RangelandsPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2024.05.005
Alia N. DeLong , Claire Friedrichsen , Elizabeth H. Boughton , Hilary Swain , Maria Silveira, , Brent Sellers
{"title":"Collaborative grazing land science: using the nominal group technique (NGT) to facilitate decision making","authors":"Alia N. DeLong , Claire Friedrichsen , Elizabeth H. Boughton , Hilary Swain , Maria Silveira, , Brent Sellers","doi":"10.1016/j.rala.2024.05.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rala.2024.05.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><ul><li><span>•</span><span><div>Rapid changes in science require rapid development of solutions. Working with diverse groups of stakeholders is important for developing robust research programs.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>Collaborative production (or coproduction) of knowledge can integrate multiple sources of knowledge from stakeholder groups such as farmers and ranchers, service providers, technical advisors, and nonprofit representatives.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>The nominal group technique (NGT) is one tool in coproduction of knowledge and is a simple and feasible methodology rangeland scientists can adopt in complex decision-making contexts.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>The Archbold-University of Florida Long-term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) network used NGT with an advisory council of stakeholder representatives to develop priorities for their research program, particularly high-priority treatments and measurements.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>Coproduced science identifies potential solutions more quickly than any group working on their own. Researchers can use NGT during collaborative processes to incorporate multiple sources of expert knowledge to create a more complete picture of a given situation.</div></span></li></ul></div></div>","PeriodicalId":101057,"journal":{"name":"Rangelands","volume":"46 5","pages":"Pages 155-162"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141846482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RangelandsPub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2024.05.004
Landon R. Schofield , Micayla E. Pearson , Samuel Newell , Nathan Clackum , Benjamin L. Turner
{"title":"Why aren't more landowners enrolling in land-based carbon credit exchanges?","authors":"Landon R. Schofield , Micayla E. Pearson , Samuel Newell , Nathan Clackum , Benjamin L. Turner","doi":"10.1016/j.rala.2024.05.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rala.2024.05.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p></p><ul><li><span>•</span><span><p>Increasing concern from both private citizens and intergovernmental organizations about the effects of climate change has led to regulatory and voluntary mechanisms aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, including an emerging carbon credit market.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>Despite the opportunities for landowners to diversify revenue streams within current operations, there are risks (i.e., production and financial, market, legal-transactional, and social) that could reduce landowner enrollment rates.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>We used a systems thinking approach to map the feedback relationships among landowner decision-making considerations, soil system processes, and carbon credit market incentives.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>Our findings illustrate the complex set of constraints of participation in carbon credit programs and how they interact by revealing a limits to growth archetype.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>Landowners and crop and livestock producers are uniquely positioned to shape and develop the carbon credit market by filling the gap between equitable transaction participation for both carbon credit buyers and sellers looking to capture value from mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.</p></span></li></ul></div>","PeriodicalId":101057,"journal":{"name":"Rangelands","volume":"46 4","pages":"Pages 117-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190052824000373/pdfft?md5=cce46feab04b7a1601144f3445baa198&pid=1-s2.0-S0190052824000373-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142151800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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RangelandsPub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2024.06.001
Jeffrey E. Herrick
{"title":"","authors":"Jeffrey E. Herrick","doi":"10.1016/j.rala.2024.06.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rala.2024.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101057,"journal":{"name":"Rangelands","volume":"46 4","pages":"Page 137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142151801","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}
RangelandsPub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2024.05.001
{"title":"Evaluating the effects of ruminal incubation and abomasal enzymatic digestion on the germination potential of Bromus tectorum","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.rala.2024.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rala.2024.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p></p><ul><li><span>•</span><span><p>Targeted grazing is a management strategy for fuel reduction and cheatgrass control in the Great Basin. However, concerns of cattle acting as endozoochorous seed dispersal agents of invasive grass species have been expressed.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>In vitro and in situ techniques of ruminal fermentation and enzymatic digestion were employed to evaluate seed mortality.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>Our results showed a nearly complete inhibition of germination after 36 hours in the rumen followed by 3 hours in the abomasum.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>Our results indicate cattle grazing cheatgrass-infested rangelands will not spread cheatgrass seed via excrement.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>Cheatgrass seeds consumed in the fall will have a slight lag in microbial degradation.</p></span></li></ul></div>","PeriodicalId":101057,"journal":{"name":"Rangelands","volume":"46 4","pages":"Pages 132-136"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190052824000269/pdfft?md5=9e9cd897949a50ad22f642ddb0ce94c6&pid=1-s2.0-S0190052824000269-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141405117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RangelandsPub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2024.04.001
Akram Ben Ali, Mariah Armijo, Manoj Shukla
{"title":"Irrigation of Atriplex species with highly saline produced water for rangelands improvement in southeastern New Mexico","authors":"Akram Ben Ali, Mariah Armijo, Manoj Shukla","doi":"10.1016/j.rala.2024.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rala.2024.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p></p><ul><li><span>•</span><span><p>Southeastern New Mexico's rangelands are under stress due to a prolonged drought.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p><em>Atriplex lentiformis</em> and <em>Atriplex canescens</em> are native forage halophytic shrub species.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>In New Mexico and throughout the United States large amounts of water are generated daily during the extraction of oil and gas.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p><em>A. lentiformis</em> and <em>A. canescens</em> grow in high soil salinity conditions, which infers they can be used for rangelands improvement.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>Both these species could act as candidate crops for animal fodder grown in arid areas.</p></span></li></ul></div>","PeriodicalId":101057,"journal":{"name":"Rangelands","volume":"46 4","pages":"Pages 103-116"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190052824000191/pdfft?md5=23914127af311eff4a860079c361ddbf&pid=1-s2.0-S0190052824000191-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142151799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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RangelandsPub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2024.07.001
Jocelyn L. Aycrigg
{"title":"","authors":"Jocelyn L. Aycrigg","doi":"10.1016/j.rala.2024.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rala.2024.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101057,"journal":{"name":"Rangelands","volume":"46 4","pages":"Pages 138-141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142151802","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}
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RangelandsPub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2024.04.004
Matthew J. Germino
{"title":"","authors":"Matthew J. Germino","doi":"10.1016/j.rala.2024.04.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2024.04.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101057,"journal":{"name":"Rangelands","volume":"46 3","pages":"Pages 100-102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141243567","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}
RangelandsPub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2024.01.002
Tyler Harris , Dustin D. Johnson , Rory C. O'Connor
{"title":"A brief history of sagebrush management in the Great Basin: From removal to reduction and beyond","authors":"Tyler Harris , Dustin D. Johnson , Rory C. O'Connor","doi":"10.1016/j.rala.2024.01.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2024.01.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p></p><ul><li><span>•</span><span><p>After years of overgrazing in the late 1800s and early 1900s with little to no management, range management efforts shifted to focus on eradication of sagebrush to promote forage production from World War II to the 1970s.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>From the 1970s to present the paradigm shifted to an emphasis on leaving sagebrush intact for the benefit of sagebrush-obligate wildlife.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>However, neither management paradigm has yielded an ideal outcome with approximately 30% of the Great Basin being identified as “poor condition shrubland,” with >10% shrub cover and a high ratio of annual to perennial herbaceous cover.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>A combination of new and old restoration methods is needed to restore degraded sagebrush communities to rejuvenate the declining perennial herbaceous understories and increase biotic resiliency of the shrub community.</p></span></li></ul></div>","PeriodicalId":101057,"journal":{"name":"Rangelands","volume":"46 3","pages":"Pages 63-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190052824000087/pdfft?md5=a84d5b80ab932d6d01699c79ccb1fe16&pid=1-s2.0-S0190052824000087-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141243564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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RangelandsPub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2024.03.002
RangelandsPub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2024.03.003
Anna Clare Monlezun , Kelly W. Jones , Ryan Rhoades , Stacy J. Lynn
{"title":"Seeking common ground: A pluralistic valuation of rangeland ecosystem services","authors":"Anna Clare Monlezun , Kelly W. Jones , Ryan Rhoades , Stacy J. Lynn","doi":"10.1016/j.rala.2024.03.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2024.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p></p><ul><li><span>•</span><span><p>The concepts of ecosystem services and nature's contributions to people highlight linkages between people and nature, directly addressing relationships and the flow of values.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>Understanding stakeholder values in specific collaborative contexts may aid in solution-focused approaches, minimizing tradeoffs, improved group cohesion, and partnership success, as rangeland managers attempt to match strategies to needs of landscapes and people.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>Using a mixed-methods approach, we explored pluralistic, sociocultural values and perspectives of diverse stakeholders regarding rangeland ecosystem services.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>We noted patterns in how stakeholder groups prioritized certain ecosystem services over others and how this prioritization is a reflection of unique yet overlapping values systems.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>Sustainable rangeland management is about the ecological underpinnings of a place and also about supporting the people and communities who have direct relationships with those landscapes.</p></span></li></ul></div>","PeriodicalId":101057,"journal":{"name":"Rangelands","volume":"46 3","pages":"Pages 72-87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190052824000129/pdfft?md5=c10d7787465d8d6d5090874c040ed416&pid=1-s2.0-S0190052824000129-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141243565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}