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RANGELAND ECONOMICS, ECOLOGY, AND SUSTAINABILITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH [PDF]

Environmental Economics and Policy, Land Economics/Use,
Rimbey, Neil R., Tanaka, John A., Torell, L. Allen   +2 more
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Conserving California Landscapes: Five-Year Report [PDF]

, 2003
Provides a review at the close of a program that was designed to conserve large expanses of open space, farmlands, and wildlife habitat in three California regions: the Central Coast, the Central Valley, and the Sierra ...

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Determining the effects of cattle grazing treatments on Yosemite toads (Anaxyrus [=Bufo] canorus) in montane meadows. [PDF]

, 2013
Amphibians are experiencing a precipitous global decline, and population stability on public lands with multiple uses is a key concern for managers. In the Sierra Nevada Mountains (California, USA), managers have specifically identified livestock grazing
Allen-Diaz, Barbara H, Frost, William E, Grasso, Rob L, Lind, Amy J, McIlroy, Susan K, Roche, Leslie M, Tate, Kenneth W   +6 more
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Rangeland Health: New Methods to Classify, Inventory, and Monitor Rangelands [PDF]

Journal of Range Management, 1995
Robert A. Washington-Allen, National Research Council   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Annual survival in a dynamic species: pronghorn survival patterns across their northern range

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Quantifying variation in demographic patterns, such as survival and recruitment, is critical for understanding population dynamics and informing evidence‐based and adaptive wildlife management. In this study, we leverage an extensive dataset from over 1000 GPS collared pronghorn Antilocapra americana to provide the first large‐scale evaluation of ...
Molly C. McDevitt, Anna K. Moeller, Andrew J. Lindbloom, Kelly Proffitt, Joshua J. Millspaugh, Paul M. Lukacs   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nitrogen fertilizer requirements of silage maize and sorghum–sudangrass grown after 4 years of alfalfa production in a semi‐arid environment

Grassland Research
Background This 2‐year study sought to determine the influence of N application rates following alfalfa termination on biomass production and quality of the succeeding crops of maize (Zea mays L.) and sorghum–sudangrass (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ...
Juan K. Q. Solomon, Akwasi Opoku, Anuoluwapo M. Ogunleye   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unleashing potential: Boosting physical activity in children with developmental disabilities via a family-dog-assisted intervention

Human-Animal Interactions
In the context of a global crisis, where over 80% of children fail to meet minimum standards of physical activity, children with developmental disabilities may face an even greater health disparity. Despite being disproportionately less physically active
S. Darling, S.H. Wanser, D. Jiang, J.M. Schuna, M.A.R. Udell, M. MacDonald   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strategic priorities for rehabilitation of desertified areas [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
Desertification is a global socio-ecologial - economic problem. Desertification has affected the South of Russia, including the territory of Kalmykia. The problem of desertification poses a threat to all sectors of the Republic’s economy, especially the ...
Bakinova Tatyana, Naminova Kermen, Sanan Orosov, Vladimir Batyrov, Galina Konieva   +4 more
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Personal norms of sustainability and their impact on management – The case of rangeland management in semi-arid regions [PDF]

We empirically study personal norms of sustainability, conceptualized according to the normactivation theory and operationalized under the notion of strong ecological-economic sustainability, for commercial cattle farmers in semi-arid rangelands of ...
Martin F. Quaas, Roland Olbrich, Stefan Baumgaertner   +2 more
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Abundance and occupancy trends of sooty grouse in western Oregon: determining best modeling practices by comparing observed and simulated data

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Sooty grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus are large game birds that occupy montane forests in the Pacific Northwest, USA. These forests have been altered by human activities, which have been shown to have both positive and negative impacts on local populations.
Sarah J. K. Frey, Kelly M. Walton, Mikal L. Cline, Lindsey E. Sanders, Jonathan B. Dinkins   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source