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- Library Collection RecordWe investigated the hypothesis that not only forage allowance but also sward structure affects daily forage intake by beef heifers on natural grasslands of the Pampa Biome (southern Brazil). We used…Publication Date 2016
- alkane
- grazing intensity
- intake rate
- nutrient intake
- Pampa biome
- tussocks
- Library Collection RecordWe investigated the hypothesis that not only forage allowance but also sward structure affects daily forage intake by beef heifers on natural grasslands of the Pampa Biome (southern Brazil). We used…Publication Date 2016
- alkane
- grazing intensity
- intake rate
- nutrient intake
- Pampa biome
- tussocks
- Library Collection RecordCurrently, livestock management in the North American Great Plains aims for even use of forage, which creates a homogenous landscape. Reintroducing heterogeneity, defined here as the variation in…Publication Date 2015-07
- conservation grazing
- grazing intensity
- habitat heterogeneity
- Native Grassland
- protected areas
- Library Collection RecordNative warm-season grasses (NWSG) currently are being promoted for livestock forage and biofuels feedstock in the Mid-South. However, there are no published data on how NWSG managed with livestock in…Publication Date 2015-03
- grassland songbirds
- grazing intensity
- native warm-season grasses
- northern bobwhite
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordThe interaction of resource availability and disturbance can strongly affect plant species richness and the spread of exotic plants. Several ecological theories posit that disturbance mediates the…Publication Date 2014-11
- California
- camera trap
- Festuca perennis
- grazing intensity
- invasive species
- principal response curves
- Library Collection RecordState-and-transition models for semiarid grasslands in the North American Great Plains suggest that the presence of herbivorous black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) on a site 1) creates a…Publication Date 2014-11
- ecological sites
- grazing intensity
- resilience
- shortgrass steppe
- state-and-transition models
- western Great Plains
- Library Collection RecordEffects of grazing management systems (GS) on biomass production and nutritional quality of rangeland vegetation in semiarid regions are extensively studied; however, limited information is available…Publication Date 2014-03
- Alternating grazing
- continuous grazing
- grazing intensity
- inner Mongolia
- Live weight gain
- steppe
- 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 1991-02-01
- permeability
- liveweight gain
- soil water
- profitability
- forage
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- controlled grazing
- rotational grazing
- Wyoming
- beef cattle
- 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 1991-06-01
- deserts
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- New Mexico
- sustainability
- rangelands
- 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 1991-06-01
- forage
- Saskatchewan
- land use
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- beef production
- beef cattle
- 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 1991-08-01
- Yemen
- climatic factors
- free range husbandry
- grazing intensity
- 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 1992-12-01
- grazing
- forest fires
- Montana
- afforestation
- grasslands
- grazing intensity
- forest ecology
- forest damage
- sowing
- forest 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 1994-10-01
- wildlife management
- botanical composition
- canopy
- grazing intensity
- Utah
- Arizona
- arid zones
- vegetation
- tortoises
- 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 1994-12-01
- rangelands
- livestock
- grazing intensity
- forage
- utilization
- relative utilization
- 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 1994-12-01
- semiarid grasslands
- risk
- drought
- grazing intensity
- New Mexico
- rotational grazing
- beef cattle
- 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 1998-10-01
- range condition
- public domain
- grazing intensity
- range management
- 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 1999-04-01
- rangelands
- cattle
- performance
- grazing experiments
- controlled grazing
- costs and returns
- grazing intensity
- stocking rate
- sheep
- literature reviews
- 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 1999-08-01
- dormancy
- sward destruction
- timing
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- New Mexico
- botanical composition
- 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 1999-08-01
- grazing intensity
- 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 1999-12-01
- liveweight gain
- mortality
- lambing rate
- lambs
- fleece weight
- biomass production
- weaning weight
- income
- range condition
- forage
- rain
- Arizona
- Utah
- sheep
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- costs and returns
- cattle
- New Mexico
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- range management
- 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 2000-02-01
- range management
- botanical composition
- Alberta
- ecological succession
- grazing intensity
- stocking rate
- climax communities
- range condition
- 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 2000-02-01
- range management
- beef cattle
- rotational grazing
- Alberta
- ecological succession
- grazing intensity
- stocking rate
- literature reviews
- Western United States
- rain
- range condition
- infiltration
- 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 2000-04-01
- herds
- intensive livestock farming
- cattle herding
- overgrazing
- riparian buffers
- Idaho
- grazing intensity
- beef cattle
- 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 2000-04-01
- cattle
- grazing intensity
- geographic information systems
- slope
- selective grazing
- water availability
- 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 2000-06-01
- grazing intensity
- New Mexico
- rangelands
- 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 2000-12-01
- quality
- dietary quality
- Pleuraphis jamesii
- forage
- Arizona
- grazing intensity
- Elytrigia elongata
- Achnatherum hymenoides
- grasses
- Atriplex canescens
- 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 2002-08-01
- controlled grazing
- cattle
- rotational grazing
- prescribed burning
- grazing intensity
- stocking rate
- literature reviews
- brush control
- grazing trials
- economic analysis
- veld
- Zimbabwe
- Library Collection RecordLivestock grazing at light-to-moderate intensities can have positive impacts on rangeland vegetation in arid-to-semiarid areas. The Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range…Publication Date 2006-02-01
- rangelands
- grazing intensity
- grazing management
- vegetation
- species diversity
- crop production
- drought
- statistics
- Western United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1994
- wildlife management
- botanical composition
- canopy
- grazing intensity
- Utah
- Arizona
- arid zones
- vegetation
- tortoises
- 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 1988-02-01
- dry matter
- precipitation
- guidelines
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- livestock
- 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 1989-08-01
- Zigadenus
- poisonous weeds
- symptoms
- 2,4-D
- poisoning
- toxicity
- Canada
- sheep
- grazing intensity
- spring
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1994
- wildlife management
- botanical composition
- canopy
- grazing intensity
- Utah
- Arizona
- arid zones
- vegetation
- tortoises
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1969
- range management
- botanical composition
- Alberta
- ecological succession
- grazing intensity
- stocking rate
- climax communities
- range condition
- 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 1964-03-01
- Rainy Season
- seasonal variation
- coverage
- Summer Season
- Grazing Intensities
- origin
- grazing intensity
- India
- forbs
- grasses
- management
- Library Collection RecordSixweeks fescue was found unacceptable to cattle at all seasons and nitrogen fertilization did not increase its rooting strength or palatability. It contributed nothing to forage supply and…Publication Date 1964-09-01
- Festuca octoflora
- sixweeks fescue
- Seasonal Extent
- Cattle Preferences
- Plant Phenology
- Weather Changes
- residual effects
- herbicide treatments
- Central Plains Experimental Range
- grazing intensity
- ammonium nitrate
- nitrogen fertilization
- utilization
- blue grama
- growth
- species composition
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordThis work aimed to evaluate the following hypotheses: 1) the daily grazing time (GT) and 2) forage searching are more associated with the sward structure than with the levels of daily forage…Publication Date 2012-07-01
- displacement in grazing
- grazing intensity
- grazing pressure
- ingestive behavior
- natural grasslands
- Pampa biome
- Library Collection RecordGrazing is regarded as one of the most important factors influencing rangeland ecosystems. Many previous studies have used indirect measures (proxies) of grazing intensity, such as the distance from…Publication Date 2013-01-01
- Alpine region
- grazing intensity
- pika
- Tibetan Plateau
- yak
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding how stocking rate or grazing intensity affects the abundance of common plant species is fundamental to the sustainable management of rangelands. We had the unique opportunity to…Publication Date 2006-03-01
- grazing intensity
- mixed prairie
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed cattle grazing is often used to purposely enhance wildlife habitat. This study investigated the effects of fall cattle (Bos taurus) grazing intensity on elk (Cervus elaphus) and deer (…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- wildlife-livestock relations
- Festuca altaica
- Cervus elaphus
- spring
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- summer
- grazing intensity
- Odocoileus
- cattle
- wildlife management
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- Montana
- Cervus elaphus
- Festuca scabrella
- Odocoileus spp.
- livestock-wildlife relations
- prescribed livestock grading
- Library Collection RecordScaled quail (Callipepla squamata) numbers were evaluated during and after a 2-year drought period using strip census techniques on 2 pastures in late seral rangeland ecological condition and 2…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- Callipepla
- population size
- Callipepla squamata
- game birds
- seral stages
- vegetation cover
- wildlife habitats
- arid lands
- ecological succession
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- drought
- plant litter
- New Mexico
- upland game birds
- wildlife
- arid lands
- cattle grazing
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThe sustainability and resilience of an Asian typical steppe grazing ecosystem was assessed by determining thresholds and stable states with an ecosystem simulation model. This analysis used the…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- sustainable agriculture
- grazing management
- ecological resilience
- permanent grasslands
- primary productivity
- simulation models
- herbaceous plants
- roots
- arid lands
- savannas
- stocking rate
- China
- precipitation
- grazing intensity
- shrubs
- biomass
- grazing management
- modeling
- thresholds
- sustainability and resilience
- typical steppe
- inner Mongolia
- Library Collection RecordThe relationship between stocking density and grazing distribution was studied in eastern Nebraska pastures seeded to a warm-season, tall-grass mixture and grazed at 4 stocking densities: 9, 18, 27,…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- sown pastures
- pasture management
- leaves
- spatial variation
- height
- rain
- stocking rate
- length
- Nebraska
- Panicum virgatum
- Andropogon gerardii
- tillers
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- crop yield
- feeding preferences
- big bluestem
- switchgrass
- uniformity index
- herbage allowance
- Library Collection RecordThe study analyzed the basal area and density of perennial grasses along a cattle grazing intensity gradient away from a water development. Several mechanisms explaining combinations of changes in…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- Aristida
- Chloris
- Aristida inversa
- Aristida mendocina
- Chloris castilloniana
- shrublands
- basal area
- population density
- savannas
- grazing intensity
- range management
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- beef cattle
- distance from water
- basal area
- plant density
- Library Collection RecordCommunity-level (per unit area) and individual tiller reproductive biomass inside and outside of long-term exclosures on the northern winter range of Yellowstone National Park, USA were compared.…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- Yellowstone National Park
- bison
- seed productivity
- Cervus elaphus
- winter
- Antilocapra americana
- tillering
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- defoliation
- literature reviews
- grasses
- grasslands
- ungulates
- grazing
- clipping
- seed production and yield
- Yellowstone National Park
- literature reviews
- Library Collection RecordWyoming Coal Rules and Regulations require shrubs be returned to mined land and that revegetation "...be self renewing." We evaluated seed production and seed quality of Wyoming big…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- mulches
- environmental law
- fences
- windbreaks
- mined soils
- conservation plants
- browse plants
- seed productivity
- yields
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- Artemisia tridentata
- land restoration
- browsing
- environmental effects
- seed quality
- big game
- soil moisture
- ecological restoration
- Library Collection RecordNon-selective grazing (NSG) is a relatively novel way of farming livestock in the Nama Karoo of South Africa. Our key question was how heavy grazing under this high-intensity, low-frequency grazing…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- soil microorganisms
- cell respiration
- infiltration (hydrology)
- aggregate stability
- mixed grazing
- soil organic matter
- South Africa
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- range management
- grazing systems
- hoof action
- infiltration
- intensive herbivory
- microbial respiration
- semiarid
- Library Collection RecordKnowledge of the relationship between stocking rate or grazing intensity and plant production is fundamental to the sustainable management of rangelands. The general management paradigm is that plant…Publication Date 2004-03-01
- grazing intensity
- mixed prairie
- biomass
- composition
- Library Collection RecordA grazing experiment was conducted from 1992 to 1996 at a sandy grassland in the Horqin sandy land, located in the northeastern part of China. The grassland had been grazed by sheep for many years…Publication Date 2004-03-01
- grazing intensity
- species diversity
- desertification
- China
- Library Collection RecordRiparian areas link streams with their terrestrial catchments and decrease water pollution by trapping sediments from upland sources before they reach streams or lakes. Livestock grazing in riparian…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- mountain soils
- bioallethrin
- drainage
- water flow resistance
- terrain
- channels
- soil organic matter
- soil density
- riparian grasslands
- overland flow
- runoff
- rainfall simulators
- grazing intensity
- plant density
- biomass
- plant litter
- bulk density
- Colorado
- soil water
- runoff
- stem density
- microchannels
- sinuosity
- drainage density
- rainfall simulation
- Library Collection RecordNutritional stress is an important mortality factor for wintering mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus Rafinesque), particularly fawns. The rate at which fawns utilize existing fat stores is at…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- twig diameter
- geographical variation
- nutrient content
- habitats
- Purshia tridentata
- browse plants
- Bromus tectorum
- diameter
- winter
- Idaho
- diet
- crude protein
- grazing intensity
- Odocoileus hemionus
- in vitro digestibility
- browsing
- dry matter
- nutritional quality
- mule deer
- in vitro dry-matter digestibility
- crude protein
- Purshia tridentata
- Bromus tectorum