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You searched for: Journal name Rangelands Remove constraint Journal name: Rangelands Publication year rev 7986-2014 Remove constraint Publication year rev: 7986-2014 Source 2014 v.36 no.2 Remove constraint Source: 2014 v.36 no.2
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1. Uncertainty, Impermanence Syndrome, and Public Land Ranching

Author:
Samuel F. Parry; Rhonda Skaggs
Source:
Rangelands 2014 v.36 no.2 pp. 20-24
ISSN:
0190-0528
Subject:
cattle; etiology; farmers; farmers' attitudes; government agencies; multiple land use; perceptions (cognitive); planning; public lands; public opinion; ranching; range management; rangelands; uncertainty; urbanization; Mexico; New Mexico
Abstract:
... Impermanence syndrome involves farmer apprehension or uncertainty about the future and leads to disinvestment in an agricultural operation as well as erosion of producer confidence. We explored impermanence syndrome among New Mexico public rangeland cattle producers in order to assess perceptions of impermanence syndrome impact factors in the region. Urban fringe effects, proximity to the US-Mexic ...
DOI:
10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-13-00034.1

2. Valuing and Rewarding Ecosystem Services From Rangelands

Author:
Neil D. MacLeod; Joel R. Brown
Source:
Rangelands 2014 v.36 no.2 pp. 12-19
ISSN:
0190-0528
Subject:
ecological value; ecosystem services; ecosystems; markets; models; private sector; public sector; rangelands
Abstract:
... Ecosystem services are the wide array of benefits that people gain from natural ecosystems but many are not paid for nor is their future supply guaranteed. Many attempts are being made to define, measure, and value these natural services in order to secure their future—many of these methods are theoretical. Finding practical ways to reward land managers for providing elevated levels of services an ...
Handle:
10113/58818
DOI:
10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-13-00075.1

3. The changing role of shrubs in rangeland-based production systems: Can shrubs increase our forage supply?

Author:
Richard E. Estell; Kris M. Havstad; Andres F. Cibils; Dean M. Anderson; T. Scott Schrader
Source:
Rangelands 2014 v.36 no.2 pp. 25-31
ISSN:
0190-0528
Subject:
byproducts; ecosystems; forage; grasslands; grazing; livestock; livestock and meat industry; range management; rangelands; shrubs; vegetation cover; woody plants
Abstract:
... Projected global increases in ruminant numbers and loss of native grasslands will present a number of challenges for livestock agriculture. Escalated demand for livestock products may stimulate interest in using shrubs on western rangelands. A paradigm shift is needed to change the role of shrubs in rangeland ecosystems. Progress has occurred in identifying mechanisms to increase shrub use, but mo ...
Handle:
10113/58747
DOI:
10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-13-00066.1

4. Asymmetric Ecological and Economic Responses for Rangeland Restoration: A Case Study of Tree Thickening in Queensland, Australia

Author:
Neil D. MacLeod; Joe C. Scanlan; Joel R. Brown
Source:
Rangelands 2014 v.36 no.2 pp. 37-44
ISSN:
0190-0528
Subject:
case studies; ecological value; economic threshold; land degradation; land restoration; motivation; rangelands; trees; Queensland
Abstract:
... Ecological and economic thresholds are important considerations when making decisions about safeguarding or restoring degraded rangelands. When degradation levels have passed a threshold, most managers figure it is either time to take action or too late to take action depending on the particular circumstances of the case. Considerations of ecological responses and thresholds have largely come from ...
Handle:
10113/58817
DOI:
10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-13-00074.1

5. Deep Planting Long-Stem Nursery Stock: An Innovative Method to Restore Riparian Vegetation in the Arid Southwest

Author:
David R. Dreesen; Gregory A. Fenchel
Source:
Rangelands 2014 v.36 no.2 pp. 52-56
ISSN:
0190-0528
Subject:
capillary fringe; indigenous species; irrigation water; nursery stock; planting; riparian areas; root crown; root systems; semiarid zones; shrubs; trees; vegetation; Southwestern United States
Abstract:
... The successful establishment of riparian shrubs in the arid Southwest has been accomplished by using “deep planting” methods in riparian areas that lack overbank flooding. This methodology involves the immediate exploitation of capillary fringe moisture by the existing root system of long-stem nursery stock and the deep burial of native shrub root crowns. The methodology precludes or drastically r ...
DOI:
10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-13-00065.1

6. Incorporating Ecosystem Services Into Economic Assessments of Restoration Projects

Author:
L. Allen Torell; Gregory L. Torell; Rhonda K. Skaggs
Source:
Rangelands 2014 v.36 no.2 pp. 45-51
ISSN:
0190-0528
Subject:
economic valuation; ecosystem services; rangelands; New Mexico
Abstract:
... Rangeland restoration projects have defied quantitative economic assessment because of a lack of data and information that document benefits. From the literature, we assess the potential benefits of rangeland restoration efforts undertaken in New Mexico under the Restore New Mexico Project and conclude that the economic value of some of the goods and services generated are substantial, but little ...
DOI:
10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-13-00054.1

7. Learning to Live With Cheatgrass: Giving Up or a Necessary Paradigm Shift?

Author:
Stanley G. Kitchen
Source:
Rangelands 2014 v.36 no.2 pp. 32-36
ISSN:
0190-0528
Subject:
Bromus tectorum; anthropogenic activities; attitudes and opinions; ecosystems; environmental health; environmental impact; fauna; flora; humans; introduced species; issues and policy; land ownership; learning; managers; natural resources conservation; researchers; North America
Abstract:
... The contemporary flora and fauna of North America represent the survivors of repeated waves of emigration through geologic time mixed with local evolutionary processes. The rate of intercontinental species exchange has increased exponentially during the last 500 years due to intentional and accidental transport by humans. Altered ecosystem composition, structure, and functionality are an inevitabl ...
DOI:
10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-13-00071.1

8. Unwanted No More: Land Use, Ecosystem Services, and Opportunities for Resilience in Human-Influenced Shrublands

Author:
Mark Brunson
Source:
Rangelands 2014 v.36 no.2 pp. 5-11
ISSN:
0190-0528
Subject:
ecosystem services; land degradation; land use; land values; models; range management; rangelands; shrublands; shrubs; stakeholders
Abstract:
... Shrub-dominated rangelands are highly susceptible to land degradation, partly because low land values can encourage neglect, leading to poor stewardship and/or conversion to more lucrative but ecologically less desirably uses. Recent efforts to assess the value of “ecosystem services” show that commodity values don’t capture all the benefits of shrublands to society. Efforts to prevent shrubland d ...
DOI:
10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-13-00064.1