection RecordWhy do animals eat certain foods and live in certain locations? Your first thought might be that they are born that way or it’s in their genes. While it is true that every animal is born with a…Publication Date 2013
- Diet preferences
- livestock raising
- environmental factors
- Library Collection RecordMinimum population estimate, minimum breeding pair estimate, and population estimate numbers depicted per state within the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area, 1998 to 2013.Publication Date 2013
- wolves
- endangered species
- wildlife management
- Mexican gray wolf
- Southwestern United States
- Library Collection RecordThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video and that are in the public…Publication Date 2013
- wildlife conservation
- wildlife management
- wildlife
- Wildlife parks