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- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2020-02
- alkaloids
- beef
- cattle
- Delphinium
- larkspur
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordTargeted livestock grazing is a proven tool for manipulating rangeland vegetation, and current knowledge about targeted livestock grazing is extensive and expanding rapidly. Targeted grazing…Publication Date 2019
- focused grazing
- livestock
- prescriptive grazing
- rangelands
- targeted grazing
- Vegetation Manipulation
- Library Collection RecordThe Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) was historically distributed throughout the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Extensive predator removal campaigns during the early 20th…Publication Date 2018
- Arizona
- conservation genomics
- gray wolves
- hybridization
- New Mexico
- single nucleotide polymorphisms
- Library Collection RecordWe present information useful to various stakeholders, including land managers, agency personnel, practitioners, and researchers, as it presents methodology for ○ Determining the best period for hay…Publication Date 2017-10
- climate change
- Geographic Information System
- grasslands
- Pastoralists
- rangelands
- remote sensing
- Library Collection RecordObservation is a simple method of acquiring information and is a critical step in the scientific method for both developing and investigating testable hypotheses. Cameras have long played a role in…Publication Date 2017
- Arizona
- cattle
- elk
- grazing
- riparian
- time-lapse photography
- Library Collection RecordRemotely sensed imagery at multiple spatial scales is used increasingly in conjunction with field data to estimate rangeland indicators (e.g., vegetation cover) and meet the growing need for…Publication Date 2017
- Bayesian additive regression trees
- BLM AIM
- monitoring
- rangelands
- remote sensing
- Library Collection RecordWe examined multiple environmental factors related to climate change that affect cattle production on rangelands to identify sources of vulnerability among seven regions of the western United States…Publication Date 2017
- cattle
- climate change
- rangelands
- vulnerability
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Level 3 soil moisture datasets from the recently launched Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite are evaluated for drought monitoring in rangelands. • Validation of SMAP soil…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- drought monitoring
- remote sensing
- SMAP
- soil moisture
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Oman and Mongolia feature different political systems and physical landscapes yet represent similar challenges encountered across global pastoral societies. • Extractive industries…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- pastoralism
- rangelands
- climate
- resources
- Oman
- Mongolia
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Drought adversely affects land managers, ranching enterprises, and pastoral systems. • As an ecological driver, drought historically shaped vegetation composition, structure,…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- drought
- rangelands
- adaptive management
- proactive drought management
- translating research
- extension and outreach
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Rangelands in Indian Country are unique. Legal and historical realities present challenges to range and natural resources management not seen outside of Indian Country. • Cooperative…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- American Indian
- Cooperative Extension
- Federally Recognized Tribal Extension Program (FRTEP)
- Indian Land Tenure
- rangelands
- Indian Country Extension
- 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 • Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution is a leading cause of water quality degradation on 40% of the semiarid lands within the western United States, with sediment from runoff on…Publication Date 2015-12-01
- rangelands
- terracettes
- erosion
- water
- policy
- best management practices
- Library Collection RecordForage and cow-calf productivity on two lightly and two conservatively grazed pastures were evaluated over a 15-year period (1997-2011) in the Chihuahuan Desert of south-central New Mexico. Spring-…Publication Date 2015-03
- cattle productivity
- drought
- forage
- grazing management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordForage and cow-calf productivity on two lightly and two conservatively grazed pastures were evaluated over a 15-year period (1997-2011) in the Chihuahuan Desert of south-central New Mexico. Spring-…Publication Date 2015-03
- cattle productivity
- drought
- forage
- grazing management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: The designation of jaguar critical habitat in April 2014 in southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico created concern for livestock ranchers in the region. We interviewed ranchers to…Publication Date 2015
- jaguars
- Arizona
- endangered species
- management
- wildlife conservation
- attitudes
- human dimensions
- Endangered Species Act
- Panthera onca
- Library Collection RecordAbstract In this study, hydrological processes are evaluated to determine impacts of stream restoration in the West Turkey Creek, Chiricahua Mountains, southeast Arizona, during a summer-monsoon…Publication Date 2015
- Arizona
- Check dam
- restoration
- runoff ratio
- semi-arid watersheds
- United States
- water budget
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Droughts are common on California rangelands. • The current drought in California is listed as severe or exceptional for most of the state. • The drought has affected rangeland, and…Publication Date 2014-10-01
- drought
- California
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Ecosystem services are the wide array of benefits that people gain from natural ecosystems but many are not paid for nor is their future supply guaranteed. • Many attempts are being…Publication Date 2014-04-01
- ecosystem services
- stewardship
- rangelands
- ecological site descriptions
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Toxic larkspur (Delphinium species) cause large economic losses from cattle deaths, increased management costs, and reduced utilization of pastures and rangelands. • We recommend that…Publication Date 2014-02-01
- alkaloids
- Delphinium
- larkspur
- cattle
- beef
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordQuestions How do recent patterns of drought-induced woody plant mortality in Texas semi-arid savanna compare to the extended drought of the 1950s? Does the relative composition of the woody plant…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- climatic variability
- dieback
- Flash drought
- grazing
- Juniperus
- Legacy effect
- rangelands
- scale
- State transition
- Vegetation Change
- woody encroachment
- drought
- savanna
- indigenous encroaching species
- grazing
- Texas
- USA
- Library Collection RecordClimate change is expected to adversely affect agriculture in South Africa. A rise in variable and unfavourable conditions is likely to surpass the limits of current coping mechanisms of farmers,…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- agriculture
- livestock
- Karoo
- rangelands
- Subsistence farming
- communal farming
- socio-economic aspects
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis article covers the turbulent years between 1848 and 1853 which saw Tubac burned in by Apaches, Arivaca abandoned under threat of Apache raids, and increased traffic through Tucson as 49'ers…Publication Date 2014
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordPlants are multifaceted organisms that have evolved numerous solutions to the problem of establishing, growing and reproducing with limited resources. The intrinsic dimensionality of plant traits is…Publication Date 2014
- community assembly
- curse of dimensionality
- determinants of plant community diversity and structure
- ecosystem processes
- intrinsic dimension
- isomap
- nonlinear data reduction
- plant spectrums
- plant strategies
- plant traits
- ecosystem ecology
- Arizona
- California
- USA
- Sheffield
- United Kingdom
- Library Collection RecordForage legumes have the potential to contribute substantially to warm-season, subtropical and tropical pastures and rangelands. Compared to grasses, they have advantages in accessing subsoil…Publication Date 2014
- grasslands
- pastures
- rangelands
- legumes
- forage ecology
- nutrients
- management
- agriculture
- nutritional value
- Library Collection RecordIn this article Mary Kasulaitis describes a number of historic droughts, referencing rainfall records and personal accounts of area residents, and discusses the importance of precipitation to the…Publication Date 2014
- history
- Rainfall patterns
- drought
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordTropical and subtropical rangeland systems provide core ecosystem services for the welfare of human populations that rely on readiness and quality of forage resources. However, forage species are…Publication Date 2014
- Landscape genetics
- Plant population dynamics
- population genetics
- Tropical rangeland systems
- Themeda australis
- rangelands
- Themed atriandra
- ecosystem services
- genetics
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis article provides a brief history of the Rancho de la Osa, a guest ranch located in Southern Arizona, intermixed with commentary on the current owners' plans to sell the property. The first…Publication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Cattle Ranching
- Historical Site
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAs Kasulaitis puts it, in the early 1800s "Arivaca was a ranch, not a town." The Ortis family had a 8,896 acre land grant that covered most of the valley and raised cattle, but when three…Publication Date 2014
- ranching
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordSeed dispersal is thought to be unpredictable and outside a plant's control. But directed seed dispersal by mutualistic birds can increase probabilities of germination and survival by the non-…Publication Date 2014
- abiotic stress
- dispersal in time
- facilitation
- frugivory
- plant demography
- plant neighbourhoods
- plant-plant interactions
- risk spreading
- Desert Grassland
- ecosystem ecology
- Arizona
- USA
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Desert marshes, or cienegas, are extremely biodiverse habitats imperiled by anthropogenic demands for water and changing climates. Given their widespread loss and increased recognition,…Publication Date 2014
- Arizona
- Cienega
- Gabions
- restoration
- United States
- wetlands
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: Erosion dynamics in semiarid environments is defined by high magnitude, low frequency rainfalls that produce runoff with high sediment concentration. Check dams are widely used in this…Publication Date 2014
- Arizona
- Check dam
- erosion
- runoff
- Santa Rita Mountains
- sediment yield
- semiarid
- United States
- watershed
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Mexican scholarship has often obscured women’s contributions to small-scale sheep production by using imprecise descriptions as to who producers are, what they do, and why. Such women…Publication Date 2013-12-02
- gendered roles in livestock management
- rangelands
- diffusion of innovations
- small ruminants
- Library Collection RecordWoody plant effects on grass production at specific points in some rangeland savannas may be a function of numerous surrounding woody plants with lateral roots that extend into those patches of grass…Publication Date 2013-11-01
- brush invasion
- competition
- lateral roots
- Prosopis glandulosa
- rangelands
- remote sensing
- Library Collection RecordDowny brome or cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) are the most problematic invasive annual grasses in rangelands of the western United States, including…Publication Date 2013-09-01
- annual grass
- imazapic
- invasive
- rangelands
- revegetation
- Library Collection RecordTraditional upland livestock grazing is declining worldwide, leading to concerns about possible impacts on biodiversity. Although monitoring of protected areas often focuses on rare species,…Publication Date 2013-07-01
- field methods
- herbivory
- joint learning
- rangelands
- stakeholder participation
- structural heterogeneity
- Library Collection RecordThe importance of sexual reproduction in tussock grasses that regenerate through vegetative growth is unclear. Festuca gracillima Hook. f. was studied as a model because it is a perennial tussock-…Publication Date 2013-03-01
- demography
- Festuca gracillima
- rangelands
- sexual reproduction
- sheep
- soil seed bank
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Range scientists, managers, and practitioners can benefit by including history in their current monitoring and restoration efforts. • A symposium at the 2012 SRM Annual Meeting…Publication Date 2013-02-01
- history
- range management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordWildfires can have significant impacts on rangeland productivity and functionality causing substantial economic losses to affected farmers. In August 2011, such wildfires swept through the North West…Publication Date 2013
- fire ecology
- rangelands
- plant production
- management
- grazing
- socio-economic aspects
- biodiversity
- savanna
- rainfall
- grazing capacity
- erosion
- ecosystem ecology
- soil nutrients
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis article tells the story of Lucretia Roberts, the first female deputy sheriff in the state. Lucretia was elected to office in 1912 in Canelo, Arizona.Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Law enforcement
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Desert grasslands of the southwestern United States have experienced an increase in the abundance and distribution of woody plant species over the past century. Shrub encroachment has caused…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- black grama
- Bouteloua eriopoda
- broom snakeweed
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- invasive species
- Lehmann lovegrass
- New Mexico
- perennial grasses
- prescribed burn
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe paper critiques Vetter's (in this issue) assertion that commercialisation of smallholder agriculture holds dangers for sustainable rangeland management. The paper argues that a range of…Publication Date 2013
- sustainability
- communal farming
- subsistence agriculture
- rangelands
- management
- policy
- smallholder farming
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act was created to maintain horses on public lands, but is that the case anymore? According to a policy forum article, A Critical Crossroad for BLM’s Wild…Publication Date 2013
- rangelands
- horses
- Bureau of Land Management
- Western United States
- wild burros
- wild horses
- Library Collection RecordGrasslands of the Sky Islands region once covered over 13 million acres in southeastern Arizona and adjacent portions of New Mexico, Sonora, and Chihuahua. Roughly two-thirds of these remain as…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Desert Graslands
- grassland restoration
- New Mexico
- United States
- Vegetation Change
- Library Collection RecordWilliam M. Marteny and his family settled at the headwaters of Arivaca Creek, filing for a homestead while trading cattle and horses. In 1919 Marteny sold the homestead, purchasing the Robles Ranch…Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIn this paper the use of fenced grazing camps to manage the rangeland commons is challenged. A historical perspective is presented on fencing and rotational grazing in South Africa. Two case studies…Publication Date 2013
- grazing
- management
- communal agriculture
- rangelands
- fending
- Commercial farming
- land tenure
- socio-economic aspects
- biodiversity
- Sustainable development
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis article tells the story of the Santa Lucia Ranch and the people who called it home. Originally homesteaded by Gabriel E. Angulo, Jr. in 1921, the Santa Lucia was located near the confluence of…Publication Date 2013
- ranching
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIn the savanna rangelands of southern Africa, the debate about land reform tends to be about the redistribution of formerly freehold ranches and fencing-off the rangeland commons into ranches for…Publication Date 2013
- savanna
- rangelands
- management
- land reform
- communal farming
- sustainability
- policies
- socio-economic aspects
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordDiscussing the major themes and political tensions of the 1960s and 70s, Mary Kasulaitis tells us the story of Arivaca in the late sixties as "the hippies" began to arrive, focusing in on…Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIn 1952 Don Rowley purchased the Rancho Seco from Peggy and Jack Rubel, establishing the Carrow Cattle Company several years later after acquiring additional parcels. After his death, his sons sold a…Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States