Showing papers in "Rangeland Ecology & Management in 2022"

TL;DR: In this article , satellite-controlled collars are used to direct animal movement within user-defined polygons using auditory and electrical cues, which can severely curtail use of burned areas.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors used machine learning algorithms to predict the relative probability of large (> 405 ha) wildfire in the Great Basin based on fine-scale annual and 16-d estimates of cover and production of vegetation functional groups, weather, and multitemporal scale drought indices.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors investigated herdsmen livestock reduction behavior and the strategies involved based on the survey data obtained from 844 herdsmen in 15 banners (counties) across the grassland types in Inner Mongolia using a sample t-test and Binary Logit model.

TL;DR: This paper examined how cattle grazing and prescribed fire affect the abundance (standing crop, cover, frequency, and density) of ventenata and other plant groups on the Palouse and Pacific Northwest Bunchgrass Prairie (PNB).

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors used the Markov chain model to predict the future land use changes and to understand the pastoralists' knowledge, attitude, and behavior toward the rangelands' conservation and sustainable management.

TL;DR: In this article , a hierarchical soil geomorphic unit (SGU) framework based on topographic mediation of moisture, soil salinity, soil depth, slope, rock content, and soil texture was proposed to represent much of the ecological dynamics cataloged in ESDs.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the Markov chain model to predict the future land use changes and to understand the pastoralists' knowledge, attitude, and behavior toward the rangelands' conservation and sustainable management.

TL;DR: A review of available spatial products to assess advances in, and barriers to, applying contemporary model-based maps to support rangeland management was conducted by as discussed by the authors , who found dozens of regional data products describing cheatgrass or annual herbaceous cover and few maps describing ventenata or medusahead.

TL;DR: In this article , moderate grazing during the off season with not grazing in five Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis [Beetle & A. Young] S.L. Welsh)−bunchgrass communities in the northern Great Basin was evaluated.

TL;DR: This paper examined how cattle grazing and prescribed fire affect the abundance (standing crop, cover, frequency, and density) of ventenata and other plant groups on the Palouse and Pacific Northwest Bunchgrass Prairie (PNB).

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors evaluated the effectiveness of sericea lespedeza management practices on two study areas that were focused on managing livestock and promoting biodiversity simultaneously, and found no support that other management practices added to the mitigation provided by pyric herbivory.

TL;DR: This paper measured the reproductive phenology and establishment of Guinea grass's vegetative and seed-based reproduction in the field and the greenhouse and found that areas associated with higher soil nutrients (under nitrogen-fixing mesquite trees and soil disturbance) had higher seed and stolon propagule pressure.

TL;DR: In this article, the impacts of cattle grazing on soil carbon in seminatural subtropical humid rangelands in Florida have been assessed, showing that grazing increased bulk density, decreased root biomass, but did not affect litter amount.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors used virtual fencing (VF) technology for concentrating grazing impacts inside a 200m wide, 3-km long fuel break within a 410-ha pasture in sagebrush steppe.

TL;DR: In this article , the effect of mowing frequency on cumulative dry matter yield (cDMY) in Leymus chinensis has been well studied, but how biomass and nitrogen or phosphorus allocation among leaf, stem, and sheath contribute to its cDMY under different mowing frequencies remains unclear.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors present a set of fuel-based maps of rangeland fire probability and discuss their implications for prefire planning, preparedness, and strategic fuels management.

TL;DR: In this article , the impacts of cattle grazing on soil carbon in seminatural subtropical humid rangelands in Florida have been assessed, and the authors found that grazing increased bulk density, decreased root biomass, but did not affect litter amount.

TL;DR: For example, the authors found that the abundance and richness of non-native plants were positively linked to a shared effect by aridity, soil texture, and agricultural activity in mesic and semi-arid grasslands.

TL;DR: In this article , a long-term experiment was established on a subirrigated meadow in the Nebraska Sandhills as a complete block design comparing three grazing treatments applied annually during the growing season for 8 consecutive yr (2010−2017).

TL;DR: In this article , a technique for rapid airborne (unmanned aerial vehicle) measurements of continuous spatial coverage of living vegetation at a resolution (spatial grain) of 8 cm ground sampling distance is described.

TL;DR: In this article, a technique for rapid airborne (unmanned aerial vehicle) measurements of continuous spatial coverage of living vegetation at a resolution (spatial grain) of 8 cm ground sampling distance is described.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the effect of tree shading on grass yield in pasturelands with dispersed trees in the humid tropics of Mexico, and established isolation cages at different distances from trees: 1) under the tree canopy, 2) on the border of the tree-canopy, and 3) out of reach of the treetops.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors evaluated the effect of tree shading on grass yield in pasturelands with dispersed trees in the humid tropics of Mexico, and found the highest forage yield in June for B. brizantha cv. Xaráes and the lowest yield in September for the same grass.

TL;DR: In this article , an environmentally sensitive area index (ESAI) was used to assess rangeland degradation in North Tibet and identify the major drivers of degradation by the random forest model.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors developed a flowchart to reduce training time for untrained observers and to support the observers in their decision-making process, based on existing criteria for rumen fill scoring.

TL;DR: Beetle et al. as mentioned in this paper compared the effect of grazing versus fire in big sagebrush rangelands of the western United States and found that fire significantly increased exotic annual grass cover and abundance, but not off-season grazing.

TL;DR: This paper summarized recent peer-reviewed research on ranchers and climate change in the western United States and then offered conceptual clarification of climate change adaptation based on this empirical research, and forwarded adaptation as a process, inclusive of a continuum from coping actions to more transformative adaptation strategies.

TL;DR: In this article , the effects of seasonal weather and plant associations on herbaceous production dynamics across 44 intact, representative sagebrush steppe sites across eastern Oregon from 2003 to 2012 were investigated.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors evaluated seeding of bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata Pursh DC) after wildfire in former western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis ssp. Hook) canopy compared with interspace microsites at six locations.

TL;DR: In this paper , the influence of grazing intensity on ignition and initial spread of fire was investigated in a native-dominated shrub steppe in eastern Oregon, and it was shown that grazing at moderate and high intensities can reduce the probability of fire propagation in nativedominated sagebrush ecosystems.