Journal•ISSN: 0022-409X
Journal of Range Management
University of Arizona
About: Journal of Range Management is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Grazing & Forage. It has an ISSN identifier of 0022-409X. Over the lifetime, 5755 publications have been published receiving 165552 citations.
Topics: Grazing, Forage, Germination, Rangeland, Range (biology)
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview of the role of soil in the formation and evolution of Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry in Perspective, as well as its relationship with Soil Organisms.
Abstract: Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry in Perspective. Soil as a Habitat for Organisms and Their Reactions. Methods for Studying Soil Organisms. Components of the Soil Biota. Occurrence and Distribution of Soil Organisms. Carbon Cycling and Soil Organic Matter. Dynamics of Residue Decomposition and Soil Organic Matter Turnover. Ammonification and Nitrification. The Fate of Nitrates. Closing the Nitrogen Cycle: Return of Nitrogen to the Soil. Mycorrhizal Relationships. The Commercialization of Organisms. Phosphorus Transformations. Sulfur Transformations in Soil. Microbial Transformations of Metal. Chapter References and Suggested Reading. Subject Index.
3,190 citations
TL;DR: Revised edition of the author's "Vegetation of Oregon and Washington", originally published by the U.S. Forest Service in 1973.
1,978 citations
TL;DR: The state-and-transition (S2T) model as mentioned in this paper is a feasible way to organize information for management, not because it follows from theoretical models about dynamics, but rather because management rather than theoretical criteria should be used in deciding what states to recognize in a given situation.
Abstract: ing and summarizing knowledge about range dynamics without distorting it. The amount of detail lost in a particular description would depend on how many states and transitions were recognized. We are proposing the state-and-transition formulation because it is a practicable way to organize information for management, not because it follows from theoretical models about dynamics. In consequence, we consider management rather than theoretical criteria should be used in deciding what states to recognize in a given situation. As a general rule, one would distinguish 2 states only if the difference between them represented an important change in the land from the point of view of management. For example, variation due to seasonal phenology of the plants would not normally be subdivided into states, while important changes in the underlying botanical composition would be recognized. It follows that a given rangeland could be described in terms of a greater or lesser number of states and transitions, depending on the nature and objectives of management and on the state of existing knowledge. There would not be a single correct description. Under the state-and-transition formulation, knowledge about a given rangeland should be organized and expressed in the follow-
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