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- Library Collection RecordA document about ranching and range utilization in North Dakota.Publication Date 1937
- North Dakota
- Western North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordKentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) and smooth bromegrass (Bromus inermus L.) are cool-season, perennial, non-native grasses that are invading North Dakota grasslands. Two studies evaluated…Publication Date 2012
- Kentucky bluegrass
- Poa pratensis L.
- smooth bromegrass
- Bromus inermis
- North Dakota
- invasive grasses
- restoration techniques
- mixed grass prairie
- 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 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 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 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 RecordA study to detect if there is a difference between non-infested native sites and leafy spurge infested sites with regards to N, P, organic matter and pH.
- Leafy spurge
- invasive species
- control methods
- nutrient availability
- North Dakota
- United States
- 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 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 research study on the productivity and economic potential of grazing and haying marginal, highly erodible land, as well as issues concerning the use of marginal lands in general.
- grazing
- marginal land
- land management
- haying
- North Dakota
- United States
- 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 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 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 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 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
- Library Collection RecordLimited research has been directed towards characterizing the phenotypic and genotypic variability of different traits in North American plant species. This study was conducted to estimate the degree…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- genetic variance
- agronomic traits
- heritability
- Agropyron
- plant morphology
- South Dakota
- rangelands
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordCool-season introduced grass species are not recommended for season-long grazing in the northern Great Plains. They mature earlier than native species, which leads to an earlier loss in forage…Publication Date 1993-05-01
- Bromus inermis
- crop quality
- sloping land
- sown grasslands
- site factors
- Agropyron desertorum
- liveweight gain
- grazing trials
- Poaceae
- steers
- Pascopyrum smithii
- prairies
- pasture plants
- forage
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordGraminoid standing crop in June 1985 on areas infested with white grubs (Phyllophaga anxia Leconte) (average density = 47 grubs m-2) was 92% less than on uninfested rangeland (average density < 2…Publication Date 1992-07-01
- Symphoricarpos occidentalis
- Artemisia absinthium
- Phyllophaga anxia
- stress response
- retrogression
- Weeds
- Infestation
- Poa pratensis
- ecological succession
- plant communities
- plant density
- prairies
- botanical composition
- North Dakota
- Library Collection Record14C-picloram (4-amino-3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid) absorption and translocation in leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) was evaluated over 2 growing seasons and was compared to selected…Publication Date 1991-05-01
- absorption
- vegetative growth
- photosynthates
- flowering
- developmental stages
- translocation (plant physiology)
- seed set
- roots
- Euphorbia esula
- relative humidity
- air temperature
- environmental factors
- picloram
- seasonal variation
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordPanspots and transition zone panspots (slickspots) from a Leptic/Typic Natriboroll soil complex in western North Dakota were compared to determine the effects of secondary plant succession upon soil…Publication Date 1991-05-01
- electrical conductivity
- secondary succession
- plant colonization
- surface layers
- subsurface layers
- crusts
- pans
- surface crusts
- soil salinity
- ecological succession
- root systems
- land restoration
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordAdventitious roots of sufficient length and diameter must develop to assure that the photosynthetic surfaces receive sufficient water and nutrients before grass seedlings can be considered…Publication Date 1991-11-01
- adventitious roots
- leaves
- Agropyron desertorum
- seedlings
- Bouteloua gracilis
- tillers
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordSpoil material replaced after strip mining for lignite coal may differ from the original top soil with respect to concentrations of copper (Cu) and molybdenum (Mo), consequently levels of these…Publication Date 1990-01-01
- copper
- molybdenum
- trace element deficiencies
- reclaimed land
- nutrient deficiencies
- mined soils
- grazing trials
- pastures
- steers
- natural grasslands
- nutritive value
- forage
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordProduction of total forage dry matter is mainly a function of available soil water and soil nitrogen (N), whereas plant morphological development from spring greenup to anthesis is primarily…Publication Date 1990-05-01
- morphogenesis
- Agropyron desertorum
- nitrogen fertilizers
- growth
- Pascopyrum smithii
- grasses
- North Dakota
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordNorth Dakota's seasonal wetlands, covering 1.3 million ha, are an important forage resource especially during dry years. A study was initiated in south central North Dakota to determine forage…Publication Date 1989-07-01
- Glyceria
- Eleocharis
- Schoenoplectus acutus
- Scirpus
- fodder plants
- glyceria grandis
- scolochloa festucacea
- carex atherodes
- eleocharis macrostachya
- scirpus pungens
- emergent species
- beckmannia syzigachne
- Phragmites australis
- aquatic plants
- plant ecological groups
- wetlands
- Juncus
- Juncus balticus
- Spartina
- Spartina pectinata
- nutrient content
- Carex
- Poaceae
- in vitro digestibility
- nutritive value
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordA salt water blowout at an oil drilling site in 1982 in a badlands area of western North Dakota caused severe damage to the native vegetation. A study was initiated to measure the effect of…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- oil spills
- decontamination
- plant cover
- brine
- reclamation
- land restoration
- grasses
- forage
- North Dakota