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- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1991
- overgrazing
- Utah
- history
- rangelands
- grazing
- experimental plots
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- seed mixtures
- prairie soils
- sowing
- Idaho
- wildlife
- prairies
- grasslands
- forest fires
- conservation areas
- economic impact
- 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 1995
- botanical composition
- canopy
- Utah
- Purshia tridentata
- grasses
- perennials
- annuals
- Agropyron
- introduced species
- Purshia mexicana var. mexicana
- recruitment
- understory
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1998
- Populus tremuloides
- soil fertility
- Utah
- ecological succession
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Loss of grasslands to shrublands continues. • Demand for livestock products is expected to continue to grow. • Increased demand for red meat may stimulate rangeland livestock…Publication Date 2014-04-01
- cattle
- goats
- grasslands
- secondary plant metabolites
- sheep
- woody plants
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1969
- aerial photography
- aircraft
- remote control
- Utah
- range management
- aerial surveys
- drone airplane
- infrared photography
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1981
- rainfall
- soil erosion
- Saudi Arabia
- grasslands
- goats
- water
- vegetation
- sheep
- desert
- Over Grazing
- rangeland management
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Bison are considered the keystone species of the Great Plains but widespread slaughter led to their near extinction. • Utah has two wild, free-ranging herds on public lands managed as…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- bison
- wildlife restoration
- Utah
- collaboration
- public land
- trust
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Livestock numbers have been declining since the early 1930s but many of the same resource concerns are still present today. • We must change the way we think about and manage…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- grazing
- rangelands
- management
- Utah
- livestock
- 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 1986-12-01
- grasslands
- livestock
- Wyoming
- range management
- grazing
- stocking rate
- wildlife
- competition
- forage
- mountain areas
- mountains
- highlands
- 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 1987-06-01
- savanna woodlands
- annuals
- Poaceae
- environmental factors
- forage
- grasslands
- California
- 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 1987-08-01
- projects
- BLM
- fences
- cooperation
- resource utilization
- Bureau of Land Management
- water troughs
- federal government
- forage
- wildlife
- Utah
- cattle
- rotational grazing
- rangelands
- prescribed burning
- 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 1987-08-01
- range management
- ranching
- computer software
- production
- economic analysis
- Utah
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordAlso included is the poem “Bringing Up the Scholars” by Bill Stewart (1977). This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National…Publication Date 1987-08-01
- prescribed burning
- annuals
- nutrients
- erosion control
- perennials
- plant competition
- herbicides
- controlled grazing
- grasslands
- Oklahoma
- 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 1987-12-01
- rangelands
- Nevada
- Utah
- environmental impact reporting
- Idaho
- riparian buffers
- resource management
- plant ecology
- Intermountain research Station
- research projects
- 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
- abnormal development
- Libya
- stress
- drought injury
- species
- Poaceae
- plant development
- plant ecology
- environmental factors
- grasslands
- semiarid zones
- 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 1988-06-01
- The Minnesota Tallgrass Prairie Association
- Minnesota
- conservation
- resource management
- conservation areas
- natural resources
- prairies
- grasslands
- plant communities
- ecosystems
- 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 1988-06-01
- The Minnesota Tallgrass Prairie Association
- Minnesota
- conservation
- resource management
- conservation areas
- natural resources
- prairies
- grasslands
- plant communities
- ecosystems
- 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 1988-08-01
- range management
- Utah
- establishment
- forage
- introduced species
- Penstemon palmeri
- resistance to injurious factors
- Penstemon
- plant development
- winter hardiness
- 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 1988-10-01
- natural resource management
- federal government
- national forests
- Utah
- range management
- grazing
- multiple land use
- 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 1989-06-01
- rangelands
- rangeland soils
- British Columbia
- geology
- grasslands
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1991
- overgrazing
- Utah
- history
- rangelands
- grazing
- experimental plots
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- wildlife management
- grazing
- range management
- livestock
- Colorado
- grasslands
- wildlife
- overgrazing
- conservation
- water systems
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- seed mixtures
- prairie soils
- sowing
- Idaho
- wildlife
- prairies
- grasslands
- forest fires
- conservation areas
- economic impact
- 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 1995
- botanical composition
- canopy
- Utah
- Purshia tridentata
- grasses
- perennials
- annuals
- Agropyron
- introduced species
- Purshia mexicana var. mexicana
- recruitment
- understory
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1998
- Populus tremuloides
- soil fertility
- Utah
- ecological succession
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1969
- aerial photography
- aircraft
- remote control
- Utah
- range management
- aerial surveys
- drone airplane
- infrared photography
- Library Collection RecordRangeland fire is a common naturally occurring event and management tool, with the amount and structure of biomass controlling transfer of heat belowground. Temperatures that grasshopper eggs are…Publication Date 2013-01-01
- Aulocara elliotti
- bigheaded grasshopper
- fire
- grasslands
- obscure grasshopper
- Orthoptera
- Library Collection RecordWe examined the effect of fire on vegetation composition with the use of an experiment with four different fire frequencies (annual, 2-yr interval, 4-yr interval, and an intended control with no…Publication Date 2013-05-01
- C3 and C4 grasses
- fire frequency
- grasslands
- legumes
- Lespedeza capitata
- old fields
- Poa pratensis
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- species richness
- succession
- Library Collection RecordPurple threeawn (Aristida purpurea Nutt. varieties) is a native grass capable of increasing on rangelands, forming near monocultures, and creating a stable state. Productive rangelands throughout the…Publication Date 2013-09-01
- Aristida
- grasslands
- nitrogen amendments
- prescribed burning
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordGrasslands and agroecosystems occupy one-third of the terrestrial area, but their contribution to the global carbon cycle remains uncertain. We used a set of 316 site-years of CO2 exchange…Publication Date 2010-01-01
- cropland
- ecosystem respiration
- grasslands
- gross primary reduction
- light-response function method
- net CO2 flux partitioning
- net ecosystem CO2 exchange
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed burning of aboveground biomass in tallgrass prairie is common and may influence dynamics and magnitudes of carbon (C) movement between the surface and atmosphere. Carbon dioxide (CO2)…Publication Date 2010-01-01
- conditional sampling
- fire
- grasslands
- Konza Prairie
- land management
- net ecosystem exchange
- Library Collection RecordNutrient controls of ecosystem pattern and process have been widely studied at the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, a well-studied California rangeland ecosystem. Here we review these studies, from…Publication Date 2010-01-01
- California rangelands
- carbon
- elevated CO2
- global change
- grasslands
- Jasper Ridge
- nitrogen
- nutrient limitation
- phosphorus
- Library Collection RecordRangelands occupy 50% of Earth’s land surface and thus are important in the terrestrial carbon (C) cycle. For rangelands and other terrestrial ecosystems, the balance between photosynthetic uptake of…Publication Date 2010-03-01
- climatic variability
- deserts
- functional change
- grasslands
- shrublands
- variability in carbon flux
- Library Collection RecordFuel loading information is important for prescribed fire planning, evaluating wildfire risk, and understanding fire effects in grassland. Yet fuel loads in grasslands often go unmeasured because of…Publication Date 2011-01-01
- fire
- fuel load
- grasslands
- photo board
- techniques
- Library Collection RecordGrazing management has focused largely on promoting vegetation homogeneity through uniform distribution of grazing to minimize area in a pasture that is either heavily disturbed or undisturbed. An…Publication Date 2008-01-01
- ecosystem management
- equilibrium
- grasslands
- grazing
- heterogeneity
- landscape ecology
- patch dynamics
- plant-animal interactions
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordGovernment agencies are subject to increasing public scrutiny of land management practices. Consequently, rigorous, yet efficient, monitoring protocols are needed to provide defensible quantitative…Publication Date 2008-07-01
- grasslands
- observer error
- plant canopy cover
- point-frequency model
- vegetation monitoring
- visual estimates
- Library Collection RecordRangelands account for almost half of the earth’s land surface and may play an important role in the global carbon (C) cycle. We studied net ecosystem exchange (NEE) of C on eight North American…Publication Date 2008-09-01
- carbon flux
- grasslands
- sequestration
- shrub steppe
- Library Collection RecordRunoff and sediment yield from rangelands are extremely important variables that affect productivity, but are difficult to quantify. Studies have been conducted to assess erosion on rangelands, but…Publication Date 2008-09-01
- channels
- erosion
- grasslands
- rainfall simulation
- rills
- surface hydrology
- Library Collection RecordPrecipitation-use efficiency (PUE) is a key determinant of aboveground net primary production (ANPP). We used long-term datasets to contrast ANPP and PUE estimates between northern (southeast Montana…Publication Date 2009-05-01
- climate change
- drought
- grasslands
- precipitation-use efficiency
- primary production
- rangelands
- water
- Library Collection RecordPast research has shown that changes in grazing-resistance traits may be associated with genetic changes in plant populations. Little is known about spatial genetic relationships within plant…Publication Date 2009-07-01
- apomixis
- genetic diversity
- grasslands
- grazing
- history
- Library Collection RecordDrought is an inherent trait of most rangelands and sound management necessitates managers address two fundamental questions when facing a drought situation. The first question is, ‘‘what is the…Publication Date 2006-07-01
- drought management
- forage quality
- grasslands
- primary production
- northern Great Plains
- soil water
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordHousing developments are replacing ranches in the southwestern United States, with potentially significant but little-studied ecological effects. We counted grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) and…Publication Date 2006-11-01
- Acrididae
- fire
- forbs
- grasslands
- grazing
- livestock
- mesquite
- oak
- Library Collection RecordExpert opinion was sought on 2 issues relating to herbivory: seasonal sheep preferences for plant species and seasonal plant response to grazing. Expert opinion is commonly used to parameterize…Publication Date 2007-03-01
- conflict
- grasslands
- heathlands
- herbivory
- knowledge
- uncertainty
- Library Collection RecordHigh plant functional group diversity has been hypothesized to reduce resource concentrations based on the assumption that species from one functional group acquire resources similarly to one another…Publication Date 2007-05-01
- ammonium
- competition
- grasslands
- nitrates
- removal experience
- seasonal nutrient use
- soil nutrients
- Library Collection RecordQuestions have been raised about whether herbaceous productivity declines linearly with grazing or whether low levels of grazing can increase productivity. This paper reports the response of forage…Publication Date 2007-11-01
- grasslands
- grazing optimization hypothesis
- grazing pressure
- net primary production
- northern mixed-grass prairie
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordHyperspectral 1-m-resolution remote sensing has the potential to reduce the time spent sampling and reduce spatial sampling errors found in traditional forage nutritive analysis over large areas. The…Publication Date 2005-09-01
- grasslands
- riparian
- vegetation index
- biochemical
- Library Collection RecordThis study was designed to determine the utility of a 1-m-resolution hyperspectral sensor to estimate total and live biomass along with the individual biomass of litter, grasses, forbs, sedges,…Publication Date 2005-09-01
- vegetation indices
- grasslands
- riparian
- standing crop