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- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2020-04
- Cattle Ranching
- Forage standing crop
- forage utilization
- grazing
- south Texas
- stocking rate
- 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 RecordOn the Ground • We assessed the long-term effects of continuous and rotational grazing on grass and treedynamics on adjacent ranches in the semiarid Kalahari of western Botswana. • Rotationally…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- continuous grazing
- grazing capacity
- grazing value
- rotational grazing
- stocking rate
- 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 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 RecordGrassland bird species are declining more quickly than birds of any other biome in North America, but effects of the most widespread use of native mixed-grass prairies, livestock grazing, on nest…Publication Date 2016
- chestnut-collared longspur
- grasslands
- Sprague's pipit
- stocking rate
- vesper sparrow
- Library Collection RecordGrassland bird species are declining more quickly than birds of any other biome in North America, but effects of the most widespread use of native mixed-grass prairies, livestock grazing, on nest…Publication Date 2016
- chestnut-collared longspur
- grasslands
- Sprague's pipit
- stocking rate
- vesper sparrow
- Library Collection RecordWe determined the effects of two forage allowance levels (LOW vs. HIGH) and weather conditions on daytime and nighttime movement patterns of young rangeland-raised cows. We also investigated whether…Publication Date 2016
- feeding site selection
- global positioning system (GPS)
- juniper woodland
- livestock
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordWe determined the effects of two forage allowance levels (LOW vs. HIGH) and weather conditions on daytime and nighttime movement patterns of young rangeland-raised cows. We also investigated whether…Publication Date 2016
- feeding site selection
- global positioning system (GPS)
- juniper woodland
- livestock
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordConservation of sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) systems is one of the most difficult and pressing concerns in western North America. Sagebrush obligates, such as greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus…Publication Date 2015-09
- case study
- greater sage-grouse
- livestock grazing
- sagebrush management
- Utah
- Wyoming
- Library Collection RecordConservation of sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) systems is one of the most difficult and pressing concerns in western North America. Sagebrush obligates, such as greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus…Publication Date 2015-09
- case study
- greater sage-grouse
- livestock grazing
- sagebrush management
- Utah
- Wyoming
- Library Collection RecordThere is limited information about the effects of cattle grazing to longer-term plant community composition and herbage production following fire in sagebrush steppe. This study evaluated vegetation…Publication Date 2014-07
- bunchgrass
- fire
- stocking rate
- utilization
- Wyoming big sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordThere is limited information about the effects of cattle grazing to longer-term plant community composition and herbage production following fire in sagebrush steppe. This study evaluated vegetation…Publication Date 2014-07
- bunchgrass
- fire
- stocking rate
- utilization
- Wyoming big sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • We develop a simple bio-economic model to reflect the stocking rate decision for a profit-seeking land manager and use it to identify factors influencing the optimal stocking rate. •…Publication Date 2013-10-01
- bio-economic modeling
- optimal stocking rate
- stocking rate
- economics
- overhead costs
- fixed costs
- variable costs
- value of production
- gross margin analysis
- Library Collection RecordThe majority of native prairie has been lost throughout North America. Much of the remaining prairie is used for livestock grazing, so conservation of prairie species depends on sustainable grazing…Publication Date 2012-03-01
- obligate grassland birds
- rangeland management
- season-long grazing
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordThe study focused on investigating the effects of different grazing ratios and stocking rate of cattle and goats under mixed species grazing on different species of plant. The experimental site was…Publication Date 2012
- Mixed-species grazing
- stocking rate
- grazing ratio
- cattle
- goats
- biomass
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordCommercial livestock production offers one of the main opportunities for mainstreaming of biodiversity conservation in the grassland biome of South Africa. Grazing management is expected to influence…Publication Date 2011-03-01
- grazing equipment
- increaser-decreaser classification
- mixed grazing
- species richness
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordPlant secondary compounds (PSC) are increasingly recognized as important in animal health, welfare and nutrition, yet little is known about possible complementarities among forages that contain PSC.…Publication Date 2011
- sheep
- forage quality
- diet selection
- plant secondary compounds
- diverse diets
- plant diversity
- Forages
- Lewiston
- Utah
- USA
- Library Collection RecordA 2-year whole-farm study compared pasture-based systems increasing milk production per ha by increasing either stocking rate (from 2·5 to 3·8 cows/ha) or milk yield per cow (from 6000 to 9000 kg/…Publication Date 2011
- management
- economics
- milk yield
- stocking rate
- pasture
- grazing
- dairy cows
- dairy farm
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordQuestions: Does vegetation structure display any stability over the grazing season and in two successive years, and is there any correlation between the stability of these spatial patterns and local…Publication Date 2011
- Boolean process
- cattle
- functional diversity
- patch stability
- Semi-variograms
- Spatially explicit model
- stocking rate
- grazing
- cattle
- grassland
- modelling
- releves
- vegetation dynamics
- management
- Massif Central
- France
- Library Collection RecordThe main objective of this study was to determine to what extent grazing pressure and timing modulate the seasonal progression of herbage quality in hilly Mediterranean grassland systems. The study…Publication Date 2011
- grazing
- cattle
- fodder quality
- grassland
- management
- rangelands
- sustainablity
- acid detergent fibre
- digestibility
- grazing system
- neutral detergent fibre
- near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy
- protein
- stocking rate
- eastern Galilee
- Israel
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of stocking rate on forage growth has attracted much research attention in forage science. Findings show that forage growth may be affected by stocking rate, and there is a consensus that…Publication Date 2010-09-01
- forage growth
- modeling
- soil compaction
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordComparisons of stocking rates across sites can be facilitated by calculating grazing pressure. We used peak standing crop and stocking rates from six studies in the North American Great Plains (…Publication Date 2010-07-01
- animal performance
- forage disappearance
- grazing efficiency
- harvest efficiency
- herbage intake
- stocking rate
- utilization
- Library Collection RecordConventional wisdom among rangeland professionals has been that for long-term sustainability of grazing livestock operations, rangeland should be kept in high good to low excellent range condition.…Publication Date 2010-03-01
- livestock grazing
- profit
- range condition
- stocking rate
- variable stocking
- Library Collection RecordPredicting the effect of different management strategies on range condition is a challenge for farmers in highly variable environments. A model that explains how the relations between rainfall,…Publication Date 2010
- catastrophe theory
- complexity theory
- Disequilibrium
- hysteresis
- moving attractors
- vegetation dynamics
- livestock
- rainfall
- rangelands
- mangement
- rangeland condition
- modelling
- ecosystem ecology
- stocking rate
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe relative benefit of different grazing management practices for maintaining grassland biodiversity integrity was assessed. Practices considered were grazing system, stocking rate, animal type,…Publication Date 2010
- analytic heirarchy process
- plant diversity
- stocking rate
- veld condition assessment
- grazing
- management
- biodiversity
- fire
- cattle
- sheep
- Impact assessment
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordInformation about forage productivity and its interactions with cultural practices or climatic variation is necessary to plan livestock management and to increase production without damaging the…Publication Date 2009-03-01
- linear spectral unmixing
- NDVI
- net primary production
- NOAA-AVHRR
- spatial variability
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordThe direct short-term impact of three rates of stocking (4, 8 and 16 small-stock units [SSU] ha-1) was quantified in terms of soil characteristics of arid Nama Karoo vegetation (subshrub/grass).…Publication Date 2009
- bulk density
- Infiltration Rate
- Karoo bushes
- soil compaction
- stocking rate
- sheep
- agriculture
- grazing
- soils
- stocking rates
- hydrology
- South Africa
- 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 RecordSelective grazing can modify the productive capacity of rangelands by reducing competitiveness of productive, palatable species and increasing the composition of more grazing-resistant species. A…Publication Date 2007-05-01
- continuous grazing
- grazing systems
- rotational grazing
- short-duration grazing
- spring precipitation
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordDeveloping sustainable ranch management systems requires integrated research that examines interrelations among ecological and economic factors. In south central Florida, where phosphorus (P) loading…Publication Date 2007-01-01
- stocking rate
- stocking density
- water quality
- grazing management
- cow-calf operations
- economic performance
- phosphorus
- bioindicators
- Library Collection RecordThis paper revisits the debate over the relative effectiveness of 'conservative' and 'opportunistic' stocking strategies for African pastoral rangelands. The paper is based on a…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- cattle
- Pastoral strategy
- stocking rate
- Capital costs
- southern Africa
- Zimbabwe
- pastoralism
- stocking rates
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn response to substantial economic and social dislocations in the United States, many rangeland owners are changing land use and management practices. Changes in land use can signiï¬cantly affect…Publication Date 2006
- Colorado
- Texas
- Utah
- 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 2005-10-01
- shrubs
- dieback
- brush control
- integrated weed management
- soil microorganisms
- grassland soils
- rangeland soils
- soil-plant interactions
- soil pH
- cattle
- grazing management
- stocking rate
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordA 6-year study was conducted in tallgrass prairie to assess the effects of grazing management (cattle stocking densities and grazing systems) on plant community composition and diversity. Treatments…Publication Date 2004-01-01
- biodiversity
- plant ecology
- cattle grazing
- Flint Hills
- range management
- grazing systems
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordThe animal unit has been a multiple-use concept in the natural resource sciences. This paper examines the animal unit as an example of a general process of concept design, a process involving…Publication Date 2004-01-01
- stocking density
- stocking level
- stocking rate
- stocking variables
- animal impact
- substitution ratios
- terminology
- Library Collection RecordTrue mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus Raf.) compensates for annual growth lost to browsing under conditions of high resource availability. To develop better guidelines for its management for…Publication Date 2003-11-01
- compensatory growth
- plant growth
- Utah
- Cercocarpus montanus
- browsing
- twig demography
- utilization
- grading optimization
- herbivory
- shrubs
- mountain brush
- exclosures
- Cercocarpus montanus
- Library Collection RecordSeveral U.S. rangeland areas recently have been designated as national monuments to protect scientifically or culturally important resources. Typically recreation and livestock uses have been…Publication Date 2003-11-01
- recreation areas
- recreation users
- sociodemographic characteristics
- land use
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordTrue mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus Raf.) provides nutritional winter forage for big game species in the mountain brush zone. To determine browsing effects, animal use, percent vegetation…Publication Date 2003-11-01
- Utah
- canopy
- Cercocarpus montanus
- browsing
- wildlife food habits
- plant characteristics
- utilization
- grazing
- big game
- winter range
- herbivory
- mountain brush
- exclosures
- moose
- deer
- elk
- pronghorn
- Library Collection RecordEnvironmental concerns of using pesticides on public lands have greatly reduced the use of herbicides to control tall larkspur (Delphinium barbeyi Huth). An alternative method of control used…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- application methods
- ammonium nitrate
- ammonium fertilizers
- mechanism of action
- sodium chloride
- Delphinium barbeyi
- ammonium sulfate
- weed control
- mortality
- application rates
- Utah
- Colorado
- poisonous plants
- Delphinium barbeyi
- weed control
- herbicides
- fertilizer
- ammonium sulfate
- ammonium nitrate
- sodium chloride
- 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 RecordTo quantify the effects of season of use on beef cattle distribution relative to the riparian area, 52 cow/calf pairs were used to evaluate 1) early summer grazing (mid-June to mid-July), and 2) late…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- water requirements
- late summer
- lactation
- early summer
- streams
- nutrient content
- highlands
- water intake
- riparian areas
- calves
- ambient temperature
- forage quality
- stocking rate
- beef cows
- Oregon
- summer
- spatial distribution
- range management
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grazing
- beef cattle
- feeding preferences
- beef cattle
- distribution patterns
- riparian areas
- season of use
- vegetation utilization
- 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 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 mechanisms responsible for soil-N-mediated species replacement of native perennial grasses by the invasive annual grasses cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) and medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- dry matter partitioning
- Elymus multisetus
- nutrient utilization
- nutrient partitioning
- nitrate fertilizers
- soil nutrients
- ammonium fertilizers
- Taeniatherum caput-medusae
- Elymus elymoides
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- endemic species
- shoots
- Bromus tectorum
- nitrogen
- tillers
- plant competition
- invasive species
- Utah
- grasses
- native perennial grass
- invasive annual grass
- nitrogen availability
- nitrogen form
- carbon-to-nitrogen ratio (C:N)
- seedling development
- root development
- Library Collection RecordAn experimental design required burn treatments for 10-m2 circular plots. We constructed a fire enclosure for the plots using sheetmetal, electrical conduit, and other commonly available materials.…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- peak temperature
- experimental rigs
- field experimentation
- soil temperature
- fire ecology
- prescribed burning
- range management
- botanical composition
- Nevada
- Utah
- fire
- Great Basin
- sagebrush
- burn barrell
- temperature
- temperature monitoring
- Library Collection RecordHighly intensive stocking of dairy cattle on continuously grazed pasture coupled with liberal applications of commercial fertilizer can lead to increased losses of agricultural nutrients, which is a…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- farm size
- dairy cows
- soil nutrient balance
- nutrient management
- dairy farm management
- agricultural runoff
- pollution control
- simulation models
- costs and returns
- production costs
- fertilizer application
- stocking rate
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- application rates
- Texas
- grazing
- stocking density
- manure
- nutrient losses
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- economics
- Library Collection RecordVegetation changes were evaluated over a 13 year period (1988-2000) on moderately grazed and lightly grazed rangelands in the Chihuahuan Desert of south central New Mexico. During the study period,…Publication Date 2003-03-01
- stocking rate
- arid lands
- livestock
- range management
- Library Collection RecordFemale fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens Pursh [Nutt.]) shrubs are more abundant in exclosures than in adjacent grazed pastures at our research site on the shortgrass steppe in Colorado. We…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- sex ratio
- steppes
- Atriplex canescens
- dioecy
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- browsing damage
- cattle
- seasonal variation
- Colorado
- feeding preferences
- Atriplex canescens
- cattle browsing
- dioecious shrubs
- gender-basedd herbivory
- Library Collection RecordAfter wildfires in 1996 in the sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) and pinyon-juniper (Pinus spp.–Juniperus spp.) zones of west-central Utah, the USDI-BLM attempted to reduce soil erosion and cheatgrass…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- aerial sowing
- revegetation plants
- erosion control
- rehabilitation
- biodiversity
- Elytrigia intermedia subsp. intermedia
- sowing
- wildfire management
- sown grasslands
- Artemisia
- species diversity
- Agropyron cristatum
- weed control
- fires
- fire effects
- Bromus tectorum
- plant communities
- botanical composition
- Pinus
- Juniperus
- plant competition
- invasive species
- Utah
- Elytrigia elongata
- Bureau of Land Management
- rehabilitation
- chaining
- serial seeding
- plant material
- cheatgrass