Season-long grazing of seeded cool-season pastures in the Northern Great Plains

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-240

  Karn, J F ^a   Ries, R E ^a   Hofmann, L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crested wheatgrass; Native rangelands; Seasonality; Smooth bromegrass; Western wheatgrass

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; GRAZING; PASTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; STOCKING DENSITY;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; AGROPYRON DESERTORUM; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; BROMUS SECALINUS; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII; POACEAE;

EID: 0032926474     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003685     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Dyksterhuis, E. J. 1949. Condition and management of range land based on quantitative ecology. J. Range Manage. 2:104-115.
2. Frischknecht, N. C., L. E. Harris, and H. K. Woodward. 1953. Cattle gains and vegetal changes as influenced by grazing treatments on crested wheatgrass. J. Range Manage. 6:151-158.
3. Hardison, W. A., J. T. Reid, C. M. Martin, and P. G. Woolfolk. 1954. Degree of herbage selection by grazing cattle. J. Dairy Science. 37:89-102.
4. Hofmann, L. and R. E. Ries. 1989. Animal performance and plant production from continuously grazed cool-season reclaimed and native pastures. J. Range Manage. 42:248-251.
5. Hofmann, L., R. E. Ries, J. F. Karn, and A. B. Frank. 1993. Comparison of seeded and native pastures grazed from mid-May through September. J. Range Manage. 46:251-254.
6. Kirby, D. R. and J. W. Stuth. 1982. Seasonal diurnal variation in composition of cow diets. J. Range Manage. 35:7-8.
7. Lauenroth, W. K. and O. E. Sala. 1992. Long-term forage production of North American shortgrass steppe. Ecol. Appl 2:397-403.
8. Ries, R. E., F. M. Sandoval, and J. F. Power. 1977. Reclamation of disturbed lands in the lignite area of the Northern Plains, p. 309-327. In: G. H. Gronhovd and W. R. Kube (eds.), Proc., 1977 Symposium on technology and use of lignite. GFERC/IC-77/1. Energy Res. and Dev. Admin.-Univ. of North Dakota. Grand Forks, N.D.
9. Rogler, G. A., R. J. Lorenz, and H. M. Schaaf. 1962. Progress with grass. North Dakota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 439.
10. Sarvis, J. T. 1941. Grazing investigations on the Northern Great Plains. North Dakota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 308.
11. USDA-SCS. 1984. Guide to range sites, condition class and initial stocking rate. USDA-Soil Conservation Service Field Office Technical Guide, Section 2, Rangeland Interpretations, Missouri Slope. p. 4.
12. Williams, R. M. and A. H. Post. 1945. Dry land pasture experiments. Montana Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 431.