Opportunities to apply precision livestock management on rangelands

DW Bailey, MG Trotter, C Tobin… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Precision livestock management has become a new field of study as the result of recent
advancements in real-time global positioning system (GPS) tracking, accelerometer and …

Climate change, rangelands, and sustainability of ranching in the Western United States

JL Holechek, HME Geli, AF Cibils, MN Sawalhah - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Accelerated climate change is a global challenge that is increasingly putting pressure on the
sustainability of livestock production systems that heavily depend on rangeland ecosystems …

Innovation in rangeland monitoring: annual, 30 m, plant functional type percent cover maps for US rangelands, 1984–2017

MO Jones, BW Allred, DE Naugle, JD Maestas… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Innovations in machine learning and cloud‐based computing were merged with historical
remote sensing and field data to provide the first moderate resolution, annual, percent cover …

Improving Landsat predictions of rangeland fractional cover with multitask learning and uncertainty

BW Allred, BT Bestelmeyer, CS Boyd… - Methods in Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Operational satellite remote sensing products are transforming rangeland management and
science. Advancements in computation, data storage and processing have removed barriers …

The elevational ascent and spread of exotic annual grass dominance in the Great Basin, USA

JT Smith, BW Allred, CS Boyd… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim In the western United States, sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) and salt desert
shrublands are rapidly transitioning to communities dominated by exotic annual grasses, a …

[HTML][HTML] Annual and 16-day rangeland production estimates for the western United States

MO Jones, NP Robinson, DE Naugle… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rangeland production is a foundational ecosystem service and resource on which livestock,
wildlife, and people depend. Capitalizing on recent advancements in the use of remote …

[HTML][HTML] Fire needs annual grasses more than annual grasses need fire

JT Smith, BW Allred, CS Boyd, KW Davies… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sagebrush ecosystems of western North America are experiencing widespread loss and
degradation by invasive annual grasses. Positive feedbacks between fire and annual …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond inventories: emergence of a new era in rangeland monitoring

MO Jones, DE Naugle, D Twidwell, DR Uden… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the absence of technology-driven monitoring platforms, US rangeland policies,
management practices, and outcome assessments have been primarily informed by the …

Woody plant encroachment and the sustainability of priority conservation areas

DT Fogarty, CP Roberts, DR Uden, VM Donovan… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Woody encroachment is a global driver of grassland loss and management to counteract
encroachment represents one of the most expensive conservation practices implemented in …

LANDFIRE–A national vegetation/fuels data base for use in fuels treatment, restoration, and suppression planning

KC Ryan, TS Opperman - Forest Ecology and Management, 2013 - Elsevier
LANDFIRE is the working name given to the Landscape Fire and Resource Management
Planning Tools Project (http://www. landfire. gov). The project was initiated in response to …