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Range Management Principles & Practices (4th Ed)

ISBN: 9780130200341 | 0130200344
Edition: 4th
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: PRENTICE HALL
Pub. Date: 7/1/2000

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SummaryTable of Contents
For introductory Range Management courses at the undergraduate/graduate levels. This introduction to the science of range management couples the latest concepts and technology with proven traditional approaches. It combines fundamental topics, such as range plant physiology, range plant ecology, stocking-rate considerations, and grazing system selection, with the most recent research.
Forewordxiii
Prefacexv
Conversion from a Metric Unit to the English Equivalentxvii
Rangeland and Man
1(20)
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Rangeland Defined
1(4)
Range Management Defined
5(1)
Relationship of Range Management to Other Disciplines
6(2)
The Importance of Rangelands to Humans
8(8)
Desertification
16(1)
Changes in the Amount of Rangeland
17(2)
Range Management Principles
19(1)
Literature Cited
19(2)
Range Management History
21(21)
The Origin of Range Science
21(1)
Chronological History of Livestock Grazing
22(10)
Government Land Policies
32(6)
Development of Range Management in Other Countries
38(1)
Range Management Principles
39(1)
Literature Cited
39(3)
Rangeland Physical Characteristics
42(27)
Precipitation
42(7)
Wind
49(1)
Temperature
49(1)
Frost-free Period
50(1)
Humidity
50(1)
Climate Types
50(4)
Topography
54(2)
Soils
56(8)
Influence of Rangeland Physical Characteristics upon Range Animals
64(1)
Range Management Principles
65(2)
Literature Cited
67(2)
Description of Rangeland Types
69(45)
Types of Rangeland
69(8)
Rangelands of the United States
77(32)
Range Management Principles
109(1)
Literature Cited
109(5)
Range Plant Physiology
114(22)
Basic Concepts
114(6)
Carbohydrate Reserves
120(3)
Water Relations
123(1)
Plant Morphology
124(2)
Reproduction
126(1)
Resistance to Grazing
126(5)
Grazing Optimization Theories
131(2)
Range Management Principles
133(1)
Literature Cited
133(3)
Range Ecology
136(39)
Ecology Defined
136(1)
Rangeland Ecosystem Components and Functions
136(8)
Importance of Rangeland Ecosystem Services
144(1)
Succession and Climax
145(19)
Drought
164(2)
Competition
166(2)
Plant Succession and Range Management: A Conclusion
168(1)
Range Management Principles
168(1)
Literature Cited
169(6)
Range Inventory and Monitoring
175(28)
Vegetational Mapping
175(3)
Determination of Vegetational Attributes
178(3)
Grazing Surveys
181(1)
Determining Grazing Intensity
182(2)
Range Condition
184(7)
Determining Trend
191(6)
Range Management Principles
197(2)
Literature Cited
199(4)
Considerations Concerning Stocking Rate
203(44)
Importance of Correct Stocking Rate
203(2)
Influence of Stocking Rate on Forage Production
205(15)
Flexible Versus Fixed Stocking Rates
220(2)
Grazing Intensity Considerations
222(4)
Adjustment for Distance from Water
226(1)
Adjustment for Slope
226(1)
Forage Demand by Grazing Animals
227(1)
Calculation of Stocking Rate
228(5)
Key-Plant and Key-Area Principles
233(4)
Forage Allocation to More than One Animal Species
237(2)
Conclusion
239(1)
Range Management Principles
239(1)
Literature Cited
240(7)
Selection of Grazing Methods
247(44)
Definition of Grazing System Terms
247(2)
Considerations in Grazing System Selection
249(28)
Grazing Systems for Riparian Zones
277(3)
Grazing Systems for Developing Countries
280(3)
Economic Advantages of Specialized Grazing Systems
283(1)
Range Management Principles
284(1)
Literature Cited
285(6)
Methods of Improving Livestock Distribution
291(19)
Factors Causing Poor Distribution
291(7)
Better Livestock Distribution Methods
298(9)
Range Management Principles
307(1)
Literature Cited
307(3)
Range Animal Nutrition
310(46)
Nutritional Components of Grazing Animal Foods
310(3)
Methods for Determining the Nutritional Value of Grazing Animal Diets
313(1)
Diet and Nutritional Quality of Livestock on Different Ranges
313(2)
Forage Intake of Grazing Animals
315(1)
Comparative Nutritive Value of Plant Parts
315(3)
Seasonal Effects on Forage Nutritional Quality
318(1)
Comparative Nutritive Value of Range Forages
319(8)
Comparative Nutrition of Grazing Animals
327(10)
How Grazing Animals Cope with Periods of Low Forage Quality
337(1)
Energy Expenditure by Grazing Animals
338(1)
Supplementing Range Livestock
338(1)
Range Livestock Nutritional Guidelines
339(7)
Range Management Principles
346(1)
Literature Cited
347(9)
Range Management for Multiple Use
356(46)
Herbage Residue and Multiple-Use Concepts
356(1)
Rangeland Hydrology
357(7)
Grazing Impacts on Watersheds
364(10)
Manipulation of Water Yield
374(2)
Timber Production and Grazing
376(4)
Management Systems for Trees, Livestock, and Wildlife
380(4)
Recreational Use of Rangelands
384(11)
Range Management Principles
395(1)
Literature Cited
395(7)
Range Livestock Production
402(38)
Economics of Range Livestock Production
402(12)
Management of Reproductive Efficiency
414(5)
Animal Selection
419(3)
Common-Use Grazing
422(2)
Livestock Management During Drought
424(7)
Poisonous Plant Problems
431(4)
Range Management Principles
435(1)
Literature Cited
436(4)
Range Wildlife Management
440(49)
Trends in Rangeland Wildlife Populations
440(2)
Basic Concepts Concerning Wildlife Habitat
442(1)
Grazing Effects on Rangeland Wildlife
442(7)
Grazing Methods for Wildlife Enhancement
449(6)
Provision of Forage to Big Game
455(4)
Impacts of Brush Control on Wildlife
459(2)
Game Ranching
461(6)
Wild Horses and Burros
467(1)
Small Mammals
468(3)
Insects
471(3)
Predators
474(4)
Threatened and Endangered Wildlife
478(1)
Range Management Principles
478(1)
Literature Cited
479(10)
Manipulation of Range Vegetation
489(44)
Rangeland Problems in the Western United States
490(4)
Control of Unwanted Plants
494(18)
Economic Considerations
512(4)
Considerations in Seeding
516(7)
Fertilization
523(4)
Forage Conservation
527(1)
Range Management Princples
527(1)
Literature Cited
528(5)
Range Management in Developing Countries
533(23)
Challenges to African Pastoralism
534(1)
Problems Relating to Livestock Numbers
534(4)
Land Tenure and Communal Grazing
538(2)
Problems Relating to Dry-Season Grazing
540(3)
Drought
543(2)
Development of Livestock Water
545(1)
Range Burning
545(1)
Range Problems in Latin America
546(5)
Agricultural Versus Industrial Development
551(1)
Range Management Principles
552(1)
Literature Cited
552(4)
Planning, Technology, and the Future
556(21)
Range Management Planning
557(5)
Technology and Computers
562(1)
System Analysis
563(4)
Virtual Reality
567(1)
Economic Analysis
567(1)
Computers and the Future
568(5)
Range Management Principles
573(1)
Literature Cited
573(4)
Index577

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