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- Library Collection RecordAdvances in technology have provided new research tools for monitoring wildlife, but there is often a lag between when these tools are used and when they are applied to wildlife management. Here, we…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordManagement of tallgrass prairies using fire is an important tool for preventing invasive woody vegetation. The effects of management on grassland songbirds have often been measured using one aspect…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordIn 2014, Quivira National Wildlife refuge in central Kansas initiated a collaborative research project with Fort Hays State University to develop long-term monitoring protocols. As part of this…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordTall Forb communities have a complex history of grazing within the Intermountain West.� This complex history of grazing in conjunction with current plant community and ground cover dynamics in many…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordGrazing by domestic livestock is the most common and economical use of grasslands. Plants adopt different reproduction tactics in response to herbivory disturbances under different grazing…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordSoil salinity limits plant growth and crop production. More than 20% of cultivated land worldwide is affected by salinity, particularly in arid/semiarid regions. The situation is becoming more severe…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordLivestock- predator interactions in the state of Wyoming, USA play an important role in the perceptions of predators from a producer standpoint. 274 responses were collected from a survey…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordRange scientists are interested in patterns of livestock use within grazed units, especially when forage resources are spatially heterogeneous. Quantifying space use is particularly important when…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordFactors driving natural recruitment of Wyoming big sagebrush are poorly understood. Wyoming big sagebrush is a mid to late seral species, is not fire adapted, and can take decades to return to pre-…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordSoil water availability is a major limiting factor for plant growth in arid ecosystems, which presents challenges for arid ecosystem restoration. Native perennial bunchgrasses are often seeded after…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordBackground: State transition from grassland to shrubland is synonymous with desertification in many arid rangeland systems. Traditional desertification models emphasize abiotic feedbacks that modify…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordClimate stressors, such as drought, can push rangelands towards critical thresholds that, if crossed, will lead to impaired productivity and ecosystem function. As such, innovative management will be…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordUpland deciduous shrubs represent keystone species that are pivotal to the biodiversity and resiliency of conifer forests in the interior Pacific Northwest. As an important forage species, deciduous…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordPricklypear cactus (Opuntia spp.) is a common invading species on central, south and west Texas rangelands that limits forage production and decreases grazeable acres. Traditionally pricklypear has…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordAbundance and composition for the plant functional groups of trees, shrubs, grasses, and forbs covering 154 plant taxa from 52 fossil woodrat midden strata and covering the last 35,000 years were…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordRangeland environments in the Great Basin are undergoing changes associated with invasive species, altered fire regimes, climate shifts and other disturbances. Some changes are expressed as state…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordSagebrush ecosystems in the Great Basin have experienced extensive degradation from exotic invasive plants, altered fire frequency, urban development, climate change, and grazing practices. Feral…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordLarge scale renewable energy farms are being constructed throughout California to meet the States goal of deriving 50-percent of its electricity from renewable energy by 2050.� Many of these…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordIn 2015 the Idaho legislature first authorized annual appropriations for sage-grouse conservation efforts.� In the spirit of �All Hands, All Lands�, the State agencies responsible for…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordMULTISAR is a multi-partner program that collaborates to conserve species at risk through voluntary habitat stewardship, while maintaining viable ranching operations in Alberta�s native grasslands…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordThis poster asks: how do ranchers know what to do when they are faced with a decision under high levels of complexity and uncertainty? In the semi-arid Western Great Plains of North America, rancher…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: The Managing Species at Risk - Policies and Tools workshop was sponsored by Environment and Climate Change Canada to discuss current knowledge and management of species at risk (SAR) on the…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordEcosystem services categories laid out by The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment MEA including provisional, regulatory, and cultural services captured the above links between ecosystem services and…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordInvasion by western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) leads to fragmentation and alteration of sagebrush steppe and is a major consideration for managers concerned with the conservation of sagebrush-…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordLivestock grazing is a predominant use of grasslands, and its effects on grassland-associated wildlife are still being investigated. Wildlife responses to grazing vary among species and a better…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordRecent studies of conifer encroachment into sagebrush steppe have documented negative impacts on demographic rates of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), but few specific mechanisms have…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordThe California-Pacific Section (CalPac) started Range Camp in 1984, over 30 years ago, pulling high school kids from across the state and more recently also from Hawaii. It has always been held in…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordRestoration of disturbed landscapes involves many considerations, generally relating to utilizing tools appropriate to a given ecological site. Soil and plant community information was gathered from…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordState-and-Transition Models (STM) describe how an ecological site responds to various treatments and disturbances. STM can be used to select appropriate objectives and treatments for fuels and…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordYavapai County Native and Naturalized Plants (YCNNP, http://cals.arizona.edu/yavapaiplants) is a web-based plant database designed to assist everyday people in identifying native plants of Arizonaï¿…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordSince the arrival of European settlers, many Great Basin springs and seeps have been altered to provide water for livestock using a springbox structure. This has resulted in altered natural…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordFollowing wildfire, the Bureau of Land Management customarily follows a 2-year deferral from grazing to allow short-term rehabilitation objectives to be met for burned area stabilization. However,…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordMedusahead is an invasive annual grass that is having persistent and large-scale impacts on western rangelands.� Continued invasion by this and other exotic annuals represents a complex resource…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordEast Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) owns the Mokelumne Watershed surrounding Pardee and Camanche Reservoirs in the central foothills of California with a long history of cattle grazing.…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordThe Database for Inventory, Monitoring, and Assessment (DIMA) is a Microsoft Access database used to collect, store and summarize monitoring data. This database is used by both local and national…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordNew laws dramatically changed rangeland management in the 1970s and riparian areas became a public land focus.� Big meadows and problem areas were protected with fences.� Exclosures demonstrated…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordThe influence of population growth and refugees settlements on land use change in Jordan has been assessed by using Geographic Information System and ENVI-supervised classification technique. Eleven…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordNon-native invasive plant species have led to changes in plant community composition by displacing native species, ultimately decreasing species richness and diversity. Kentucky bluegrass (Poa…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordConversion of native forests to cattle pasture and coffee plantations in the Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica has resulted in reduced habitat and fragmentation of vital avian and mammalian migration…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordRestoring rangelands damaged by invasive species and other degradation remains a major challenge for land managers. One means by which success could possibly be improved is by increasing the quality…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordAlthough smoke has been known to influence germination of species from many Mediterranean-climate ecosystems, little is known about how species in the Southern High Plains of Texas respond to smoke.ï…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordThe need to conserve declining special-status species and natural communities is severe.� Controversy over livestock grazing practices and lack of scientific research to guide grazing management in…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection Record�Presentation abstract: Beavers are an integral part of the rangelands of North America, and are called nature�s engineers for good reason. Their industrious nature means they do a lot and their…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordVegetation on rangelands is a function of two primary anthropogenic disturbances, grazing and fire. Our hypothesis, that fire and grazing management can control the invasion of McCartney rose on…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordThis work highlights the response of plant community to two important limited-resources: water and nitrogen (N) in Dry Mixed Grass Prairie Ecoregion. The field study with a randomized complete block…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordMonitoring lentic systems is imperative to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and US Forest Service�s (USFS) multiple-use mandates directing management of watersheds for activities that…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordIn the Intermountain West, elk (Cervus elaphus) often occur in high numbers and in some cases over-use the best quality rangeland, potentially threatening other wildlife species such as mule deer (…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordRiparian and wet meadow ecosystems are a critical ecological and human resource throughout the Great Basin.� Understanding the controls on surface and subsurface water is an essential component in…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordWinterfat (Krascheninnikovia lanata), a North American native, and forage kochia (Bassia prostrata), native to Eurasia, share a similar ecological niche and serve similar conservation and nutritional…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordReservoirs are valuable as temporary or seasonal sources of stock water.� They are dependent on surface runoff or seepage causing losses and/or reduction in quality water from spring to fall.�…Publication Date 2018
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