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- Library Collection RecordAmounts of sediment per runoff event from grassland watersheds in the Texas Blackland Prairie, Southern High Plains, Central Rolling Red Prairies, and Central Rolling Red Plains land resource areas…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- soil sedimentation
- Plains
- watersheds
- soil erosion
- grasslands
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordA model of kleingrass (Panicum coloratum L.) growth and utilization by steers is presented. The model included stochastic inputs of climatological characteristics, water retention at different soil…Publication Date 1984
- modelling
- cattle
- grazing
- grasslands
- animal nutrition
- plant production
- stocking rates
- decision support systems
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordRedberry juniper mortality was determined following spring broadcast burns in 1979 and 1980, and individual-plant burns with 3 heat treatments in 1981. Mortality varied from 1 to 100% and was related…Publication Date 1983-05-01
- broadcast burns
- grasslands
- Texas
- brush problem
- Library Collection RecordOverview of Alaska's rangelands, in four zones: coastal forests, boreal forests, arctic tundra, and maritime grasslands.Publication Date 1983
- rangelands
- tundra
- boreal forests
- grasslands
- Alaska
- Arctic
- arctic ecosystems
- arctic vegetation
- Library Collection RecordEmpirical evidence indicates that the magnitude of global warming to be expected from the relase of CO2 into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels has been greatly overestimated by scientists…Publication Date 1983
- management
- carbon dioxide
- climate change
- greenhouse gases
- plant production
- grasslands
- global warming
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordA model of litter decomposition in a South African savanna is described. Decomposing material is divided into a number of particle classes, distinguishing material of different ages, origins and size…Publication Date 1982
- ecology
- grasslands
- modelling
- ecosystem dynamics
- insects
- system ecology
- Africa
- 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 1981-04-01
- rangeland management
- rainfall
- soil erosion
- overgrazing
- desert
- Saudi Arabia
- grasslands
- goats
- water
- vegetation
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1981
- rainfall
- soil erosion
- Saudi Arabia
- grasslands
- goats
- water
- vegetation
- sheep
- desert
- Over Grazing
- rangeland management
- Library Collection RecordGreywing and redwing francolins are members of a fire climax grassland. From previous observation the immediate effect of fire depresses densities of these birds, as does the long-term exclusion of…Publication Date 1981
- fire ecology
- birds
- grasslands
- Africa
- 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 1980-08-01
- vegetation
- grasslands
- Rancho Repaco
- Spanish explorers
- savanna
- Indians
- Honduras
- range management
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordBrowse in Africa - the current state of knowledge, Houerou, H.N. le (ed.).- Addis Ababa (Ethiopia): ILCA, 1980. p. 103-108Publication Date 1980
- West Africa
- Feed Crops
- savannas
- nutritive value
- Scrublands
- woodlands
- species
- Scrub
- Africa
- Africa South of Sahara
- crops
- grasslands
- plants
- taxa
- taxonomy
- vegetation
- vegetation
- Africa
- taxa
- Library Collection RecordBrowse in Africa - the current state of knowledge, Houerou, H.N. le (ed.).- Addis Ababa (Ethiopia): ILCA, 1980. p. 307-311Publication Date 1980
- Nigeria
- savannas
- Feed Crops
- browsing
- sheep
- goats
- Nigeria
- Nigeria
- Africa
- Africa South of Sahara
- animal feeding
- animals
- Bovidae
- crops
- domestic animals
- feeding
- feeding systems
- grasslands
- livestock
- mammals
- nutrition
- plants
- ruminants
- vegetation
- West Africa
- nutrition
- vegetation
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary In a general ecological study of the Simanjiro Plains, northern Tanzania carried out from 1970 to 1972, the vegetation was studied as part of the habitat of large herbivores using this area.…Publication Date 1979
- ecology
- grasslands
- savanna
- sheep
- grazing
- animal impact
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe microfungi of an alkaline soil from an open-savannah in the Pretoria district of the Transvaal were surveyed using the dilution plate technique, the soil plate technique and a soil washing method…Publication Date 1974
- soils
- grasslands
- ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe environment of the highveld of south-central Africa is such that most grasslands are only temporary and the spread of trees into grassland--[`]bush encroachment'--is only checked by periodic…Publication Date 1973
- grasslands
- management
- indigenous encroaching species
- fire
- biological control
- cattle
- goats
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordOf all the continents, Africa has the highest proportion of land fit for agriculture. The principal vegetative cover on this land is grass, which, when it is well managed, gives good protection…Publication Date 1971
- grasslands
- management
- socio-economic aspects
- subsistence agriculture
- pastoralism
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract availablePublication Date 1970
- grasslands
- ecology
- biodiversity
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe most successful conversions of sagebrush to crested wheatgrass, in areas of the Western United States that receive an average of 8 to 14 inches of precipitation annually, usually occur where the…Publication Date 1969-09-01
- Black
- cultural practices
- Sagebrush Conversion
- Moisture Holding Capacity
- Coarse Soil
- Site Groups
- Successful
- halophytes
- Big
- grass establishment
- Failure
- soil
- cheatgrass
- greasewood
- Shadescale
- precipitation
- vigor
- sagebrush
- Idaho
- Oregon
- Wyoming
- Artemisia tridentata
- Nevada
- Utah
- New Mexico
- Colorado
- grasslands
- crested wheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordBased on data from small-plot studies utilizing high intensity simulated rainfall, conversion of pinyon-juniper stands to grassland in central Utah has not necessarily increased infiltration rates or…Publication Date 1969-03-01
- Treated
- sediment yield
- watershed values
- Eureka
- pinyon
- Soil Protection
- Untreated
- Central Utah
- juniper
- infiltrometer studies
- price
- conversion
- Rates
- rainfall
- grasslands
- Library Collection RecordIn an attempt to get a clearer picture of pristine landscape conditions in the Canadian grasslands and the natural processes affecting that landscape, the authors perused a wide cross-section of the…Publication Date 1969-03-01
- Canadian Grassland
- bison
- Rubbing
- Wallowing
- bison
- moose
- Cervus canadensis
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Virginia Deer
- ungulates
- Native Animals
- environment
- influence
- mule deer
- trampling
- animals
- conditions
- elk
- landscapes
- overgrazing
- Odocoileus virginianus
- grasslands
- Library Collection RecordThe gaming theory is used to model outcomes of grassland use for grazing by cooperative farmers and non-cooperating farmers. Models account for grassland dynamics and assume each farmer maximizes…Publication Date 1969
- Common property
- grasslands
- Common pool resources
- complex ecosystem dynamics
- differential games
- multiple equilibria
- Library Collection RecordPlant species richness and the proportion of native species in a complex of adjacent serpentine and nonserpentine meadows was examined in northern Napa and southern Lake counties in California.…Publication Date 1969
- plants
- grasslands
- diversity
- invasion
- serpentine
- Library Collection RecordThe total biomass response of Stipa occidentalis to elevated CO2 was similar (averaging 18% increase in biomass) to the response found for other grassland species. However, the increase in total…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- herbivory
- grasslands
- CO2 enrichment
- global change
- Stipa occidentalis
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordAuthor measured the effects of different frequencies and intensities of defoliation on rough fescue and parry oat grass regrowth and yield. Rough fescue yield declined as clipping frequency…Publication Date 1969
- grasslands
- plant production
- clipping height
- clipping interval
- danthonia parryi
- Festuca scabrella
- Harvest
- simulated grazing
- Library Collection RecordWeiss examined the role of livestock in maintaining nutrient-poor serpentine soil grasslands in California as suitable habitat for the threatened bay checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas cditya baycnsis…Publication Date 1969
- nitrogen
- grasslands
- grazing
- butterfly populations
- plant growth
- Library Collection RecordThe authors present data on the effects of elk (Cervus elaphus) herbivory on grassland species composition, biomass production, and forage quality, and to document any changes in ungulate-grassland…Publication Date 1969
- Cervus elaphus
- grazing
- grasslands
- herbivory
- elk
- fire effects
- forage quality
- ungulate winter range
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordShariff et al. examined the impact of moderate and heavy grazing on above-ground net primary productivity (ANPP), growing season root productivity (GSRP), and plant nitrogen in the grasslands of…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- productivity
- grasslands
- grazing intensity
- Nitrogen Uptake
- Library Collection RecordWhen herbivores preferentially feed on early successional species they may generate conditions favorable for these species and thus create a positive feedback. Positive feedbacks may create multiple…Publication Date 1969
- foraging
- grasslands
- herbivory
- alternate stable states
- disturbance
- herbivore population dynamics
- multiple stable state
- pocket gophers
- spatial structure
- succession
- Thomomys bottae
- Library Collection RecordPolley and Detling examined the effects of defoliation on growth and nitrogen nutrition in populations of Agropyron smithii (western wheatgrass) collected from a heavily grazed black-tailed prairie…Publication Date 1969
- defoliation
- grasslands
- biomass production
- nitrogen accumulation
- prairie dog colonies
- Library Collection RecordHerbivores are generally thought to enhance plant diversity by their direct consumption of competitively dominant plant species and indirect effects on plants competition. Consequently, management…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- biodiversity
- grasslands
- extinction dynamics
- habitat scales
- local plant colonization
- spatial scales
- temporal scales
- Library Collection RecordGrazing is needed for the maintenance of a grassland system. Hill notes that altering the well-documented relationship between producer and consumer (grass and herbivore) seems unwise. Removing…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- herbivores
- grasslands
- management
- biological diversity
- policy
- Library Collection RecordHarrison et al. studied the effects of livestock grazing and fire in a mosaic of serpentine and nonserpentine soils in California, where most grasslands are dominated by exotic annuals and serpentine…Publication Date 1969
- grasslands
- grazing
- diversity
- exotic species
- fire
- invasion
- serpentine
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, Frank and McNaughton tested the theory that herbivory would stimulate above-ground production by measuring the effects of elk (Cervus elaphus) and bison (Bison bison) grazing on plant…Publication Date 1969
- herbivory
- primary production
- grasslands
- Cervus elaphus
- bison
- Bison bison
- elk
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordFrank et al. determined how nitrogen (N) cycling in Yellowstone National Park related to topography and ungulate use. As found in previous grassland studies, the N mineralization rates in…Publication Date 1969
- grasslands
- herbivory
- nitrogen cycling
- Yellowstone National Park
- Library Collection RecordThis article reviews the previous discussions regarding the bison migration/non-migration controversy. One hypothesis is that bison herds migrated regularly between woodland and grassland…Publication Date 1969
- bison
- grasslands
- bison movements
- foraging strategy
- Great Plains
- habitat
- human-bison ecological relationship
- woodland environments
- Library Collection RecordThis article supports the belief that overcompensation of total primary production can occur in plant populations and communities subjected to grazing. However, it is noted that whether or not this…Publication Date 1969
- compensation
- grazing
- grasslands
- primary production
- rangelands
- herbivory
- herbivore optimization theory
- overcompensation
- Library Collection RecordRootplowing and rootplowing combined with rootraking increased the density of pricklypear stands but decreased the density of other undesirable woody species. Chaining resulted in extremely dense…Publication Date 1968-11-01
- Rio Grande Plain
- Herbaceous Forage
- Dragging
- root plowing
- root raking
- Opunita
- pricklypear
- mechanical control
- chaining
- Woody Species
- density
- establishment
- maintenance
- Texas
- grasslands
- management
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract availablePublication Date 1968
- ecology
- fire
- grasslands
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe objective was to study the use of various grass species, two liming materials, and phosphorus as means of improving very acid, unproductive, grassland soils. Phosphorus applications increased…Publication Date 1967-03-01
- Acid Soils
- Mineral Composition
- Liming Materials
- Calcic Limes
- Magnesium Limes
- Veldtgrass
- Unproductive Soils
- Wilder Vagrant Series
- Sixmile Series
- grass species
- calcium
- phosphorus
- yield
- yields
- pH
- California
- grasslands
- Library Collection RecordDevelopment of extensive Nigerian grasslands should follow a range management philosophy. A range management approach offers the best solution for utilization of resources already at hand without the…Publication Date 1966-11-01
- Plant Productivity
- Soil Productivity
- Research Information
- Base
- Existing Grasslands
- livestock distribution
- Africa
- resources
- Need
- grassland vegetation
- Nigeria
- Livestock Industry
- utilization
- development
- grasslands
- range management
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1966
- Soil Productivity
- Africa
- resources
- Nigeria
- utilization
- development
- grasslands
- range management
- Base
- Existing Grasslands
- grassland vegetation
- livestock distribution
- Livestock Industry
- Need
- Plant Productivity
- Research Information
- 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 1963-11-01
- regions
- Capability
- classes
- West
- surveys
- state
- pastures
- treatments
- range
- livestock production
- conservation
- grasslands
- problems
- 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 1963-07-01
- Soil Protection
- Subalpine
- seeding trials
- North Central Washington
- Greenleaf Fescue
- Festuca viridula
- relict
- Deteriorated
- summer range
- watersheds
- grazing capacity
- productive capacity
- bunchgrass
- seeding
- cover
- erosion
- grasslands
- 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
- Fertilizer Placement
- Surface Broadcasting
- Subsurface Placement
- Drill
- Fringed Sage
- native grass
- weed control
- fertilizer
- phosphorus
- spraying
- Weeds
- blue grama
- production
- nitrogen
- 2,4-D
- Bouteloua gracilis
- grasslands
- crested wheatgrass
- 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 1961-09-01
- Modern Management
- Scientific Training
- water supply
- range research
- ranchers
- nature
- grass
- grasslands
- editorial
- management
- 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 1960-11-01
- Ecological Features
- Biotic Influences
- Plant Soil Livestock Complex
- practices
- vegetation types
- Israel
- Natural Environment
- nutritive value
- productivity
- Mediterranean
- composition
- improvement
- grazing
- grasslands
- California
- management
- 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
- Ovicina de Estudios Especiales
- Northern Temperate
- Central Temperate
- Gulf Plains
- Pacific Tropical
- regions
- research
- improvement
- Mexico
- livestock
- rainfall
- grasslands
- 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 1959-07-01
- annual range
- Soil Moisture Depletion
- R.N. Shellhammer Ranch
- growing season
- phosphorus
- seed germination
- nitrogen
- fertilization
- California
- grasslands
- 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
- Sierra Nevada Foothills
- Annual Range Forage
- 2 4-D Application
- Blue Oak Trees
- heat
- soil nutrients
- light
- woody vegetation
- Quercus douglasii
- ground cover
- competition
- yield
- moisture
- forage production
- chemical control
- palatability
- quality
- California
- grasslands
- 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 1958-03-01
- species composition
- erosion
- grasslands
- runoff
- soil stability
- vegetal cover
- Slope Plant Relationships
- Little Missouri Badlands
- Received insolation
- Accessibility
- Billings County
- Frequency Index
- Similarity Coefficients
- exposure
- North Dakota
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