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- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grazing intensity
- quality
- forage
- phenology
- life cycle
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasslands
- alpine grasslands
- forage
- species
- losses
- communities
- stability
- drying
- meadows
- 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 RecordPublication Date 2010
- harvesting frequency
- forage
- rangeland soils
- Festuca ovina
- Medicago lupulina
- Festuca ovina
- Medicago lupulina
- Festuca ovina
- Medicago lupulina
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- forage
- foraging
- production
- Production Economics
- Production policies
- silage
- silage making
- meadows
- standards
- Regulations
- guidelines
- equipment
- production
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- rangelands
- quality
- forage
- phenology
- crude protein
- Library Collection RecordThis paper examines if post-fire deferment and periodic rests provided by rotational grazing allowed for more rapid recovery of soil cover, soil chemical and physical parameters, and vegetation…Publication Date 2010
- grazing management
- infiltration
- prescribed burning
- soil health
- summer fire
- rangeland restoration
- Soil Condition
- management
- grazing
- fire ecology
- plant production
- plant community ecology
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- Texas
- USA
- Library Collection RecordSavanna covers about two-thirds of Africa, with forage quantity and quality being important factors determining the distribution and density of wildlife and domestic stock. Testing hypotheses about…Publication Date 2010
- forage
- quality
- remote sensing
- hyperspectral
- herbivory
- Foliar
- nitrogen
- protein
- Polyphenol
- mopane
- savanna
- forage quality
- Forage Quantity
- livestock
- mapping
- management
- land use
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- biomass
- forage
- pellets
- grasslands
- rivers
- ecology
- Experimentation
- Experimentation
- Library Collection RecordInvasive plants have invaded swathes of grasslands in Lake Nakuru National Park thus necessitating the Park management to institute measures to control them. Despite this, information on the status…Publication Date 2010
- biomass
- crude protein
- density
- forage
- grasslands
- invasive plants
- management
- ecosystem ecology
- Forage Quantity
- forage quality
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection Record, .- La Habana: Instituto Nacional de Ciencias AgrÃcolas, 2010. Congreso CientÃfico del INCA, XVII, San José de las Lajas, 22-26 nov. 2010.- 978-959-7023-48-7Publication Date 2010
- agroecosystems
- pastures
- vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae
- fertilizer application
- forage
- Feed grasses
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- goats
- sheep
- livestock management
- animal performance
- feedlots
- body weight
- animal production
- feeds
- feeding
- forage
- browse plants
- grazing
- foraging
- goat meat
- Mutton
- quality
- semiarid zones
- Tanzania
- 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 RecordPublication Date 2009
- pastures
- grasslands
- ruminants
- Dry matter content
- forage
- feeds
- grazing
- grazing intensity
- 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
- Lucerne
- productivity
- height
- rangelands
- grazing lands
- Introduced varieties
- forage
- irrigation
- nickel
- alfalfa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- Sudan
- animal husbandry
- forage
- grassland management
- rangelands
- sandy soils
- clay soils
- Sudan
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- rangeland soils
- vegetation
- Cover plants
- forage
- production
- density
- vegetation
- production
- 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
- rangelands
- vegetation
- forage
- density
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- ecology
- forage
- grasslands
- nutritive value
- soil
- soil fertility
- nitrogen
- potassium
- phosphorus
- field experimentation
- potassium
- 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 RecordThe Southwest Climate Change Network is designed to foster dialog and exchange of reliable science and policy information among climate experts and other scientists, natural resource managers,…Publication Date 2009
- climate change
- climate data
- Impact assessment
- Arizona
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- Texas
- United States
- Utah
- Library Collection Record1-Jul-09Publication Date 2009
- forage
- grazing
- range management
- Arizona
- 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 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 RecordThe survival of Ashe juniper (Juniperus ashei Buchh.) plants of all sizes was compared between paired burned and unburned plots in four savanna sites on the eastern Edwards Plateau. Smaller plants…Publication Date 2007-11-01
- Edwards Plateau
- facilitation
- fire survival
- Juniperus ashei
- survival rates
- Texas
- 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 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 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 RecordIn response to substantial economic and social dislocations in the United States, many rangeland owners are changing land use and management practices. Changes in land use can signiï¬cantly affect…Publication Date 2006
- Colorado
- Texas
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordYaupon invasion into historic grassland savannahs can be effectively reduced with prescribed burning and herbicides. The Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and…Publication Date 2005-10-01
- savannas
- Ilex vomitoria
- shrubs
- Weeds
- invasive species
- prescribed burning
- herbicides
- cost analysis
- Texas
- wildlife management areas
- 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 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 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 RecordTraditional natural resource monitoring systems have failed to establish clear links between fieldmeasurements and on- ground management actions required to maintain the resource.Stocktake is…Publication Date 2004
- resources
- tools
- forage
- Practical
- Library Collection RecordThe tropical savannas of northern Australian are characterised by high climatic variability, withcorresponding impacts on annual resource availability. The native biota is adapted to these patterns,…Publication Date 2004
- cattle
- Rainfall patterns
- forage
- north-eastern Queensland
- 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
- grazing
- forage
- herbivores
- grazing management
- plant biochemistry
- Library Collection RecordSeveral studies have examined the impact of woody plant (i.e., brush) management efforts on mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) cover and associated ecological impacts, but little research has been…Publication Date 2003-11-01
- Prosopis glandulosa
- spatial variation
- brush control
- herbicides
- mortality
- spatial distribution
- Texas
- canopy
- brush management
- clopyralid
- spatial pattern analysis
- GIS and remote sensing
- semiarid rangelands
- Library Collection RecordPalatability of shrub sprouts to white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Raf.) differs among species, which causes selective browsing and can shift shrub species composition to dominance by less…Publication Date 2003-11-01
- sprouts
- shrublands
- brush control
- palatability
- Texas
- botanical composition
- wildlife food habits
- Acacia rigidula
- blackbrush acacia
- brush management
- Celtis pallida
- spiny hackberry
- white-tailed deer
- Library Collection RecordSelection for carbon isotope discrimination (delta) has potential for improving water-use efficiency in cool-season grasses. An understanding of how delta is affected by differential water…Publication Date 2003-11-01
- breeding lines
- cool-season grasses
- selection criteria
- drought tolerance
- water-use efficiency
- water-use efficiency
- dry matter yields
- line-source sprinkler system
- rainout shelter
- forage
- Library Collection RecordAeration is a common range management technique used in southern Texas and northern Mexico to reduce shrub cover and increase biomass of more palatable forages. Guajillo (Acacia berlandieri Benth.)…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- rolling
- phenethylamines
- tyramine
- N-methyl-phenethylamine
- juvenile stems
- mature stems
- leaves
- deserts
- Acacia berlandieri
- stems
- browse plants
- weed control
- regrowth
- Texas
- seasonal variation
- browsing
- chemical constituents of plants
- Acacia berlandieri
- Chihuahuan Desert
- forage quality
- Mexico
- nitrogen
- tyramine
- 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
- Weeds
- forage
- feed quality
- phytotoxins
- swainsonine
- Astragalus
- toxicity
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordHighly intensive stocking of dairy cattle on continuously grazed pasture coupled with liberal applications of commercial fertilizer can lead to increased losses of agricultural nutrients, which is a…Publication Date 2003-05-01
- farm size
- dairy cows
- soil nutrient balance
- nutrient management
- dairy farm management
- agricultural runoff
- pollution control
- simulation models
- costs and returns
- production costs
- fertilizer application
- stocking rate
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- application rates
- Texas
- grazing
- stocking density
- manure
- nutrient losses
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- economics
- 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 RecordElk sedge (Carex geyeri Boott) is one of the most important livestock and big game forages in many areas of the western U.S. It is one of the most prominent forage species in the diets of cattle and…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- Physocarpus opulifolius
- date
- Festuca
- Carex geyeri
- Carex
- protein content
- Pinus ponderosa
- fiber content
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- chemical composition
- Oregon
- crude protein
- plant communities
- phenology
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- forage
- Carex geyeri
- cattle
- graminoids
- nutrition
- phenology
- season