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- Library Collection RecordA field study was initiated in May 1981 to monitor the effectiveness of mechanical brush control (chaining) as a method of reclaiming Ashe juniper (Juniperus asheii)-oak (Quercus spp.) dominated…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- Juniperus ashei
- mechanical methods
- Quercus
- brush control
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Texas
- habitat improvement
- range management
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThis study evaluated the effects of heavy forage use in a rest-rotation grazing system on the basal-area growth and frequency of occurrence of native bunchgrasses from 1975 to 1984. None of these…Publication Date 1987-03-01
- Elymus elymoides
- Festuca idahoensis
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- basal area
- Achnatherum thurberianum
- crop-weed competition
- growth
- rotational grazing
- Artemisia tridentata
- cattle
- botanical composition
- Nevada
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordEffects of defoliation frequency and intensity on persistence of a perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)-subclover (Trifolium subterraneum) pasture were studied near Corvallis, Ore., during 1980 to…Publication Date 1987-05-01
- Trifolium subterraneum
- Lolium perenne
- persistence
- pastures
- Oregon
- botanical composition
- defoliation
- canopy
- Library Collection RecordPrincipal component analysis (PCA) was used to interpret secondary succession of pinyon-juniper stands after cabling or bulldozing. Soil types were used to separate 93 sample units into 3 groupings.…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- principal component analysis
- bulldozing
- cabling
- quercus undulata
- mechanical methods
- plant community analysis
- secondary succession
- pinyon-juniper
- ecological succession
- range management
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordThe dry-weight-rank (DWR) method for determining species composition of tallgrass prairie vegetation was compared to hand clipping. Species composition estimates for the 2 methods were similar in 3…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- vegetation sampling
- species
- vegetation
- sampling
- Oklahoma
- prairies
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordFive oesophageal-fistulated steers were used to determine the botanical composition, on a quantitative basis, of the diet of freeranging cattle on an alpine range in Victoria, Australia. The steers…Publication Date 1986-09-01
- quantitative analysis
- Victoria (Australia)
- alpine grasslands
- grazing experiments
- plant communities
- diet studies
- cattle
- range management
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe woody component of the vegetation of eastern Senegal was sampled using the point-centered quarter method. Data were evaluated using cluster, principal component, and multiple discriminant…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- Combretum
- Sahel
- Senegal
- woody component
- classification
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordCanopy cover of vegetation dominated by Gambel oak was determined in 1983 in adjacent canyons characterized by different grazing histories. Results were compared with data collected in 1935, and the…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- brushwood and scrub
- mountains
- mountain areas
- highlands
- ecological succession
- botanical composition
- Utah
- livestock
- zero grazing
- Library Collection RecordA 3-year study of the vegetation in 4 livestock exclosures was begun in 1976 in the mixed grass prairie of southwestern North Dakota. Three of the exclosures were established in 1937 and the fourth…Publication Date 1986-09-01
- plant community analysis
- grasslands
- ecological succession
- range management
- botanical composition
- zero grazing
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of 4 stocking rates (1.2, 1.6, 2.4, and 4.8 AUM/ha) on cattle production were examined, over a 35-year period, on a Rough Fescue (Festuca scabrella Torr.) Grassland. Forage productivity…Publication Date 1986-03-01
- Festuca altaica
- grasslands
- liveweight gain
- grazing trials
- Alberta
- stocking rate
- cattle
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordSeasonal diets of native Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) and exotic axis deer (Axis axis axis), fallow deer (Dama dama dama), and cattle (Bos taurus) on Point Reyes…Publication Date 1985-09-01
- coasts
- coastal plant communities
- feeding habits
- rumen contents
- California
- Cervidae
- competition
- cattle
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordChanges in botanical composition and productivity of total herbage and 14 categories of annual range plants caused by elemental sulfur fertilization, range site, and precipitation were studied. Total…Publication Date 1985-03-01
- sulfur fertilizers
- grasslands
- productivity
- pastures
- California
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordTotal production of aboveground biomass on a 238-ha watershed was not affected when big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) was controlled by aerial application of 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid…Publication Date 1986-03-01
- plant propagation
- aerial spraying
- 2,4-D
- grassland improvement
- pesticide application
- watersheds
- brush control
- Wyoming
- Artemisia tridentata
- biomass
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing management systems on plant communities in the Great Basin are largely unknown. This study is a quantitative description of the response of vegetation from 1973 to 1983 on the…Publication Date 1986-03-01
- dominant species
- responses
- ecological succession
- vegetation
- rotational grazing
- plant communities
- range management
- botanical composition
- Nevada
- rangelands
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe botanical composition of the diets of 5 esophageal-fistulated steers in summer (June to August) and winter (January to March) on a south Florida range was studied in order to point out those…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- forage crops
- Florida
- pastures
- diets
- cattle
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe bite count technique was used to estimate the botanical composition of cattle diets for deferred rotation and continuous grazing systems on seeded forest range previously clearcut of spruce and…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- British Columbia
- legumes
- diets
- cattle
- botanical composition
- grazing
- grasses
- forage
- Library Collection RecordBotanical composition of Spanish goat diets was only different when diets selected from tebuthiuron-treated pastures were compared to those from untreated and mechanically treated areas in the Texas…Publication Date 1984-11-01
- diets
- Dietary Selection
- Spanish Goats
- Mechanically Treated
- Browse Component
- IVDOM
- College Station
- brush management
- organic matter
- winter
- treatments
- fall
- summer
- botanical composition
- digestibility
- crude protein
- nutrition
- spring
- pastures
- tebuthiuron
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordBotanical composition of pronghorn antelope diets from fecal analysis and nutrient quality of samples of plants known to be used by pronghorn were evaluated from June 1979 to May 1980 in Oldham and…Publication Date 1984-11-01
- Sphaeralcea coccinea
- digestible energy
- Pronghorn Antelope
- diet quality
- fecal analysis
- Nutrient Quality
- Artemisia ludoviciana
- botanical composition
- seasonal
- phosphorus
- crude protein
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordA cover of young longleaf or slash pines increased protein and phosphorus and decreased nitrogen-free extract in herbage on pine-bluestem range. Under protection from grazing, the proportion of big…Publication Date 1973-11-01
- Pinus elliottii
- Herbage Quality
- Pine
- Southern Pine Overstory
- long-leaf
- slash
- Slash Pine
- Palustris Experimental Forest
- Nitrogen Free Extract
- botanical composition
- chemical composition
- big bluestem
- protein
- phosphorus
- Pinus palustris
- grazing
- Louisiana
- cover
- Library Collection RecordRumen-fistulated steers were employed to study the botanical composition of the diet on a desert grassland range. Botanical composition of the major plant species in the diet was determined on a…Publication Date 1969-01-01
- Plains Bristlegrass
- Arizona Cottontop
- Rumen Fistula
- Microscope Point Technique
- Time of Year
- qualitative
- Quantative
- Grazing Intervals
- False Mesquite
- Engelmann Prickly Pear
- animal nutrition
- Lehmann lovegrass
- steers
- diet
- winter
- desert grasslands
- black grama
- fall
- botanical composition
- shrubs
- crude protein
- range
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordA microscope point method was used to develop weight prediction equations for plant species in masticated forage samples of known species weights collected at the end of two successive growing…Publication Date 1968-11-01
- Fistualted Steers
- Microscope Point Method
- Weight Prediction Equations
- Masticated Forage Samples
- Percent Weight
- Confidence LImits
- grazing animals
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- diet
- Forage Samples
- botanical composition
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordNitrogen at four rates, 100, 300, 600, and 900 lb/acre, and a combination of 900 lb N, 100 lb P2O5/acre were applied to a bunchgrass-annual forb community in a randomized complete block design in…Publication Date 1969-01-01
- Welder Wildlife Refuge
- iron
- Coastal Prairie Range
- manganese
- Brachiaria ciliatissima
- Cenchrus incertus
- Elyonurus tripsacoides
- Setaria firmula
- Croton capitatus
- Croton texensis
- Heterotheca latifolia
- Ximenesia enceloides
- influence
- protein content
- calcium
- Percent Utilization
- Andropogon scoparius
- botanical composition
- chemical composition
- phosphorus
- potassium
- nitrogen fertilization
- herbage production
- utilization
- Library Collection RecordA knowledge of the influence of advance in season and activity of grazing animals on foliage-density estimates is necessary to properly assess trends or evaluate range treatments. Foliage-density…Publication Date 1968-09-01
- trend
- procedures
- trampling
- influence
- Foliage Density
- activity
- Range Treatments
- Grazing Influences
- Period
- Study Area
- July 20
- botanical composition
- mixed prairie
- seasons
- seasonal
- grazing
- livestock
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordTwo loamy prairie pastures were studied to determine the effect of different grazing intensities on botanical composition, herbage production, and plant vigor. Indications are that heavy grazing…Publication Date 1967-07-01
- plant composition
- leaf height
- Loamy Prairie Pastures
- Osage Rangeland
- overstocking
- Andropogon scoparius
- grazing intensity
- Andropogon gerardii
- botanical composition
- plant vigor
- little bluestem
- big bluestem
- switchgrass
- Indiangrass
- Basal Density
- herbage production
- vigor
- range condition
- production
- Sorghastrum nutans
- Panicum virgatum
- Oklahoma
- Library Collection RecordForage yield was influenced more by differences in year and date of cutting than was nutritive value as measured by metabolizable energy and nitrogen retention. Chemical analysis showed relatively…Publication Date 1966-03-01
- Storage Time
- stage of maturity
- Method of Storage
- Sandhills Upland Hay
- Year
- Date of Cutting
- metabolizable energy
- nitrogen retention
- Haying Practices
- baling
- Bunching
- Reed Hamilton Ranch
- vegetation cover
- bare ground
- litter cover
- windrowing
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- ground cover
- forage yield
- forage production
- Nebraska
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1967-07-01
- deteriorated ranges
- Sundance
- shortgrasses
- effects
- western wheatgrass
- botanical composition
- chemical composition
- phosphorus
- crude protein
- forage yield
- northern Great Plains
- yield
- range improvement
- forage yield
- forbs
- nitrogen
- fertilization
- Wyoming
- Library Collection RecordNitrogen plus sulfur increased production of cheatgrass in 9 of 11 years studied. However, fertilization was not a dependable means of producing additional forage in dry years. This material was…Publication Date 1966-07-01
- Dry
- Alturas
- Single
- Repeated
- forage yield
- Mustard
- Wasted Feed
- ranges
- applications
- botanical composition
- cheatgrass
- sulfur
- Bromus tectorum
- production
- nitrogen
- fertilization
- drought
- California
- Library Collection RecordHerbage yield and density of cover were greater on moderately or heavily grazed than on ungrazed range. Botanical composition remained relatively constant under moderate use but changed markedly on…Publication Date 1967-07-01
- ungrazed
- Herbage Utilization
- Longleaf Pine
- Palustris Experimental Forest
- Loiusiana
- herbage yields
- litter
- Bluestem range
- herbage growth
- soil compaction
- Heavy Grazing
- density
- grass production
- botanical composition
- ground cover
- fire
- utilization
- Pinus palustris
- grazing
- vegetation
- cover
- erosion
- Library Collection RecordApplication of N increased the percentage grass and depressed annual legumes. Subterranean clover not N fertilized was very competitive with grass when the sward was grazed or mowed. The…Publication Date 1967-01-01
- Fertilized Grasslands
- Unmowed
- Subterranean Clover
- ungrazed
- protein content
- Hopland Field Station
- Trifolium subterraneum
- annual legumes
- botanical composition
- grazing
- growth
- dry seasons
- nitrogen
- California
- mowing
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1953-07-01
- Southern Illinois
- Carbondale
- Ravines
- herbage
- Dominants
- selective grazing
- Bluegrass
- Broomsedge
- ecology
- pastures
- consumption
- botanical composition
- chemical composition
- conditions
- utilization
- Use
- yields
- grazing
- vegetation
- forage
- erosion
- sampling
- carrying capacity
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1963-01-01
- Desert Shrub Vegetation
- Random Point Frames
- Point Frames
- Sagebrush Grass
- Sagebrush Shadscale
- Artemisia tridentata
- sampling techniques
- comparison
- line Intercept
- botanical composition
- shrubs
- Agropyron inerme
- Beardless Wheatgrass
- ground cover
- big sagebrush
- forbs
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1964-01-01
- Range Nutrition
- Pasture Nutrition
- Experimental Studies
- Surgical Techniques
- esophagus
- surgery
- Mediastinitis
- Closure Devices
- cannulas
- Collection Apparatus
- Length of Sampling
- Salivary Contamination
- Isotope-dilution Technique
- Ruminal Fistula Sampling
- Botanical Analyses
- Sampling Frequency
- Areas Sampled
- Facial Eczema
- Pithomyces chartarum
- Fungus
- Other Uses
- historical development
- domestic animals
- ruminants
- Review
- practices
- digestion
- diet
- Forage Samples
- grazing behavior
- chemical analysis
- botanical composition
- chemical composition
- livestock grazing
- esophageal fistula
- development
- operations
- problems
- precision
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1961-07-01
- Acidity
- Moisture Extraction
- rangeland soils
- Acidic
- Basic
- Neutral
- Eakin Silt Loam
- Needle and Thread Stipa comata
- threadleaf sedge
- Soil Samples
- Root Activity
- Chemical Properties
- residues
- Carex filifolia
- soil pH
- western wheatgrass
- Agropyron smithii
- botanical composition
- phosphorus
- ammonium nitrate
- Great Plains
- nitrogen fertilization
- native rangelands
- root growth
- moisture
- blue grama
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1960-01-01
- Red Plains Experiment Station
- Pasture Differences
- Weed Growth
- weed production
- superphosphates
- native grass
- botanical composition
- pastures
- fertilization
- Oklahoma
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1959-11-01
- Alexander Coulee Sheep Range
- fertilizer
- minerals
- returns
- protein content
- manure
- native ranges
- Swift Current
- botanical composition
- northern Great Plains
- yield
- Saskatchewan
- forage yield
- fertilization
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1961-05-01
- annual grasses
- Grazed Annual Range
- feed quality
- ground cover
- filaree
- climatic conditions
- botanical composition
- nitrogen fertilization
- ground cover
- legumes
- forage production
- soils
- nitrogen
- fertilization
- plants
- California
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1959-01-01
- plant material
- Esophageal Fistuals
- Smapling
- Erodium circutarium
- Erodium botrys
- ripgut
- Fistula Material
- Uneaten Forage
- flowers
- Consumed Forage
- Medicago hispida
- Broadleaf Filaree
- forage preferences
- Bromus rigidus
- filaree
- Bromus mollis
- clover
- field methods
- Hopland Field Station
- Mendocino County
- Soft Chess
- preference
- diet
- fruit
- consumption
- stems
- leaves
- botanical composition
- seasons
- height
- grazing
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1957-09-01
- Step Point Method
- Forage Stand
- quadrat sampling
- Pin
- Soil Vegetation Survey
- annual range
- Objectivity
- Herbaceous Species
- Tool
- herbaceous vegetation
- range research
- procedures
- botanical composition
- ground cover
- cover
- accuracy
- sampling
- Library Collection RecordThe effects on herbage yield and botanical composition of different clipping dates and subsequent removal or return of forage to bluestem range were studied. Yield of herbage was greatest under…Publication Date 1969-09-01
- Clipping Date
- Loamy Upland
- increaser species
- Carbohydrate Storage
- Kentucky bluegrass
- August
- Decreasers
- herbage yields
- Bluestem range
- Forage Removal
- plant composition
- botanical composition
- clipping
- little bluestem
- big bluestem
- Indiangrass
- Kansas
- Flint Hills
- yield
- Sideoats grama
- Library Collection RecordTrials were run for two years on eight typical range sites in the north of Israel to assess the effect of nitrogenous and phosphatic fertilizers on a sward composed of mixed annual mediterranean…Publication Date 1969-09-01
- Northern Israel
- Mixed Annual Mediterranean Species
- Ammonium Sulphate
- sward
- fertilizer
- superphosphates
- herbage yields
- Economic Evaluation
- climate
- annual range
- botanical composition
- phosphorus
- soils
- nitrogen
- fertilization
- Library Collection RecordPercentage botanical composition by weight can be estimated from composition determined with the laboratory point method, if differences among species, seasons of growth, and botanical composition…Publication Date 1965-05-01
- weight composition
- point samples
- Laboratory Point Method
- growth season
- Equation Selection
- stage of maturity
- botanical composition
- regression
- Clipped Herbage
- vegetation
- forbs
- grasses
- species composition
- sampling
- Library Collection RecordCombinations of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer gave greater yield increases than either element applied alone. Yield response and chemical composition of forage appeared to be a result of…Publication Date 1965-09-01
- fertilizer
- botanical composition
- dry matter
- Meadow Vegetation
- sub-irrigated meadow
- Nebraska Sandhills
- Holt County
- chemical composition
- phosphorus
- legumes
- yield
- vegetation
- nitrogen
- forage
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordThe most practical and effective method to increase dry matter production in rangelands is by adequate fertilization. N and K fertilizers have commonly been used worldwide to increase yield in…Publication Date 2008
- forage quality
- botanical composition
- mineral concentration
- harvest date
- cattle
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of burning and mowing on ungrazed tall grassveld of Natal. The trial was conducted on the Estcourt Research Station to show the effect of 14 burning and mowing treatments without grazing…Publication Date 1989
- botanical composition
- hay yields
- principal component analysis
- soil loss
- veld condition score
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordBotanical data were collected for the period 1970 to 1985 from the experimental farm unit at Massakloutjie in the Kalahari duneveld of the north?western Cape Province (Veld type no. 16a4, Acocks,…Publication Date 1987
- rainfall
- basal cover
- botanical composition
- stocking rate
- Net Income
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordRangelands, generally located on steep semi-arid zones, have a special importance in resource management. Continued overgrazing and erosion cause range degradation by altering plant communities and…Publication Date 2003
- soil properties
- botanical composition
- Rangeland quality
- Landscape positions
- rangeland condition
- grazing
- erosion
- degradation
- vegetation dynamics
- Soil Condition
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study investigated the long-term effects on sward composition and animal performance of applying different fertilizer regimes to upland permanent pasture. The experiment, which was carried out…Publication Date 2011
- pasture
- management
- grazing
- animal production
- fertilizer
- Extensification
- sheep
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- liveweight gain
- Wales
- Great Britain
- Library Collection RecordPredicting species composition in mixed swards by near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) can save labour in grassland research, provided equations are available. This study compares…Publication Date 2014
- grasslands
- management
- near infrared reflectance spectroscopy
- botanical composition
- Festuca arundinacea Schreb.
- Trifolium repens L.
- calibration
- Merelbeke
- Belgium
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