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- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2020-06
- bison
- burning
- elk
- hunting
- indigenous people
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed fire has long been used worldwide for livestock and wildlife management. Prescribed fire effects on activity budgets and movement path characteristics of grazing animals, however, remain…Publication Date 2017
- behavior
- burning
- foraging efficiency
- GPS
- livestock
- rangeland improvement
- 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 RecordCrested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum [L] Gaertm. and Agropyron desertorum [Fisch.] Schult.) has been seeded across millions of hectares of the sagebrush steppe and is often associated with native…Publication Date 2016
- Agropyron cristatum
- burning
- grazing
- legacy effects
- sagebrush
- Seedbed
- Library Collection RecordCrested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum [L] Gaertm. and Agropyron desertorum [Fisch.] Schult.) has been seeded across millions of hectares of the sagebrush steppe and is often associated with native…Publication Date 2016
- Agropyron cristatum
- burning
- grazing
- legacy effects
- sagebrush
- Seedbed
- Library Collection RecordAspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) is a major component of Intermountain forest ecology and relies on periodic disturbance, such as prescribed fire, to perpetuate. On the Manti-LaSal National Forest…Publication Date 2015-07
- browsing
- burning
- forest management
- Populus tremuloides
- resource competition
- secondary succession
- Library Collection RecordAspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) is a major component of Intermountain forest ecology and relies on periodic disturbance, such as prescribed fire, to perpetuate. On the Manti-LaSal National Forest…Publication Date 2015-07
- browsing
- burning
- forest management
- Populus tremuloides
- resource competition
- secondary succession
- Library Collection RecordDefoliation aimed at introduced cool-season grasses, which uses similar resources of native grasses, could substantially reduce their competitiveness and improve the quality of the northern tallgrass…Publication Date 2013-11-01
- big bluestem
- burning
- introduced grasses
- mowing
- native grasses
- nitrogen
- Library Collection RecordThe invasive yellow bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum [L.] Keng) threatens native biodiversity, and its control is of interest to land managers involved in restoration of invaded grasslands. We used…Publication Date 2013-05-01
- burning
- exotic species
- integrated pest management
- King Ranch bluestem
- old world bluestem
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordQuestions What is the best way to identify plant indicators for monitoring the responses of semi-natural grassland communities to various management practices (i.e. burning, burning and mowing,…Publication Date 2013
- burning
- Dispersal mode
- disturbance
- Flowering season
- Functional composition
- grazing
- Indicator species analysis
- mowing
- Non-metric multidimensional scaling
- plant functional groups
- plant height
- moonitoring
- management
- grasslands
- fire ecology
- plant production
- Mt. Aso
- Kumamoto Prefecture
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordIn the semiarid Chaco savannas, the balance between herbaceous and woody species affects landscape configuration and ecosystem services such as forage production. Therefore, understanding the factors…Publication Date 2012
- burning
- Plant functional group
- range management
- shrubland
- water addition
- Argentina
- Library Collection RecordHistorically, fire occurred throughout the year in the Great Plains, but current fire prescriptions are generally limited to the dormant season because of concerns for potential damage to fire-…Publication Date 2011-01-01
- burning
- defoliation
- mortality
- productivity
- pyric herbivory
- regrowth
- root growth
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- burning
- soil biology
- vegetation
- rangeland soils
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordRangelands and savannas occupy 70% of the Australian continent and are mainly used for commercial grazing of sheep and cattle. In the center and north, where there are extensive areas of indigenous…Publication Date 2010-01-01
- burning
- carbon
- deforestation
- emissions
- fire
- livestock
- vegetation thickening
- Library Collection RecordQuestions: Can prescribed fire restore C4 perennial grasses in grassland ecosystems that have become dominated by fire-resistant C3 shrubs (Prosopis glandulosa) and C3 grasses? Do fires in different…Publication Date 2010
- burning
- fire ecology
- Herbaceous composition
- mesquite
- prescribed fires
- savanna
- species diversity
- woody plant
- restoration ecology
- fire ecology
- management
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- C4 grasses
- Texas
- USA
- Library Collection RecordSeed production, viability, dispersal, predation and seed banks of Themeda triandra were determined to assess the potential of the seeds of this indigenous species in the re-establishment of degraded…Publication Date 2009
- burning
- disturbance
- regeneration
- seeds
- vegetation dynamics
- grasslands
- seed banks
- degradation
- restoration ecology
- fire ecology
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordInvasion of sagebrush steppe by exotic annual grasses has modified the structure of shrubland communities over much of the western United States by increasing fuel loads and therefore the frequency…Publication Date 2004-01-01
- cryptogamic crust
- microphytic crust
- burning
- sagebrush
- moss
- lichens
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, Bartolome et al. determined the effects of grazing California coastal grasslands at different times during the growing season. Four plant community types, 2 annual and 2 perennial,…Publication Date 2004
- burning
- linear mixed effects model
- livestock grazing
- native perennial grassland
- ordination
- restoration
- TWINSPAN
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of burning a native grassland on soil organic matter status was investigated on a long-term (50 years) field experiment where different times and frequencies of burning were compared.…Publication Date 2003
- burning
- organic matter
- grassland
- nitrogen
- Light fraction
- microbial biomass
- fire ecology
- grasslands
- soils
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNutrient-rich patches occur around grass tussocks, logs and trees in semi -arid landscapes. Landscape patterns and processes associated with such nutrient patches can influence lateral water movement…Publication Date 2002
- landscape
- nutrients
- soil
- burning
- semi-arid
- Water Movement
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- fires
- monitoring
- Ecological Factors
- rangelands
- burning
- satellites
- eastern Australia
- Library Collection RecordMosaics of natural forest and grassland tracts in sub-Saharan Africa provide differences in woody species biodiversity. These mosaics are of considerable interest as they are a major biodiversity…Publication Date 2002
- biodiversity
- Shannon index
- tropical forest
- grassland
- burning
- spatial variability
- Uganda
- grasslands
- fire ecology
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordCholla cactus may serve as an emergency feedstuff for livestock when forage availability is low. A study was conducted at the Corona Range and Livestock Research Center to evaluate the nutritive…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- processing technology
- spines
- opuntia imbricata
- moisture content
- organic matter
- burning
- leaves
- cows
- mineral content
- stems
- estimation
- fiber content
- feeds
- digestibility
- crude protein
- rumen fermentation
- nutritive value
- livestock
- New Mexico
- forage
- dry matter
- drought forages
- mineral content
- emergency feeding
- Library Collection RecordThis study examined the effects of late growing-season (September) wildfire on the subsequent production and species composition of upland Nebraska Sandhills prairie vegetation. Three paired-plots (…Publication Date 2000-07-01
- Cyperaceae
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- soil temperature
- fires
- fire effects
- Nebraska
- forbs
- plant communities
- biomass
- range management
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grasses
- burning
- species composition
- herbage standing crop
- soil temperature
- Library Collection RecordIn Argentina, Paspalum quadrifarium Lam. (paja colorada) forms tall dense grassland communities in the flooding pampas. Referred to locally as “pajonales”, these grasslands generally have very low…Publication Date 2000-05-01
- 2,4-DB
- Botrytis cinerea
- Fusarium
- Uromyces
- Stemphylium
- fungal diseases of plants
- uromyces loti
- Lotus glaber
- Paspalum quadrifarium
- dicamba
- burning
- sown grasslands
- Paspalum
- stand establishment
- weed control
- regrowth
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- Paspalum quadrifarium
- Lotus tennuis
- fire
- weed control
- disease
- species diversity
- Library Collection RecordManagement options of clearing, altering grazing pressure and burning, were applied to trees and shrubs in poplar box (Eucalyptus populnea) woodlands of the AristidalBothriochloa community. Mature…Publication Date 2000
- trees
- shrubs
- burning
- Aristida
- Bothriochloa
- Australia
- Central Australia
- clearing
- grazing pressure
- Library Collection RecordThe Aristida /Bothriochloa (AB) native pasture community of Central Queensland is a large, predominantly cattle producing region with small areas of degradation (Weston et al. 1981). The area is…Publication Date 2000
- burning
- density
- management
- ecological sciences
- Central Queensland
- Library Collection RecordRelationships between the cover of grasses and of woody vegetation were determined in 1991 on four landforms in the Louth region of semi-arid eastern Australia and werefound to differ between…Publication Date 1996
- vegetation
- woody plants
- Weeds
- burning
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordFeathertop is a major pest of the Mitchell grasslands. Spring burning was trialled as a potential method of control. Feathertop seed production, tiller number, survival and basal diameter were…Publication Date 1996
- Pests
- burning
- reduction
- feathertop
- Mitchell grasslands
- Library Collection RecordThe perennial bunchgrass little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium [Michx.] Nash) was examined in a 5-yr study on tallgrass prairie to determine how fire influences its use by bison and its responses…Publication Date 1995-01-01
- bison
- burning
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- Kansas
- grazing experiments
- regrowth
- plant density
- prairies
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordHeat-induced changes in the soil-solution and post-wildfire erosion can create chemically and texturally diverse seedbed microsites. We quantified organic carbon, extractable NH4+ after incubation (…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- mineralization
- ammonium compounds
- soil heating
- nitrates
- burning
- Bromus tectorum
- Artemisia tridentata
- Nevada
- simulation
- Library Collection RecordWiregrass (Aristida stricta Michx.)-dominated communities characterize extensive areas of South Florida that have been subjected to burning and uncontrolled grazing for decades. We evaluated the…Publication Date 1994-01-01
- Aristida stricta
- panicum oligosanthes
- burning
- Florida
- range management
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordHeat-induced changes in the soil-solution and post-wildfire erosion can create chemically and texturally diverse seedbed microsites. We quantified organic carbon, extractable NH4+ after incubation…Publication Date 1994
- mineralization
- ammonium compounds
- soil heating
- nitrates
- burning
- Bromus tectorum
- Artemisia tridentata
- Nevada
- simulation
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1992-08-01
- prescribed burning
- seral stages
- Colorado
- base saturation
- burning
- clearcutting
- pH
- soil fertility
- Mollisols
- regeneration
- Populus tremuloides
- Library Collection RecordLebmann lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees.) is a perennial, warm-season bunchgrass that is native to South Africa and has been seeded and spread naturally in the southwestern United States.…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- red light
- far-red light
- phytochrome
- seedbed ecology
- mowing
- burning
- light relations
- soil temperature
- light
- seedling emergence
- fires
- fire effects
- seed germination
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- pasture plants
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordGRASSMAN, an agricultural decision -support model, has been modified to include sources, sinks and storages of greenhouse gases. The modified model was used to investigate the effects of changes in…Publication Date 1992
- stocking rate
- burning
- management
- greenhouse gases
- emission reduction
- Australia
- burning management
- emission reduction
- emissions
- greenhouse gas emissions
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordPrairie threeawn (Aristida oligantha Michx.) is an indicator of deteriorated range and is unpalatable and mechanically injurious to livestock. The effects of date of burning (November, February, or…Publication Date 1990-09-01
- crop quality
- atrazine
- burning
- cultural control
- Aristida oligantha
- grassland improvement
- weed control
- chemical control
- Oklahoma
- natural grasslands
- prairies
- crop yield
- forage
- Library Collection RecordCreeping bluestem (Schizachyrium stoloniferum), a major decreaser on Florida range, is adversely affected by grazing during the growing season after a winter burn. To compare the effect of…Publication Date 1985-11-01
- crude protein
- Schizachyrium stoloniferum
- burning
- carbohydrates
- yields
- Florida
- cutting
- tillering
- in vitro digestibility
- range management
- rangelands
- grazing
- forage
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1983-02-01
- prevention
- biological control
- chemicals
- cultivation
- mowing
- control methods
- grazing capacity
- Infestation
- Leafy spurge
- Euphorbia esula
- burning
- forage
- sheep
- Montana
- Library Collection RecordBitterbrush plants were burned or clipped to 5 cm, during fall and spring, under different soil moisture conditions on 2 sites in eastern Oregon. Treated plants on the Juniperus/Artemisia-Purshia…Publication Date 1982-11-01
- Burns
- Fallk
- top removal
- Riley
- wind speed
- Eastern Oregon
- humidity
- Sprouting
- temperature
- burning
- clipping
- Purshia tridentata
- bitterbrush
- soil moisture
- spring
- mortality
- Library Collection RecordSoil water patterns were studied from June 1973 to February of 1977 in pinyon-juniper woodland, on pinyon-juniper areas chained and windrowed (grazed and ungrazed), and on pinyon-juniper areas…Publication Date 1982-11-01
- woodlands
- water storage
- impacts
- Soil Water Patterns
- pinyon-juniper
- Woodrowing
- debris
- Colorado Plateau
- chaining
- burning
- treatments
- grazing
- cover
- Utah
- crested wheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1981-10-01
- livestock
- soil
- public lands
- forage
- brush
- grass type conversions
- Northern California
- fertilizer
- Mendocino National Forest
- grass
- burning
- perennial
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1979-06-01
- legumes
- fencing
- Walker ranch
- Richard L Walker
- native grass
- Ozark Mountains
- grasses
- burning
- Library Collection RecordEsophageally fistulated steers were used to determine organic matter intake and digestibility of bluestem pastures during the summer grazing season. Following a 48-hour total fecal collection period…Publication Date 1973-11-01
- Bluestem Pasture
- Hand Clipping
- seasonal changes
- Organic Matter Intake
- Summer Grazing Season
- weight gain
- fiber
- Nitrogen Free Extract
- acid detergent fiber
- ash
- steers
- burning
- nutritive value
- lignin
- digestibility
- esophageal fistula
- crude protein
- forage yield
- Library Collection RecordPlots with no pretreatment and pretreated by shredding, chopping, scalping, root plowing, and root plowing and raking were subjected to a fall fire, a winter fire, and a fall fire with a winter…Publication Date 1969-11-01
- chopping
- Raking
- pretreatments
- Brush Ranges
- shredding
- Scalping
- Reburn
- Rotary Mower
- roller chopping
- root plowing
- herbaceous vegetation
- mechanical control
- woody plants
- chaparral
- burning
- winter
- fall
- south Texas
- canopy
- fire
- control
- Library Collection RecordFall, spring, and summer burning significantly reduced total forage production on a Texas High Plains range. Although herbage yields were less on burned plots, the vigor of the desirable blue grama (…Publication Date 1969-09-01
- Erosion Potential
- Plant Attribute Measurements
- Red Threeawn
- Amarillo
- High Plains
- Sand Dropseed
- leaf length
- Moisture Accumulation
- Texas Technological College Research Farm
- recovery
- effects
- burning
- climatic conditions
- fall
- summer
- herbage yields
- fire
- forage production
- spring
- blue grama
- grasses
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordControlled burning with combinations of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium fertilizer were evaluated for improving a poor condition range. After two annual burns the botanical composition was…Publication Date 1969-05-01
- species
- Botanical
- Controlled
- Central Oklahoma
- Prairie Threeawn
- burning
- fertilizer
- phosphorus
- potassium
- plant succession
- yield
- forage production
- range improvement
- composition
- range condition
- nitrogen
- fertilization
- Oklahoma
- Library Collection RecordOrganic matter recovery of seven feeds collected through esophageal fistulae of three steers averaged 90.4%. Six of the seven fistula samples contained significantly more ash than the feeds offered.…Publication Date 1969-05-01
- urea
- molasses
- Organic Matter Recovery
- feeds
- Detergent
- Hand Plucking
- Ether Extract
- fiber
- ash
- steers
- burning
- Tobosa Grass
- Hilaria mutica
- silica
- hay
- fertilizer
- chemical composition
- lignin
- esophageal fistula
- protein
- Collection
- cottonseed meal
- spraying
- nitrogen
- mowing
- Library Collection RecordFall burning and continuous grazing of California coastal prairie on upper, middle, and lower slopes had varied effect on 3 native perennial grasses. Foliar cover of California oatgrass (Danthonia…Publication Date 1969
- burning
- grazing
- management
- California
- coastal grassland
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordTwo long-term field experiments were performed in native tallgrass prairie grassland to assess the effects of fire, nitrogen addition, and grazing or mowing on plant species diversity. In the…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- species diversity
- mowing
- burning
- Bison bison
- fertilizer
- habitat fragmentation
- tallgrass prairie