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Welcome to the Rangelands archives. The archives provide public access, in a "rolling window" agreement with the Society for Range Management, to Rangelands (1979-present) from v.1 up to two years from the present year.
The most recent issues of Rangelands are available with membership in the Society for Range Management (SRM). Membership in SRM is a means to access current information and dialogue on rangeland management.
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ISSN: 0190-0528
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Grazing management on commercial cattle ranches: Incorporating foraging ecology and biodiversity conservation principles• Sustainable ranch management must consider not only impacts of grazing management on range condition (ecological sustainability) but also on cattle production relative to overhead costs (economic sustainability) and on biodiversity (biological sustainability). • Rates of growth and reproduction in herbivore populations are determined by access to sufficient high-quality forage and concomitant optimal nutrition during the growing season. By contrast, maintenance of body condition and survival over the dormant season is determined by access to a reserve of adequate-quality forage. • Rotational grazing systems rely on resting paddocks after grazing for sustaining rangeland productivity and desired species composition, yet a dilemma for managers is forage loses digestibility and nutrient concentration as it matures during rest periods. • Grazing cattle in large, dense herds, frequently rotated through small paddocks may also compromise nutrition by increasing competition for forage and minimizing adaptive foraging movements. The economic viability of ranches is further compromised by the installation and maintenance costs of fencing numerous small paddocks across a ranch. • We use foraging ecology principles to highlight how intensive multipaddock grazing systems can compromise cattle production while their infrastructure requirements increase overhead costs of management, thereby minimizing profits. We provide working examples of how these problems can be practically overcome while maintaining ecological sustainability. © 2022 The Society for Range Management
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Infusing ‘long-term’ into social science rangelands research• Social science rangelands research has advanced substantively in the last few decades as a multidisciplinary endeavor, and notably through increased capacity to integrate with ecologically centered approaches. • The diversity of social science-related contributions to rangelands research continues to expand with both breadth and depth of approaches, perspectives, and backgrounds of participating scholars. • The USDA Long-term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) Network advances a unique long-term and large-scale effort to incorporate social science research into a long-term “common experiment” across multiple sites within varied rangelands contexts of the United States. © 2022
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The range has changed: My viewpoint on living in the Sagebrush Sea in the new normal of invasives and wildfire• This Special Issue of Rangelands describes the Defend the Core framework, based on a December 2020 symposium focused on the impacts of wildfire and invasive annual grasses in Oregon, the Northern Great Basin, and sagebrush ecosystems across the West. • Invasive annual grasses, wildfire, and climate change are changing ecosystem processes in the sagebrush biome at a pace and scale requiring an assessment of where processes can be saved, where they can be regained, and where they are lost. • Confronting these threats is the primary focus of restoration and management efforts, guiding policy creation, project prioritization, and action on the ground. • The new Defend the Core framework helps land managers, landowners, and policy makers to use the tools or management actions most likely to improve conditions. © 2022 The Society for Range Management
