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Description: |
viii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
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General Note: |
Sponsored by the Branch of Range and Wildlife Habitat Ecology and Management Research, U.S. Forest Service. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Animal Production and Forage Qualtiy. pp. 1-36 -- Definition and components of forage quality. pp. 1 -- Nutrient requirements of livestock and small game. pp. 10 -- Manipulation of forage quality: Objectives, procedures, and economic considerations. pp. 19 -- Significance of forage quality as a tool in wildlife management. pp. 25 -- Forage quality and animal production: Some statistical problems. pp. 32 -- Factors Influencing Forage Quality. pp. 37-78 -- Environmental influences on nutritional value of forage plants. pp. 37 -- Comparative nutritive values of forage species. pp. 48 -- Effects of fertilization on quality of range forage. pp. 57 -- Objectionable characteristics of range plants. pp. 63 -- Supplementing range forage. pp. 71 -- Determining forage quality. pp. 79-92 -- Digestibility trials: in vivo techniques. pp. 79 -- Digestibility trials: in vitro techniques. pp. 85 -- Determining Animal Consumption. pp. 93-164 -- Relating vegetation measurements to forage composition by animals. pp. 93 -- Determining forage consumption by direct observation of domestic grazing animals. pp. 101 -- Direct observations of tamed deer to measure their consumption of natural forage. pp. 105 -- Chemical indicator techniques for determining range forage consumption. pp. 111 -- Water intake by cattle as a measure of forage intake and quality. pp. 120 -- Stomach content analyses: A comparison of the rumen vs. esophageal techniques. pp. 127 -- Stomach content analyses: Collections from wild herbivores and birds. pp. 133 -- Stomach content and fecal analysis: Methods of forage identification. pp. 146 -- Biological relations of rumen flora and fauna. pp. 159 -- Remote Sensing. pp. 16-198 -- Remote sensing: Review of principles and research in range and wildlife management. pp. 165 -- Practical applications of remote sensing in range resources development and management. pp. 179 -- 70-mm aerial photography--a remote sensing tool for wild land research and management. pp. 190 -- Animal census and other applications of remote sensing in wildlife management and habitat research in forested areas. pp. 1994 -- Range and Habitat Ecology--Status and Challenges. pp. 199-220 -- Range ecology in the Western United States. pp. 199 -- Current status of range ecology in the Southeast. pp. 207 -- An ecological classification proposal and its importance in land management. pp. 210 -- Use of ecological knowledge to improve big-game range. pp. 217 -- A model to incorporate soil survey and allotment analysis data into range management planning. pp. 219 |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Range and wildlife habitat evaluation. Washington, U.S. Forest Service; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Govt. Print. Off., 1970 (OCoLC)744573060 |