Ranchers Vs. Ranchettes in California's Oak Rangelands

Perceptions of ranchers about medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski) management on sagebrush steppe rangelands.

Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski) is an exotic annual grass invading rangelands in the western United States. Medusahead is a serious management concern because it decreases biodiversity, reduces livestock forage production, and degrades the ecological function of rangelands. Despite the obvious importance of ranchers as partners in preventing and managing medusahead in rangel...

Managed grazing and seedling shelters enhance oak regeneration on rangelands

F nearly a century there has been concern that several of California’s 20 native oak species are not regenerating adequately (Jepson 1910). Such concern was partially responsible for the 1986 establishment of the Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program (IHRMP), a cooperative effort to promote oak woodland conservation by UC, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and th...

Rangelands in Arid Ecosystem

Assessment of protected vs. degraded oak forests: A geostatistical approach based on soil and plant diversity

Assessment of forest soil and vegetation characteristics provides basic and essential information for the protection and rehabilitation measures in forest ecosystems. Therefore, regard to the importance of this issue, the distribution of different soil properties and vegetation diversity in relation to conservation management and degradation investigated in the oak forests of Ilam province usin...

A comparison of two ways of expressing the voluntary intake of oak foliage-based diets by goats raised on rangelands.