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- Library Collection RecordWhether you are about to negotiate your first lease, renew an old one, or expand your operation, this workshop will help you get the terms and security you need from your agricultural lease. We will…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordWhile many species of Junipers (Juniperus spp.) are native to the Great Plains, their populations have immensely increased during the last 50 years. Factors that led to the current population size…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordWhile the United States has built its current dairy industry by aggregating farms, often pasture-based, into larger operations on concentrated feedlots, countries around the world have very different…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordWhy is it that nonscientists have a way of glazing over when an exuberant scientist proudly shows charts, graphics with clusters of dots and explains them with terms like ecosystem resilience,…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordWild horse management on western rangelands is an ecological and sociological issue of escalating concern. Identifying potential dietary overlap between horses and livestock and wildlife will help…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordWildfire in Wyoming big sagebrush communities increases the risk of exotic annual grass invasion, results in short-term loss of forage, and decreases habitat for sage-grouse and other sagebrush-…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordWildfire, conversion of sagebrush habitat to invasive annual grasses, primarily cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum), and conifer expansion are primary threats to the sustainability of Greater Sage-Grouse (…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordWildfires in the Western United States have increased in size and frequency in recent years. Land managers have sought tools to reduce fuels and thus reduce wildfire risk. Fuel reductions increase…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordWildland fire is a natural disturbance and an important driver of ecological change. With the development of State and Transition Models, post-fire vegetation response was documented on several…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordWildlife rehabilitation is an important field, dedicated to helping wildlife that have been adversely affected by a variety of factors, as well as helping scientists study the health and behaviors of…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordWind energy is renewable and therefore a popular clean alternative to fossil fuels. Consequently, it is a politically attractive alternative to oil and natural gas production so financial incentives…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordWind pollination remains little studied, especially the mechanism by which grains are abscised from anthers. Using the cosmopolitan weed Plantago lanceolata, we show via a shaker table in the…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordWinterfat (Krascheninnikovia lanata), a North American native, and forage kochia (Bassia prostrate), native to Eurasia, share a similar ecological niche and serve similar conservation and nutritional…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordWith future environmental conditions predicted to change to higher temperatures and drier environment combined with data indicating these trends may already beginning to occur the question of which…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordWith limited management (i.e., feral or wild) cattle tend to form stable subgroups based on matriarchal lines. However common livestock management practices may disrupt formation of matriarchal…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordWith rangelands being one of the greatest sources for novel scales of energy development, it is clear that actions are needed to understand how energy development alters various economic, cultural…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordWith rangelands being one of the greatest sources for novel scales of energy development, it is clear that actions are needed to understand how energy development boosts or degrades various economic…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordWith the potential listing of the Greater Sage-grouse under the Endangered Species Act, efforts to evaluate, prioritize, and mitigate Sage-grouse habitat will be necessary. By using large samples of…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordWithin NIFA, the unique concept of integration is defined as bringing the three components of the agricultural knowledge system research, education and extension (REE) together focused on an issue.…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordWoody plant encroachment is one of the major threats to mesic grasslands. Dynamics of encroachers is mainly controlled by fire. The absence of fire for a year can be considered a disturbance, because…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordWoody plant expansion is a global phenomenon that alters the spatial distribution of nutrients, biomass, and fuels in affected ecosystems. Altered fuel patterns across the landscape influences…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordWyoming big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis) rangelands across Nevada's various regions, major land resource areas (MLRA), ecological sites, and elevation zones have been mowed…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordYellow Flag Iris (YFI) (Iris pseudacorus) is a non-native, invasive plant that is causing substantial changes to the ecology and adjacent riparian habitat of the Niobrara River in Sioux County,…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordThe great spatial extent of rangelands combined with recent emphasis on rangeland health has prompted a need for more efï¬cient and cost effective management tools. The Moderate Resolution Imaging…Publication Date 2002
- Library Collection RecordAbstracts and bibliographies from the 64th annual meeting of the Society for Range Management. Good for location of resources.Publication Date 2011
- Library Collection RecordThis workshop was developed to determine the state-of-the-science for soil monitoring on National Forests and Rangelands. We asked international experts in the field of soil monitoring, soil…Publication Date 2010
- United States
- Library Collection RecordMonitoring is the orderly collection, analysis and interpretation of information and data used to make short- and long-term management decisions (Wyoming Range Service Team 2001). Therefore,…Publication Date 2007
- Library Collection RecordCollection of all papers and posters presented at the 13th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, 2004. (Each individual paper is also indexed separately in the Global Rangeland…Publication Date 2004
- Library Collection RecordThe proceedings of the High Altitude Revegetation Workshop include various articles presented at the conference regarding oil, gas, and mining reclamation, wetland and riparian area concerns,…Publication Date 2008
- revegetation
- reclamation
- invasive species
- mining
- erosion control
- Soil improvement
- Library Collection RecordAbstract—A variety of efforts are taking place to detect, inventory, and monitor the wild felids (pumas, bobcats, jaguars, and ocelots) of the Madrean Archipelago. Researchers are using a suite of…Publication Date 2005
- jaguars
- Arizona
- mapping
- habitats
- National Park Service Border Cats Project
- Borderlands Jaguar Detection Project
- Library Collection RecordIn order for the beef cattle industry to continue to thrive with increasing input costs, producers need to focus on cow herd feed efficiency. Many management factors can be utilized to improve feed…Publication Date 2014
- Feed Efficiency
- 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 RecordEffective rangeland management and restoration are limited by our inability to account for site-specific effects of management on multiple goals. California's rangelands cover 57% of the state,…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordState and transition models (STMs) are used for communicating about ecosystem change in rangelands and other ecosystems, especially the implications for management. The fundamental premise that…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordDeveloping-country rangelands are vast and diverse. They are home to millions who are often poor, politically marginalized, and dependent on livestock for survival. Here we summarize work from six…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordBurn Severity Maps, or differenced Normalized Burn Ratio (dNBR) maps, categorize burned areas (soils and vegetation) into 4 levels: high, moderate, low, and unburned. These maps can be used to…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordDroughts are a normal occurrence in the Great Plains and negatively impact ranching operations' financial, environmental, and biological resources. We conducted a systematic sample survey of 954…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordGulf and marshhay cordgrasses (Spartina spp.) are native perennial grass species that are prevalent along the Texas Coastal Prairies. When cordgrass remains undisturbed and matures its nutritional…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordWe evaluated the effects of nitrogen (N) fertilization on species composition of grazed annual rangeland in Northern California. Treatments included rates of 0, 30 (low) and 60 (high) pounds of…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordThe Southwest is one of the most fire-dominated regions of the US. Currently, the Southwest Fire Science Consortium (SWFSC) is working to bring together localized efforts to develop and disseminate…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordSoil erodibility is a key factor for estimating soil erosion using physically based models. In this study, a new parameterization approach for estimating erodibility was developed for the Rangeland…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordThe shortgrass steppe of Eastern Colorado is a complex social-ecological system where management objectives for livestock production, wildlife, and vegetation heterogeneity converge. The Adaptive…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordTo assess the relationship between soil physical properties and deer morphology, we captured 2,775 white-tailed deer in autumn 2011-2014 on 4 East Foundation properties that range in location from…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordMuch of the current lesser prairie-chicken range in New Mexico and Texas is restricted to sand shinnery oak prairies, on which cattle grazing is the main socioeconomic driver for private landowners.…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordForbs offer high quality nutrition in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) diets when they are available, but their abundance is highly influenced by environmental resource pulses in semiarid…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordDecisions regarding the management of livestock grazing on public lands (e.g. national forests) are complex because multiple parties are involved: the responsible agency and the livestock grazing…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordRangeland managers in the west are challenged with trying to control medusahead (Elymus caput-medusae). Medusahead is found in virtually every county in California and has been spreading rapidly.…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordTopsoil supports soil microbial communities; links abiotic and biotic components of ecosystems through nutrient cycling and energy flow; and provides a source of seeds for future restoration needs.…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordGenetic markers (genotypes) were recently associated with indices of terrain use (phenotypes) in grazing beef cattle. These indices were based on the ratio of a cow's average terrain use and…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordAldo Leopold suggested in his book Game Management that cattle (Bos spp.) could be used as a habitat management tool. Our objective was to determine if cattle grazing increased forbs preferred by…Publication Date 2016