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Principles and Practices
HOLECHEK:RANGE MANAGEMENT _c3
Jerry L. Holechek, etc., Rex D. Pieper, Carlton H. Herbel
ISBN: 9780136269885
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Pearson Higher Education
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
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This revision of the most widely applauded and used book on "Range Management" presents range management practice toward multiple land use more successfully than any other text published. In the third edition, readers will find an up-to-date presentation on range plant physiology, range ecology, stocking rates, wildlife management, range vegetation, recreational use of land, and management in developing countries.
Offering complete, up-to-date coverage of the primary subject areas in range management, this book brings the concepts of rangeland management into clear focus establishing important fundamentals and perspectives of key subjects in the field, and helping rangeland managers and laymen broaden their overall education in natural resource use and management using the most recent scientific reports. Provides current information and approaches on dealing with modern range management problems in the U.S. as well as developing countries. It also includes management strategies for various range types, and detailed discussions on multiple use of rangeland. Looks at the latest data on practical range management problems, offering useful approaches for setting stocking rates, and analyzes rangeland economics and ranch management using the most up-to-date research.
| ISBN | 0136269885 | | Part volume | HOLECHEK:RANGE MANAGEMENT _c3 | | ISBN13 | 9780136269885
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 001 | | Publisher | Pearson Higher Education | | Weight (grammes) | 945 | | Imprint | Pearson US Imports & PHIPEs | | Published in | Welwyn Garden City | | Format | Hardback | | Previous ISBN | 9780131744844 | | Publication date | 13 Aug 1997 | | Height (mm) | 235 | | Library of Congress | SF85.H56 1 | | Width (mm) | 178 | | DEWEY | 333.7415 | | Spine width (mm) | 25 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly | | Pages | 542 | |
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| | | Foreword | | | | | | Preface | | | | | | Conversion from a Metric Unit To the English Equivalent | | | | Ch. 1 | | Rangeland and Man | | 1 | | Ch. 2 | | Rangeland Physical Characteristics | | 21 | | Ch. 3 | | Range Management History | | 47 | | Ch. 4 | | Description of Rangeland Types | | 66 | | Ch. 5 | | Range Plant Physiology | | 110 | | Ch. 6 | | Range Ecology | | 130 | | Ch. 7 | | Range Inventory and Monitoring | | 163 | | Ch. 8 | | Considerations Concerning Stocking Rate | | 190 | | Ch. 9 | | Selection of Grazing Methods | | 228 | | Ch. 10 | | Methods of Improving Livestock Distribution | | 269 | | Ch. 11 | | Range Animal Nutrition | | 286 | | Ch. 12 | | Range Livestock Production | | 331 | | Ch. 13 | | Range Wildlife Management | | 369 | | Ch. 14 | | Range Management for Multiple Use | | 415 | | Ch. 15 | | Manipulation of Range Vegetation | | 456 | | Ch. 16 | | Range Management in Developing Countries | | 495 | | Ch. 17 | | Computer Applications and the Future | | 511 | | | | Index | | 525 |
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