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- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1965
- Annual
- brush
- Conversion Projects
- Desert Wheatgrass
- Forage Inventory
- grass
- Hardinggrass
- Manley Ranch Demonstration Range
- perennial
- Seeded Grasslands
- Smilo
- species composition
- Species Composition Changes
- Species Evaluation
- Tule Springs Demonstration Range
- Library Collection RecordThe information from this study is important for helping promote a more sustainable use of resources, such as grasses and shrubs, and in increasing an understanding of the utilization dynamics and…Publication Date 2018-10
- biodiversity
- rangeland rehabilitation
- species composition
- Vegetation Growth
- Library Collection RecordSeedling recruitment plays a crucial role in recovering plant communities after disturbance. As a natural disturbance, fire canmediate species composition in fescue prairie. However, little was known…Publication Date 2016
- fire cues
- restoration
- seedling density
- species composition
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordFire plays a crucial role in mediating species composition in Fescue Prairie. However, previous studies focused on responses of plant community to burning without disentangling the effects of burning…Publication Date 2017
- fescue prairie
- fire
- seedling emergence
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordControlled burning timed in early summer can dramatically change the species composition of annual rangeland the following season. Although this has been well documented, the longevity of these…Publication Date 2017
- fire
- forage
- forage production
- species composition
- weed control
- Library Collection RecordSeedling recruitment plays a crucial role in recovering plant communities after disturbance. As a natural disturbance, fire canmediate species composition in fescue prairie. However, little was known…Publication Date 2016
- fire cues
- restoration
- seedling density
- species composition
- species richness
- 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 1964-05-01
- Chemical Removal
- Blue Oak
- Grass Woodland Cover
- Botanical Botanical Evaluations
- Basal Frill Method
- ripgut
- Wild Oats
- Hopland Field Station
- Soft Chess
- Quercus douglasii
- forage yield
- yield
- composition
- quality
- 2,4-D
- forage
- species composition
- California
- Library Collection RecordTotal herbage production increased significantly following 92 to 100 percent control of winged elm, oak, and hickory trees. This increase, however, was mostly in less desirable grass and forb plants…Publication Date 1964-09-01
- recovery
- abundance
- oak
- Vegetational Composition
- Winged Elm
- Ulmus alata
- Woody Species
- Vegetational Responses
- Blackjack Post Oak Vegetative Type
- 2,4,5-T
- Quercus
- Kansas
- invasion
- herbage production
- reseeding
- forbs
- control
- Oklahoma
- brush control
- species composition
- Texas
- basal cover
- Library Collection RecordSixweeks fescue was found unacceptable to cattle at all seasons and nitrogen fertilization did not increase its rooting strength or palatability. It contributed nothing to forage supply and…Publication Date 1964-09-01
- Festuca octoflora
- sixweeks fescue
- Seasonal Extent
- Cattle Preferences
- Plant Phenology
- Weather Changes
- residual effects
- herbicide treatments
- Central Plains Experimental Range
- grazing intensity
- ammonium nitrate
- nitrogen fertilization
- utilization
- blue grama
- growth
- species composition
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordGrazing by large herbivores has been shown to condition vegetation in a manner that improves grassland quality for subsequent herbivory. Fescue grasslands evolved with disturbance from fire and…Publication Date 2012-01-01
- biomass
- forage quality
- litter
- nitrogen concentration
- Festuca campestris
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordRangeland managers are often faced with the complex challenge of managing sites for multiple uses and for the diverse interests of stakeholders. Standardized monitoring methods that can be used and…Publication Date 2011-03-01
- gap intercept
- songbird diversity
- species composition
- vegetation structure
- wildlife habitats
- Wyoming big sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordThis study quantified herbaceous biomass responses to increases in honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) cover on two soils from 1995 to 2001 in north central Texas. Vegetation was sampled…Publication Date 2008-09-01
- competition
- drought
- precipitation variability
- Prosopis glandulosa
- savannas
- species composition
- woody encroachment
- woody plants
- Library Collection RecordThe Department of Defense’s Range and Training Land Assessment program provides information and recommendations to range managers regarding the condition of training lands. This information is used…Publication Date 2009-09-01
- military impacts
- net primary production
- resilience
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordDrought is an inherent trait of most rangelands and sound management necessitates managers address two fundamental questions when facing a drought situation. The first question is, ‘‘what is the…Publication Date 2006-07-01
- drought management
- forage quality
- grasslands
- primary production
- northern Great Plains
- soil water
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordRangeland plant productivity and species composition are affected by moisture availability and grazing intensity. We examined warm- and cool-season grass productivity and relative distribution on…Publication Date 2002-09-01
- root systems
- soil water content
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Bouteloua gracilis
- precipitation
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- biomass
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- mixed-grass prairies
- species composition
- water stress
- Library Collection RecordThe influence of cattle grazing on carbon cycling in the mixed grass prairie was investigated by measuring the CO(2) exchange rate in pastures with a 13 year history of heavy or light grazing and an…Publication Date 2000-03-01
- Artemisia frigida
- Sphaeralcea coccinea
- Hesperostipa comata
- biogeochemical cycles
- Carex
- carbon dioxide
- air temperature
- rain
- photosynthesis
- gas exchange
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- prairies
- botanical composition
- beef cattle
- soil water
- grazing
- productivity
- photosynthesis
- soil respiration
- species composition
- 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 RecordWestern juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook.) has been actively invading shrub steppe communities during the past 120 years. The majority of these stands are still in transition, from early open…Publication Date 2000-11-01
- artemisia arbuscula
- fir interval
- Festuca idahoensis
- Poa secunda
- Achnatherum thurberianum
- understory
- steppes
- species diversity
- ecological succession
- Populus tremuloides
- Juniperus occidentalis
- fires
- fire effects
- Oregon
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant communities
- California
- plant density
- plant competition
- canopy
- Juniperus occidentalis
- species composition
- plant cover
- Library Collection RecordRiparian meadows in central Nevada are highly productive and have been extensively utilized for livestock grazing. Consequently, many have been severely degraded resulting in changes in species…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- soil air
- aeration
- sulfur-coated urea
- rooting
- riparian grasslands
- growth periods
- ground cover
- spatial variation
- reclamation
- species diversity
- temporal variation
- species differences
- cutting
- nitrogen
- biomass production
- plant communities
- land restoration
- overgrazing
- application rates
- establishment
- biomass
- botanical composition
- Nevada
- Nitrogen addition
- clipping
- aeration
- revegetation
- species composition
- water table
- Library Collection RecordThe Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 requires that surface-mined land be revegetated with "the same seasonal variety", meaning species of the same season of growth as the…Publication Date 1989-05-01
- surface-mined land
- warm-season species
- ground cover
- species composition
- liveweight gain
- herbage dry matter
- Library Collection RecordDiammonium phosphate (DAP), air-dropped in early autumn 1974 to contain a wildfire on the San Joaquin Experimental Range in California, applied high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus to foothill…Publication Date 1982-11-01
- annual grasslands
- Fire Retardant
- diammonium phosphate
- DAP
- drop
- range readiness
- wildfire
- San Joaquin Experimental Range
- phosphorus
- responses
- precipitation
- soil moisture
- composition
- forbs
- nitrogen
- grasses
- species composition
- California
- Library Collection RecordThis is a summary of 171 papers on livestock grazing in the West.Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- alteration of ecosystem structure
- ecosystem functioning
- livestock grazing
- riparian habitats
- species composition
- Western United States
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of herbivory by waterfowl and nutria were measured because of vegetation loss in Sagittaria spp. dominated marshes along the coast of Louisiana. One set of study plots was set up on…Publication Date 1969
- Nutria
- biomass
- waterfowl
- coastal marsh
- muskrat
- Myocastor coypus
- Ondatra zibethicus
- Sagittaria latifolia
- Sagittaria platyphylla
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordTo estimate lesser snow geese populations and determine the effects of geese herbivory along the Hudson Bay in the Northwest Territories, nesting and population surveys were conducted along with…Publication Date 1969
- Hudson Bay
- Chen caerulescens caerulescens
- fen
- grubbing
- lesser snow geese
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordDuring the summer of 1985, the effects of browsing by beaver were studied at two beaver ponds in Minnesota (46°50’N, 92°11’W). Pond one (colonized from 1980-1985) was located on a…Publication Date 1969
- Trembling aspen
- Populus tremuloides
- biomass
- beaver
- beaver ponds
- Castor canadensis
- selective herbivory
- species composition
- stem diameter
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing on vegetation and soils were examined in two different ecosystems, the sagebrush steppe in the northwestern United States and the Patagonia steppe located in southern Argentina…Publication Date 1969
- consumption
- grazing
- primary production
- Aridity gradients
- ecosystem structure and function
- generalist herbivores
- graminoid nutritional quality
- Patagonia
- plant traits
- sagebrush steppe
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordStudy of an April 1964 fire in the blue grama-pinyon-juniper vegetation type of New Mexico showed that forage production was reduced significantly the first year on the burned area but recovered by…Publication Date 1967-11-01
- fire effects
- Grass Crowns
- litter
- Oneseed Juniper
- Fire Characteristics
- Heat Intensity
- pinyon
- Cholla
- Juniperus monosperma
- herbaceous vegetation
- juniper
- rangelands
- temperature
- Pinus edulis
- fire
- forage production
- blue grama
- species composition
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordEleven ungrazed shallow limy range sites were studied as to species composition, edaphic characteristics, and range condition. These stands were located in the shale-limestone region of north-central…Publication Date 1969-01-01
- mulch
- Shallow
- grama
- Remnant Prairies
- Limy Range
- North Central Kansas
- Edahpic Characteristics
- Shale Limestone
- Surface Rockiness
- Water Retaining Capacity
- Central Kansas Rolling Plains Region
- Blue
- Hairy
- little bluestem
- big bluestem
- range condition
- species composition
- pH
- Library Collection RecordRange condition, vegetation production, composition, and cover were compared between lightly and moderately grazed rangelands in the Chihuahuan Desert in southwestern New Mexico to determine if these…Publication Date 1969
- stocking rate
- livestock
- range management
- utilization
- arid lands
- range condition
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of excluding grazing by lesser snow geese (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) on the salt marsh at La Perouse Bay, Manitoba on species composition, live standing crop and plant litter have…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- Anser caerulescens caerulescens
- Carex subspathacea
- exclosures
- lesser snow geese
- Plantago maritima
- Potentilla egedii
- Puccinellia phryganodes
- salt marsh
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordBrush control methods involving a minimum of soil disturbance were the most reliable methods of improving successional stage and increasing forage production. Soil disturbance retarded plant…Publication Date 1967-07-01
- Successional Stage
- Shrub Reinvasion
- Follow Up Practices
- Shredder
- Roller Chop
- K-G Blade
- brush management
- Root Plow
- Rake
- soil disturbance
- Welder Wildlife Refuge
- fluctuations
- mechanical control
- south Texas
- fertilizer
- forage production
- maintenance
- range condition
- fertilization
- species composition
- mowing
- Library Collection RecordThe impacts of light and moderate cattle grazing on vegetative cover and species composition in areas surrounding cold-water springs on three watersheds on the Sierra Foothill Research and Extension…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- cover
- creek
- riparian
- species composition
- watershed
- Library Collection RecordForest range is an important source of forage for the big and growing business of livestock production in the South. People trained in management of southern ranges are needed for effective…Publication Date 1967-01-01
- The South
- rangemen
- Southern Ranges
- Range Curriculum
- Understory Condition
- Understory Trend
- Needs
- Supply
- forest range
- utilization
- livestock production
- forage values
- forage
- species composition
- education
- 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 1949-07-01
- Annual Plants
- organic matter
- soil temperature
- height growth
- climate
- temperature
- Berkeley
- burning
- grazing values
- grazing intensity
- herbage
- forage yield
- fire
- soil moisture
- soils
- forbs
- forage
- species composition
- California
- 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 1951-01-01
- steer
- switch cane
- Arundinaria tecta
- Mid-Season Rotation Grazing
- 28 Day Rotatin Grazing
- Conservative Use
- North Carolina
- Southeast
- cattle gains
- deferred grazing
- Rotation Grazing
- continuous grazing
- density
- forage plants
- heifers
- utilization
- rest
- grazing
- vegetation
- forage
- species composition
- 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 1951-11-01
- Blackjack Oak
- Woodland Grazing
- Ozarks
- Domain
- Land Use Capabilities
- Hardwood Sites
- Timber Stands
- Sparse
- Poor Hardwoods
- south exposure
- West Exposure
- Arkansas
- Stands
- Woodland Forage
- Uncontrolled Grazing
- woodlands
- oak
- burning
- economics
- grazing capacity
- density
- nutritive value
- fire
- herbage production
- trees
- grass
- Weeds
- livestock
- species composition
- public lands
- 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 1962-11-01
- Percent Utilization
- evaluation
- Desert Range Species
- Palatability Rating
- preference index
- Desirables
- undesirable
- Multiple Coefficients
- browse
- utilization
- forbs
- grasses
- species composition
- 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 1962-05-01
- Ryegrass
- seasonal changes
- bur clover
- Wild Oats
- Annual Grass Community
- Maximum Weight
- Community Weights
- seed development
- species composition
- filaree
- California Annual Type
- Weight Loss
- seed dispersal
- Soft Chess
- herbage weight
- clipping
- herbage production
- growth
- 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 1962-01-01
- desert range
- Intermountain Area
- Fecal Bags
- vegetation cover
- Daily Intake
- Chemical Content
- winter range
- diet
- nutritive value
- digestibility
- esophageal fistula
- intensity
- utilization
- plant density
- range condition
- livestock
- overgrazing
- species composition
- Utah
- 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 1961-03-01
- Field Procedure
- Point Centered
- Quarter Method
- Distance Measurement Methods
- Western North Dakota
- Laboratory Calcuations
- Shoots per Unit Area
- species composition
- Seasonal Aspect
- grassland vegetation
- applications
- sampling
- 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 1961-07-01
- Continuous
- nutrient content
- Nutritive Content
- maturity
- deferred rotation
- Seasonal Use
- Degree of Use
- filaree
- Specialized
- California Annual Type
- Ecological Studies
- Livestock Responses
- Annual Vegetation
- Speed
- Pasture Treatments
- Review
- clover
- grazing systems
- grazing habits
- Hopland Field Station
- preference
- Vegetational Responses
- rotation
- Results
- moisture content
- site
- Yearlong
- advantages
- Disadvantages
- seasonal
- herbage production
- range improvement
- grass
- plant growth
- grazing
- sheep
- species composition
- applications
- stocking rate
- 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 1961-05-01
- Herbicidal Control
- saw palmetto
- Peninsular
- Shrubby Plants
- Range Cattle Experiment Station
- 2 4 5-TP
- Erbon
- Grasslike Plants
- Cyperus
- invaders
- Water Oil
- Carrier Solutions
- Native Forage Plants
- Decreasers
- Increasers
- Juncus
- density
- 2,4,5-T
- Woody Shrubs
- native plants
- productivity
- herbicides
- livestock
- forbs
- control
- 2,4-D
- Florida
- grasses
- feed
- species composition
- carrying capacity
- 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
- Floristic Composition
- ash
- Southwestern
- carbohydrates
- Chemical Content
- cellulose
- health
- Northern Desert Shrub Region
- organic matter
- density
- nutritive value
- plant vigor
- protein
- phosphorus
- herbage production
- Soil Characteristics
- infiltration
- bulk density
- range condition
- production
- forage
- species composition
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, Valone measured the effects of fire and grazing, alone and in combination, in an arid Arizona plant community. The combination of grazing and burning enhanced annual plant species…Publication Date 1969
- disturbance frequency
- disturbance intensity
- free-range grazing
- prescribed fire
- species composition
- species richness
- synergistic effects
- 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
- Library Collection RecordThe vegetation and soil characteristics of an ungrazed butte are compared with those of a similar site on an adjacent High Plains area. Woody plant cover was greater and more diverse on the butte…Publication Date 1969-11-01
- High Plains
- Hardland Site
- Ungrazed Butte
- Woody Plant Cover
- Flat Top Mountain
- canopy cover
- Herbage Removal
- trampling
- productivity
- Soil Characteristics
- grazing
- quality
- livestock
- vegetation
- production
- species composition
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordAuthors used a multiscale approach by studying the effects of soil type/fertilizer, burning, or mowing on species composition within both large- (10,000 m2) and small-scale (100 m2) experimental…Publication Date 1969
- burning
- classification
- mowing
- soil
- grassland
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordPercentage botanical composition by weight can be estimated from composition determined with the laboratory point method, if differences among species, seasons of growth, and botanical composition…Publication Date 1965-05-01
- weight composition
- point samples
- Laboratory Point Method
- growth season
- Equation Selection
- stage of maturity
- botanical composition
- regression
- Clipped Herbage
- vegetation
- forbs
- grasses
- species composition
- sampling
- Library Collection RecordPerennial and annual grass composition changes were studied for several years in two locations formerly dominated by chaparral. Hardinggrass, smilo, and desert wheatgrass increased but other seeded…Publication Date 1965-11-01
- Species Composition Changes
- Seeded Grasslands
- Conversion Projects
- Tule Springs Demonstration Range
- Manley Ranch Demonstration Range
- Forage Inventory
- Species Evaluation
- Desert Wheatgrass
- annuals
- chaparral
- Harding grass
- Smilo
- brush
- perennials
- grass
- Weeds
- grasses
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordYeo et al. examined cattle grazing behavior and vegetation measurements to determine the effects of implementing a rest-rotation grazing system on federally owned grazing allotments in Idaho. Cattle…Publication Date 1969
- grazing management
- grazing allotments
- plant community composition
- range condition
- species composition
- wildlife forage