Browsing OSU - Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Subject "rangeland"
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Grassland heterogeneity and pyric herbivory: Implications for ungulate movement, biodiversity conservation, and rangeland productivity in the Anthropocene
(2022-05)How to simultaneously manage grasslands for sustained livestock productivity and biodiversity conservation is a persistent dilemma for rangeland ecologists and conservationists. Moreover, climate change and invasive species ... -
Implications of pyric-herbivory on central North American grassland ecology, management and production
(2014-07)The interaction of fire and grazing is an ecological process regulating fire-dependent ecosystems. Prior to European settlement, grasslands were regulated by fires and focal grazing by herbivores (pyric-herbivory), a ... -
RI-PRF Crop Insurance Program Design
(2019-07)The Rainfall Index Pasture Rangeland, and Forage (RI-PRF) crop insurance program insures revenues for producers based on rainfall, a single peril. This thesis looks for ways to improve the design of the program as well as ... -
Vegetation Pattern and Response in the Context of Heterogeneous Pasture Management in Southeastern Nebraska
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-05-01)Prior to European settlement, the interaction of fire and grazing was a dominant disturbance and driver of vegetation structure and diversity in the Great Plains. Periodic wildfires and anthropogenic fires created burned ...