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- Library Collection RecordOver 400,000 km2 of the Intermountain West is colonized by cheatgrass and other annual grasses. Planning and management actions designed to foster perennial grass health throughout the region have…Publication Date 2018-06
- Bromus tectorum
- fuels management
- Great Basin
- Intermountain West
- invasive annuals
- remnant perennial grasses
- Library Collection RecordIn eight counties in Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska characterized by high levels of intact Northern Great Plains grassland habitat, ranchers observe the following sustainability challenges: Land…Publication Date 2018-06
- conservation
- life cycle
- ranching
- succession
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordOur study confirms that grazing by cattle and horses can negatively impact riparian ecosystems if not properly managed. Population levels and grazing patterns of wild free-roaming horses limit…Publication Date 2018-04
- game camera
- grazing
- species interaction
- streambank alteration
- stubble height
- Library Collection RecordTanglehead is a native bunchgrass with a pan-tropical distribution. Historically, tanglehead was common but not abundant in southern Texas and was considered a decreaser whose presence indicated good…Publication Date 2018-04
- grazing management
- habitat quality
- invasive grasses
- native grasses
- prescribed fire
- rangeland improvement
- Library Collection RecordAlthough research on the behavior of individual animals has been growing in recent years, the role that individual variation among animals may play in the outcome of species interactions in nature…Publication Date 2018-02
- granivorous rodents
- individual variation
- livestock
- mountain lions
- rangeland management
- sage-grouse
- Library Collection RecordRangeland vulnerability assessments have the potential to function as conceptual tools for policymakers and rangeland users to ensure the sustainable management of vulnerable rangelands. This…Publication Date 2018-02
- biophysical indicators
- integrated approaches
- Me-Bar and Valdez technique
- socioeconomic indicators
- sustainability
- vulnerability
- Library Collection RecordBeef production is perceived as using large amounts of water, and some studies recommend decreasing or ceasing meat consumption to decrease water use. Water footprints include different types of…Publication Date 2018-02
- beef cattle
- ecosystem benefits
- rangeland
- water use
- Library Collection RecordWe compared land cover attributes on rangeland pastures with strategically managed ranches (SGM), continuously stocked (CS), and rested pastures. SGM pastures had less upland bare ground and more…Publication Date 2018-02
- complex systems
- remote sensing
- riparian vegetation
- strategic grazing management
- upland bare ground
- Library Collection RecordA Purdue University researcher led development of a free, web-based application that will allow those using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to easily log their flight-related data.Publication Date 2018
- drones
- Flight
- Data
- research
- unmanned aerial systems
- UAS
- Library Collection RecordThe Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) was included in the 1973 Endangered Species Act listing of the gray wolf (C. lupus), but then listed separately as a subspecies in 2015. Early accounts of its…Publication Date 2018
- Canis lupus baileyi
- Genetic integrity
- Genetic swamping
- historical range
- recovery
- Library Collection RecordThe Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) was historically distributed throughout the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Extensive predator removal campaigns during the early 20th…Publication Date 2018
- Arizona
- conservation genomics
- gray wolves
- hybridization
- New Mexico
- single nucleotide polymorphisms
- Library Collection RecordLife on the Range is an educational project that showcases stories about the ever-changing landscape of ranching, multiple-use management, entrepreneurial spirit, family and stewardship on Idaho’s…Publication Date 2018
- rangelands
- ranching
- Idaho
- family
- stories
- Library Collection RecordA story map about ranch management for cows and quail in Texas. NRCS Conservation Roadtrip.Publication Date 2018
- quails
- ranching
- management
- wildlife
- wildlife conservation
- wildlife management
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordA series of 3 workshops on brush management funded by WSARE. Links to presentations, handouts and videos.Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- video
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- Library Collection RecordGully erosion and channel incision are widespread problems reducing the function and resilience of wet meadows and riparian areas. The loss of natural water storage capacity in these systems is of…Publication Date 2018
- Upland areas
- upland soils
- landscape
- Landscape morphology
- water conservation
- water erosion
- monitoring
- ecological restoration
- rock structures
- Water Infiltration
- Library Collection RecordFew grazing themes so endure yet are so difficult for outsiders to document with certainty as historical and current-day livestock grazing routes: stock driveways. Excursions from one biome, ecotone…Publication Date 2018
- transhumance
- livestock grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe phenomenon of cheatgrass die-off is a common and naturally occurring stand failure that can eliminate the presence of this annual grass for a year or more, affecting tens of thousands of hectares…Publication Date 2017-12
- Bromus tectorum
- cheatgrass
- die-off
- Great Basin
- restoration
- revegetation
- Library Collection RecordEastern redcedar trees have encroached on Great Plains grasslands and are spreading at a glacial pace, reducing forage production, destroying native ecosystems, and producing human health harming…Publication Date 2017-12
- Business
- Eastern Redcedar
- economics
- encroaching species
- removal
- Library Collection RecordFour-wing saltbush is an important browse species for wildlife and domestic livestock and has been reported to provide as much as 11.4% to 13.6% crude protein. Granivorous rodents are important in…Publication Date 2017-12
- granivorous rodents
- Saltbush
- seed predation
- seedling predation
- Library Collection RecordCheatgrass has transformed secondary succession in arid sagebrush plant communities in the Great Basin by providing a fine-textured, early maturing fuel that increases the chance, rate, spread, and…Publication Date 2017-12
- fuels management
- seeding
- Suppression
- weed control
- Library Collection RecordWe present information useful to various stakeholders, including land managers, agency personnel, practitioners, and researchers, as it presents methodology for ○ Determining the best period for hay…Publication Date 2017-10
- climate change
- Geographic Information System
- grasslands
- Pastoralists
- rangelands
- remote sensing
- Library Collection RecordRangeland monitoring is an important component of rangeland management. The Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition developed a rangeland monitoring program (RMP) in 2009 to assist livestock producers in…Publication Date 2017-10
- adaptive management
- rangeland monitoring
- survey
- university extension
- Library Collection RecordMany public agencies and land trusts that manage grazing lands are interested in using remote sensing technologies to make their monitoring programs more efficient but lack the expertise to do so. In…Publication Date 2017-10
- California annual grassland
- conservation easement
- decision-support tool
- MODIS
- RDMapper
- residual dry matter
- Library Collection RecordThis study assesses the drought coping strategies of rangeland users (RUs) in Fars province in southwest Iran. Our findings reveal that in the RUs’ experience, the most effective drought coping…Publication Date 2017-10
- drought
- grazing capacity
- Indigenous knowledge
- rangeland improvement
- stocking rate
- sustainable rangeland management
- Library Collection RecordSoils properties can affect the ability of an animal to dig burrows for habitat and survival purposes. The Sonoran (Gopherus morafkai) and Mojave Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) require burrows…Publication Date 2017-06
- ecological site
- habitats of opportunity
- soils and landform characteristics
- soils classification criteria
- Sonoran Desert Tortoise
- upland rangeland health
- Library Collection RecordOur experience shows that land management agencies rely on upland water and deferred rotation grazing systems to reduce riparian use and improve conditions, rather than addressing stocking rate and…Publication Date 2017-06
- bank alteration
- deferred rotatio
- riparian
- stubble height
- upland water
- utilization
- Library Collection RecordWind erosion is a major resource concern for rangeland managers because it can impact soil health, ecosystem structure and function, hydrologic processes, agricultural production, and air quality.…Publication Date 2017-06
- air quality
- Dust
- Long-Term Agroecosystem Research
- network
- soil health
- Library Collection RecordBiodiversity is an important ecosystem service provided by rangelands. However, the close link between biodiversity and rangelands often results in conflicts between human livelihood and biological…Publication Date 2017-04
- Chile
- guanaco
- livestock-wildlife conflict
- Patagonia
- ranching
- Tierra del Fuego
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground Despite prescribed fire programs, invasive juniper trees are increasing in the Great Plains. Continued encroachment of junipers in the Great Plains, especially eastern redcedar and Ashe…Publication Date 2017-04
- Eastern Redcedar
- economics
- fire
- invasive species
- Juniperus
- policy
- Library Collection RecordWe used social-science methods to study how social, economic, technical, and institutional factors have influenced medusahead control near Paradise, Utah, over the past 25 years. In general, control…Publication Date 2017-04
- community-based natural resource management
- risk and uncertainty in restoration ecology
- social-ecological systems
- Taeniatherum caput-medusae
- weed extension
- Weed Prevention Area
- Library Collection RecordOpportunities for rangeland inventory and monitoring have been transformed by innovations in both indicator and methods standardization and new technologies. These technologies make it easier to…Publication Date 2017-04
- assessment
- inventory
- mobile apps
- monitoring
- Library Collection RecordDrought response is widely varied depending on both the characteristics of the drought and the ability of individual ranchers to respond. Assistance from institutions during drought has not typically…Publication Date 2017-04
- adaptive management
- C sequestration
- decision support
- drought policy
- Library Collection RecordThe concepts of animal units, animal unit months, and animal unit equivalents have long been used as standards for range management planning, estimating stocking rates, reporting actual use,…Publication Date 2017-02
- animal unit
- animal unit equivalent
- animal unit month
- Cow Weights
- forage requirement
- stocking rates
- 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 RecordIn this article, I share river restoration techniques for land owners whose ranch property boundaries extend to the middle of a river. These lessons learned may help other ranchers save money and…Publication Date 2017-02
- East Central New Mexico
- establishing cottonwoods and willows
- lessons learned
- Pecos River
- river restoration
- Library Collection RecordMaintaining plant diversity under livestock grazing and long droughts is a challenge in arid rangelands. Maintaining the plant diversity can and has been done through rotation grazing and movement of…Publication Date 2017-02
- Arizona Strip
- diversity
- frequency
- grazing system
- species composition
- utilization
- Library Collection RecordIn Alberta, Canada beef producers share the landscape with large carnivores where interactions can lead to negative outcomes. We had 672 Alberta beef producers complete an online survey in spring…Publication Date 2017-02
- beef producer
- cattle producer
- compensation
- human wildlife interactions
- large carnivores
- livestock depredation
- Library Collection RecordKeeping an Eye on Drought: Satellite Based Drought Monitoring and AssessmentPublication Date 2017
- drought
- remote sensing
- Southwestern United States
- Library Collection RecordLoess Plateau covers 640 000 km2 in the central northern China. Despite a semiarid environment, harsh winters, and hot summers, agriculture has been practiced in this region for > 5 000 yr,…Publication Date 2017
- land use conversion
- semiarid region
- soil organic carbon
- soil total nitrogen
- soil total phosphorus
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangeland Ecology & Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further…Publication Date 2017
- Library Collection RecordThe presence of gray wolves (Canis lupus) can directly and indirectly affect beef cattle (Bos taurus) production on rangelands of the Northern Rocky Mountains. While fairly extensive knowledge exists…Publication Date 2017
- behavior
- Bos taurus
- Canis lupus
- Impact-Control
- Northern Rocky Mountains
- predation threat
- Library Collection RecordUS government agencies are adopting state and transition models (STMs) for rangeland evaluation, monitoring, and management. This research demonstrates advantages of combining STMs and ranch economic…Publication Date 2017
- dynamic optimization
- ecological sites
- ranch economics
- state and transition models
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding the capture and redistribution of water within ecological sites should improve our understanding of the function of rangeland watersheds. We compare ecological site physical properties…Publication Date 2017
- ecological sites
- infiltration
- overland flow
- runoff
- Spatial scale
- Library Collection RecordAlthough crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum [L] Gaertn. & A. desertorum [Fisch. ex Link] Schult.) has been one of the most commonly seeded exotic species in the western United States,…Publication Date 2017
- Agropyron cristatum & desertorum
- brush management
- ecological site
- native shrub
- succession
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordUtah lotus (Lotus utahensis Ottley) is a North American leguminous forb that may hold promise for rangeland revegetation in the western United States for diversifying planting mixtures, attracting…Publication Date 2017
- Condensed tannin
- Lotus corniculatus
- Lotus utahensis
- Lotus wrightii
- rangeland legumes
- rangeland plant materials
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordThe shortgrass steppe (SGS) occupies the southwestern part of the Great Plains. Half of the land is cultivated, but significant areas remain under natural vegetation. Despite previous studies of the…Publication Date 2017
- Bowen ratio-energy balance
- CO2 flux partitioning
- ecosystem respiration
- eddy covariance
- gross primary production
- shortgrass steppe
- Library Collection RecordThe natural Andean vegetation environment is the most important resource available to local pastoralist economies. Knowledge of its attributes is vital in assessing ecosystem properties and improves…Publication Date 2017
- biomass
- puna
- shrubs
- tussocks
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordSpectral indices derived from satellite observations, such as the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), are widely used for grassland monitoring and…Publication Date 2017
- Aqua
- EVI
- grassland
- MODIS
- Mongolia
- NDVI
- Terra
- vegetation cover
- Library Collection RecordThe extent and heterogeneity of rangelands in the state of Nevada (United States) pose a challenging situation for land managers when determining stocking levels for livestock grazing.…Publication Date 2017
- drought
- grazing
- livestock
- MODIS
- PDSI
- precipitation
- Library Collection RecordPhenotypic plasticity enables plants to cope with changes in their environment. Plasticity in a population of Leymus chinensis, a common grass species in arid and semiarid temperate grasslands of…Publication Date 2017
- grazing intensity gradient
- Leymus chinensis
- phenotypic plasticity
- transplant garden