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- 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 RecordA vegetational analysis was made of the native grasses on a saline clay flat range site located on the Rio Grande Plains of Texas prior to and two months following Hurricane Beulah in 1967. Data…Publication Date 1969-11-01
- microenvironments
- Heavy Precipitation
- Saline Clay Flat
- Vegetational Analysis
- Hurricane Beulah
- dry periods
- Culrymesquite
- Rio Grande Plain
- influence
- native grasses
- density
- grass production
- composition
- plant density
- vegetation
- forage
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordThe use of fertilization to increase forage production is widely known. The value of fertilizer as a tool for improving livestock distribution has often been alluded to, but seldom measured. The…Publication Date 1969-03-01
- improved
- livestock distribution
- Economic Evaluation
- fertilizer
- methods
- forage production
- vegetation
- Value
- benefits
- Library Collection RecordWestern juniper invasion of sagebrush-bunchgrass vegetation in southwestern Idaho was verified. The invasion started about 1860 and is continuing at present. Juniper was found to be climax on rocky…Publication Date 1969-07-01
- invasion
- Climax
- nature
- Description
- Successional Status
- western juniper
- sagebrush bunchgrass
- Soil Development
- Owyhee Plateau
- Down Slope
- spread
- classification
- communities
- Juniperus occidentalis
- vegetation
- control
- Idaho
- management
- Library Collection RecordNitrogen and 2,4-D were applied to a Dense Clay Range Site depleted by drought and overgrazing in western South Dakota to determine if forb control and fertilization would accelerate range recovery…Publication Date 1969-03-01
- South Dakota
- soils
- vegetation
- production
- forbs
- control
- overgrazing
- protection
- nitrogen
- frequency
- fertilization
- perennial grass
- Depleted
- 2,4-D
- range condition
- Range Recovery
- Dense Clay Range
- drought
- Library Collection RecordDeteriorated mountain grassland range on Grand Mesa in western Colorado improved slowly during 19 years of nonuse. It improved almost as much under light grazing. In contrast, grass production…Publication Date 1969-11-01
- reduction
- Gopher Control
- Reduced Grazing
- Grand Mesa
- Nonuse
- Exclusion
- light grazing
- Deteriorated
- responses
- mountain grasslands
- pocket gophers
- herbicides
- competition
- vegetation
- control
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordSoil depth heterogeneity within the shallow limy range site in western Kansas results in differences in range composition and production. Deep soils produce more forage than shallow (< 4″) soils.…Publication Date 1969-05-01
- Limy
- Western Kansas
- heterogeneity
- Range Composition
- Midgrass
- shortgrasses
- tallgrasses
- soil depth
- range sites
- depth
- Sideoats grama
- buffalo grass
- Shallow
- mixed prairie
- little bluestem
- big bluestem
- stocking rate
- range condition
- Hairy Grama
- blue grama
- relationships
- vegetation
- production
- forbs
- grasses
- basal cover
- 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 1954-07-01
- Structural Change
- Chemical Change
- Northern Great Plains Region
- analyses
- Reaction
- ungrazed
- Southwestern
- Grazed
- moisture content
- mixed prairie
- chemical composition
- clipping
- protein
- phosphorus
- yield
- treatments
- Saskatchewan
- grazing
- growth
- soils
- vegetation
- forage
- 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 1954-11-01
- Rate of Decomposition
- Vegetative Material
- environment
- temperature
- mulch
- Dead
- infiltration
- soil moisture
- evaporation
- water intake
- vegetation
- drought
- 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 1956-03-01
- Ecological Principles
- Processes
- Production Criteria
- succession
- recording
- Measuring
- standards
- populations
- plant communities
- multiple use
- ecology
- evaluation
- trend
- density
- Factors
- conditions
- Climax
- range
- vigor
- composition
- environmental factors
- vegetation
- 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 1955-01-01
- mountain meadows
- Wintering Grounds
- Harney Valley
- Rushes
- salt grass
- Distichils stricta
- Wire Rush
- Juncus balticus
- Clover Production
- hay production
- livestock nutrition
- Sedges
- Burns
- site selection
- protein content
- Eastern Oregon
- fertilizer
- phosphorus
- ammonium nitrate
- yields
- vegetation
- forbs
- nitrogen
- fertilization
- range 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 1954-11-01
- Wallowa Whitman National Forest
- Timbered Range
- elksedge
- livestock distribution
- prairie junegrass
- fluctuations
- Starkey Experimental Forest and Range
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- Eastern Oregon
- Idaho fescue
- ranges
- Conservative Stocking
- salt
- density
- ponderosa pine
- precipitation
- forage production
- utilization
- water
- improvement
- stocking rate
- cattle
- livestock numbers
- vegetation
- forage
- grasses
- range management
- 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 1956-05-01
- Degeneration
- Range Analysis
- interrelations
- Site Responses
- White River National Forest
- Hiner Spring
- Festuca thurberi
- Thurber's Fescue
- Profiles
- Bare Soil
- Plant Pedestals
- Pavement
- Litter Orientation
- Deposition
- washing
- Crusting
- Pore Size Distribution
- Volume Weight
- High Mountain Park
- Alluvial Material
- deterioration
- Three Step Method
- soil movement
- range condition
- organic matter
- infiltration
- plant density
- grazing
- soils
- vegetation
- cover
- erosion
- Colorado
- 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 1956-05-01
- Plant Counts
- Dense Stands
- Broadleaf Filaree
- Whitetip Clover
- Trifolium variegatum
- tillers
- scraping
- counts
- Foxtail Fescue
- clover
- Soft Chess
- ecology
- numbers
- San Joaquin Experimental Range
- Annual Type
- density
- survival
- range
- seed production
- vegetation
- cover
- 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 1956-03-01
- 3 Step Method
- Speciation
- Friability
- Reappraisal
- Bluestem Wheatgrass
- Miles City
- variance
- grazing use
- stability
- pricklypear
- weather
- organic matter
- Opuntia polyacantha
- trend
- infiltration rates
- density
- conditions
- plant vigor
- Great Plains
- herbage
- productivity
- improvement
- range condition
- vegetation
- Montana
- 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 1955-09-01
- physiology
- Season Long
- Weed Eradication
- land values
- Trail Building
- Seasonal Ranges
- reseeding
- Continuous
- weather
- climate
- herding
- salting
- rotation
- quantity
- Deferred
- forage plants
- seasons
- fencing
- Range Conservation
- precipitation
- forage production
- brush
- distribution
- grazing
- quality
- livestock
- growth
- water development
- vegetation
- overgrazing
- drought
- 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 1955-11-01
- Pampa
- Patagonia
- Wild Geese
- predators
- Theft
- Starvation
- Breed Improvement
- Land Policies
- Governmental Control
- rodents
- overstocking
- disease
- research
- nutrition
- range improvement
- distribution
- vegetation
- overgrazing
- problems
- Argentina
- 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 1955-11-01
- Plan
- Iraq
- accomplishments
- Ministry of Agriculture
- land forms
- Bushes
- Cereal Straw
- Experimentation
- budget
- Findings
- structures
- Range Use
- land control
- farming
- planting
- winter
- native grasses
- seeds
- shrubs
- research
- precipitation
- grazing
- livestock
- vegetation
- forage
- range management
- training
- 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 1955-05-01
- sampling units
- Wild Land
- Quantitative Studies
- Random
- Experimental
- Mechanical Aids
- Three Step Method
- aggregations
- Clumps
- AUM
- animal unit month
- plant community
- range technician
- trend
- techniques
- measurements
- plant succession
- Climax
- range
- classification
- distribution
- vegetation
- sampling
- 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 1954-11-01
- Thin Soil
- Mulch Depth
- plant height
- Pasture Improvement
- Flower Stalk Production
- Dry
- Wisconsin
- Indiangrass
- prairies
- range plants
- effects
- Environmental Changes
- Sideoats grama
- little bluestem
- big bluestem
- fire
- range production
- vegetation
- cover
- 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 1956-05-01
- Xerophytic
- Forest Region
- central Argentina
- Monte
- Calden Tree
- Prosopis caldenia
- Algarroba
- Chanar
- Gourliea decorticans
- Fachinal
- Resuce Grass
- water resources
- distribution
- Bromus catharticus
- private lands
- shade
- improvement
- Prosopis juliflora
- animal husbandry
- utilization
- brush
- mesquite
- livestock
- sheep
- cattle
- vegetation
- rainfall
- 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 1955-05-01
- Legumens
- farmers
- mules
- Hogs
- Eastern Redcedar
- income
- Absentee Owners
- Goating
- tree reproduction
- private lands
- forest grazing
- Prairie Grasses
- fertilizer
- horses
- Ozarks
- forestry
- range livestock
- beef
- nutrients
- climate
- Open Range
- woody plants
- Winged Elm
- Ulmus alata
- topography
- burning
- public lands
- Missouri
- deer
- reseeding
- sheep
- cattle
- soils
- vegetation
- production
- Juniperus virginiana
- drought
- goats
- erosion
- range 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 1955-07-01
- bluestems
- true prairie
- Claypan
- vegetation composition
- Environmental Differences
- Ordinary Upland
- lowlands
- classification
- species
- climate
- density
- soil
- site
- Shallow
- Flint Hills
- Limestone Breaks
- uplands
- Climax
- perennials
- pastures
- composition
- range condition
- grazing
- relationships
- vegetation
- rainfall
- grasses
- populations
- 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 1956-09-01
- BAsin
- Davis County
- Surface Flow
- Water Movement
- Trenches
- Gully
- Man
- Floods
- elevation
- weather
- climate
- watersheds
- soil
- animals
- precipitation
- vegetation
- plants
- conservation
- runoff
- Utah
- 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 1965-03-01
- Andropogon
- plant vigor
- little bluestem
- big bluestem
- switchgrass
- Indiangrass
- Leaf Growth
- Claypan Range Site
- Northern Osage County
- gerardi
- scoparius
- Parsons Silt Loam
- Basal Density
- water content
- range
- vegetative composition
- forage production
- vigor
- composition
- cattle
- vegetation
- Sorghastrum nutans
- Panicum virgatum
- Oklahoma
- management
- 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 RecordCombinations of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer gave greater yield increases than either element applied alone. Yield response and chemical composition of forage appeared to be a result of…Publication Date 1965-09-01
- fertilizer
- botanical composition
- dry matter
- Meadow Vegetation
- sub-irrigated meadow
- Nebraska Sandhills
- Holt County
- chemical composition
- phosphorus
- legumes
- yield
- vegetation
- nitrogen
- forage
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordPotential economic return from deer was greater than that from livestock under conditions of average prevailing prices and adequate deer harvest. Data computed from rancher surveys indicated that the…Publication Date 1965-09-01
- Kerr Wildlife Management Area
- Economic Returns
- liability
- Domestic Livestock
- harvests
- demand
- hunting
- ranchers
- resource management
- income
- deer
- stocking rate
- livestock
- vegetation
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Edwards Plateau
- Texas
- carrying capacity
- Library Collection RecordAn upland vegetational continuum and three bottomland associations are interpreted from frequency data, but intra-site heterogeneity masks vegetation-grazing relations. Summer-long grazing at…Publication Date 1966-01-01
- Frequency Sampling
- Vegetational Continum
- Bottomland Associations
- heterogeneity
- Summer Long Grazing
- Species Density
- Species Dispersion
- Blue Grama Range
- Soil Groups
- Species Unions
- Shrubs and Cactus
- classification
- shortgrass plains
- Frequency Data
- perennial forbs
- relations
- Intensities
- annuals
- Central Plains Experimental Range
- site
- perennial grasses
- conditions
- techniques
- herbage yields
- grazing
- soils
- vegetation
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordAlkali sagebrush ranges were found to have a shallow, root restricting claypan soil. In contrast, the adjacent big sagebrush plant community occurred on loamy soils where roots penetrated freely.…Publication Date 1966-01-01
- plant communities
- Alkali Sagebrush Range
- Big Sagebrush Range
- North Park
- claypan soils
- Loamy Soil
- root penetration
- soil surveys
- Artemisia longiloba
- Annual Yield
- range sites
- plant composition
- soil
- site
- Soil Characteristics
- soils
- vegetation
- drought
- Artemisia tridentata
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordGovernance plays a key role in rangeland management. In China, all rangeland, including pastoral land and agro-pastoral land, is owned by the State. Since 1980, use rights have been granted to…Publication Date 2015-03
- agro-pastoral region
- Community participation
- family income
- livestock
- rangeland governance
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordBased on their previous experience and research results, Taylor et al. present the following conclusions relative to vegetation and soil response to intensive grazing systems: 1) rest, rather than…Publication Date 1969
- rest
- vegetation
- productivity
- deferred-rotation grazing
- Edwards Plateau
- high-intensity low-frequency grazing
- short duration grazing
- soil stability
- Library Collection RecordBandelier National Monument erected a series of ungulate exclosures and paired reference areas to evaluate elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) impacts on the vegetative community in pinyon (Pinus edulis)-…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- trampling
- vegetation
- Cervus elaphus nelsoni
- elk
- impacts
- Simulated
- Library Collection RecordNash et al. found a difference in the community structure of ants between a rangeland in good condition and a rangeland in poor condition, but could not find differences in the ant communities of…Publication Date 1969
- vegetation
- ant
- bare patches
- cool desert
- Formica spp.
- Great Basin
- indicator
- livestock grazing
- Pheidole spp.
- range condition
- Library Collection RecordResidual Dry Matter (RDM) is a standard used by land management agencies for assessing the level of grazing use on annual rangelands and associated savannas and woodlands (George et al. 1996).…Publication Date 1970
- vegetation
- California
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- vegetation types
- vegetation
- monitoring
- inventories
- environmental monitoring
- environmental assessment
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordJohnson-Nistler et al. measured the effects of black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colonies on native range vegetation, in the mixed grass prairie of northeastern Montana. Plant biomass…Publication Date 1969
- vegetation
- nutrition
- herbivory
- black-tailed prairie dog
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- Library Collection RecordHerbivores influence growth, recruitment, and mortality rates of plants and may do so in ways correlated with plant density, frequency, or other neighborhood traits, or with competitive abilities.…Publication Date 1969
- biodiversity
- vegetation
- competition
- disturbance
- frequency-dependence
- Library Collection RecordTo evaluate streambank fencing as a management tool, for two years Homyack and Giuliano measured the richness, abundance, and biomass of reptile and amphibian species on 10 grazed streams and…Publication Date 1969
- biomass
- livestock
- vegetation
- water quality
- abundance
- amphibian
- herpetofauna
- macroinvertebrate
- reptile
- riparian areas
- species richness
- streambank fencing
- Library Collection RecordGiuliano and Homyack looked at the effects of cattle grazing on small mammal composition in riparian areas, where cattle have been previously excluded from grazing. Ungrazed areas were 1.7 times…Publication Date 1969
- fencing
- livestock
- vegetation
- wildlife
- litter
- pasture
- stream
- Library Collection RecordDuebbert et al. examined the intensity of grazing on the nesting success of dabbling ducks in central North Dakota. The two main nesting habitats within the study area were the western snowberry/…Publication Date 1969
- rotational grazing
- vegetation
- nesting cover
- prairie health
- wetland
- Library Collection RecordHuman - induced changes in atmospheric chemistry and meteorology have the potential to impact a broad array of ecosystem processes over a range of temporal and spatial scales. These may have direct…Publication Date 1992
- vegetation
- Australia
- undefined
- vegetation dynamics
- Library Collection RecordThis paper examines the historical evidence for the widely held view that vegetation communities in the semi-arid woodlands were significantly more open prior to European settlement. It is postulated…Publication Date 1996
- vegetation
- shrubs
- woodlands
- Regulations
- Australia
- 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 RecordEnvironmental and economic pressures have resulted in previously cropped country being reestablished to native pastures in semi -arid areas of north -western NSW. Grazing systems have been considered…Publication Date 1996
- grazing systems
- soil
- vegetation
- Pressure
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAnalysis of the WARMS monitoring data has been carried out to determine trends in vegetation condition across the Western Australian southern shrublands. Results suggest that a small number of…Publication Date 1996
- vegetation
- management
- monitoring
- changes
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordTemporal Landsat MSS data hr or a single image area is being used to develop a satellite- imagebased rangeland vegetation cover monitoring system. This system will expand the current ground-based…Publication Date 1996
- Landsat
- monitoring
- vegetation
- satellite imagery
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThe history of the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden at Port Augusta West is detailed. The garden is on a 300 ha site and will feature vegetation of arid Australia. Management of the project is…Publication Date 1996
- arid zones
- vegetation
- projects
- flora
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordQuantification of historical vegetation changes would provide valuable information for prediction of responses to ongoing factors that influence rangelands. A study is proposed to elucidate the…Publication Date 1996
- rangelands
- vegetation
- Factors
- Australia
- changes
- Library Collection RecordThe influence of livestock grazing on five major chenopod shrubland species in quadrats along a distance gradient from a watering point was studied in a semi -arid area of South Australia. Cluster…Publication Date 1996
- Chenopodium
- shrublands
- species
- Animal Grazing
- semi-arid
- South Australia.
- vegetation
- Watering Point