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- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 19 International Science Symposium on Nutrition of Domestic Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T. et. al..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2010
- ewes
- sheep
- grazing
- summer
- autumn
- seasons
- pastures
- feeds
- botanical composition
- feed intake
- Dry matter content
- lactation
- pregnancy
- lactation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- sheep
- herbivores
- grazing
- grazing intensity
- alpine grasslands
- plant communities
- soil
- carbon
- nitrogen
- soil organic matter
- Nitrogen cycle
- leaching
- losses from soil
- nutrients
- coliform bacteria
- runoff
- water quality
- site factors
- highlands
- Norway
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- pastures
- grazing lands
- Alps
- alpine vegetation
- sheep
- grazing
- botanical composition
- biodiversity
- analysis
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- pastures
- highlands
- Weeds
- invasive species
- Euphorbia
- colonizing ability
- biological control
- grazing
- sheep
- grassland management
- Spain
- Euphorbia
- Euphorbia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- phenology
- grazing intensity
- sheep
- palatability
- species
- Festuca ovina
- Festuca ovina
- Festuca ovina
- Library Collection RecordThe Knersvlakte in the Succulent Karoo Biome (South Africa) is known for its high plant diversity and endemism. In the course of establishing a conservation area there, we assessed baseline data for…Publication Date 2010
- Aizoaceae
- biodiversity
- herbivory
- Namaqualand
- rangeland management
- Systematic conservation planning
- conservation
- management
- grazing
- sheep
- goats
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordCommunal rangelands have a wide range of vegetation communities that sustain livestock. Limited information exists on forage availability and quality in communal areas and how it influences Nguni…Publication Date 2010
- biomass
- bite size
- foraging behaviour
- Nguni
- communal farming
- livestock
- sheep
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe relative benefit of different grazing management practices for maintaining grassland biodiversity integrity was assessed. Practices considered were grazing system, stocking rate, animal type,…Publication Date 2010
- analytic heirarchy process
- plant diversity
- stocking rate
- veld condition assessment
- grazing
- management
- biodiversity
- fire
- cattle
- sheep
- Impact assessment
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordSeed ecology may play a role in the widespread increase of Acacia karroo in savanna and grassland. Accordingly, fecundity, predation, mortality by fire, dispersal by livestock, and seed longevity…Publication Date 2010
- dispersal
- fire
- seed bank
- seed lngevity
- seed predation
- seed production
- ecology
- savanna
- grassland
- livestock
- insects
- germination
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
- management
- Eastern Cape
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe reliability of a field test kit for the detection and the persistence of Synergistes jonesii bacteria in sheep was investigated in two trials for 12 months. The test kit consisted of a culture…Publication Date 2010
- DHP-degrading bacteria
- dihydroxypyridine
- mimosine
- diagnostic kits
- sheep
- drought
- forage quality
- disease
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordOvergrazing and mismanagement of rangelands, climate change, drought and [`]salinisation of lands are threatening the sustainability of production systems and the fertility of cropping lands…Publication Date 2010
- Atriplex nummularia L.
- Fodder potential
- sheep
- goats
- Australia
- West Asia
- North Africa
- Library Collection RecordGrassland vegetation can provide visual cover for terrestrial vertebrates. The most commonly used method to assess visual cover is the Robel pole. We test the use of digital photography as a more…Publication Date 2010
- bunchgrass
- Digital image analysis
- grazing
- litter
- range management
- Robel pole
- wildlife management
- remote sensing
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Library Collection RecordRangeland ecosystems support half of the world's livestock while also providing habitats for some of the most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines the pressures on rangeland…Publication Date 2010
- grassland animals
- grazing
- livestock
- range management
- Library Collection RecordRanchers and researchers restore a high-desert watershed in an area experiencing juniper enroachment.Publication Date 2010
- sagebrush
- juniper
- range management
- United States
- woody encroachment
- Library Collection RecordNovel concepts and tools to promote progress in grazing science and management need to incorporate heterogeneity and nonlinear scaling of spatially and temporally distributed ecological interactions…Publication Date 2009-09-01
- cattle
- grazing systems
- heterogeneity
- scaling
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- sheep
- fallow
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- sheep
- grazing
- milk
- urea
- legumes
- urea
- urea
- urea
- urea
- urea
- urea
- urea
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- Alps
- sheep
- grazing
- summer
- ecosystems
- Regulations
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- sheep
- grazing
- legumes
- nitrogen metabolism
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- sheep
- predation
- damage
- pastures
- habitats
- Behaviour
- Norway
- Library Collection Record1-Jul-09Publication Date 2009
- forage
- grazing
- range management
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- China
- sheep
- grazing
- Diet preferences
- pastures
- China
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- sheep
- grazing
- animal feeding
- landscape
- pastures
- meadows
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- shrublands
- plant cover
- sheep
- Greece
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- Treatment Date
- sheep
- controlled release
- sowing
- rangeland soils
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- China
- sheep
- grazing
- grassland management
- profitability
- China
- Library Collection RecordThe direct short-term impact of three rates of stocking (4, 8 and 16 small-stock units [SSU] ha-1) was quantified in terms of soil characteristics of arid Nama Karoo vegetation (subshrub/grass).…Publication Date 2009
- bulk density
- Infiltration Rate
- Karoo bushes
- soil compaction
- stocking rate
- sheep
- agriculture
- grazing
- soils
- stocking rates
- hydrology
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordOn rangelands, uneven or unmanaged livestock distribution can adversely affect plant community composition, riparian function, or displace wildlife. These issues have historic precedents and are…Publication Date 2009
- range management
- grazing behaviour
- forage selection
- standing crop
- management
- grasslands
- plant production
- forage quality
- cattle
- grazing
- Burns
- Oregon
- USA
- Library Collection RecordThe nutritive value of four subtropical grasses (Panicum maximum, Anthephora pubescens, Digitaria eriantha and Chloris gayana) standing hay were compared in terms of qualitative intake and partial…Publication Date 2009
- Anthephora pubescens
- Chloris gayana
- Digitaria eriantha
- nutritive value
- Panicum maximum
- diet selection
- sheep
- forage quality
- animal nutrition
- grazing
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPrimary energy extraction patterns by livestock under agropastoralism and ranching were investigated by the bite count method in semiarid south-eastern Kenya. Sward biomass for optimal energy intake…Publication Date 2009
- agropastoralism
- energy intake
- ranching
- livestock
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
- pastoralism
- diet selection
- grazing
- management
- animal production
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study examined intraspecific variation in mineral composition and rumen degradability of Atriplex nummularia plants and the influence on selection preferences of sheep. Individual plants were…Publication Date 2009
- forage quality
- in situ degradability
- intraspecific variation
- salt bush
- sheep
- nutrition
- diet selection
- forage quality
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis field guide is an introduction to grazing management designed to help landowners, contractors, and agency personnel make better grassland management decisions. Grazing can have a deleterious…Publication Date 2009
- Arizona
- grazing
- New Mexico
- range management
- rangeland health
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis field guide is an introduction to grazing management designed to help landowners, contractors, and agency personnel make better grassland management decisions. Grazing can have a deleterious…Publication Date 2009
- Arizona
- grazing
- New Mexico
- range management
- rangeland health
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to clarify whether the changes in percent cover of plant functional types (i.e., life forms and growth forms) along a grazing gradient reflect the livestock number,…Publication Date 2009
- grazing intensity
- plant functional type
- rangeland ecology
- semi-arid
- grazing
- livestock
- management
- sheep
- grasslands
- plant anatomy
- plant autecology
- vegetation dynamics
- Mongolia
- China
- Library Collection RecordThis field guide is an introduction to grazing management designed to help landowners, contractors, and agency personnel make better grassland management decisions. Grazing can have a deleterious…Publication Date 2009
- Arizona
- grazing
- New Mexico
- range management
- rangeland health
- United States
- Library Collection RecordA brief explantion of why the Wyoming grasslands surrounding Independence Point have remained relatively unchanged over the last two centuries.Publication Date 2009
- range management
- grasslands
- Seasonal Use
- United States
- Wyoming
- Library Collection RecordAn informational clip on recreating safely where sheep guard dogs may be present.Publication Date 2009
- sheep
- guard dogs
- recreation
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordLivestock production systems in Africa are experiencing rapid changes in structure and function due to increased demands for livestock products from a more prosperous and ever-increasing human…Publication Date 2008
- Methane
- livestock systems
- Livestock Populations
- climate change
- IPCC
- Africa
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
- greenhouse gases
- 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 2007-10-01
- 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 2007-06-01
- 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 2007-04-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordExplanations for why sympatric ruminant species select diets composed of different plant species or plant parts have been controversial. Our explanation is based on learning from foraging…Publication Date 2007-03-01
- diet selection
- herbivory
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
- 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 2007-02-01
- range management
- Library Collection RecordFarm practices in the Sneeuberg Mountains, Karoo, South Africa are examined to assess their contribution to the development of the observed gullies and badlands. Data from the literature is augmented…Publication Date 2007
- erosion
- land degradation
- range management
- vegetation
- grazing
- Stock
- management
- degradation
- land use
- participatory rural appraisal
- livestock
- rehabilitation
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordBiodiversity is a critical component of the natural environment and the protection of it often meant the displacement of local communities in developing countries. The Richtersveld National Park (…Publication Date 2007
- rangelands
- conservation
- Population crashes
- Herd recovery
- goats
- biodiversity
- socio-economic aspects
- national parks
- sheep
- pastoralism
- land use
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of livestock type (cattle-to-sheep ratio) and stocking rate on grassland species richness and vegetation composition were tested using two long-term trials in Highland Sourveld Grassland…Publication Date 2007
- grasslands
- grazing
- South Africa
- KwaZulu - Natal
- plant diversity
- grazing
- environmental aspects
- livestock
- cattle
- sheep
- stocking rates
- grassland
- species richness
- fire
- southern 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 2006-12-01
- 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 2006-10-01
- 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 2006-10-01
- rangelands
- land restoration
- seeds
- wild plants
- ecotypes
- cultivars
- indigenous species
- outbreeding depression
- inbreeding
- plant adaptation
- range management
- plant genetic resources
- plant communities
- botanical composition
- evolution
- natural selection
- genetic stability
- seed sources
- wild plant husbandry
- Library Collection RecordLeafy spurge is an invasive Eurasian weed on pastures and rangeland in North America where it reduces grass forage production. Our objective was to determine the effects of multispecies grazing…Publication Date 2006-09-01
- Aphthona flea beetles
- cattle
- sheep
- Euphorbia esula
- multispecies grazing
- successional weed management