@mastersthesis {51761, title = {Influence of livestock grazing and protection from livestock grazing on vegetational characteristics of Bouteloua eriopoda rangelands}, year = {1987}, note = {//NMSU//NONE//}, month = {1987}, pages = {155}, school = {New Mexico State University}, type = {Ph.D. Dissertationpp}, address = {Las Cruces, New Mexico}, abstract = {This study, conducted on Bouteloua eriopoda rangelands in southern New Mexico, was initiated in an attempt to quantify the effects of livestock grazing and protection from grazing on the vegetational characteristics of these ranges....Density and frequency of perennial and annual forbs, and shrubs showed no relationship to either protection or grazing. It was concluded that livestock grazing is an important management tool in maintaining Bouteloua eriopoda rangelands, probably due to the species low tolerance to, and slow recovery from, drouth when ungrazed.}, keywords = {cattle grazing, Bouteloua effect, dissertation, dissertations, grass, Bouteloua, rangeland,also SEE , rangeland,vegetation characteristics, theses, thesis}, author = {T.L. Atwood} } @conference {51760, title = {Vegetation parameters inside and outside livestock exclosures on three Chihuahuan Desert grassland communities}, booktitle = {40th Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management}, year = {1987}, month = {1987}, pages = {34}, author = {T.L. Atwood and Reldon F. Beck and Gibbens, Robert P.} } @conference {51809, title = {Effect of livestock exclusion on grass basal cover and shrub canopy cover on southern New Mexico mesa dropseed ranges}, booktitle = {39th Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management}, year = {1986}, month = {1986}, pages = {111}, keywords = {basal cover, dropseed ranges, exclusion, grass, livestock, shrub canopy}, author = {T.L. Atwood and Gibbens, Robert P. and Reldon F. Beck} } @conference {51873, title = {Influence of long-term protection from livestock grazing on basal cover of perennial grasses and canopy cover of shrubs on black grama rangelands in southern New Mexico}, booktitle = {38th Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management}, year = {1985}, month = {1985}, pages = {No. 155}, keywords = {basal cover, black grama, grazing, livestock, perennial grasses, protection, rangelands}, author = {T.L. Atwood and Reldon F. Beck and Gibbens, Robert P.} } @mastersthesis {51934, title = {Ecology of a sand sage community in southern New Mexico}, year = {1983}, note = {//NMSU//NONE//}, month = {1983}, pages = {71}, school = {New Mexico State University}, type = {M.S. Thesispp}, address = {Las Cruces, New Mexico}, abstract = {Sand sage (Artemisia filifolia Torr.), which is usually found as scattered individuals along arroyos and other more mesic areas in southern New Mexico, was found to be the dominant shrub species on a site in the generally xeric Parker Heights region of the New Mexico State University College Ranch. The site is bordered on the east and southeast by cresotebush (Larrea tridentata (D.C.) Colville), and by mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.), elsewhere....It was concluded from the data that the presence of the sand sage can be attributed to the ability of the soil to take up water very rapidly and store relativelly large quantities at greater depths. Therefore, more water is available for plant use on the site than in the surrounding communities.}, keywords = {Artemisia,community ecology, community, sand sage, dissertation, dissertations, ecology,sand sage community, sand sage community, shrub, Artemisia, shrub, Larrea, shrub, Prosopis, theses, thesis}, author = {T.L. Atwood} }