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- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1966
- bare ground
- Bunching
- Date of Cutting
- forage production
- forage yield
- ground cover
- Haying Practices
- litter cover
- Method of Storage
- Reed Hamilton Ranch
- Sandhills Upland Hay
- stage of maturity
- Storage Time
- vegetation cover
- Year
- 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 1981-10-01
- management
- waterfowl
- birds
- mammals
- ground cover
- water
- livestock
- wildlife
- cattle
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1986
- population density
- steppes
- Idaho
- Lepus
- plant communities
- biomass
- rangelands
- ecology
- grazing
- Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
- ground cover
- Krascheninnikovia lanata
- Lepus californicus
- 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 1985-08-01
- ground cover
- Tulare County, California
- valuation
- management by objectives
- woodland grasslands
- Quercus
- ranching
- California
- range management
- Library Collection RecordEditorial on \An evaluation of sample adequacy for point analysis of ground cover,\" Journal of Range Management, vol. 43, p. 545-549."Publication Date 1992
- size
- public opinion
- reclamation
- statistical analysis
- vegetation
- sampling
- ground cover
- mined soils
- 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
- fire effects
- ground cover
- Library Collection RecordSince settlement, cattle grazing has been a major cause of soil disturbance in cold desert ecosystems. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of cattle grazing in different seasons…Publication Date 1998
- cryptogams
- tillage
- deserts
- winter
- spring
- Idaho
- summer
- cattle
- grazing
- ground cover
- lichen crusts
- mosses and liverworts
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1969
- Themeda triandra
- photography
- Western Australia
- image analysis
- fires
- biomass
- accuracy
- estimation
- fire effects
- grassland condition
- ground cover
- ground photogrammetry
- semiarid grasslands
- Library Collection RecordIt is necessary to quantify rates of woody plant encroachment on southwestern USA rangelands to determine the economic feasibility of treatments designed to manage these plants. This study observed…Publication Date 1969
- area
- brush control
- precipitation
- spatial distribution
- Texas
- canopy
- ground cover
- plowing
- Prosopis glandulosa
- root plowing
- woody weeds
- Library Collection RecordAlthough the maintenance of biodiversity has become one of the goals in ecosystem management, the relationships of diversity to ecosystem characteristics such as level of herbivory, productivity, and…Publication Date 1969
- forbs
- grassland condition
- ground cover
- Lycopodiaceae
- plant height
- species eveness
- Library Collection RecordThere has been increasing concern that training on military lands results in excessive soil erosion, ecosystem degradation, and loss of sustainable training resources. Vegetation structure has been…Publication Date 1969
- all-terrain vehicles
- battletanks
- forbs
- grassland condition
- ground cover
- ground vegetation
- military areas
- surface roughness
- wind tunnels
- Library Collection RecordApplied nitrogen increased competition between cheatgrass and intermediate wheatgrass for soil moisture and resulted in death of wheatgrass. Grazing further increased this effect. Forage increases…Publication Date 1965-01-01
- cost
- mixed stand
- Forage Increases
- University of California Demonstration Range
- Agropyron intermedium
- intermediate wheatgrass
- cheatgrass
- ground cover
- competition
- precipitation
- forage production
- soil moisture
- grazing
- Bromus tectorum
- nitrogen
- fertilization
- Library Collection RecordWhile considerable attention has been given to the areal expansion of juniper (Juniperus sp.) in the western United States, the presence and ecological significance of old-growth juniper communities…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- eolian soils
- terrain
- tree age
- seral stages
- stand density
- disturbed soils
- stand structure
- soil depth
- ground cover
- understory
- climax communities
- stand characteristics
- sandy soils
- species diversity
- Juniperus occidentalis
- slope
- aspect
- Oregon
- plant communities
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- canopy
- soil texture
- altitude
- Juniperus occidentalis
- structures
- pinyon-juniper
- Library Collection RecordLarge areas of rangelands in the east Mediterranean Basin are dominated by dense cover of the unpalatable, dwarf shrub prickly burnet (Sarcopoterium spinosum (L.) Spach.). This study examined the…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- Sarcopoterium spinosum
- chalk grasslands
- Mediterranean grassland
- NPK fertilizers
- Israel
- cultural control
- ground cover
- brush control
- chemical control
- prescribed burning
- biomass
- range management
- forage
- shrub encroachment
- Mediterranean ecosystem
- fertilization
- fire
- range improvement
- Sarcopoterium spinosum
- Library Collection RecordAlthough point sampling has been used for more than 30 years to quantify leaf area index (LAI), this field technique has not been rigorously evaluated in sagebrush steppe plant communities. Leaf area…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- angle pins
- Artemisia tridentata spp. wyomingensis
- leaf angle
- artemisia tridentata subsp. vaseyana
- artemisia arbuscula
- data collection
- ground cover
- accuracy
- steppes
- estimation
- leaf area index
- Idaho
- Artemisia tridentata
- canopy
- artemisia arbuscula
- Artemisia tridentata spp. vaseyana
- Artemisia tridentata spp. wyomingensis
- LAI
- low sagebrush
- mountain big sagebrush
- Wyoming big sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordThe amount and temporal distribution of precipitation received is of critical importance for regrowth and plant production on rangelands. The effects of drought in the autumn, and spring/summer, as…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- Turkey (country)
- Festuca ovina
- autumn
- ground cover
- semiarid grasslands
- temporal variation
- rain
- water-use efficiency
- spring
- regrowth
- crude protein
- drought injury
- biomass production
- semiarid zones
- drought
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- canopy
- grasses
- Festuca ovina
- water use efficiency (WUE)
- biomass
- botanical composition
- protein
- Library Collection RecordThere has been increasing concern that training on military lands results in excessive soil erosion, ecosystem degradation, and loss of sustainable training resources. Vegetation structure has been…Publication Date 2001-11-01
- wind erosion
- wind tunnels
- military areas
- battletanks
- tracked vehicles
- all-terrain vehicles
- grassland condition
- surface roughness
- ground cover
- ground vegetation
- Idaho
- forbs
- losses from soil
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- grasses
- erosion
- threshold friction velocity
- threshold wind speed
- arid lands
- surface roughness
- military lands
- wind tunnels
- Library Collection RecordIn August 1994, wildfire burned 6,500 ha of native Dry Mixed Prairie in southeastern Alberta. The following year, a study was initiated to monitor the recovery of major plant communities. Burning was…Publication Date 2002-03-01
- Koeleria macrantha
- Elymus lanceolatus
- Hesperostipa comata
- wildfire management
- Agropyron
- ground cover
- fires
- fire effects
- Alberta
- forbs
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Bouteloua gracilis
- precipitation
- biomass production
- grazing intensity
- prairies
- drought
- range management
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- canopy
- grazing
- grasses
- beef cattle
- Stipa
- composition
- forage
- litter
- preference
- production
- topography
- Library Collection RecordImproper livestock grazing practices in western U.S. riparian areas may reduce the nutrient and pollutant removal function of riparian communities, resulting in degradation of surface water quality.…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- filter strips
- stem density
- sediment deposition
- particle size
- mowing
- riparian grasslands
- overland flow
- surface roughness
- sediments
- water erosion
- ground cover
- rainfall simulators
- plant density
- plant litter
- grazing
- trampling
- Colorado
- beef cattle
- Vegetation filter strip
- stem density
- rainfall simulation
- NPS pollution
- grazing
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordRangeland ecological condition was monitored over a 48 year period on 41 sites on Bureau of Land Management rangelands scattered across 6 counties in southwestern New Mexico. All sites were grazed by…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- arid grasslands
- ground cover
- semiarid grasslands
- range condition
- precipitation
- sustainability
- grazing intensity
- plant communities
- drought
- range management
- botanical composition
- New Mexico
- beef cattle
- rangeland condition
- succession
- drought
- grazing management
- plant ecology
- Library Collection RecordThere are several generalizations or assumptions concerning rangeland hydrology and erosion relationships found in the literature and in the management arena. These generalizations have found their…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- sheet erosion
- mixed-grass prairies
- tallgrass prairie
- rangeland soils
- Rocky Mountain region
- hydrology
- ground cover
- semiarid grasslands
- Artemisia
- mathematical models
- Carex
- brush control
- steppe soils
- range condition
- equations
- shortgrass prairie
- runoff
- rainfall simulators
- forbs
- soil water content
- plant communities
- California
- prairies
- biomass
- sediment yield
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- canopy
- infiltration
- grasses
- prairie soils
- rangeland hydrology
- infiltration
- erosion
- hydrologic modeling
- Library Collection RecordEffective rangeland weed programs require the ability to predict plant community responses to management. Our objective was to develop regression equations to predict the plant community after…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- Festuca idahoensis
- endemic species
- ground cover
- mathematical models
- regression analysis
- species diversity
- weed control
- equations
- forbs
- plant communities
- plant density
- picloram
- Centaurea maculosa
- biomass
- range management
- introduced species
- Montana
- invasive species
- grasses
- spotted knapweed
- predicting plant response
- integrated weed management
- optimizing herbicide use
- Library Collection RecordPanels of experts from the Society for Range Management and the National Research Council proposed that status of rangeland ecosystems could be ascertained by evaluating an ecological site's…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- soil surface
- soil structure
- flow resistance
- soil morphology
- gullied land
- wind erosion
- hydrologic factors
- assessment
- rapid methods
- data collection
- ecological balance
- grassland condition
- overland flow
- rill erosion
- ground cover
- grasslands
- range condition
- perennials
- mortality
- vegetation
- biomass production
- range management
- plant litter
- introduced species
- invasive species
- literature reviews
- United States
- soil compaction
- soil stability
- hydrologic function
- biological integrity
- ecosystem status
- erosion
- infiltration
- inventory
- Library Collection RecordIn montane meadows of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains (Calif., USA), Rothrock sagebrush (Artemisia rothrockii G.) has expanded into sites once dominated by herbaceous species. We explored the…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- seedling establishment
- genetic soil types
- Artemisia rothrockii
- disturbed soils
- meadows
- depth
- plant colonization
- ground cover
- semiarid grasslands
- water table
- Artemisia
- brush control
- population structure
- soil water content
- growth rate
- precipitation
- plant communities
- California
- range management
- Artemisia rothrockii
- shrub invasion
- montane meadows
- seedling establishment
- Sierra Nevada
- Golden Trout Wilderness
- demography
- Library Collection RecordThree watersheds at the University of California's Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center (SFREC), Marysville, Calif. were selected to study cattle grazing effects on the vegetation…Publication Date 2000-03-01
- springs (water)
- ground cover
- highlands
- species diversity
- riparian buffers
- body weight
- plant communities
- California
- cattle
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- grazing
- dry matter
- 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 RecordSpotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.) management may be enhanced by integrating strategies that stimulate and maintain competitive grasses. The objective of this study was to determine if…Publication Date 2000-05-01
- NPK fertilizers
- ground cover
- weed control
- plant density
- picloram
- Centaurea maculosa
- application rates
- biomass
- botanical composition
- Montana
- defoliation
- grazing
- simulation
- Centaurea maculosa
- integrated weed management
- grass defoliation
- grazing management
- Library Collection RecordWe describe a method of close-range vertical photography and digital image analysis for measuring changes in total projective cover in perennial tussock grasslands of semi-arid Australia. Repeated…Publication Date 2000-11-01
- grassland condition
- Themeda triandra
- photography
- Western Australia
- ground photogrammetry
- ground cover
- image analysis
- semiarid grasslands
- accuracy
- estimation
- fires
- fire effects
- biomass
- bunchgrass
- northwest Australia
- permanent quadrats
- prescribed burning
- rangelands
- Themeda triandra Forsskal
- 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 RecordLivestock production and wildlife habitat objectives become antagonistic on grasslands when the architecture of standing herbage needed for key wildlife species limits the amount of forage that can…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- Tympanuchus phasianellus
- grouse
- habitat destruction
- nesting
- Phasianidae
- timing
- visual obstruction
- multiple use
- ground cover
- controlled grazing
- stocking rate
- Nebraska
- precipitation
- grazing intensity
- botanical composition
- plant height
- autumn visual obstruction
- grazing pressure
- sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) habitat
- Library Collection RecordIt is necessary to quantify rates of woody plant encroachment on southwestern USA rangelands to determine the economic feasibility of treatments designed to manage these plants. This study observed…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- area
- plowing
- root plowing
- woody weeds
- ground cover
- Prosopis glandulosa
- brush control
- precipitation
- spatial distribution
- Texas
- canopy
- honey mesquite
- Prosopis
- density
- shrub encroachment
- aerial photography
- image analysis
- Library Collection RecordAlthough the maintenance of biodiversity has become one of the goals in ecosystem management, the relationships of diversity to ecosystem characteristics such as level of herbivory, productivity, and…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- Lycopodiaceae
- species eveness
- grassland condition
- ground cover
- species diversity
- Saskatchewan
- forbs
- biomass
- range management
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- grasses
- plant height
- biomass
- litter
- sward structure
- Saskatchewan
- Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA)
- Two-way Indicator Species Analysis (TWINSPAN)
- Library Collection RecordTo quantify effects of forage canopy properties, soil surface relief, and hill slope on the hydrologic properties of the soil in a New Zealand hill land pasture, duplicate plots (15 x 3 m) with 3…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- New Zealand
- surface roughness
- water erosion
- ground cover
- slope
- stocking rate
- sandy loam soils
- cattle
- canopy
- infiltration
- trampling
- plant height
- soil water
- Hoof damage
- canopy
- erosion
- surface roughness
- topography
- Library Collection RecordTraditional theories of plant succession leading to a single equilibrium community are being re-evaluated. Alternative theories involving multiple steady states, and state-and-transition processes…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- groundwater
- ecosystems
- soil depth
- arid zones
- ground cover
- water table
- plant ecology
- ecological succession
- riparian buffers
- soil water content
- plant communities
- semiarid zones
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- riparian plant communities
- groundwater
- soil moisture
- state-and-transition models
- Library Collection RecordPrevious authors have described nesting habitat of the northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) throughout its range, but few have compared structural or compositional differences of vegetation…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- nests
- weather
- visibility
- habitat selection
- Colinus virginianus
- ground cover
- habitats
- predators
- reproductive performance
- vegetation
- woody plants
- Oklahoma
- botanical composition
- grasses
- bobwhite
- Colinus virginianus
- gallinaceous
- habitats
- northern
- quail
- upland game
- Library Collection RecordRiparian meadows in central Nevada are highly productive and have been extensively utilized for livestock grazing. Consequently, many have been severely degraded resulting in changes in species…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- soil air
- aeration
- sulfur-coated urea
- rooting
- riparian grasslands
- growth periods
- ground cover
- spatial variation
- reclamation
- species diversity
- temporal variation
- species differences
- cutting
- nitrogen
- biomass production
- plant communities
- land restoration
- overgrazing
- application rates
- establishment
- biomass
- botanical composition
- Nevada
- Nitrogen addition
- clipping
- aeration
- revegetation
- species composition
- water table
- Library Collection RecordThe cover of native and non-native introduced plants was compared between seeded (reclaimed) ski runs and adjacent or nearby unseeded (control) areas at a managed ski area in northern Arizona to…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- sowing
- disturbed soils
- skiing
- topsoil
- soil degradation
- ground cover
- grasslands
- reclamation
- species diversity
- introduced species
- botanical composition
- Arizona
- disturbance
- reclamation
- ski runs
- non-native species
- richness
- Library Collection RecordA 2 year study was conducted to determine the effects of surface cover and roughness on sediment yield from plots subjected to a simulated most damaging storm. This storm, based on long term sediment…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- sediment deposition
- tillage
- surface roughness
- water erosion
- ground cover
- highlands
- storms
- equations
- rain
- Wyoming
- water quality
- sediment yield
- infiltration
- simulation
- soil texture
- sediment yield
- surface cover
- surface roughness
- eolian sediment
- RUSLE
- non-point-source pollution
- water quality
- Library Collection RecordWe present a method for computerizing the transition rules of a state-and-transition model and then linking this model to a geographic information system. The resulting simulation characterizes…Publication Date 1999-01-01
- change
- expert systems
- ground cover
- woodland grasslands
- Quercus douglasii
- Pinus sabiniana
- Mediterranean climate
- grazing intensity
- shrubs
- California
- introduced species
- rangelands
- canopy
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordAssessing vegetation status via remote sensing techniques using various vegetation indices has been successfully applied to semi-arid and arid environments. We tested the feasibility of applying such…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- Israel
- infrared imagery
- wavelengths
- equus hemionus
- visibility
- feral herds
- ground cover
- image analysis
- arid lands
- soil types
- remote sensing
- satellite imagery
- atmosphere
- equations
- dry seasons
- wet season
- vegetation
- seasonal variation
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing, fertilizing, and seeding on persistence of herbaceous species was monitored by point quadrat about every second year from 1975 to 1989 in a low-fertility pasture in the aspen…Publication Date 1999-01-01
- change
- Medicago sativa
- Bromus inermis
- Festuca rubra
- grassland improvement
- sown grasslands
- ground cover
- Poa pratensis
- continuous grazing
- Saskatchewan
- rain
- pastures
- vegetation
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordPreventing the invasion of uninfested rangeland is central to managing spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.). Intensity, frequency, and season of grass defoliation determine the ability of…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- cutting height
- Festuca idahoensis
- ground cover
- cutting frequency
- tillering
- plant density
- Centaurea maculosa
- biomass
- range management
- introduced species
- Montana
- plant competition
- Library Collection RecordChronic overgrazing in the central Andes alters vegetation and may cause erosion and loss of productivity, but quantitative studies are lacking. We measured the relative influence of environmental…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- transhumance
- socioeconomic
- soil organic matter
- grazing time
- ground cover
- controlled grazing
- species diversity
- range condition
- dry seasons
- wet season
- slope
- aspect
- stocking rate
- mountain grasslands
- precipitation
- sheep
- biomass
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- altitude
- Library Collection RecordWe identified land uses, vegetation cover types, and landscape patterns associated with avian community diversity in 2 rural landscapes in a hardwood forest-tallgrass prairie ecotone that differ with…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- rural population
- suburban areas
- roads
- arable land
- patch size
- population change
- breeding places
- deciduous forests
- wild birds
- shrublands
- landscapes
- habitat selection
- ground cover
- land use
- population density
- ecotones
- grasslands
- brush control
- species diversity
- pastures
- Oklahoma
- wildlife management
- prairies
- Library Collection RecordPocket gophers are important disturbance agents in rangelands, yet little is known about how plant responses to gopher disturbances vary with grazing and topography. We measured the spatial…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- Opuntia polyacantha
- Thomomys talpoides
- ground cover
- species diversity
- rain
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- botanical composition
- 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 RecordThis investigation was to determine the carrying capacity of the Southern Plains mixed-grass prairie by measuring vegetation and yearling steer gain responses to 2 replicates of 3 different grazing…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- ground cover
- carrying capacity
- liveweight gain
- rain
- stocking rate
- winter
- Oklahoma
- steers
- summer
- sustainability
- botanical composition
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordWoody perennials have invaded semiarid grasslands throughout the Southwestern United States. This invasion was coupled with decreased grass cover and increased runoff and soil erosion. Fire, which…Publication Date 2000-01-01
- weather
- water erosion
- ground cover
- semiarid grasslands
- ecotones
- brush control
- runoff
- prescribed burning
- shrubs
- soil chemistry
- nitrogen content
- losses from soil
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordSince settlement, cattle grazing has been a major cause of soil disturbance in cold desert ecosystems. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of cattle grazing in different seasons…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- cryptogams
- lichen crusts
- mosses and liverworts
- tillage
- deserts
- ground cover
- winter
- spring
- Idaho
- summer
- cattle
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordIt was hypothesized that the type and height of riparian vegetation would affect its ability to filter and retain inorganic nitrogen (nitrate-nitrogen (NO3(-)-N), ammonium-nitrogen (NH4(+)-N), and…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- nitrate nitrogen
- ammonium nitrogen
- soil density
- Deschampsia cespitosa
- riparian grasslands
- overland flow
- phosphates
- sediments
- ground cover
- Poa pratensis
- Carex rostrata
- runoff
- rainfall simulators
- plant litter
- canopy
- Colorado
- plant height
- soil water