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- Library Collection RecordThe phenomenon of cheatgrass die-off is a common and naturally occurring stand failure that can eliminate the presence of this annual grass for a year or more, affecting tens of thousands of hectares…Publication Date 2017-12
- Bromus tectorum
- cheatgrass
- die-off
- Great Basin
- restoration
- revegetation
- 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 RecordMany public agencies and land trusts that manage grazing lands are interested in using remote sensing technologies to make their monitoring programs more efficient but lack the expertise to do so. In…Publication Date 2017-10
- California annual grassland
- conservation easement
- decision-support tool
- MODIS
- RDMapper
- residual dry matter
- Library Collection RecordRangeland monitoring is an important component of rangeland management. The Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition developed a rangeland monitoring program (RMP) in 2009 to assist livestock producers in…Publication Date 2017-10
- adaptive management
- rangeland monitoring
- survey
- university extension
- 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 RecordWind erosion is a major resource concern for rangeland managers because it can impact soil health, ecosystem structure and function, hydrologic processes, agricultural production, and air quality.…Publication Date 2017-06
- air quality
- Dust
- Long-Term Agroecosystem Research
- network
- soil health
- Library Collection RecordOur experience shows that land management agencies rely on upland water and deferred rotation grazing systems to reduce riparian use and improve conditions, rather than addressing stocking rate and…Publication Date 2017-06
- bank alteration
- deferred rotatio
- riparian
- stubble height
- upland water
- utilization
- Library Collection RecordSoils properties can affect the ability of an animal to dig burrows for habitat and survival purposes. The Sonoran (Gopherus morafkai) and Mojave Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) require burrows…Publication Date 2017-06
- ecological site
- habitats of opportunity
- soils and landform characteristics
- soils classification criteria
- Sonoran Desert Tortoise
- upland rangeland health
- Library Collection RecordDrought response is widely varied depending on both the characteristics of the drought and the ability of individual ranchers to respond. Assistance from institutions during drought has not typically…Publication Date 2017-04
- adaptive management
- C sequestration
- decision support
- drought policy
- Library Collection RecordOpportunities for rangeland inventory and monitoring have been transformed by innovations in both indicator and methods standardization and new technologies. These technologies make it easier to…Publication Date 2017-04
- assessment
- inventory
- mobile apps
- monitoring
- Library Collection RecordWe used social-science methods to study how social, economic, technical, and institutional factors have influenced medusahead control near Paradise, Utah, over the past 25 years. In general, control…Publication Date 2017-04
- community-based natural resource management
- risk and uncertainty in restoration ecology
- social-ecological systems
- Taeniatherum caput-medusae
- weed extension
- Weed Prevention Area
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground Despite prescribed fire programs, invasive juniper trees are increasing in the Great Plains. Continued encroachment of junipers in the Great Plains, especially eastern redcedar and Ashe…Publication Date 2017-04
- Eastern Redcedar
- economics
- fire
- invasive species
- Juniperus
- policy
- Library Collection RecordBiodiversity is an important ecosystem service provided by rangelands. However, the close link between biodiversity and rangelands often results in conflicts between human livelihood and biological…Publication Date 2017-04
- Chile
- guanaco
- livestock-wildlife conflict
- Patagonia
- ranching
- Tierra del Fuego
- Library Collection RecordIn Alberta, Canada beef producers share the landscape with large carnivores where interactions can lead to negative outcomes. We had 672 Alberta beef producers complete an online survey in spring…Publication Date 2017-02
- beef producer
- cattle producer
- compensation
- human wildlife interactions
- large carnivores
- livestock depredation
- Library Collection RecordMaintaining plant diversity under livestock grazing and long droughts is a challenge in arid rangelands. Maintaining the plant diversity can and has been done through rotation grazing and movement of…Publication Date 2017-02
- Arizona Strip
- diversity
- frequency
- grazing system
- species composition
- utilization
- Library Collection RecordIn this article, I share river restoration techniques for land owners whose ranch property boundaries extend to the middle of a river. These lessons learned may help other ranchers save money and…Publication Date 2017-02
- East Central New Mexico
- establishing cottonwoods and willows
- lessons learned
- Pecos River
- river restoration
- Library Collection RecordLand treatments occurring over millions of hectares of public rangelands in the Great Basin over the last 75 years represent one of the largest vegetation manipulation and restoration efforts in the…Publication Date 2017-02
- adaptive management
- Bureau of Land Management
- land treatment
- rehabilitation
- restoration
- soil
- Library Collection RecordThe concepts of animal units, animal unit months, and animal unit equivalents have long been used as standards for range management planning, estimating stocking rates, reporting actual use,…Publication Date 2017-02
- animal unit
- animal unit equivalent
- animal unit month
- Cow Weights
- forage requirement
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordSeed production is an essential component of postdisturbance recovery for mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt, ssp vaseyana [Rydb] Beetle; MBS). We tested a method for rapid estimation…Publication Date 2017
- rapid assessment
- Reproductive Potential
- sagebrush steppe
- Library Collection RecordInformation relating to germination and seedling emergence of a plant aids in determining the species potential distribution and also helps in designing appropriate plant management strategies within…Publication Date 2017
- Arid
- burial depth
- Fodder
- osmotic
- pH
- salinity
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangeland Ecology & Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further…Publication Date 2017
- Library Collection RecordThe presence of gray wolves (Canis lupus) can directly and indirectly affect beef cattle (Bos taurus) production on rangelands of the Northern Rocky Mountains. While fairly extensive knowledge exists…Publication Date 2017
- behavior
- Bos taurus
- Canis lupus
- Impact-Control
- Northern Rocky Mountains
- predation threat
- Library Collection RecordUS government agencies are adopting state and transition models (STMs) for rangeland evaluation, monitoring, and management. This research demonstrates advantages of combining STMs and ranch economic…Publication Date 2017
- dynamic optimization
- ecological sites
- ranch economics
- state and transition models
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding the capture and redistribution of water within ecological sites should improve our understanding of the function of rangeland watersheds. We compare ecological site physical properties…Publication Date 2017
- ecological sites
- infiltration
- overland flow
- runoff
- Spatial scale
- Library Collection RecordAlthough crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum [L] Gaertn. & A. desertorum [Fisch. ex Link] Schult.) has been one of the most commonly seeded exotic species in the western United States,…Publication Date 2017
- Agropyron cristatum & desertorum
- brush management
- ecological site
- native shrub
- succession
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordUtah lotus (Lotus utahensis Ottley) is a North American leguminous forb that may hold promise for rangeland revegetation in the western United States for diversifying planting mixtures, attracting…Publication Date 2017
- Condensed tannin
- Lotus corniculatus
- Lotus utahensis
- Lotus wrightii
- rangeland legumes
- rangeland plant materials
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordThe shortgrass steppe (SGS) occupies the southwestern part of the Great Plains. Half of the land is cultivated, but significant areas remain under natural vegetation. Despite previous studies of the…Publication Date 2017
- Bowen ratio-energy balance
- CO2 flux partitioning
- ecosystem respiration
- eddy covariance
- gross primary production
- shortgrass steppe
- Library Collection RecordThe natural Andean vegetation environment is the most important resource available to local pastoralist economies. Knowledge of its attributes is vital in assessing ecosystem properties and improves…Publication Date 2017
- biomass
- puna
- shrubs
- tussocks
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordSpectral indices derived from satellite observations, such as the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), are widely used for grassland monitoring and…Publication Date 2017
- Aqua
- EVI
- grassland
- MODIS
- Mongolia
- NDVI
- Terra
- vegetation cover
- Library Collection RecordThe extent and heterogeneity of rangelands in the state of Nevada (United States) pose a challenging situation for land managers when determining stocking levels for livestock grazing.…Publication Date 2017
- drought
- grazing
- livestock
- MODIS
- PDSI
- precipitation
- Library Collection RecordPhenotypic plasticity enables plants to cope with changes in their environment. Plasticity in a population of Leymus chinensis, a common grass species in arid and semiarid temperate grasslands of…Publication Date 2017
- grazing intensity gradient
- Leymus chinensis
- phenotypic plasticity
- transplant garden
- Library Collection RecordExotic annual grasses have invaded millions of hectares of sagebrush (Artemisia L.) steppe in the Great Basin region and degraded wildlife habitat, reduced forage production, and promoted…Publication Date 2017
- Bromus tectorum
- cheatgrass
- medusahead
- restoration
- revegetation
- sagebrush steppe
- Library Collection RecordControlled burning timed in early summer can dramatically change the species composition of annual rangeland the following season. Although this has been well documented, the longevity of these…Publication Date 2017
- fire
- forage
- forage production
- species composition
- weed control
- Library Collection RecordIn sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) ecosystems, expansion and infilling of conifers decreases the abundance of understory perennial vegetation and lowers ecosystem resilience and resistance of…Publication Date 2017
- Conifer expansion
- fuels management
- Infilling
- juniper
- pinyon
- resilience to disturbance
- resistance to invasive annual grasses
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordMitigating runoff and associated erosion is a fundamental challenge for sustainable management of rangelands. Hillslope runoff and erosion are strongly influenced by ground cover; thus, a strategic…Publication Date 2017
- rainfall simulation
- runoff
- soil conservation
- watershed management
- woody plant expansion
- Library Collection RecordDiet selection is an important driver of ecosystem structure and function that is difficult to measure. New spectroscopic instruments are available for evaluating their applicability to ecological…Publication Date 2017
- botanical diet composition
- mesquite
- Prosopis glandulosa
- Library Collection RecordIn the western United States, the management and use of public lands for livestock grazing is a frequent source of conflict among environmentalists, federal agencies, and ranchers. Since at least the…Publication Date 2017
- antigovernment sentiment
- attitudes of ranchers
- conservation
- large landscape conservation
- Q Methodology
- radical center
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangeland Ecology & Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further…Publication Date 2017
- 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 RecordThe Ecological Protection and Restoration Program (EPRP), initiated in 2005 in the Three-River Headwaters (TRH, the headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow, and Lantsang rivers) region, is the largest…Publication Date 2017
- ecological restoration
- Forage Supply
- GLO-PEM
- grassland degradation
- livestock reduction
- Library Collection RecordA hedonic model of feeder and replacement cattle prices in Uruguay was specified to include both permanent agroecological factors (soil productivity and water holding capacity [WHC]) and nonpermanent…Publication Date 2017
- agroecological conditions
- cattle prices
- grass-fed
- hedonic model
- provenance
- resource endowment
- Library Collection RecordSulfur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta L.), a perennial forb native to the eastern Mediterranean region of Eurasia, is a major noxious weed on rangelands of the northwestern United States and…Publication Date 2017
- invasive plant
- Supplementation
- tannin
- weed
- Library Collection RecordThe Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has provided millions of ha of cover for numerous wildlife species. Many CRP contracts have expired or will expire, resulting in the loss of critical wildlife…Publication Date 2017
- CRP
- daily survival rate
- nest survival
- season-long grazing
- Vertical structure
- visual obstruction
- Library Collection RecordAnthropogenic development impacts habitat use by many rangeland species including mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus). Recent policies, including Wyoming's Sage-Grouse Executive Order, have been…Publication Date 2017
- Centrocercus urophasianus
- fawn-to-female ratio
- greater sage-grouse
- mule deer
- Odocoileus hemionus
- oil and gas development
- umbrella species
- Wyoming Sage-Grouse Executive Order
- Library Collection RecordWildlife near agricultural lands is exposed to pesticides, particularly organophosphorus and carbamates, where birds appear to be more sensitive to their toxic effects than other vertebrates. One of…Publication Date 2017
- agricultural lands
- Grassland Priority Conservation Area
- native birds
- Pesticides
- plasma cholinesterase activity
- Library Collection RecordFire is a natural process in grasslands that maintains an open canopy and creates variable vegetative structure and composition over time. Although there is a wealth of knowledge on plant and avian…Publication Date 2017
- burning
- disturbance
- grasslands
- insect
- invertebrates
- predictor traits
- Library Collection RecordMany rangelands in southeastern North Dakota are invaded by Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) and/or smooth brome (Bromus inermis Leyss.). It may be especially difficult for native species to…Publication Date 2017
- competition-reduction
- glyphosate
- interseeding
- Kentucky bluegrass
- smooth brome
- Library Collection RecordRevegetation of exotic annual grass - invaded rangelands is challenging as annuals rapidly reinvade after control treatments. The most effective control of exotic annual grass is usually achieved…Publication Date 2017
- cheatgrass
- herbicide protection pods
- imazapic
- medusahead
- restoration
- seed technologies
- Library Collection RecordWoody plant expansion and infilling into nonwooded rangeland ecosystems have been observed worldwide. Such expansion may lead to declines in herbaceous understory plant communities and increased fuel…Publication Date 2017
- Bromus tectorum
- fuel-reduction
- mastication
- Pinon-juniper
- prescribed fire
- seeding
- Library Collection RecordPerennial bunchgrasses are critical to maintaining sagebrush plant communities, but seeding of native bunchgrasses following fire has had limited success. Previous research indicated that blackened…Publication Date 2017
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- islands of fertility
- rehabilitation
- restoration
- Seedling
- wildfire