The first edition of this book was hailed as "a splendid reference for the classroom and those who make their living from wildlife and the land" and as "filling a niche that is not currently approached in the literature." In this second, full-color edition, revised and expanded …
The Mediterranean area shows a great diversity of livestock systems, depending on local resources and traditions, but also on the networking space where informational resources are available for producers. During the last decades, a lot of innovations have been conceived or intr…
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The science of range management, like many other resource disciplines, has embraced and integrated environmental concerns in the field, the laboratory, and policy. Rangeland Ecology and Management now brings this integrated approach to the classroom in a thoroughly researched, c…
Herbivory by wild and domestic ungulates influences tree recruitment and alters plant community composition in forests throughout the world. Herbivore-driven declines in tree recruitment have been widely observed for quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), a foundation tree species…
Within the Great Basin of the Western United States, management discussions regarding the impacts of grazing by livestock and feral horses on Greater Sage-grouse (\textit{Centrocercus urophasianus}, hereafter sage-grouse) often focus on the negative impacts to habitat, and specu…
Dryland plant community recovery after wildfire can be variable, and legacies of these fires can extend not only to the aboveground plant community but also to the soil seed banks. These viable seeds within the soil can provide insight into both the history of a system and the i…
Grasslands comprise the largest and most diverse set of ecosystems in the United States and are among the most extensive in the world. Characterized by scanty rainfall, these western grasslands are too dry for crop production and are used almost exclusively for grazing livestock…
