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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Montana Interagency Plant Materials Handbook for Forage Production, Conservation, Reclamation, and Wildlife
Author: Soil and Water Conservation Research Needs
Author: Viability of Seed Produced on Highly Sodic Coal Mine Spoils
Author: Bland Z. RichardsonPublisher:
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Category : Seeds
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
FWS/OBS.
Author: Exotic Brome-Grasses in Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems of the Western US
Author: Matthew J. GerminoPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319249304
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
Invasions by exotic grasses, particularly annuals, rank among the most extensive and intensive ways that humans are contributing to the transformation of the earth’s surface. The problem is particularly notable with a suite of exotic grasses in the Bromus genus in the arid and semiarid regions that dominate the western United States, which extend from the dry basins near the Sierra and Cascade Ranges across the Intermountain Region and Rockies to about 105° longitude. This genus includes approximately 150 species that have a wide range of invasive and non-invasive tendencies in their home ranges and in North America. Bromus species that became invasive upon introduction to North America in the late 1800’s, such as Bromus tectorum and B. rubens, have since became the dominant cover on millions of hectares. Here, millenia of ecosystem development led to landscapes that would otherwise be dominated by perennial shrubs, herbs, and biotic soil crusts that were able to persist in spite of variable and scarce precipitation. This native ecosystem resilience is increasingly coveted by land owners and managers as more hectares lose their resistance to Bromus grasses and similar exotics and as climate, land use, and disturbance-regime changes are also superimposed. Managers are increasingly challenged to glean basic services from these ecosystems as they become invaded. Exotic annual grasses reduce wildlife and livestock carrying capacity and increase the frequency and extent of wildfi res and associated soil erosion. This book uses a unique ecoregional and multidisciplinary approach to evaluate the invasiveness, impacts, and management of the large Bromus genus. Students, researchers, and practitioners interested in Bromus specifically and invasive exotics in general will benefit from the depth of knowledge summarized in the book.
Ecology and Culture of Selected Species Useful in Revegetating Disturbed Lands in the West
Author: Clinton H. WasserPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plants for land reclamation
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Located in the Oklahoma Collection.
Restoring Western Ranges and Wildlands
Author: Stephen B. MonsenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Range management
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Mining Environmental Handbook: Effects Of Mining On The Environment And American Environmental Controls On Mining
Author: Jerrold J MarcusPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 1783264128
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 815
Book Description
Negative environmental events make the headlines. Mining industry examples are the recent incidents at Summitville, Colorado, US, and the cyanide leak at Cambria Resource's Omai Operation in Guyana. In this volatile atmosphere, the publication of the Mining Environmental Handbook comes at an opportune time. It presents an objective, comprehensive and integrated examination of the effects of mining on the environment, and the environmental laws that deal with mining. Though stressing activities in the United States of America, it covers all of North America.North American environmental standards are currently being exported around the world. Consequently, this handbook will be of prime interest in countries that are now coming to terms with mining environmentalism. It should benefit working engineers and environmentalists, manufacturers, legislators, regulators, financiers and journalists. It has been selected as a university textbook. Finally, it will be an indispensable reference during serious discussions about mining environmentalism.
Proceedings--limits of Acceptable Change and Related Planning Processes
Author: Society of Range Management. MeetingPublisher:
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Category : Conflict management
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
British Columbia Rangeland Seeding Manual
Author: Allan DobbPublisher:
ISBN: 9780772666437
Category : Range management
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description