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- Library Collection RecordUtah serviceberry (Amelanchier utahensis Koehne) and its habitats were studied in the Wasatch Mountains of central Utah. Twenty-five populations were selected and sampled for various biotic and…Publication Date 1979-09-01
- mountains
- mountain areas
- highlands
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordFourteen male pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), two in each of seven spring and summer months, were killed to obtain rumen and fecal matter for comparing methods of determining diets. They came from…Publication Date 1979-07-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordSix demonstration burns were conducted between 1974 and 1976 as part of the Utah Rangeland Development Program. Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata), the target species, was essentially eliminated on…Publication Date 1979-07-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordTen sheep ranches in southwestern Utah were chosen for a verification study of sheep losses during 1972-1975. Using the ratio of verified predator kills to total lamb carcasses discovered, total lamb…Publication Date 1979-07-01
- Utah
- 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 1979-06-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordRetention of weaner calves to be marketed as yearlings directly from range has been recently suggested as a possible means for the cow-calf operator to cope with the depressed calf market. Although…Publication Date 1979-05-01
- Western States (USA)
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordDuring 1976 a study of soil profile salt concentrations and probable salt loading by surface runoff was made on 73 range improvement sites in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. The range…Publication Date 1979-05-01
- Utah
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordSub-freezing winter cold occasionally causes extensive damage to rangeland shrubs. Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) was damaged in northern Utah during the winter of 1972-1973. The damage appeared to…Publication Date 1979-05-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordDuring 1976 a study of annual production and cover (litter + rock + vegetation) on various range improvement practices was conducted in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. The range improvement…Publication Date 1979-03-01
- river basins
- Utah
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordThe accuracy of aerial censuses in estimating absolute density of wildlife populations varies widely. Aerial censusing of wild horses was done to compare the effects of experience and aircraft type.…Publication Date 1979-01-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordLate spring grazing by sheep altered the amount of several forage categories available to deer the subsequent autumn and winter. Total herbaceous plant material was much reduced by spring-time sheep…Publication Date 1979-01-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordSelected cultivars and strains of alfalfa were seeded at five locations in Northern Utah during 1953 and 1954. Average annual precipitation ranged from 20 to 36 cm. Observations and detailed plant…Publication Date 1979-01-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1979
- Western States (USA)
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordCurrent and pending legislation will require that lands disturbed by mining activities be revegetated. Since few adapted species are now available for reclamation of such lands in the arid zone, this…Publication Date 1978-11-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordSoil moisture patterns in and around gully plugs and contour furrows constructed on Mancos shale-derived soils in Cisco Basin were studied from December of 1965 through December of 1966. Preliminary…Publication Date 1978-07-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordEcological relationships between true mountain mahogany and pinyon-juniper stands in the Uintah Basin, Utah, were measured to detect differences between the two community types. The mountain mahogany…Publication Date 1978-05-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordA study was conducted in northern Utah in 1974 to determine the distribution of nonstructural carbohydrates (NC) and lipids in snowberry (Symphoricarpus oreophilus). Snowberry biomass was sampled and…Publication Date 1978-03-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordDoe-fawn counts show that the mule deer herd on the LaSal Mountains of southeastern Utah produced over 38% more fawns per doe than the Henry Mountain herd over a 9-year period. Carcass weights of…Publication Date 1978-03-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordA Great Basin band of open range herded sheep was monitored intensively for losses between June 8 and September 29, 1976, in an area where organized predator control had not been employed for the…Publication Date 1978-03-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordPhenological development of aboveground portions of shadscale and winterfat was observed for 7 years in Curlew Valley, Utah, and graphically related to patterns of precipitation and temperature. The…Publication Date 1978-01-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordTall larkspur (Delphinium barbeyi Huth.) was chemically controlled in the subalpine areas of the Manti Canyon Cattle Grazing Allotment in Central Utah, and the reduction in cattle losses on…Publication Date 1977-11-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordSeveral instruments used for measuring soil compaction have been evaluated on a homogeneously-textured, nongravelly silt-loam soil. The instruments used in the study were the air permeameter, proving…Publication Date 1977-11-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of contour furrows and gully plugs on erosion and sedimentation within the Cisco Basin, Utah, were evaluated over a 3- to 4-year period. Soils on the study area were generally less than…Publication Date 1977-07-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThe ecology and phytosociology of a virgin grassland community (Virginia Park, Canyonlands National Park, Utah) have been investigated. Based on the use of C × F index, Hilaria jamesii and Stipa…Publication Date 1977-07-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordA comparative study was made of the soils of a virgin grassland and an adjacent grazed area in Canyonlands National Park. Soils from the virgin site were finer textured than those of the grazed area…Publication Date 1977-05-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordRange plant clipping studies were conducted at two elevations on Utah's Wasatch Plateau during 1966 and 1967. It was found that extreme clipping treatments (complete denudation) resulted in…Publication Date 1976-07-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordDuring 1973 and 1974 wildland water quality analyses were performed on a semiarid, chained and seeded, pinyon-juniper site in southeastern Utah. The area was treated in 1967 and protected from…Publication Date 1976-03-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordSediment production and infiltration rates were measured in conjunction with an analysis of burning and grazing treatments in a chained pinyon-juniper study in southeastern Utah. While high natural…Publication Date 1976-01-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordApplication of ammonium nitrate stimulated early spring growth initiation of Utah crested wheatgrass pastures. Application rates of 25 to 30 lb N per acre hastened spring range readiness by 11 to 13…Publication Date 1975-05-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordPaper chromatography is useful in identifying palatable and unpalatable subspecies of rubber rabbitbrush in Utah. Methanol extraction of dried foliar material followed by two-dimensional (n-butanol:…Publication Date 1975-03-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordSeedings of Russian wildrye were made in Tintic Valley, Utah, to determine the effects of seeding method, seeding rate, season of planting, and seed type on stand establishment. After 3 years, more…Publication Date 1975-03-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordGross value of production from western rangelands average$7.46 per AUM based upon aggregate data from Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and Oregon for 1966-70 and reached about $10 per AUM in 1972. Privately…Publication Date 1974-11-01
- Oregon
- Wyoming
- Nevada
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordForage production response to nitrogen and phosphorus application on six Utah range and meadow sites was subjected to economic analysis. There was no response to phosphorus application, but nitrogen…Publication Date 1974-09-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordTests of many species over several years on seven sites show that smooth brome and meadow and creeping foxtails are adapted for seeding most mountain rangelands. However, smooth brome did not…Publication Date 1974-03-01
- Idaho
- Wyoming
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordExplorers and early settlers found abundant grass and little sagebrush in Cache Valley in northeastern Utah and southeastern Idaho. Excessive grazing by livestock after settlement caused the grass to…Publication Date 1974-01-01
- Idaho
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordFoam rubber sheet stock, 48 inches wide and 3/16 inch thick, was lap jointed, using a contact cement, to fabricate three floating covers. Their performance was evaluated on 24-and 30-foot diameter…Publication Date 1973-11-01
- performance
- Floating Sheets
- Foam Rubber
- Stock Tank Evaporation
- Contact Cement
- Pecking
- clogging
- separation
- cost
- problems
- Utah State University
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordRunoff and sediment production from a chained pinyon-juniper site in both southeastern and southwestern Utah was measured from about June 6 to October 1 over a 5-year period (1968-1972) using .04-…Publication Date 1973-11-01
- sediments
- windrowing
- infiltrometer studies
- Chained
- debris
- Runoff Plots
- pinyon-juniper sites
- water yield
- fencing
- treatments
- yields
- runoff
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordSoil moisture patterns were studied under chaining-with-windrowing, chaining-with-debris-in-place, and natural woodland at one site each in both southwestern and southeastern Utah. Results of the…Publication Date 1973-11-01
- Vegetation Density
- Moisture Accumulation
- pinyon-juniper
- Natural Woodland
- Juniperus osteosperma
- deppeana
- site description
- Milford
- Blanding
- woodlands
- windrowing
- Chained
- debris
- Pinus edulis
- soil moisture
- soil profiles
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordEstimates of yearlong carrying capacity obtained by three different techniques are compared in terms of accuracy as measured by actual carrying capacity of a northern Utah cattle ranch. A new "…Publication Date 1973-07-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThirty-seven species were seeded experimentally in northern Utah on 14 areas on depleted and terraced mountainous rangelands from 1936 to 1939. Seventeen species had fair to excellent 3-year-old…Publication Date 1973-03-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordNet and solar radiation, and wind were measured during parts of 1968 and 1969 on a pinyon-juniper site in southwestern Utah. Treatments were chaining-with-debris windrowed, chaining-with-debris-in-…Publication Date 1973-03-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordSmall mammal numbers were studied by snap trapping on six areas in Utah where juniper range had been cleared and seeded. On one area, which was trapped both before and for the first 3 years after…Publication Date 1973-03-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordVertical and horizontal distributions of roots and rhizomes were examined in five clones of galleta bisected near Cisco and Cedar City, Utah. Quantity of roots and rhizomes did not differ…Publication Date 1973-01-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordFollowing the establishment of a curve for carbohydrate reserve levels in the roots of six native range plants in relation to phenological development, the effect of heavy clipping at the time of…Publication Date 1970-01-01
- Reserve Content
- Reserve Levels
- Heavy Clipping
- Sustenance
- Letterman's needlegrass
- Fall Dormancy
- defoliation
- Phenological Development
- Chrysothamnus
- carbohydrates
- regrowth
- roots
- clipping
- Senecio
- Geranium
- native
- Agropyron inerme
- Beardless Wheatgrass
- Rabbitbrush
- Snowberry
- Mountain Range Plants
- Stipa lettermanii
- Symphoricarpos vaccinioides
- Senecio integerrimus
- Geranium fremontii
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThe total available carbohydrate reserves of six native mountain range plants were studied through a growing cycle. The reserves showed somewhat similar trends as plants advanced in growth during…Publication Date 1969-11-01
- Senecio
- Geranium
- native
- Agropyron inerme
- Beardless Wheatgrass
- seasonal
- Rabbitbrush
- Snowberry
- Maximum
- carbohydrate reserves
- Mountain Range Plants
- Growing Cycle
- Root Reserves
- Letterman's needlegrass
- Stipa lettermanii
- Symphoricarpos vaccinioides
- Senecio integerrimus
- Geranium fremontii
- spring
- Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
- growth
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordRemoving 40, 70, and 100% of the foliage of tall bluebell plants for 4 consecutive years significantly reduced production, height, and stem number. Clipping during flowering and fruiting damaged…Publication Date 1969-09-01
- Moderate Use
- Tall Bluebell
- Stem Number
- Fruiting
- Mertensia arizonica
- leonardii
- Herbage Produciton
- Pure Stads
- mixed stand
- Mud Creek Sheep Allotment
- Herber
- Carbohydrate Content
- Foliage Removal
- grazing systems
- flowering
- clipping
- seasons
- Time
- height
- intensity
- utilization
- vigor
- production
- deferment
- Utah
- Early Grazing
- Library Collection RecordObservation of two comparable areas of mountain rangeland seeded to grass the same year showed that uncontrolled populations of pocket gophers were very destructive. Protection of seeded areas…Publication Date 1969-09-01
- Seeded Mountain Range
- Uncontrolled Populations
- Measure
- Stand Indexes
- Corm
- Fleshy Rooted Forbs
- Gopher Food
- Monte Cristo
- Tarweed
- pocket gophers
- Madia glomerata
- Cache National Forest
- Thomomys talpoides
- Economical
- forage production
- forbs
- protection
- frequency
- grasses
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThe most successful conversions of sagebrush to crested wheatgrass, in areas of the Western United States that receive an average of 8 to 14 inches of precipitation annually, usually occur where the…Publication Date 1969-09-01
- Black
- cultural practices
- Sagebrush Conversion
- Moisture Holding Capacity
- Coarse Soil
- Site Groups
- Successful
- halophytes
- Big
- grass establishment
- Failure
- soil
- cheatgrass
- greasewood
- Shadescale
- precipitation
- vigor
- sagebrush
- Idaho
- Oregon
- Wyoming
- Artemisia tridentata
- Nevada
- Utah
- New Mexico
- Colorado
- grasslands
- crested wheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordSoil moisture depletion varied directly with extent of top and root growth of five grass species seeded on four areas between 6,500 and 8,500 ft in northern Utah. Smooth bromegrass and intermediate…Publication Date 1969-07-01
- livestock nutrition
- high elevation
- Top
- orchardgrass
- Root
- temperature
- Timothy
- Soil Moisture Depletion
- diet
- selection
- plant composition
- Tall Oatgrass
- water use
- soil
- intermediate wheatgrass
- smooth bromegrass
- chemical composition
- phosphorus
- potassium
- adaptability
- moisture
- forage production
- variation
- characteristics
- seeding
- growth
- nitrogen
- grasses
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1969
- aerial photography
- aircraft
- remote control
- Utah
- range management
- aerial surveys
- drone airplane
- infrared photography