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Rangeland
Rangeland plants
Rangeland animals
Rangeland animals
Rangeland animal and etc
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What are 4 common characteristics of rangelands?
List 4 common characteristics of rangeland non-cultivated land shrublands, woodlands, grasslands, deserts usually low annual precipitation often climate extremes poor soil diverse topography always changing dominated by native plants: grasses, broadleaf plants, wildflowers (forbs), and shrubs
100
What is 5 of the 9 characteristics of invasive plants on the rangeland?
vigorous reproducers spread quickly lack natural enemies degrade habitat and forage for wild and domestic animal deplete soil moisture increase soil eroision deplete soil nutrients alter fuel loads and fire intensity
100
What is an example of an wild ungulate?
What is elk, deer, pronghorn
100
Define concentrate-selectors. Give an example
What is animals that do not have a special way to digest fiber, and must be selective in choosing berries, seeds and roots low in cellulose. Examples birds, bear, and coyote
100
What animal is considered private property, domestic animal?
What is bison
200
Rangelands are everywhere in the world except ...
Rangeland are everywhere in the world except: farmed land densely forested entirely barren covered in rock covered in ice covered in pavement
200
What is downy brome or cheat grass?
Annual grass from europe and asia that crowds our native grasses, can injure livestock as it dries out and becomes a fire hazard
200
What is an example of ungulated feral animal?
What is wild horses and bison
200
Define carrying capacity
What is the number of animals a piece of land can support on a long-term basis without causing damage to the range resources
200
Cut vegetation close to soil, stunting regrowth aggresive behavior at watering hole excluding elk and bighorn sheep graze all habitat areas in both high and low elevation large numbers over-using natural resources rapidly
What is the problem with horses?
300
How much of the western US is considered rangeland?
What is 53%
300
What is mast?
the seeds and berries of a shrub
300
what are examples of meat eaters on the rangeland?
What is mountain lions and wolves
300
List the effects of grazing on wildlife
What is can improve wildlife habitat, varies greatly by habitat, over-grazing can harm habitat for ground nesting birds and small mammals, possibillity of disease transmission increases with interaction, wildlife can become displaced
300
How many feral horses and burrows range free on public lands manged by the forest services
What is around 50000
400
How many state in western US have rangeland?
What is eleven
400
what is 3 characteristics of rangeland plants?
non-woody broad leaves showy flowers die back each year leaf veins are netted, some are parallel
400
What does it mean to be an ruminant and give two examples
What is animals with special digestive systems to ferment cellulose examples are cows, sheep, goats, deer, elk and moose
400
What is an animal unit (AU)?
What is 1000 pounds of grazing animal
400
Five main disturbance causing change are
What is fire, grazing, invasive plants, weather and fragmentation
500
what is the definition of rangeland managment
What is a discipline and an art based on science and experience with the purpose of protecting and improving the basic resources optimizing the production of goods and services
500
What does forage value mean?
What is how nutritious is the plant? which animals (wild or domestic) will feed on it? High value - nutritious, palatable medium value - adequate nutrition, not preferred by animals low value - not adequate nutrition, high in fiber, low in nutrients poisonous- toxic to herbivores
500
What is it called when an animal has an enlarged cecum behind gut where fermented forage is held? Give an example
What is hind-gut fermenters rodents, rabbits, and horses
500
What is the animal unit month?
What is the amount of forage an animal unit (1000 pounds of grazing animal) can eat in a month
500
What are the effects of fire on soil?
What is little permanent damage short period of higher soil temperatures less surface litter - altering of organic matter wind ane water erosion becomes temporarily more likely