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- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- nomadism
- pastoral society
- yaks
- income
- pastoralism
- religion
- education
- snow
- damage
- pastures
- losses
- environmental degradation
- Modernization
- state intervention
- Emergency relief
- forage
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- sheep
- predation
- damage
- pastures
- habitats
- Behaviour
- Norway
- 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 RecordPublication Date 2009
- ecology
- forage
- grasslands
- nutritive value
- soil
- soil fertility
- nitrogen
- potassium
- phosphorus
- field experimentation
- potassium
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- rangelands
- vegetation
- forage
- density
- vegetation
- 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 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 RecordPublication Date 2009
- China
- sheep
- grazing
- Diet preferences
- pastures
- China
- 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 RecordPublication Date 2009
- shrublands
- plant cover
- sheep
- Greece
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- grasslands
- Feed grasses
- breeding
- legumes
- genetic resources
- regeneration
- seeds
- genetic variation
- Poaceae
- Leguminosae
- rangelands
- forage
- yields
- regeneration
- Poaceae
- Leguminosae
- Poaceae
- Leguminosae
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- Treatment Date
- sheep
- controlled release
- sowing
- rangeland soils
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- rangeland soils
- vegetation
- Cover plants
- forage
- production
- density
- vegetation
- production
- 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 RecordPublication Date 2009
- China
- sheep
- grazing
- grassland management
- profitability
- China
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- Sudan
- animal husbandry
- forage
- grassland management
- rangelands
- sandy soils
- clay soils
- Sudan
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- sheep
- grazing
- animal feeding
- landscape
- pastures
- meadows
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- Lucerne
- productivity
- height
- rangelands
- grazing lands
- Introduced varieties
- forage
- irrigation
- nickel
- alfalfa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- ecology
- environmental factors
- rangelands
- grazing lands
- pastures
- environmental protection
- Nature conservation
- Feed grasses
- forage
- yields
- climatic data
- rain
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- pastures
- grasslands
- ruminants
- Dry matter content
- forage
- feeds
- grazing
- grazing intensity
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- animal feeding
- grassland management
- rangelands
- nutritive value
- chemical composition
- grazing lands
- Feed grasses
- energy
- forage
- Festuca
- Trifolium
- animal husbandry
- Festuca
- Trifolium
- Festuca
- Trifolium
- Library Collection RecordConifers (Picea and Abies spp.) have replaced aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) over much of aspen’s historic range in the western United States. We measured the impact of this change upon the…Publication Date 2008-01-01
- canopy
- Dixie National Forest
- Fishlake National Forest
- forage
- Populus tremuloides
- 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 RecordKey resource areas (KRAs), defined as dry season foraging zones for herbivores, were studied relative to the more extensive outlying rangeland areas (non-KRAs) in Kenya. Field surveys with…Publication Date 2008
- drought
- forage
- foraging
- herbivore
- Pastoralist
- rangeland
- Satellite
- topography
- rangelands
- foraging ecology
- mapping
- ecosystem ecology
- landscape ecology
- soils
- monitoring
- conservation
- decision support systems
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe examined the initial effects of brush cutting (removal of all aboveground biomass), as well as clipping (removal of current annual shoots) and ungulate browsing (collectively referred to as shoot…Publication Date 2007-11-01
- forage
- moose
- plant response
- Salix scouleriana
- silviculture
- ungulates
- vegetation 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 RecordCow-calf productivity on 2 lightly (25%-30% use) and 2 conservatively grazed pastures (35%-40% use) were evaluated over a 5-year-period (1997 to 2001) in the Chihuahuan Desert of south-central New…Publication Date 2007-01-01
- rangelands
- grazing management
- forage
- drought
- cattle productivity
- Library Collection RecordThe presence of grazing cattle near open waterways has created environmental concerns related to the potential for water contamination. In Florida the removal of cattle from grazing landscapes or…Publication Date 2007-01-01
- forage
- grazing
- beef cattle
- stocking density
- 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 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 RecordGrazing lands in Eritrea are degraded due to decades of overstocking and consequent overgrazing. Since the rangelands are accessible to entire village communities, organisation and coordinated…Publication Date 2007
- rangelands
- degradation
- communal farming
- subsistence agriculture
- livestock
- management
- grazing
- Commercial farming
- cattle
- household income studies
- forage
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordVegetative differences and changes were evaluated over a 6-year period (1999-2004) on adjoining conservatively grazed and grazing-excluded (22 years) shortgrass rangelands in northwestern New Mexico…Publication Date 2006-11-01
- rangelands
- cattle
- drought
- forage
- grazing management
- 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
- Library Collection RecordEmploying livestock to manipulate vegetation is as old as grazing itself. Promoting grazing to manage vegetation as a paid service – typically called prescribed or targeted grazing – is a more…Publication Date 2006
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordThis paper examines the impact of incorporating fleece-shedding meat sheep into sheep enterprises in western NSW, and the associated shift in enterprise focus from wool to meat production. Sheep…Publication Date 2006
- sheep
- enterprises
- production
- grazing lands
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThe cover of Festuca gracillima (coirón fueguino), a native tussock grass that dominates grass steppes of Southern Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, has diminished under continuous sheep grazing. This…Publication Date 2005-09-01
- Festuca gracillima
- grassland ecology
- rangelands
- steppe
- arid ecosystems
- matrix
- sheep
- 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 2005-08-01
- Artemisia
- forage
- palatability
- wildlife food habits
- geographical distribution
- Library Collection RecordBotanical composition of mule deer and elk diets in winter, spring, summer, and autumn was studied during 1998 and 1999 on woodland rangeland in north-central New Mexico using microhistological…Publication Date 2005-07-01
- rangelands
- forage
- wildlife
- competition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordA dense mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. vaseyana [Rydb] Beetle) canopy suppresses understory vegetation. Rambouillet ewes with high and low dietary preferences for mountain…Publication Date 2005-07-01
- bitterbrush
- diet selection
- grazing
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordPerennial grass production on the Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center in south-central New Mexico was correlated with precipitation characteristics over a 34-year period. Total December…Publication Date 2005-05-01
- cattle
- climate
- forage
- rainfall
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordTwo long-term mechanistic models of grazing systems in the semi-arid succulent Karoo have been used to study factors that influence vegetation changes, livestock productivity and sustainability of…Publication Date 2005
- Rangeland dynamics
- Semi-arid regions
- Vegetation Change
- Goat production
- goats
- sheep
- rainfall
- rangelands
- vegetation dynamics
- modelling
- diet selection
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe communal areas of the semi-arid (200 mm) winter-rainfall Namaqualand region of South Africa are heavily utilised by a large number of subsistence farmers who keep sheep and goats. For several…Publication Date 2005
- Semi-arid rangeland
- Vegetation Change
- Goat production
- desertification
- sheep
- goats
- stocking rates
- management
- pastoralism
- subsistence agriculture
- plant production
- plant community ecology
- animal production
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAlthough cattle are what most people think of first when they think of the western ranching industry, sheep were grazed in Southern Arizona from the time of Father Kino. Large herds of sheep were run…Publication Date 2005
- sheep
- grazing
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordConcerns about biodiversity preservation through grazing have revived interest in feeding choices made by herbivores. In this article, we study the dynamics of behavioural intake response in…Publication Date 2005
- foraging behaviour
- Bite
- intake rate
- sheep
- Feeding choices
- rangelands
- biodiversity
- forage quality
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordDistinguishing between sheep and goats in C4 grass environments using new dental morphology criteria and enamel bioapatite stable carbon isotope ratios (?13C) was tested on 35 modern individuals from…Publication Date 2005
- Carbon isotope ratio analysis
- Dental morphology
- sheep
- goat
- C4 grassland
- Tooth enamel
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWooded rangelands are a vast grazing land resource globally, including shrublands, savannas and forested ranges. They generally provide forage year-round for small ruminants and they are vitally…Publication Date 2005
- diet selection
- Physical and chemical plant defences
- anti-quality
- grazing behaviour
- grazing
- rangelands
- savanna
- goats
- sheep
- foraging ecology
- livestock
- forage quality
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordManagement of feral horses grazing on Atlantic and Gulf coast barrier islands requires information on seasonal habitat preferences and distribution of important forage species to maintain stable…Publication Date 2004-05-01
- barrier island
- forage
- grazing
- North Carolina
- preferential habitat utilization
- seasonal utilization
- Library Collection RecordInformation on the long-term impact of repeated annual fertilizer applications of different nitrogen (N) sources on soil and plants is needed to develop sustainable grassland production systems. The…Publication Date 2004-03-01
- concentration
- forage
- N source
- rate of N
- Library Collection RecordDeveloping an Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan and Investment Strategy (IS) for theSouth Australian Rangelands region presented some interesting challenges. The general environmentduring…Publication Date 2004
- sheep
- cattle
- climate
- population
- Chenopod shrublands
- Library Collection RecordWestern NSW, like the rest of the Australian pastoral zone, has experienced well documented land degradation associated with droughts (1879 -1902, 1943 -1945, 1960 -1964 and 1982) (McKeon et al., …Publication Date 2004
- wool production
- sheep
- drought
- land degradation
- rainfall
- climate data
- Australia