Leaf area, visual obstruction, and standing crop relationships on Sandhills rangeland

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 494-499

  Volesky, Jerry D ^a   Schacht, Walter H ^b   Reece, Patrick E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Double sampling; LAI; Plant canopy analysis; Total above ground biomass

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032833335     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003777     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Brummer, J.E., J.T. Nichols, R.K. Engel, and K.M. Eskridge. 1994. Efficiency of different quadrat sizes and shapes for sampling standing crop. J. Range Manage. 47:84-89.
2. Cullan, A.P. 1997. Grazing date by stocking rate effects on prairie sandreed. M.S. Thesis. University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
3. LI-COR Inc. 1991. LAI-2000 Plant Canopy Analyzer. Operating Manual. Lincoln, Nebr.
4. Miller-Goodman, M.S., L.E. Moser, S.S. Waller, J.E. Brummer, and P.E. Reece. 1999. Canopy analysis as a technique to characterize defoliation intensity on Sandhills range. J. Range Manage. 52:357-362.
5. Neal, D.L. and J.L. Neal. 1981. Uses and capabilities of electronic capacitance instruments for estimating standing herbage. J. Brit. Grassl. Soc. 28:81-89.
6. Pechanec, J.F. and G.D. Pickford. 1937. A weight-estimate method for determination of range or pasture production. J. Amer. Soc. Agron. 29:894-904.
7. Prairie Grouse Technical Council (PGTC). 1995. Proceedings 21st Biennial Meeting (J. Kobriger, compiler). Medora, N.Dak.
8. Price, B.L. 1987. Habitat suitability index models: Plains sharp-tail grouse. Biological Report 82 (10.142). National Ecology Center, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. Interior.
9. Robel, R. J., J. N. Briggs, A.D. Dayton, and L.C. Hulbert. 1970. Relationships between visual obstruction measurements and weight of grassland vegetation. J. Range Manage. 23:295-297.
10. Sharrow, S.H. 1984. A simple disc meter for measurement of pastures heights and forage bulk. J. Range Manage. 37:94-95.
11. SAS Institute Inc. 1985. SAS user's guide: statistics. (Version 5 ed.), SAS Institute Inc. Cary, N.C.
12. Tucker, C.J., 1980. A critical review of remote sensing and other methods for non-destructive estimation of standing crop biomass. Grass and Forage Sci. 35:177-182.
13. Welles, J.M. and J.M. Norman. 1991. Instrument for indirect measurement of canopy architecture. Agron. J. 83:818-825.