Pub Date : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2025.10.002
Talia Humphries , Christopher J. Lortie , Jacob Lucero
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In the United States, “Old-World” bluestems – non-native grasses from the genera Bothriochloa and Dichanthium – have become destructive invasive species in rangeland systems due to their aggressive spread, severe negative impacts on local biodiversity, and relatively poor forage value to livestock and native grazers.
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Controlling Old-World bluestems is an important ecological and economic priority, but no attempts have been made to quantitatively synthesize the effectiveness of contemporary management practices.
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Our objective was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of Old-World bluestem management in the United States, with the goal of identifying practices providing effective control.
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Our systematic review included 16 research articles satisfying our search criteria that resulted in 89 observations for meta-analysis. Selected studies were conducted in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
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Burn, herbicide + burn, rain shelter + burn, and competition (e.g., overseeding) treatments significantly improved control of invasive bluestems. Counterintuitively, removal treatments resulted in a significant increase of invasive bluestems. Herbicides used singularly were not effective.
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Old-World bluestems pose substantial threats to working ecosystems. Some practices afford effective control, but in general, the practical management of these invasive species is understudied.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2025.10.001
Zachary Carter , Kristin F. Hurst
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Mixed species herbivory (MSH) is a promising way to manage woody plant encroachment (WPE) but is currently underutilized.
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Through an online survey consisting primarily of open response questions, we elicited respondents' perspectives on MSH and the barriers to its adoption.
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Guided by literature on moral reframing, we asked respondents to craft ethically grounded arguments in favor of woody plant management.
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While most respondents supported the use of MSH to control WPE, the use of moral arguments was divisive.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2025.08.001
Victoria Kauffman , Retta Bruegger , Jill Zarestky
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Drought and variability, exacerbated by climate change, exerts pressure on the economic viability of rangeland agriculture, and subsequently, agricultural producers themselves.
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In response, we undertook a personalized consulting program, called the Drought Plan Program for ranchers and farmers to aid them in making a drought plan and adapting their operations in preparation for and response to drought.
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In follow-up surveys and interviews of program participants, 100% of respondents said they would recommend drought planning and the Drought Plan Program to other producers.
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Beyond encouraging producers to make drought plans, the Drought Plan Program produced unanticipated benefits, such as a reduction in stress levels and improved intra-operation communication, among participants.
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If the goal is to foster adoption and innovation, Extension and other outreach programs should prioritize accountability, structure, trust, and personal relationships as much as information and facts in outreach efforts.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2025.07.003
Farzad Ahmadi, Heydar Mirzaei
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Monetary benefits related to rangeland restoration and rehabilitation projects had the strongest power in predicting participation in the planning implementation stages.
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Ecological knowledge had the strongest power in predicting participation in the implementation phase of rangeland rehabilitation and restoration projects.
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Considering the independent variables, ecological knowledge had the highest average score among the participants.
{"title":"Factors influencing pastoralists’ participation in rangeland restoration and rehabilitation projects: A case study in west Iran","authors":"Farzad Ahmadi, Heydar Mirzaei","doi":"10.1016/j.rala.2025.07.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rala.2025.07.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><ul><li><span>•</span><span><div>Monetary benefits related to rangeland restoration and rehabilitation projects had the strongest power in predicting participation in the planning implementation stages.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>Ecological knowledge had the strongest power in predicting participation in the implementation phase of rangeland rehabilitation and restoration projects.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>Considering the independent variables, ecological knowledge had the highest average score among the participants.</div></span></li></ul></div></div>","PeriodicalId":101057,"journal":{"name":"Rangelands","volume":"47 6","pages":"Pages 279-290"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145712537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2025.05.001
Abmael S. Cardoso , Maria L. Silveira , Marta M. Kohmann , Joao M.B. Vendramini , João M.D. Sanchez , Namrata Ghimire , Rosvel Bracho
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We investigated the effects of prescribed fire and mechanical control on plant productivity and diversity over a 7-year field study in Florida’s subtropical rangelands.
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Prescribed fire was effective at increasing above-ground biomass of grasses and forbs, while also suppressing saw-palmetto.
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Fire in combination with mechanical control resulted in the greatest reduction in saw-palmetto biomass and ground cover. However, it also increased undesirable grasses, which warrants further research at the species level.
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Increasing fire frequency and mechanical control are effective strategies to reduce the proportion of shrubs while also increasing desirable plant species in Florida’s subtropical rangelands.
{"title":"Prescribed fire effects on vegetation responses in subtropical rangelands","authors":"Abmael S. Cardoso , Maria L. Silveira , Marta M. Kohmann , Joao M.B. Vendramini , João M.D. Sanchez , Namrata Ghimire , Rosvel Bracho","doi":"10.1016/j.rala.2025.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rala.2025.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><ul><li><span>•</span><span><div>We investigated the effects of prescribed fire and mechanical control on plant productivity and diversity over a 7-year field study in Florida’s subtropical rangelands.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>Prescribed fire was effective at increasing above-ground biomass of grasses and forbs, while also suppressing saw-palmetto.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>Fire in combination with mechanical control resulted in the greatest reduction in saw-palmetto biomass and ground cover. However, it also increased undesirable grasses, which warrants further research at the species level.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>Increasing fire frequency and mechanical control are effective strategies to reduce the proportion of shrubs while also increasing desirable plant species in Florida’s subtropical rangelands.</div></span></li></ul></div></div>","PeriodicalId":101057,"journal":{"name":"Rangelands","volume":"47 5","pages":"Pages 235-241"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145289623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2025.07.001
Jacob S. Courkamp , James R. Sebastian , Joseph K. Swanson
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Invasive annual grasses like cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) are widespread and abundant in western North America, where they compete with native plants that are important components of wildlife habitat.
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Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) are an important wildlife species that typically rely on woody shrubs for forage during winter months.
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Competition from cheatgrass may limit shrub growth and reduce winter forage availability for mule deer, with potential negative effects on mule deer survival and population growth. Thus, effective cheatgrass management may reduce competition and increase winter forage availability for mule deer.
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Herbicide application to control cheatgrass increased shrub leader growth, and data collected with camera traps suggest mule deer may preferentially use herbicide-treated areas during winter.
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A wide variety of complex and interacting factors influence mule deer habitat use. Our project represents an important first step, but additional research is necessary to more fully investigate the benefits of effective cheatgrass management for mule deer and other important wildlife species.
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Pub Date : 2025-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2025.05.002
Zubair Barkat, Stacia Ryder, Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad
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As rangeland social scientists increasingly stress the importance of the inclusion of historically suppressed voices, the question arises: how do we better incorporate and value situated knowledge from the experiences of marginalized ranchers? This research explores the application of feminist standpoint theory in rangeland social science to enhance theory and practice.
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Standpoint theory argues that knowledge is socially situated and explains how existing on the margins of social structures informs a critical perspective. Those who benefit from dominant systems often overlook how power structures operate.
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We draw on two cases to show how individuals who experience oppression can identify problematic assumptions and provide unique insights into how social identities shape power dynamics in rangelands.
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Findings demonstrate that those from marginalized backgrounds who are critically engaged with systems of oppression offer epistemic advantages by providing alternative viewpoints that challenge dominant paradigms in rangeland research. Socially situated knowledge can open new ways of approaching social science research by considering the often underrepresented perspectives of marginalized ranchers.
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It behooves us to be more attentive to the voices and experiences of non-white and non-male ranchers and to embrace their perspectives at every stage of our research design. By doing so, we can potentially achieve a more rigorous form of objectivity.
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Pub Date : 2025-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2025.07.002
Amber Dalke , Jason W. Karl , Jeremy Kenyon , Jeanne Pfander , Sheila Merrigan , Sean Di Stefano , Matthew King , Eric Winford , Karen Launchbaugh
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RangeDocs (https://docs.rangelandsgateway.org) allows Extension professionals, agency staff, producers, and other land managers to search rangeland terms and pinpoint applicable information from key national and regional rangeland resources.
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An updated rangeland-specific glossary, synthesized from multiple sources, provides a set of common terms for searching in key rangeland management technical documents.
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Technical resources in RangeDocs have been annotated by rangeland experts to provide efficient search results that point to highly relevant information.
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The RangeDocs web application takes users to specific pages within key rangeland documents related to their search topics.
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RangeDocs collections are groupings of individual pages from various documents focused on specific rangeland issues. All collections can be shared and stored on a smartphone for offline use.
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Dependable, targeted information found in one place will save land managers valuable time in both the office and the field.
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Pub Date : 2025-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2025.01.003
Timothy Pape , Gwendŵr Meredith , David Sandahl , Md Faizul Kabir , Simanti Banerjee , Craig Allen , Elliott Dennis , Mitchell Stephenson
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Regenerative agriculture has been offered as an ecologically thoughtful means of food production, yet questions remain regarding how individuals in rural communities transition toward regenerative practices.
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We studied dynamics related to the transition from traditional ranching to regenerative ranching by employing actor-network analysis on 24 semistructured interviews from ranchers in the Northern Great Plains region of the United States, who self-identify as implementing regenerative agricultural practices.
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We found government and nongovernmental organization financial and technical programs are vital for effectuating regenerative practices on ranching operations, even though many programs are not directly oriented toward regenerative agriculture.
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Understanding the processes and relationships facilitating regenerative ranching is important for policymakers and stakeholders engaged in managing rangelands resiliently and equitably.
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