Cleopus japonicus Wingelmüller (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) has been investigated as a potential biocontrol agent against Buddleja davidii Franchet (Buddlejaceae), an invasive weed of exotic and indigenous forests in New Zealand. The impact of feeding damage by C. japonicus, at densities of 0, 3, 10 or 20 larvae per plant (from 2nd instar), on the growth of buddleia plants was assessed in a quar...

The effects of fall and spring sheep use on cover components and recovery following a change in seasonality of grazing practices, were studied within long-term grazing treatments of threetip sagebrush (Artemisia tripartitu Rydb.) steppe on the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station near Dubois, Ida. Few significant differences existed among treatments within the litter, moss, lichen, and soil components...

BACKGROUND Little is known about foot lesions in dairy cattle in Ireland, managed under a pasture based system with housing during the winter and grazing for the rest of the year. Ten Irish dairy herds, with a lameness prevalence ranging from 9 to 17 % were locomotion scored routinely during the 2013 grazing season. Lame cows were foot trimmed and foot lesions recorded. FINDINGS 11.8 % and 89...

In a 0.2 ha flight pen, groups of 4 American coots were tested to determine if their grazing activity could be affected by application of a registered granular-trimethacarb insecticide. In the 3 days following treatment (3 kg/ha, a.i.), grazing activity in the treated portions of the 200 m experimental plots was reduced an average of 47X. Overall use of the treated areas followed a similar patt...

grazing management plays an important role in the continuous and economicutilization of pastures. proper grazing management is a main factor for the accumulation ofplant litter which reduces soil erosion and increase the soil permeability to keep moremoisture in the soil. in current study, the effect of three different grazing intensities (low,moderate and high) along with the grazing gradient ...

Many biodiversity experiments have demonstrated that plant diversity can stabilize productivity in experimental grasslands. However, less is known about how diversity-stability relationships are mediated by grazing. Grazing is known for causing species losses, but its effects on plant functional groups (PFGs) composition and species asynchrony, which are closely correlated with ecosystem stabil...

A study was conducted to determine the effect of different parasite control programs on weight gain and other measurements for stocker beef calves during the grazing season and subsequent feedlot phase of production. One hundred eighty recently weaned beef steers were purchased from a Mississippi sale barn and were allocated by restricted randomization on pretreatment weight to three treatments...

Livestock grazing potentially has substantial influence on fuel characteristics in rangelands around the globe. However, information quantifying the impacts of grazing on rangeland fuel characteristics is limited, and the effects of grazing on fuels are important because fuel characteristics are one of the primary factors determining risk, severity, continuity, and size of wildfires. We investi...