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- Library Collection RecordGardner's saltbush ecosystems are increasingly being invaded by halogeton (Halogeton glomeratus [M. Bieb.] C.A. Mey.), an annual halophyte that increases soil surface salinity and reduces plant…Publication Date 2016
- establishment
- forage
- rangeland
- rehabilitation
- Saline
- Library Collection RecordObjectives of postfire seeding in the Great Basin include reestablishment of perennial cover, suppression of exotic annual weeds, and restoration of diverse plant communities. Nonconventional seeding…Publication Date 2016
- cheatgrass
- competition
- ecological restoration
- rehabilitation
- Library Collection RecordWildfires in the Great Basin have resulted in widespread loss of Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. wyomingensis Beetle & Young), an ecologically important shrub that has…Publication Date 2017
- ecological restoration
- microsites
- rangeland drill
- rehabilitation
- safe sites
- Library Collection RecordPerennial bunchgrasses are critical to maintaining sagebrush plant communities, but seeding of native bunchgrasses following fire has had limited success. Previous research indicated that blackened…Publication Date 2017
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- islands of fertility
- rehabilitation
- restoration
- Seedling
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordGardner's saltbush ecosystems are increasingly being invaded by halogeton (Halogeton glomeratus [M. Bieb.] C.A. Mey.), an annual halophyte that increases soil surface salinity and reduces plant…Publication Date 2016
- establishment
- forage
- rangeland
- rehabilitation
- Saline
- Library Collection RecordObjectives of postfire seeding in the Great Basin include reestablishment of perennial cover, suppression of exotic annual weeds, and restoration of diverse plant communities. Nonconventional seeding…Publication Date 2016
- cheatgrass
- competition
- ecological restoration
- rehabilitation
- 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 1989-08-01
- ripping
- breeding season
- calf production
- rehabilitation
- bajada
- plant introduction
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- pastures
- sowing
- Arizona
- brush control
- rotational grazing
- beef cattle
- range management
- Library Collection RecordSuccessful postfire reseeding efforts can aid rangeland ecosystem recovery by rapidly establishing a desired plant community and thereby reducing the likelihood of infestation by invasive plants.…Publication Date 2012-09-01
- fPAR
- Idaho
- rehabilitation
- remote sensing
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordIn 1998, fires burned more than 11 330 ha of rangeland on Dugway Proving Ground in Utah’s west desert. Postfire revegetation was implemented in 2 affected salt desert shrub communities (greasewood;…Publication Date 2007-05-01
- black sagebrush
- Bromus tectorum
- drill seeding
- greasewood
- invasive
- rehabilitation
- Library Collection RecordAfter wildfires in 1996 in the sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) and pinyon-juniper (Pinus spp.–Juniperus spp.) zones of west-central Utah, the USDI-BLM attempted to reduce soil erosion and cheatgrass…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- aerial sowing
- revegetation plants
- erosion control
- rehabilitation
- biodiversity
- Elytrigia intermedia subsp. intermedia
- sowing
- wildfire management
- sown grasslands
- Artemisia
- species diversity
- Agropyron cristatum
- weed control
- fires
- fire effects
- Bromus tectorum
- plant communities
- botanical composition
- Pinus
- Juniperus
- plant competition
- invasive species
- Utah
- Elytrigia elongata
- Bureau of Land Management
- rehabilitation
- chaining
- serial seeding
- plant material
- cheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordIntroducing and establishing competitive plants is essential for the successful management of spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.) infested rangeland where a desirable understory is absent. Our…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- sowing date
- Elytrigia intermedia subsp. intermedia
- herbicide mixtures
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- cultural control
- clopyralid
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- glyphosate
- stand establishment
- plant density
- picloram
- Centaurea maculosa
- application rates
- range management
- Montana
- invasive species
- rehabilitation
- weed management
- reseeding
- seedling establishment
- Library Collection RecordFollowing an August wildfire, sagebrush (Artemisia L.)/grass benchlands adjacent to Pocatello, Ida., were seeded with a mixture of exotic wheatgrasses and forbs by rangeland drill in November 1987.…Publication Date 1995-09-01
- rehabilitation
- sown grasslands
- ground cover
- Artemisia
- steppes
- species diversity
- drilling
- fires
- fire effects
- rain
- Idaho
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordThe influence of different range rehabilitation methods on honey mesquite control, herbage production, and grazing capacity were evaluated on a depleted clay loam range site in west Texas. Mesquite…Publication Date 1984-11-01
- Forage Response
- Clay Loam
- Mechanical Grubbing
- Vibratilling
- Soil Cover
- Kleingrass
- Post-Mahogany Estate Ranch
- Climatological Data
- shredding
- foliar application
- plant litter
- honey mesquite
- standing crop
- rehabilitation
- community
- buffalo grass
- grazing capacity
- grass production
- 2,4,5-T
- Prosopis glandulosa
- picloram
- range
- herbage production
- mesquite
- control
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordRanges of Aegean Turkey are dominated largely by annual vegetation which is replaced by shrub cover through overuse. Removal of the shrub Poterium spinosum by hand grubbing costs $40/acre and the…Publication Date 1968-05-01
- ecological classification
- cultivation
- returns
- shrub cover
- land control
- Hand Grubbing
- Grazing Potential
- Research Program
- Hordeum bulbosum
- Aegean Turkey
- Poterium spinosum
- animal unit month
- United Nations Special Fund Project 142
- terracing
- Watershed Improvement
- Annual Vegetation
- rehabilitation
- overuse
- cost
- measurements
- AUM
- forage production
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- FAO
- improvement
- protection
- education
- carrying capacity
- Library Collection RecordRangeland improvement in Thal, Pakistan through reseeding was started in 1962. These operations were impressively successful on heavy soil valley flats but loose sand dunes defied all efforts of…Publication Date 1968-09-01
- sand dune
- transplants
- Thal
- rangeland improvement
- Elyonurus hirsutus
- Dhaman
- Karera
- Tuft Planting
- Thal Technique
- Planting Trees
- Earthen Tubes
- Tree Species
- planting season
- Planting Time
- Planting Site
- planting technique
- shelters
- Ber
- Active
- Southeastern Exposures
- rehabilitation
- Pakistan
- competition
- moisture
- reseeding
- growth
- vegetal cover
- exposure
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- Library Collection RecordThe national grassland program has produced a number of beneficial changes in both the land and the economy of southwestern Kansas. Through the federal purchase and conversion of marginal farmland to…Publication Date 1968-05-01
- soil erosion
- government
- rehabilitation
- animal unit month
- ponds
- Cimarron National Grassland
- adjustments
- National Grassland Program
- marginal farmland
- runoff water
- Summer Forage
- Multiple Use Management
- Recreational Opportunities
- Natural Resoruces
- Mineral Leases
- Recreational Visits
- Pipeline Easements
- Resource Use
- economy
- land use
- Kansas
- income
- wildlife
- grazing
- land
- conservation
- private lands
- management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1951-11-01
- Farm Land
- Community Pastures
- Neighbors
- P.F.R.A.
- Submarginal Land
- Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act
- Pasture Program
- 1937
- Resettlement
- Provincial Governments
- Government of Canada
- Public Meeting
- Livestock Acceptance
- Swift Current Experimental Station
- improvement programs
- water
- government
- rehabilitation
- surveys
- Grazing Associations
- Livestock Industry
- Canada
- Saskatchewan
- overgrazing
- carrying capacity
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1955-11-01
- Been Going
- Future Field
- Noxious Vegetation
- animal husbandry
- Timber Reproduction
- appraisal
- site quality
- erosion control
- practices
- government
- rehabilitation
- populations
- capacity
- watersheds
- Depletion
- Present
- Soil Conservation District
- rotation
- woody vegetation
- chaparral
- Deferred
- research
- poisonous plants
- forage production
- reseeding
- wildlife
- big sagebrush
- grazing
- mesquite
- livestock
- production
- fertilization
- brush control
- range management
- carrying capacity
- management
- Library Collection RecordA commentary upon the multiple-use principle. This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The…Publication Date 1965-09-01
- obituary
- Federalist
- Surplus
- Commentary
- politics
- Commercial
- rehabilitation
- Sustained Production
- economics
- restoration
- multiple use
- range management
- Library Collection RecordLand treatments occurring over millions of hectares of public rangelands in the Great Basin over the last 75 years represent one of the largest vegetation manipulation and restoration efforts in the…Publication Date 2017-02
- adaptive management
- Bureau of Land Management
- land treatment
- rehabilitation
- restoration
- soil
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: North Queensland coastal wetlands have been severely degraded by the Weeds of National Significance (WoNS), Hymenachne amplexicaulis (Olive hymenachne) with lesser impacts by Salvinia…Publication Date 2012
- rehabilitation
- management
- herbicides
- Australia
- Nywaigi
- Library Collection RecordYearly monitoring of a Waterponding site in the Nyngan district for seven years has given encouraging results. Bare scalded semi-arid areas in western New South Wales are being transformed into…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- monitoring
- rehabilitation
- waterponding
- Library Collection RecordA joint three year Australian Government Overseas Aid Program (Aus Aid) African training partnership between the University of New England, Armidale and Central West Catchment Management Authority…Publication Date 2015
- African trainees
- Aus Aid
- Australia
- rehabilitation
- training
- waterponding
- Waterspreading
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Question: Do anthropogenic activities facilitate the distribution of exotic plants along steep altitudinal gradients? Location: Sani Pass road, Grassland biome, South Africa. Methods: On…Publication Date 2008
- Alien
- dispersal
- disturbance
- Gradient analysis
- grasslands
- Multivariate
- spatial analysis
- transect
- Germishuizen & Meyer (2003)
- Alien invasive species
- rehabilitation
- restoration ecology
- management
- biodiversity
- seed banks
- vegetation dynamics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn Namaqualand, heavy grazing of low-lying areas has resulted in the reduction of palatable perennial shrubs and the dominance of the unpalatable shrub, Galenia africana. This study investigates the…Publication Date 2007
- Succulent karoo
- Namaqualand
- Vegetation Change
- rehabilitation
- microhabitats
- grazing
- seeds
- restoration ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordA field experiment was conducted on an acid soil in a semi-subsistence farming area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa to investigate the possibility of using organic amendments as liming materials…Publication Date 2008
- lime
- Organic amendments
- Soil acidity
- Strip tillage
- no-till
- subsistence agriculture
- soil fertility
- Soil Condition
- plant production
- rehabilitation
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordFarm practices in the Sneeuberg Mountains, Karoo, South Africa are examined to assess their contribution to the development of the observed gullies and badlands. Data from the literature is augmented…Publication Date 2007
- erosion
- land degradation
- range management
- vegetation
- grazing
- Stock
- management
- degradation
- land use
- participatory rural appraisal
- livestock
- rehabilitation
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordTransformation of natural landscapes can result in the local extinction of many plant species. If the new land use is discontinued, many original species will not recolonise the area, necessitating…Publication Date 2009
- grass propagation
- tillers
- tuft fragmentation
- restoration ecology
- rehabilitation
- grassland
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn South Africa, the relative extent of range degradation under freehold compared to communal tenure has been strongly debated. We present a perspective on the processes that drive rangeland…Publication Date 2013
- rangeland
- degradation
- communal farming
- management
- policy
- rehabilitation
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe assessed the impact of Prosopis invasion and clearing on the grazing capacity of heavily grazed Nama Karoo rangeland in the Beaufort West district of the Western Cape province of South Africa.…Publication Date 2011
- exotic invasive plants
- management
- natural resources
- rangeland condition
- rehabilitation
- alien invasive plants
- grazing
- plant production
- forage quality
- Forage Quantity
- Nama Karoo
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Grassland biome is the most transformed biome in South Africa, with cultivation and other human impacts having the largest effect on pristine grasslands. Conversion of natural grassland to…Publication Date 2011
- conservation
- Gauteng
- grassland
- old lands
- rehabilitation
- species diversity
- reseeding
- restoration ecology
- Weeds
- plant production
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordProductivity and mortality of grass plants following drought may be controlled by interactions between defoliation and severity of the drought. Prudent grassland management might mitigate deleterious…Publication Date 2010
- fodder production
- rehabilitation
- tradeoff
- water stress
- drought
- grazing
- grasslands
- management
- plant production
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Ant communities have been widely used as indicators of minesite rehabilitation in Australia and are beginning to play a similar role in other parts of the world. Here we examine ant…Publication Date 2004
- Ants
- bioindicators
- ecosystem development
- minesite rehabilitation
- succession.
- rehabilitation
- mine rehabilitation
- insects
- ecosystem dynamics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAn overview is given of pasture evaluation and improvement of existing germplasm in South Africa. The literature is reviewed from the perspective of upgrading the natural vegetation, reclamation of…Publication Date 1997
- Pasture evaluation
- intake
- Supplementation
- nutritive value
- pasture management
- rehabilitation
- erosion
- forage quality
- grazing
- Forage Quantity
- drought
- irrigation
- rainfall
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordEnvironmental weeds are an escalating problem worldwide. Integrated control is unable to keep up with the demands for management strategies for existing and new, potentially invasive plant species.…Publication Date 1998
- Environmental weeds
- management
- Priority areas
- surveys
- integrated control
- rehabilitation
- Weeds
- Alien invasive species
- ecosystem ecology
- conservation
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordOver the years a number of vegetation management systems has been evaluated and recommended. The Potch system is also a management system which was specifically developed for semi-arid regions where…Publication Date 1995
- grassland management
- ISPD model
- semi-arid
- vegetation condition improvement
- management
- vegetation dynamics
- rehabilitation
- grasslands
- agriculture
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2005
- land use
- mine rehabilitation
- carbon sequestration
- Economic Aspects
- rehabilitation
- Surface mine reclamation
- Land-use conversion
- reforestation
- Forest-based carbon markets
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordMalagarasi River catchment represents one of the largest and most significant transboundary natural ecosystems in Africa. The catchment constitutes about one third of the catchment area of Lake…Publication Date 2010
- Land use land cover changes
- Malagarasi river catchment
- Muyovozi wetland
- perceptions
- remote sensing
- land use
- fire
- grazing
- management
- socio-economic aspects
- rehabilitation
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordEstablishment of seasonal grazing enclosures has become an important rangeland rehabilitation strategy in semi-arid regions. This study assessed the impact of enclosure age and enclosure management…Publication Date 2010
- cover
- degradation
- Private land ownership
- seed mixtures
- standing crop
- Stock control
- rangelands
- rehabilitation
- animal impact
- communal farming
- biodiversity
- commercial agriculture
- plant production
- monitoring
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe feasibility of restoring subtropical thicket using carbon markets is largely a function of its carbon sequestration potential. We measured below-ground carbon stocks and analysed soil properties…Publication Date 2010
- bulk density
- carbon sequestration
- degradation
- erosion
- restoration
- soil nutrients
- restoration ecology
- rehabilitation
- carbon dioxide
- Carbon Sink
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe establishment of enclosures has become an important measure to combat land degradation in many of the world's semi-arid rangelands. In view of the increased pressure exerted by this land…Publication Date 2009
- enclosures
- Semi-arid rangeland
- vegetation structure
- soil quality
- rehabilitation
- degradation
- management
- soil
- commercial agriculture
- communal farming
- plant production
- Soil Condition
- biomass
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn spite of good rains in 1985, much of Africa is still dependent on food aid and millions of people remain displaced from their homes. The reasons for this situation are not climatically related.…Publication Date 1986
- management
- drought
- degradation
- desertification
- policies
- socio-economic aspects
- rehabilitation
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn the process of dredge mining, employed since 1977 on the Zululand coast, heavy minerals are extracted from the dunes after the complete removal of the existing vegetation. The tailings are then…Publication Date 1996
- Post-mining
- rehabilitation
- Dunes
- Zululand
- South Africa
- mine rehabilitation
- restoration ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- data analysis
- species richness
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIntroduction of mechanized agriculture induces profound changes in soil characteristics. Soil compaction originating from mechanical land clearing, mechanized cultivation, and continuous cropping is…Publication Date 1993
- Soil Condition
- no-till
- management
- rehabilitation
- ecosystem ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSeveral studies in arid ecosystems have demonstrated that seedling establishment and survival were greater underneath the canopies of shrubs than in the open spaces between shrubs. These results led…Publication Date 2001
- mining
- Namaqualand
- revegetation
- seedling survival
- shrub canopies
- topsoil replacement
- transplanting
- biodiversity
- Phytosociology
- germination
- rehabilitation
- ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordRecent political changes in South Africa have required a new approach to project management, one that includes community involvement at all levels of project planning, decision-making and execution.…Publication Date 1998
- Mier Rural Area
- Kalahari
- South Africa
- desertification
- Community involvement
- rangeland degradation
- rangeland rehabilitation
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- degradation
- rehabilitation
- management
- community based resource management
- socio-economic aspects
- decision support systems
- stakeholders
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe emergence and spatial distribution of grass seedlings were studied in a degraded savanna in south-eastern Botswana. When the rainy season started early, several separate establishment…Publication Date 1996
- Africa
- grasses
- rainfall
- Seedling
- Aristida congesta
- Chloris virgata
- Cymbopogon plurinodis
- Eragrostis rigidior
- Tragus berteronianus
- Urochloa panicoides
- degradation
- savanna
- seeds
- germination
- plant autecology
- drought
- runoff
- rehabilitation
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe gradual decline in the ecological condition of natural pastures as a result of over-utilization and the application of insufficient management decisions, coupled with the detrimental effects of…Publication Date 1997
- ecotype
- Digitaria eriantha
- Poaceae
- reclamation
- restoration
- arid grasslands
- restoration ecology
- rehabilitation
- grasslands
- management
- drought
- plant autecology
- rainfall
- vegetation dynamics
- seeds
- germination
- ecosystem ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAcid mine drainage (AMD) barrens result from destruction of vegetation within AMD flow paths. When exposed to air, soluble iron in AMD undergoes oxidation and hydrolysis to form ferric iron (oxyhydr)…Publication Date 2013
- coal mining
- organic amendment
- plant cover
- Soil acidity
- soil restoration
- restoration ecology
- mining
- acid mine drainage
- rehabilitation
- restoration ecology
- seed
- Appalachian Plateau Province
- Kylertown
- Pennsylvania
- USA
- Library Collection RecordSurface application of biosolids increases soil moisture and fertility in semiarid rangelands. Then, biosolids may help in rehabilitation of degraded semiarid rangelands. The study evaluated blue…Publication Date 2010
- grass establishment
- rangeland seeding
- Semiarid rangeland
- sewage sludge
- Soil water retention
- soil fertility
- rehabilitation
- plant autecology
- Mexico