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- Library Collection RecordThese proceedings are the result of a symposium, "Conserving biodiversity on native rangelands" held on August 17, 1995 in Fort Robinson State Park, NE. The purpose of this symposium was to…Publication Date 1996
- biodiversity
- drought
- conservation
- sustainability
- North Dakota
- black-tailed prairie dog
- neotropical migratory bird
- fire
- greater prairie chicken
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1980-04-01
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1986-08-01
- North Dakota
- resource classification
- valuation
- plant community analysis
- decision making
- Idaho
- USDA Forest Service
- habitats
- South Dakota
- models
- ecosystems
- Montana
- rangelands
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1991-10-01
- range management
- conferences
- game animals
- technology transfer
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1992-08-01
- summer
- seed drills
- cultivars
- North Dakota
- Poaceae
- field tests
- Minnesota
- land restoration
- Manitoba
- wildlife
- South Dakota
- plant communities
- Nebraska
- rangelands
- prescribed burning
- grazing
- weed control
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1992-08-01
- soil compaction
- soil density
- organic matter
- soil water content
- North Dakota
- wildlife
- soil analysis
- grazing experiments
- beef cattle
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1992-10-01
- Eragrostis curvula
- Panicum coloratum
- botanists
- plant collections
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- South Africa
- Oklahoma
- Mexico
- Arizona
- history
- Texas
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1993-08-01
- teaching
- youth programs
- North Dakota
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1993-08-01
- Conservation Reserve Program
- North Dakota
- hay
- soil conservation
- forage
- stocking rate
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1994-10-01
- wilderness
- North Dakota
- cost benefit analysis
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1995-08-01
- grazing
- rangelands
- rotational grazing
- cattle
- North Dakota
- nesting
- nests
- Tympanuchus phasianellus
- Phasianidae
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1996-02-01
- adjuvants
- emulsifiers
- surfactants
- solvents
- spraying
- Euphorbia esula
- 2,4-D
- North Dakota
- chemical control
- rangelands
- picloram
- weed control
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 1999-01-01
- plant introduction
- North Dakota
- China
- South Dakota
- Nebraska
- Montana
- botanical composition
- Wyoming
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 2002-10-01
- rotational grazing
- rangelands
- prescribed burning
- range management
- grasslands
- fires
- liming
- mowing
- nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizers
- field experimentation
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 2005-10-01
- shrubs
- dieback
- brush control
- integrated weed management
- soil microorganisms
- grassland soils
- rangeland soils
- soil-plant interactions
- soil pH
- cattle
- grazing management
- stocking rate
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1991
- range management
- conferences
- technology transfer
- South Africa
- game animals
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1988-04-01
- rangelands
- range management
- semiarid zones
- Arizona
- geographical distribution
- introduced species
- climatic factors
- South Africa
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1988-04-01
- land improvement
- North Dakota
- public ownership
- land
- developmental history
- land policy
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1997-02-01
- North Dakota
- grazing experiments
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1991
- range management
- conferences
- technology transfer
- South Africa
- game animals
- Library Collection RecordMany alfalfa (Medicago spp.) cultivars have limited ability to persist under grazing and therefore, a key step in incorporating alfalfa into pastures and rangelands is choosing a grazing tolerant…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- grazing tolerance
- range improvement
- Medicago sativa subsp. falcata
- Medicago sativa nothosubsp. varia
- biological resistance
- strain differences
- cold tolerance
- basal area
- hybrids
- selection criteria
- mortality
- cultivars
- environmental factors
- grazing
- North Dakota
- Medicago sativa spp. falcata
- mob-grazing
- cold tolerance
- grazing tolerance
- Library Collection RecordNative grasslands are a sink for atmospheric CO2 sequestration, but ways for extending site-specific CO2 flux measurements to a regional scale are lacking. Objectives of this study were to determine…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- carbon sequestration
- biogeochemical cycles
- evapotranspiration
- remote sensing
- carbon dioxide
- leaf area index
- vegetation
- precipitation
- shrubs
- semiarid zones
- prairies
- biomass
- range management
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grazing
- North Dakota
- global carbon cycle
- rangelands
- Bowen ratio
- remote sensing
- sequestration
- Library Collection RecordThe U.S. Army is responsible for preparing a well-trained combat force while maintaining the ecological diversity and integrity of the lands it manages. The ability to efficiently collect data that…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- Elymus caninus
- Land Condition-Trend Analysis
- quadrat sampling
- military lands
- Helianthus
- Artemisia frigida
- data collection
- environmental monitoring
- Bromus inermis
- land management
- Carex
- Poa pratensis
- sampling
- forbs
- Bouteloua gracilis
- plant communities
- prairies
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- Stipa
- North Dakota
- diversity
- species richness
- grassland vegetation
- plant community
- prairies
- Land Coalition Trend Analysis
- Library Collection RecordThe western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara Sheviak and Bowles) is a threatened species of the tallgrass prairie. Invasion by leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) is a serious threat to…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- threatened species
- imazapic
- quinclorac
- disturbed habitats
- Platanthera praeclara
- buried seeds
- pesticide application
- endemic species
- glyphosate
- Euphorbia esula
- habitats
- weed control
- forbs
- prairies
- invasive species
- introduced plants
- grasses
- North Dakota
- invasive species
- herbicides
- range improvement
- soil seed bank
- Library Collection RecordNon-selective grazing (NSG) is a relatively novel way of farming livestock in the Nama Karoo of South Africa. Our key question was how heavy grazing under this high-intensity, low-frequency grazing…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- soil microorganisms
- cell respiration
- infiltration (hydrology)
- aggregate stability
- mixed grazing
- soil organic matter
- South Africa
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- range management
- grazing systems
- hoof action
- infiltration
- intensive herbivory
- microbial respiration
- semiarid
- Library Collection RecordMany North American grassland bird populations appear to be declining, which may be due to changes in grazing regimes on their breeding areas. Establishment of water developments and confining cattle…Publication Date 2004-05-01
- distance sampling
- livestock grazing
- mixed-grass prairies
- North Dakota
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordPotential vegetation environments (e.g., habitat types, range sites, ecological sites) are important to land managers because they provide a conceptual basis for the description of resource…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- Little Missouri National Grasslands
- satellite surveys
- mapping
- Landsat
- shrublands
- land use planning
- habitats
- topography
- satellite imagery
- grasslands
- prediction
- range condition
- plant communities
- woodlands
- climatic factors
- grazing
- North Dakota
- habitat types
- ecological sites
- range sites
- ecological classification
- geographic information systems
- remote sensing
- vegetation mapping
- ecological units
- Library Collection RecordA comparative study was made of 3 techniques applied to the study of herbivore diet selection, namely direct observation, faecal analysis and the recently developed remote control oesophageal fistula…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- feces collection
- diet study techniques
- cud
- direct observation
- shrublands
- errors
- sampling
- herbivores
- goats
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- microhistological analysis
- goats
- South Africa
- Oesophageal fistula
- Library Collection RecordLand managers need accurate and quick techniques to identify suitable habitat of species of interest. For species protected by federal or state laws, identification of suitable habitat is critical…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- wetlands
- Juncus
- Juncus balticus
- wetland soils
- endangered species
- Platanthera
- Platanthera praeclara
- stachys palustris
- sheyenne national grassland
- swales
- habitat selection
- prediction
- regression analysis
- forbs
- soil water content
- plant communities
- shrubs
- plant litter
- canopy
- grasses
- Platanthera praeclara
- wetlands
- tallgrass prairie
- threatened plant
- edaphic factors
- logistic regression
- soil moisture
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordInformed management of large herbivores depends largely on how well habitat availability and suitability are understood. The aims of the study were to quantify and map the distribution of sour and…Publication Date 2002-03-01
- game reserves
- sourveld
- mixed veld
- game animals
- mapping
- habitat selection
- habitats
- satellite imagery
- multispectral imagery
- South Africa
- veld
- natural grasslands
- plant communities
- wildlife management
- biomass
- botanical composition
- wildlife
- GIS
- remote sensing
- Landsat
- ground-truthing
- 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 RecordThe development of successful regional or national invasive weed control programs is often hampered by the way the problem is approached. Typically weed control programs are developed and evaluated…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- Aphthona
- Aphthona nigriscutis
- Aphthona lacertosa
- perennial weeds
- teamwork
- biological control agents
- USDA
- integrated pest management
- economic impact
- biological control
- Euphorbia esula
- ranching
- cost-benefit analysis
- invasion
- herbicides
- weed control
- South Dakota
- chemical control
- Wyoming
- sheep
- range management
- botanical composition
- Montana
- grazing
- North Dakota
- biological control
- Aphthona
- Weeds
- invasive species
- success
- integrated pest management
- Library Collection RecordGrowing yearling steers on summer rangelands as part of a cow-calf-yearling operation would allow producers to maximize forage utilization, and selling yearling steers when forage was in short supply…Publication Date 2000-03-01
- topography
- liveweight gain
- ambient temperature
- rain
- phosphorus
- soybean meal
- dietary mineral supplements
- metabolizable energy
- steers
- barley
- in vitro digestibility
- protein supplements
- rangelands
- grazing
- beef cattle
- dry matter
- feed intake
- North Dakota
- Dry matter intake
- forage crude protein
- forage phosphorus
- ground barley
- Library Collection RecordFlea beetles (Aphthona spp.) were introduced into leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.)-infested rangeland in east-central North Dakota. The study objectives were to evaluate the effects of the…Publication Date 2000-05-01
- Aphthona czwalinae
- Aphthona
- Aphthona nigriscutis
- Aphthona lacertosa
- biological control
- ground cover
- Euphorbia esula
- range condition
- plant density
- biomass
- rangelands
- grasses
- North Dakota
- biological control
- Leafy spurge
- insects
- flea beetles
- range improvement
- Library Collection RecordThe Ecological Index Method impacted directly on the estimation of grazing capacities in the Karoo, an arid region in South Africa. Due to inherent deficiencies in the ecological index method, index…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- Limax
- pioneer species
- agronomic traits
- arid grasslands
- carrying capacity
- nutrient requirements
- climax communities
- South Africa
- veld
- estimation
- digestibility
- sheep
- range management
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- canopy
- grasses
- available dry matter production
- canopy spread cover
- current grazing capability
- [K divided by (Ca + Mg)
- total digestible nutrients
- Library Collection RecordIt was hypothesized that grazing management could mitigate grasshopper outbreaks on native rangeland in the northern Great Plains. Key practices would require deliberate variation in timing and…Publication Date 2000-11-01
- Melanoplus sanguinipes
- opeia obscura
- encoptolophus costalis
- melanoplus gladstoni
- Acrididae
- heat sums
- life cycle
- insect control
- population density
- continuous grazing
- Agropyron cristatum
- mortality
- rain
- rotational grazing
- prairies
- biomass
- range management
- canopy
- North Dakota
- grasshopper management
- twice-over grazing system
- rotational grazing
- Menaloplus sanguinipes
- Library Collection RecordA 3-year experiment to evaluate tracked vehicle effects on vegetation and soil characteristics was established on the Gilbert C.Grafton South State Military Reservation (CGS) in North Dakota. Study…Publication Date 2000-11-01
- trafficability
- tracked vehicles
- Bromus inermis
- soil density
- soil depth
- ground cover
- Poa pratensis
- grasslands
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- soil compaction
- bulk density
- North Dakota
- Soil dry bulk density
- plant community
- personnel carrier
- Poa pratensis
- Bromus inermis
- Library Collection RecordThe diversity of the herbaceous layer in the Nylsvley Nature Reserve (Mixed Bushveld) was investigated to enhance the understanding of savanna ecosystems and to serve as a baseline for future…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- South Africa
- savannas
- species diversity
- range condition
- veld
- stocking rate
- plant communities
- overgrazing
- plant density
- botanical composition
- grasses
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordLeafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.), a noxious weed infests some of the 1.2 million hectares of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land in North Dakota. Once established a leafy spurge monoculture will…Publication Date 1998-11-01
- conservation areas
- economic impact
- carrying capacity
- wildlife
- Euphorbia esula
- species diversity
- weed control
- grazing
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordLeafy spurge control with glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine] plus 2,4-D [2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid] applied annually for 3 years alone or rotated with auxin herbicides was evaluated at 3…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- developmental stages
- timing
- 2,4-D
- injuries
- translocation (plant physiology)
- herbicide mixtures
- dicamba
- foliar uptake
- leaves
- costs and returns
- glyphosate
- Euphorbia esula
- stems
- weed control
- spring
- picloram
- application rates
- grasses
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordThe flea beetle, Aphthona nigriscutis Foudras, is a potentially useful agent for biological control of leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) in grasslands devoted to wildlife conservation. However,…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- colonization
- Aphthona
- Aphthona nigriscutis
- population change
- biological control agents
- ground cover
- Euphorbia esula
- weed control
- fires
- fire effects
- prescribed burning
- forbs
- plant density
- plant litter
- invasive species
- grasses
- plant height
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordIn the semi-arid Northern Great Plains, seeded cool-season grasses are primarily recommended for spring and fall grazing because their nutritive quality is perceived as too low to support acceptable…Publication Date 1999-05-01
- native grasslands
- physical activity
- Bromus inermis
- sown grasslands
- Agropyron desertorum
- liveweight gain
- duration
- stocking rate
- steers
- Pascopyrum smithii
- grazing intensity
- rangelands
- grazing
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordThree trials were conducted to determine if low ingestion of some leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) by sheep is primarily due to differences in sheep or in leafy spurge. In the first trial, pastures…Publication Date 1999-01-01
- organic compounds
- dried fodders
- lambs
- geographical variation
- weed palatability
- grassland improvement
- Euphorbia esula
- selective grazing
- Idaho
- sheep
- fertilizer
- feeding preferences
- North Dakota
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordA 4-year experiment to evaluate herbicide treatments with grazing by goats to improve long-term leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) control compared to either herbicides or goats was established on the…Publication Date 1997-03-01
- sucrose
- 2,4-D
- application timing
- roots
- Euphorbia esula
- protein content
- continuous grazing
- angora
- glucose
- weed control
- rain
- rotational grazing
- goats
- picloram
- integrated control
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordA study was conducted to evaluate the influences of seasonlong and short duration grazing management on the botanical composition, chemical composition, and organic matter intake of cattle diets in…Publication Date 1996-05-01
- organic matter
- lignin
- continuous grazing
- fiber content
- grazing experiments
- feces
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- shrubs
- in vitro digestibility
- nitrogen content
- botanical composition
- grasses
- beef cattle
- feed intake
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordThe relation was studied between the applied stocking rates and the degree to which sheep grazed stems of various karoobush species. A rule of thumb exists amongst farmers and research workers in the…Publication Date 1996-03-01
- Asteraceae
- Eriocephalus
- pentzia spinescens
- rosenia humilis
- eriocephalus ericoides
- stems
- prediction
- South Africa
- palatability
- stocking rate
- diameter
- selective grazing
- semiarid zones
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordA 3-year field study with 5 species and 11 seeding dates per year was conducted to determine which dates resulted in successful stands when directly seeded into wheat stubble at each seeding date at…Publication Date 1996-11-01
- sowing date
- stand density
- Bromus inermis
- evaporation
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- soil temperature
- Agropyron desertorum
- stand establishment
- air temperature
- rain
- soil water content
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Bouteloua gracilis
- seasonal variation
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordLow phosphorus (P) levels in Northern Great Plains rangeland forage combined with limited data on the P requirements of range cows (Bos taurus), precipitated 2 studies conducted to compare the…Publication Date 1997-01-01
- birth weight
- postpartum period
- corn silage
- conception
- weaning weight
- fistula
- liveweight gain
- calves
- feces composition
- body weight
- sampling
- esophagus
- phosphorus
- blood serum
- beef cows
- hay
- dietary mineral supplements
- oats
- feed supplements
- summer
- grazing
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordThree mixed prairie sites at Mandan, N.D. were grazed heavily (0.9 ha steer-1), moderately (2.6 ha steer-1), or left ungrazed (exclosure) since 1916. These sites provided treatments to study the…Publication Date 1995-09-01
- c4 species
- c3 species
- exclosures
- carbon
- organic matter
- stocking rate
- species differences
- Bouteloua gracilis
- nitrogen content
- range management
- botanical composition
- grazing
- prairie soils
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordA 2 year study in south central North Dakota determined the responses of (1) litter and root decomposition and nitrogen (N) release, and (2) soil N mineralization to grazing intensity. The treatments…Publication Date 1994-11-01
- nitrogen retention
- degradation
- rangeland soils
- biogeochemical cycles
- grazing experiments
- grazing intensity
- plant litter
- rangelands
- grasses
- North Dakota