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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Conversion from a Metric Unit to the English Equivalent | |
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| Rangeland and Man | |
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| Rangeland Defined | |
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| Range Management Defined | |
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| Relationship of Range Management to Other Disciplines | |
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| The Importance of Rangelands to Humans | |
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| Desertification | |
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| Changes in the Amount of Rangeland | |
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| Range Management Principles | |
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| Literature Cited | |
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| Range Management History | |
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| The Origin of Range Science | |
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| Chrological History of Livestock Grazing | |
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| Government Land Policies | |
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| Development of Range Management in Other Countries | |
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| Range Management Principles | |
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| Literature Cited | |
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| Rangeland Physical Characteristics | |
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| Precipitation | |
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| Wind | |
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| Temperature | |
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| Frost-free Period | |
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| Humidity | |
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| Climate Types | |
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| Topography | |
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| Soils | |
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| Influence of Rangeland Physical Characteristics upon Range Animals | |
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| Range Management Principles | |
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| Literature Cited | |
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| Description of Rangeland Types | |
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| Types of Rangeland | |
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| Rangelands of the United States | |
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| Range Management Principles | |
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| Literature Cited | |
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| Range Plant Physiology | |
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| Basic Concepts | |
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| Carbohydrate Reserves | |
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| Water Relations | |
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| Plant Morphology | |
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| Reproduction | |
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| Resistance to Grazing | |
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| Grazing Optimization Theories | |
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| Range Management Principles | |
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| Literature Cited | |
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| Range Ecology | |
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| Ecology Defined | |
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| Rangeland Ecosystem Components and Functions | |
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| Importance of Rangeland Ecosystem Services | |
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| Succession and Climax | |
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| Drought | |
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| Competition | |
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| Plant Succession and Range Management: A Conclusion | |
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| Range Management Principles | |
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| Literature Cited | |
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| Range Inventory and Monitoring | |
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| Vegetational Mapping | |
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| Determination of Vegetational Attributes | |
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| Grazing Surveys | |
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| Determining Grazing Intensity | |
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| Range Condition | |
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| Determining Trend | |
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| Range Management Principles | |
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| Literature Cited | |
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| Considerations Concerning Stocking Rate | |
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| Importance of Correct Stocking Rate | |
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| Influence of Stocking Rate on Forage Production | |
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| Flexible Versus Fixed Stocking Rates | |
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| Grazing Intensity Considerations | |
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| Adjustment for Distance from Water | |
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| Adjustment for Slope | |
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| Forage Demand by Grazing Animals | |
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| Calculation of Stocking Rate | |
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| Key-Plant and Key-Area Principles | |
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| Forage Allocation to More than One Animal Species | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Range Management Principles | |
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| Literature Cited | |
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| Selection of Grazing Methods | |
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| Definition of Grazing System Terms | |
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| Considerations in Grazing System Selection | |
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| Grazing Systems for Riparian Zones | |
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| Grazing Systems for Developing Countries | |
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| Economic Advantages of Specialized Grazing Systems | |
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| Range Management Principles | |
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| Literature Cited | |
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| Methods of Improving Livestock Distribution | |
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| Factors Causing Poor Distribution | |
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| Better Livestock Distribution Methods | |
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| Range Management Principles | |
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| Literature Cited | |
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| Range Animal Nutrition | |
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| Nutritional Components of Grazing Animal Foods | |
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| Methods for Determining the Nutritional Value of Grazing Animal Diets | |
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| Diet and Nutritional Quality of Livestock on Different Ranges | |
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| Forage Intake of Grazing Animals | |
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| Comparative Nutritive Value of Plant Parts | |
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| Seasonal Effects on Forage Nutritional Quality | |
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| Comparative Nutritive Value of Range Forages | |
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| Comparative Nutrition of Grazing Animals | |
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| How Grazing Animals Cope with Periods of Low Forage Quality | |
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| Energy Expenditure by Grazing Animals | |
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| Supplementing Range Livestock | |
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| Range Livestock Nutritional Guidelines | |
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| Range Management Principles | |
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| Literature Cited | |
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| Range Management for Multiple Use | |
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| Herbage Residue and Multiple-Use Concepts | |
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| Rangeland Hydrology | |
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| Grazing Impacts on Watersheds | |
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| Manipulation of Water Yield | |
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| Timber Production and Grazing | |
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| Management Systems for Trees, Livestock, and Wildlife | |
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| Recreational Use of Rangelands | |
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| Range Management Principles | |
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| Literature Cited | |
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| Range Livestock Production | |
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| Economics of Range Livestock Production | |
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| Management of Reproductive Efficiency | |
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| Animal Selection | |
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| Common-Use Grazing | |
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| Livestock Management During Drought | |
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| Poisonous Plant Problems | |
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| Range Management Principles | |
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| Literature Cited | |
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| Range Wildlife Management | |
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| Trends in Rangeland Wildlife Populations | |
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| Basic Concepts Concerning Wildlife Habitat | |
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| Grazing Effects on Rangeland Wildlife | |
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| Grazing Methods for Wildlife Enhancement | |
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| Provision of Forage to Big Game | |
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| Impacts of Brush Control on Wildlife | |
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| Game Ranching | |
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| Wild Horses and Burros | |
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| Small Mammals | |
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| Insects | |
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| Predators | |
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| Threatened and Endangered Wildlife | |
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| Range Management Principles | |
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| Literature Cited | |
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| Manipulation of Range Vegetation | |
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| Rangeland Problems in the Western United States | |
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| Control of Unwanted Plants | |
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| Economic Considerations | |
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| Considerations in Seeding | |
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| Fertilization | |
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| Forage Conservation | |
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| Range Management Principles | |
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| Literature Cited | |
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| Range Management in Developing Countries | |
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| Challenges to African Pastoralism | |
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| Problems Relating to Livestock Numbers | |
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| Land Tenure and Communal Grazing | |
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| Problems Relating to Dry-Season Grazing | |
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| Drought | |
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| Development of Livestock Water | |
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| Range Burning | |
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| Range Problems in Latin America | |
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| Agricultural Versus Industrial Development | |
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| Range Management Principles | |
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| Literature Cited | |
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| Planning, Technology, and the Future | |
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| Range Management Planning | |
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| Technology and Computers | |
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| System Analysis | |
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| Virtual Reality | |
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| Economic Analysis | |
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| Computers and the Future | |
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| Range Management Principles | |
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| Literature Cited | |
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| Index | |