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- Library Collection RecordThe effects of stocking rate and grazing method on performance of yearling beef cattle grazing tallgrass prairies in north-central Oklahoma were evaluated from 1989 to 1994. Pastures dominated by big…Publication Date 1999-03-01
- costs and returns
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- production costs
- liveweight gain
- continuous grazing
- rain
- stocking rate
- Sorghastrum nutans
- Andropogon gerardii
- rotational grazing
- Oklahoma
- steers
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordDespite large efforts to generate and extend management innovations for rangeland operators, little is known about the degree to which practices are used. We determined what influenced use of 26…Publication Date 1999-01-01
- socioeconomic status
- innovation adoption
- farm surveys
- farmers' income
- livestock numbers
- public domain
- ranching
- range management
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordBoth the Society for Range Management's (1995) Task Group on Unity in Concepts and Terminology (UCT) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (1997) have recommended use of the ecological…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- land classification
- semi-desert scrub
- landscape ecology
- geographic information systems
- texture
- pinyon-juniper
- semiarid grasslands
- fire ecology
- slope
- range management
- botanical composition
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordEstimates of forage use are often the basis for important management decisions (e.g., determining carrying capacity and setting stocking rates). Using both hypothetical and field data, we examine the…Publication Date 1999-03-01
- sample plot technique
- data analysis
- representative sampling
- estimation
- yields
- plant communities
- Cervus elaphus canadensis
- rangelands
- Utah
- forage
- Library Collection RecordDrought is an ambiguous term, subject to expectation and the weight of emphasis on meteorological, agricultural, hydrological and socio-economic dimensions. Uncertainty associated with the…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- hydrologic data
- water holding capacity
- extensive livestock farming
- desertification
- subsidies
- risk reduction
- soil degradation
- crusts
- ground cover
- semiarid grasslands
- ranching
- soil erosion
- issues and policy
- stocking rate
- vegetation
- drought injury
- dry environmental conditions
- overgrazing
- drought
- range management
- Library Collection RecordTo define alfalfa crop loss from depredating mule deer, the spotlight count and paired plot techniques were applied in 12 fields located throughout Utah. Protected and grazed plots were used to…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- enumeration
- crop losses
- alfalfa
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordAshe juniper (Junius ashei, Buckholz) is increasing on most sites across the Edwards Plateau of Texas. It is the purpose of this investigation to document the influence of Ashe juniper tree size on…Publication Date 1997-09-01
- browse line
- light penetration
- size
- Juniperus ashei
- understory
- Odocoileus virginianus
- stocking rate
- goats
- Texas
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- canopy
- browsing
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of fall and spring sheep use on cover components and recovery following a change in seasonality of grazing practices, were studied within long-term grazing treatments of three-tip…Publication Date 1998-05-01
- Artemisia tripartita
- Balsamorhiza
- timing
- ground cover
- controlled grazing
- stocking rate
- Idaho
- semiarid zones
- sheep
- plant density
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- canopy
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordA four-year study was conducted to investigate effects of continuous and short duration grazing in spring on standing crop and tiller density of crested wheatgrass [Agropyron desertorum (Fisch. ex…Publication Date 1997-03-01
- variation
- standing crop
- Agropyron desertorum
- continuous grazing
- Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
- rain
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- steers
- tillers
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant density
- biomass
- canopy
- Library Collection RecordThe larkspur mirid (Hopplomachus affiguratus) is host specific to tall larkspur (Delphinium barbeyi Huth). These insects suck cell solubles from leaves and reproductive racemes, causing flowers to…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- hopplomachus affiguratus
- prevention
- damage
- biological control agents
- leaves
- poisoning
- flowers
- Delphinium barbeyi
- cattle
- Utah
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordA series of summer grazing studies were conducted to evaluate cattle consumption of preflowering tall larkspur (Delphinium barbeyi [Huth] or D. occidentale [Wats.] Wats.) on mountain rangeland in…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- concentration
- Delphinium occidentale
- leaves
- alkaloids
- poisoning
- flowers
- Delphinium barbeyi
- Idaho
- cattle
- range management
- Utah
- grazing
- Colorado
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordWe studied resource partitioning between cattle and deer (Odocoileus virginianus Boddaert) within replicated treatments of continuous and short-duration grazing at heavy and moderate stocking rates.…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- interspecific competition
- browse plants
- continuous grazing
- Odocoileus virginianus
- stocking rate
- species differences
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- cattle
- Texas
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grasses
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordWe documented vegetation dynamics (April 1986-July 1989) as part of a larger study to understand botanical composition and nutritional components of cattle and deer diets under 2 grazing systems (…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- continuous grazing
- rain
- Odocoileus virginianus
- stocking rate
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- Texas
- biomass
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grasses
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordWe studied cattle and deer diet quality within replicated grazing treatments of continuous and short-duration grazing at heavy and moderate stocking rates. The study was conducted at the Welder…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- energy content
- protein content
- continuous grazing
- Odocoileus virginianus
- stocking rate
- species differences
- rotational grazing
- crude protein
- in vitro digestibility
- range management
- botanical composition
- beef cattle
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordShortgrass rangeland, dominated by blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis [H.B.K.] Lag. ex Steud), was grazed at 3 intensities, equivalent to mean stocking rates of 16.7, 23.0, and 36.5 heifer-days ha-1,…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- long term experiments
- ground cover
- liveweight gain
- stocking rate
- heifers
- sustainability
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordIndicators of nutrient intake were compared for beef steers grazing tallgrass prairie managed with continuous grazing or 8-paddock short-duration grazing. Two replicates of each grazing system were…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- duodenum
- flow
- feeding level
- dietary protein
- organic matter
- continuous grazing
- range condition
- feces composition
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- Oklahoma
- steers
- digestibility
- digesta
- grazing intensity
- nitrogen content
- prairies
- forage
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordA study on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land was established in southeastern Nebraska to determine the effect of dormant-season management on subsequent-year growth rates and yields of…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- mowing
- harvest date
- developmental stages
- grassland improvement
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- stocking rate
- Nebraska
- Panicum virgatum
- prescribed burning
- Andropogon gerardii
- tillering
- grazing intensity
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordOld World bluestem (OWB; Bothriocloa spp.) are popular in the southern Great Plains but little is known about the relationships between forage characteristics and animal productivity. The influence…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- sown grasslands
- liveweight gain
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- Bothriochloa bladhii
- body weight
- rain
- stocking rate
- Oklahoma
- steers
- biomass
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordGrasslands of northern Tierra del Fuego sustain 1 sheep/ha and are very extensively managed, with flocks roaming freely in large paddocks (2,000-4,000 ha). This system requires knowledge of landscape…Publication Date 1998-01-01
- lamb production
- ecotypes
- Poa
- extensive livestock farming
- indicator species
- landscape ecology
- ground cover
- soil fertility
- mortality
- stocking rate
- natural grasslands
- plant communities
- sheep
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordNative warm-season grass mixtures have been established on the Southern Plains under the USDA Conservation Reserve Program. We studied responses to N fertilizer on such pastures in western Oklahoma…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- grassland improvement
- ground cover
- nitrogen fertilizers
- stocking rate
- Oklahoma
- Bouteloua gracilis
- grazing intensity
- application rates
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- beef cattle
- forage
- Library Collection RecordMany studies have reported nitrogen (N) fertilization of rangeland, but few have reported changes in botanical composition, which may be as important as changes in forage production, or were…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- long term experiments
- grassland improvement
- cost-benefit analysis
- rain
- nitrogen fertilizers
- stocking rate
- forbs
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Wyoming
- application rates
- biomass
- botanical composition
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordSeed production of big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) plants established from containerized seedlings was compared to plants established by direct seeding. A garden of 'Hobble Creek…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- seed production
- container-grown plants
- root systems
- mortality
- Artemisia tridentata
- biomass
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordDespite extensive coverage and long-term use, the extent to which shadscale [Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. &Frem.) Wats.] community dynamics are driven by grazing rather than by climate and…Publication Date 1998-03-01
- artemisia spinescens
- Hilaria
- Sporobolus cryptandrus
- Achnatherum hymenoides
- Atriplex confertifolia
- rain
- Krascheninnikovia lanata
- sheep
- biomass
- seasonal variation
- Utah
- canopy
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordA biophysical model, GRAZE, is used to simulate beef forage performance for stocker steers pastured on common bermudagrass. Eight alternative stocking rates, ranging from low to high grazing…Publication Date 1997-09-01
- biophysical simulation model
- Arkansas
- uncertainty
- Cynodon dactylon
- risk
- simulation models
- costs and returns
- grassland improvement
- market prices
- production costs
- liveweight gain
- rain
- stocking rate
- steers
- grazing intensity
- forage
- Library Collection RecordGrazing system and stocking rate effects on standing crop of species and relative species composition of tallgrass prairies in north-central Oklahoma were evaluated from 1989 to 1993. Twelve…Publication Date 1998-03-01
- continuous grazing
- rain
- stocking rate
- pastures
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- Oklahoma
- prairies
- biomass
- botanical composition
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordOrnithologists often use simulated nests consisting of game bird or domestic poultry eggs to study nest survival. Researchers investigating cattle trampling of ground nests have sometimes used clay…Publication Date 1997-05-01
- clay
- birds' nests
- eggs
- clay pigeons
- game birds
- stocking rate
- animal behavior
- rotational grazing
- cattle
- simulation
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordThis research investigated the potential for using cattle grazing pressure (AU Mg-1 ha-1) and stocking rate (Animal Unit Days ha-1) for predicting basal scarring and browsing of lodgepole pine (Pinus…Publication Date 1998-03-01
- clearcutting
- British Columbia
- Pinus contorta
- mortality
- seedlings
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- browsing damage
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordThis research investigated the potential for using cattle grazing pressure (AU Mg-1 ha-1) and stocking rate (Animal Unit Days ha-1) for predicting basal scarring and browsing of lodgepole pine (Pinus…Publication Date 1998-07-01
- silvopastoral systems
- British Columbia
- Pinus contorta
- seedlings
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- browsing damage
- cattle
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordThis 10-year study was designed to evaluate vegetation response to increasing stocking rates under rotational stocking (3 days graze, 51 days rest) and long-term rest. The 4 stocking rate treatments…Publication Date 1997-07-01
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- Texas
- range management
- botanical composition
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordRotation grazing strategies have been proposed to increase stocking capacity, improve animal gains, and improve forage production and range condition. We compared continuous or season-long, 4-pasture…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- optimization
- ground cover
- producer prices
- beef
- liveweight gain
- continuous grazing
- root systems
- rain
- stocking rate
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- steers
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordA new typology shows that the notion of rangeland carrying capacity has considerable ambiguity even under conditions of high environmental certainty. When these environmental conditions are highly…Publication Date 1997-09-01
- equilibrium
- decision analysis
- knowledge
- carrying capacity
- estimation
- stocking rate
- range management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordCattle trampling of endangered plants, certain animal species, and ground nests may be a management concern on rangeland. Researchers need theoretical models of trampling loss to assist in design of…Publication Date 1996-05-01
- probabilistic models
- birds' nests
- endangered species
- continuous grazing
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- cattle
- range management
- simulation
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordWe conducted an experiment to determine the effects of a rust disease on big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) seed production. We ranked 760 plants as to disease intensily in an established…Publication Date 1995-09-01
- seed set
- yield losses
- Puccinia
- rust diseases
- puccinia tanaceti
- Artemisia tridentata
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordFor many grassland songbird species, pastures represent some of the best available breeding habitat in the Upper Midwest. Increasing interest in intensive rotational grazing (IRG) among midwestern…Publication Date 1996-07-01
- pheasants
- birds' nests
- Wisconsin
- wild birds
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordLeafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) is a noxious weed on rangelands throughout the Northern Great Plains. Most of these ranges are grazed by cattle which do not use leafy spurge as forage. Although…Publication Date 1996-07-01
- profits
- cattle production
- fencing
- farm budgeting
- carrying capacity
- Euphorbia esula
- ranching
- cost-benefit analysis
- stocking rate
- selective grazing
- sheep
- Montana
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of reducing sheep grazing on upland vegetation and wild herbivores was studied at 11 sites in the Scottish Highlands. Areas where sheep had been removed for periods of up to 25 years were…Publication Date 1996-07-01
- Scotland
- sward
- voles
- sheep manure
- ecological succession
- Cervus elaphus
- stocking rate
- prescribed burning
- plant communities
- sheep
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- canopy
- grazing
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordA 5 year study was conducted during 1988-1992 to quantify the effects of grazing date and frequency on total organic reserves of prairie sandreed [Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn.] and sand…Publication Date 1996-03-01
- etiolation
- grazing date
- organic matter
- Calamovilfa longifolia
- Andropogon hallii
- frequency
- rain
- stocking rate
- Nebraska
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe germinable seed bank in a grassland affects the succession of degraded range and the recolonization of disturbed sites, and must be understood to predict potential responses to management. The…Publication Date 1995-09-01
- soil surface
- seed banks
- Festuca campestris
- Alberta
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- seed germination
- prairies
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grazing
- prairie soils
- Library Collection RecordLittle information is available comparing animal performance or stocking stability for different wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars. Wheat is annually planted on 10 million ha in the Southern…Publication Date 1996-03-01
- performance
- Triticum aestivum
- liveweight gain
- cultivars
- rain
- stocking rate
- steers
- Texas
- biomass
- seasonal variation
- grazing
- beef cattle
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThe relation was studied between the applied stocking rates and the degree to which sheep grazed stems of various karoobush species. A rule of thumb exists amongst farmers and research workers in the…Publication Date 1996-03-01
- Asteraceae
- Eriocephalus
- pentzia spinescens
- rosenia humilis
- eriocephalus ericoides
- stems
- prediction
- South Africa
- palatability
- stocking rate
- diameter
- selective grazing
- semiarid zones
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordLarkspur (Delphinium spp.) control can reduce cattle deaths on mountain rangelands, but vegetation cover must be maintained to protect watersheds from erosion. The objective of this study was to…Publication Date 1995-09-01
- matasulfuron
- herbicide residues
- Delphinium occidentale
- snow
- developmental stages
- glyphosate
- herbicide resistance
- non-crop weed control
- Delphinium barbeyi
- herbicides
- rain
- leaf area index
- Idaho
- picloram
- application rates
- botanical composition
- Utah
- canopy
- Library Collection RecordOld World bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum L.) is the major grass being planted for improved pastures on marginal farmland in western Oklahoma and adjacent areas in Texas. The farmland is often…Publication Date 1995-09-01
- leaves
- grassland improvement
- stems
- liveweight gain
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- nitrogen fertilizers
- leaf area index
- stocking rate
- Oklahoma
- steers
- digestibility
- crude protein
- application rates
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordBetween 1989-1991, I studied the effects of livestock grazing on vegetation and small mammals in semiarid shrub-grassland habitats of south-central Utah. Responses were measured at 2 spatial habitat…Publication Date 1996-05-01
- microhabitats
- arid grasslands
- habitats
- small mammals
- species diversity
- plant communities
- shrubs
- Utah
- canopy
- grazing
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThree mixed prairie sites at Mandan, N.D. were grazed heavily (0.9 ha steer-1), moderately (2.6 ha steer-1), or left ungrazed (exclosure) since 1916. These sites provided treatments to study the…Publication Date 1995-09-01
- c4 species
- c3 species
- exclosures
- carbon
- organic matter
- stocking rate
- species differences
- Bouteloua gracilis
- nitrogen content
- range management
- botanical composition
- grazing
- prairie soils
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordWe measured the grazing preference of 3 castrated male Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) for 2 crested (Agropyron desertorum [Fischer ex Link] Schultes), 5 thickspike (Elymus lanceolatus…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- Cervus elaphus nelsoni
- Elymus lanceolatus
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- Agropyron desertorum
- palatability
- Cervus elaphus
- spring
- Poaceae
- Utah
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordThe ecological trends in the vegetation of the caldén (Prosopis caldenia Burk.) forest of central Argentina have generally been explained with a model that assumed a unique equilibrium state or…Publication Date 1995-09-01
- Prosopis caldenia
- wildfire management
- grassland improvement
- Prosopis
- climax communities
- ecological succession
- rain
- stocking rate
- overgrazing
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordInformation is lacking on the influence of range condition on wildlife populations in the Chihuahuan Desert. Wildlife observations were made along transects on ranges in excellent and good ecological…Publication Date 1996-11-01
- arid grasslands
- wildlife
- species diversity
- range condition
- stocking rate
- pastures
- botanical composition
- grazing
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordTwo 2-year trials were conducted to evaluate and compare frontal, continuous, and 2-paddock rotation grazing systems on 'Plains' Old World bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng.).…Publication Date 1994-05-01
- grassland improvement
- controlled grazing
- liveweight gain
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- Oklahoma
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- seasonal variation
- Library Collection RecordMulti-variable analysis of grazing research has seen little conceptual development and even less application. To advance research on the multiple relationships of livestock grazing, computer-based…Publication Date 1994-03-01
- dynamic programming
- simulation models
- stocking rate
- growth
- grazing intensity
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordPaddocks of tallgrass prairie were grazed at intervals similar to 8-paddock short duration grazing. Two replicates of a 2 X 3 factorial treatment design were evaluated to determine the influence of…Publication Date 1994-11-01
- dietary protein
- grazing experiments
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- Oklahoma
- crude protein
- cattle
- in vitro digestibility
- prairies
- grasses
- forage
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