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Creator:: Louhaichi, Mounir, Hassan, Sawsan, Clifton, Kathryn, and Johnson, Douglas E.
Abstract:: Despite the importance of fodder shrubs to small ruminant diets and production in arid and semi-arid ecosystems, they are often not considered when quantifying grazing land potential. This oversight is mainly due to the time consuming and costly traditional techniques used to estimate shrub biomass. The shrub fodder component should...
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Creator:: Louhaichi, Mounir, Pyke, David A., Shaff, Scott E., and Johnson, Douglas E.
Abstract:: Slickspots are soil inclusions with unique loamy soils that provide habitats for many endemic plants worldwide, including those within sagebrush steppe. Sagebrush-dominated communities are declining and require restoration, but restoration techniques commonly used may impact negatively some intermixed communities found on soil inclusions including those on slickspot soils. Slickspot soils...
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Creator:: Louhaichi, Mounir, Carpinelli, Michael F., Richman, Lesley M., and Johnson, Douglas E.
Abstract:: Medusahead [Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski], a non-native, winter-annual grass (Poaceae), has invaded rangelands throughout the western USA. Medusahead is an aggressive competitor that crowds out native plants and reduces forage for wildlife and livestock. Sulfometuron methyl is a sulfonylurea herbicide used to control medusahead, but its effect on non-target native...
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