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- Library Collection RecordAbstract. Tendency to crust is a potentially useful index for assessing soil degradation and for assisting land use planning in South Africa. In this study, the influence of land use, geology and…Publication Date 2004
- Crusting
- dispersible clay
- erosion
- land use
- soil degradation
- vegetation cover
- degradation
- management
- policies
- ecology
- fire
- Soil Condition
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Aim Wildlife and pastoral peoples have lived side-by-side in the Mara ecosystem of south-western Kenya for at least 2000 years. Recent changes in human population and landuse are…Publication Date 2004
- Kenya
- Maasai Mara
- pastoralism
- rangelands
- bomas
- livestock
- wildlife
- land use
- conservation
- national parks
- tourism
- Economic Aspects
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAim To determine whether patterns of avian species turnover reflect either biome or climate transitions at a regional scale, and whether anthropogenic landscape transformation affects those patterns…Publication Date 2004
- Avian species turnover
- ?-diversity
- biome
- heterogeneity
- spatial congruence
- birds
- biodiversity
- vegetation dynamics
- ecosystem ecology
- climate
- landscape ecology
- land use
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper examines the melding of two discourses in southeastern Zimbabwe: land reform and wildlife management. The former seeks to redistribute large, [`]under-utilized' landholdings to…Publication Date 2004
- Zimbabwe
- wildlife management
- land reform
- Campfire
- political ecology
- Lowveld
- Community based natural resource management
- management
- conservation
- land use
- socio-economic aspects
- politics
- wildlife
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper investigates the ways in which national and regional policies relate to farming activities and concerns amongst the rural population in an area of southern Africa. The struggle to make a…Publication Date 2004
- Smallholder agriculture
- Rural livelihoods
- drylands
- diversification
- southern Africa
- policies
- subsistence agriculture
- rural areas
- socio-economic aspects
- Poverty
- land use
- land reform
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThere is a pressing need for an objective, repeatable, systematic and spatially explicit measure of land degradation. In northeastern South Africa (SA), there are large areas of the former homelands…Publication Date 2004
- land degradation
- NDVI values
- rangelands
- South Africa
- degradation
- land use
- remote sensing
- rainfall
- ecosystem ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe role of the hydrological cycle in contributing to the livelihoods of rural communities is often said to be important, but clear evidence of this is rarely offered. Furthermore, where such aspects…Publication Date 2004
- Green water
- Blue water
- Rural livelihoods
- hydrological cycle
- land use change
- hydrology
- land use
- ecology
- rural areas
- rainfall
- runoff
- agriculture
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn arid and semi-arid areas, total evaporation is a major component of the hydrological cycle and seasonal water shortages and drought are common. In these areas, the role of land use and land use…Publication Date 2004
- Green water
- Blue water
- Hydrological model
- land use change
- land use
- management
- non-grazing resources
- rainfall
- hydrology
- modelling
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper set out to analyse time-series and spatial livestock data in the arid west of Namibia over a period of 11 years. These were interpreted in the context of rainfall conditions and access to…Publication Date 2004
- carrying capacity
- Central Namib
- desertification
- desert
- Farming system
- Namibia
- range management
- savanna
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordEnvironmental policies in African rangelands affect development and welfare as well as environmental measures. Biodiversity is widely perceived as declining, and environments as undergoing…Publication Date 2004
- environmental policy
- African rangelands
- Environmental discourse
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Serengeti
- Mara
- land use
- Land privatisation
- Commercial cultivation
- Biodiversity decline
- policies
- rangelands
- biodiversity
- degradation
- management
- decision support systems
- pastoralism
- system economics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordRecent attempts to streamline the identification of areas requiring immediate conservation attention have resulted in the development of prioritisation procedures that identify areas of biodiversity…Publication Date 2004
- biodiversity
- conservation
- Land cover change
- Land use suitability
- land use
- savanna
- management
- decision support systems
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe abundance and distribution patterns of four threatened species of bustards (Eupodotis caerulescens, E. barrowii, E. melanogaster and Neotis denhami) in 3200 km2 of montane grasslands in the…Publication Date 2004
- Bustards
- South Africa
- distribution patterns
- Conservation status
- grasslands
- birds
- land use
- biodiversity
- monitoring
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordMany external effects of land use change are based on modifications of lateral flows of soil, water, air, fire or organisms. Lateral flows can be intercepted by filters and thus the severity and…Publication Date 2004
- biodiversity
- Filters
- fire
- Lateral flows
- Scale effects
- Watershed functions
- land use
- policies
- fire ecology
- species richness
- vegetation dynamics
- stakeholders
- hydrology
- management
- decision support systems
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordClimate, topography, vegetation and land use interact to influence fire regimes. Variable fire regimes may promote landscape heterogeneity, diversification in vegetation pattern and biotic diversity…Publication Date 2004
- Botswana
- Fire exclusion
- fire management
- Landsat
- landscape heterogeneity
- Landscape metric
- Patch characteristic
- prescribed fire
- Principal components analysis
- South Africa
- land use
- fire
- fire ecology
- grasslands
- climate
- vegetation dynamics
- biodiversity
- ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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…Publication Date 2003-12-01
- range management
- 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 2003-12-01
- professionals
- rangelands
- range management
- 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 RecordThe fragmented, weak identity of range science has been disadvantageous to the institutions and individuals involved with it. This paper addresses a complex, interrelated group of issues related to…Publication Date 2003-11-01
- research support
- range management
- rangelands
- synthesis
- concepts
- diversity
- Journal of Range Management
- university range programs
- art
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.…Publication Date 2003-11-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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…Publication Date 2003-10-01
- range management
- 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 2003-10-01
- rangelands
- range management
- 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 RecordHigh quality forage for spring and autumn grazing can be obtained from Russian wildrye [Psathyrostachys juncea (Fisch.) Nevski], a cool-season bunchgrass. However, little is known about mineral…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- plant development
- diploidy
- harvest date
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- mineral content
- tetraploidy
- forage quality
- nitrogen fertilizers
- application rates
- range management
- introduced plants
- soil water
- chemical constituents of plants
- diploidy
- tetraploidy
- stage of maturity
- rain shelter
- Library Collection RecordClubmoss (Selaginella densa Rydb.), a low growing, vascular cryptogam forms carpet-like mats that cover up to 80% of the ground in the Northern Mixed Prairie. Many range managers believe clubmoss…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- Koeleria macrantha
- Selaginella
- Selaginella densa
- irrigated conditions
- Koeleria
- plant-water relations
- vegetation cover
- drought tolerance
- Saskatchewan
- yields
- forbs
- Poaceae
- Bouteloua gracilis
- leaf water potential
- precipitation
- xylem water potential
- range management
- plant competition
- canopy
- water stress
- Bouteloua gracilis
- cryptogams
- Koeleria cristata
- leaf xylem water potentials
- microphytic crust
- Northern Mixed Prairie
- Selaginella densa
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to identify and model environmental and management factors associated with cattle feces deposition patterns across annual rangeland watersheds in the Sierra Nevada…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- dry seasons
- wet season
- cattle manure
- forage quality
- watershed hydrology
- slope
- linear models
- defecation
- aspect
- water supply
- animal preferences
- water troughs
- California
- spatial distribution
- range management
- seasonal variation
- grazing
- beef cattle
- water quality
- pathogens
- grazing distribution
- watershed management
- Library Collection RecordLivestock grazing in riparian areas is an important management issue on both private and public lands. A study was initiated in northeastern Oregon to evaluate the economic and ecological impacts of…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- cow-calf operations
- bioeconomic models
- input costs
- livestock prices
- public lands
- production costs
- riparian areas
- water supply
- feeding behavior
- Oregon
- precipitation
- spatial distribution
- range management
- grazing
- beef cattle
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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…Publication Date 2003-08-01
- range management
- 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 2003-08-01
- public lands
- national forests
- history
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThis article also includes the column “Sneek A Peek At The Upcoming Issue Of The Journal of Range Management.” The Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the…Publication Date 2003-08-01
- range management
- surveys
- public opinion
- Library Collection RecordNative grasslands are a sink for atmospheric CO2 sequestration, but ways for extending site-specific CO2 flux measurements to a regional scale are lacking. Objectives of this study were to determine…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- carbon sequestration
- biogeochemical cycles
- evapotranspiration
- remote sensing
- carbon dioxide
- leaf area index
- vegetation
- precipitation
- shrubs
- semiarid zones
- prairies
- biomass
- range management
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- grazing
- North Dakota
- global carbon cycle
- rangelands
- Bowen ratio
- remote sensing
- sequestration
- Library Collection RecordWildfires commonly occur in the Fescue Prairie of Alberta, but little information exists to provide a basis for making grazing recommendations after burning. A wildfire in April 1999 provided an…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- seasonal development
- flowering
- grazing management
- Festuca altaica
- primary productivity
- harvest date
- Festuca campestris
- fire ecology
- Alberta
- tillering
- precipitation
- biomass
- range management
- defoliation
- defoliation intensity
- deferment
- etiolated growth
- herbage yields
- resilience
- tillers
- Library Collection RecordThe study analyzed the basal area and density of perennial grasses along a cattle grazing intensity gradient away from a water development. Several mechanisms explaining combinations of changes in…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- Aristida
- Chloris
- Aristida inversa
- Aristida mendocina
- Chloris castilloniana
- shrublands
- basal area
- population density
- savannas
- grazing intensity
- range management
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- beef cattle
- distance from water
- basal area
- plant density
- Library Collection RecordOff-road military vehicle traffic is a major consideration in the management of military lands. The objective of this study was to determine the impacts of military tracked M1A1 heavy combat tank…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- rocks
- soil conservation
- military lands
- vehicles
- desert soils
- vegetation cover
- land management
- land use
- soil erosion
- dry seasons
- wet season
- forbs
- shrubs
- sediment yield
- plant litter
- grasses
- New Mexico
- military lands
- soil stability
- site recovery
- seasonal drought
- 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 RecordPrescribed burning has long been recognized as a useful tool in rangeland management, but with it comes the risk of fire and smoke damage to the property of others. All but 2 states have codified…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- loss prevention
- agricultural law
- fire hazard
- risk communication
- liability
- negligence
- risk reduction
- cost-benefit analysis
- fires
- prescribed burning
- profitability
- Oklahoma
- range management
- fire
- natural resources policy
- prescribed fire
- rangeland fires
- rangeland policy
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.…Publication Date 2003-07-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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…Publication Date 2003-06-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordChanges in soil nutrient pools and microbial activity due to fire are important for understanding the availability of nutrients to plants. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- Actinomycetales
- Paspalum quadrifarium
- soil bacteria
- carbon
- soil nutrient dynamics
- Paspalum
- grasslands
- soil fertility
- fire ecology
- nitrogen
- prescribed burning
- phosphorus
- biomass
- range management
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- Paspalum quadrifarium
- fire
- microbial biomass
- soil nutrients
- flooding pampa
- Library Collection RecordConsumption of mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr. var glandulosa) fruit by ruminants is an important component of seed dispersal. Two experiments were conducted to estimate the role of livestock and…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- wildlife
- seed dispersal
- Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
- viability
- weathering
- seed predation
- seed maturation
- seeds
- feces
- digestibility
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- Texas
- range management
- Prosopis
- germination
- digestion
- fecal dispersal
- phenology
- encroachment
- 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 RecordThe Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE 1.06) were evaluated with rainfall simulation data from a diverse set of rangeland vegetation types (8…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- Western United States
- soil erosion
- soil types
- accuracy
- Universal Soil Loss Equation
- Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation
- rainfall simulation
- hydrologic models
- prediction
- precipitation
- plant communities
- range management
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- erosion models
- sheet and rill erosion
- rainfall simulation experiments
- rangeland health
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed cattle grazing is often used to purposely enhance wildlife habitat. This study investigated the effects of fall cattle (Bos taurus) grazing intensity on elk (Cervus elaphus) and deer (…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- wildlife-livestock relations
- Festuca altaica
- Cervus elaphus
- spring
- forbs
- rotational grazing
- summer
- grazing intensity
- Odocoileus
- cattle
- wildlife management
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- Montana
- Cervus elaphus
- Festuca scabrella
- Odocoileus spp.
- livestock-wildlife relations
- prescribed livestock grading
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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…Publication Date 2003-04-01
- range management
- 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 RecordComplete digitized issue. The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.…Publication Date 2003-03-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordComplete digitized issue. The 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…Publication Date 2003-02-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThe development of successful regional or national invasive weed control programs is often hampered by the way the problem is approached. Typically weed control programs are developed and evaluated…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- Aphthona
- Aphthona nigriscutis
- Aphthona lacertosa
- perennial weeds
- teamwork
- biological control agents
- USDA
- integrated pest management
- economic impact
- biological control
- Euphorbia esula
- ranching
- cost-benefit analysis
- invasion
- herbicides
- weed control
- South Dakota
- chemical control
- Wyoming
- sheep
- range management
- botanical composition
- Montana
- grazing
- North Dakota
- biological control
- Aphthona
- Weeds
- invasive species
- success
- integrated pest management
- Library Collection RecordHoney mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) is a problem plant in much of the southwestern USA because it reduces forage production for livestock, interferes with livestock handling and reduces off-…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- top kill
- basal sprouting
- root-kill
- apical dominance
- aerial spraying
- woody weeds
- herbicide mixtures
- leaf area
- leaves
- clopyralid
- canopy gaps
- Prosopis glandulosa
- triclopyr
- multiple land use
- brush control
- shoots
- mortality
- plant communities
- Texas
- range management
- plant competition
- defoliation
- brush management
- brush sculpting
- canopy cover
- multiple use
- Prosopis glandulosa
- shrubs
- triclopyr
- woody plants
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