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  • Modeling animal movement to manage landscapes

    Creator:
    Larson-Praplan, Stephanie
    Abstract:
    Managing rangelands with livestock grazing is a tool that can be applied to obtain vegetation management objectives. Animals utilize available resources, which vary in quantity and quality, across the landscape. Their movements are adjusted to the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of resource distribution. Controlling livestock distribution is fundamental to economically...
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    Dissertation
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    John C. Buckhouse Managing rangelands with livestock grazing is a tool that can be applied to

  • Cattle behavior and distribution on the San Joaquin Experimental Range in the foothills of central California

    Creator:
    Harris, Norman Rex
    Abstract:
    Small herds of cows were observed and spatially mapped over continuous twenty-four hour periods. Treatments were implemented that investigated the effect of water site and supplementation on animal distribution patterns. A series of six observation periods constituted each observation series. Observation series were repeated winter (January) and summer (July) for...
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    Dissertation
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    cattle on the landscape is strongly affected by vegetation (Brock and Owensby 2000, Senfi et al. 1987