(Abstract not available.)

Rangeland Health Brochure 7, page 6

Crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.) is an introduced grass used extensively for rangeland revegetation in the semiarid and arid regions of western North America. The long-term effects of crested wheatgrass on soil properties and plant community were evaluated on 5 grazed sites in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada, Each site included plant communities of native bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata (Pursh) Scribn, & Smith) and 14- to 60-year-old stands of crested wheatgrass, Soil samples and plant data were collected in June 1997, Species numbers were similar for native and crested wheatgrass rangelands, while the diversity index of crested wheatgrass rangeland was lower due to lower evenness. Crested wheatgrass and native grasses were observed to produce similar amounts of root biomass, Most soil properties were similar under the 2 rangelands. One of the exceptions was soil carbon at 0–7.5 and 7.5–15 cm depths, which was higher on crested wheatgrass than native rangeland. Soil nitrogen at 15–30 cm depth was also higher on crested wheatgrass rangeland, Greater soil penetration resistance was observed at 7.5 and 9 cm depths on crested wheatgrass than native rangeland, Higher soil compaction was caused by grazing of crested wheatgrass earlier in the season when soils are wetter relative to the native rangeland, The results of this study indicate that seeding of crested wheatgrass combined with the long-term grazing by cattle did not result in the degradation of soil properties, but plant diversity was reduced relative to grazed native, bluebunch wheatgrass rangeland.

Journal of Range Management, volume 53, issue 3, pages 353-358

aggregate stability, bluebunch wheatgrass, penetration resistance, prairie, root biomass

(Abstract not available.)

Farmwest.com

Climate change can affect the range and distribution of species. Due to the very nature of
invasive plants (e.g., fast growth and competitively dominant), it is possible that future changes
in climate may have a disproportionately larger affect on non-native invasive plants. The purpose
of this study was to test the effects of climate change on two invasive grassland plants (spotted
knapweed and yellow toadflax) in a field experiment and a greenhouse study. This Final
Technical Report comprises two sections: 1. The field experiment ‘A comparative analysis of
biotic and abiotic parameters between a native bunchgrass community and two non-native
invasive dominated patches, spotted knapweed and yellow toadflax’, and 2. The greenhouse
experiment ‘The effects of warming and drought on competitive performance of two non-native
invasive and two native grassland plants’.

native grasses, grass composition, greenhouse study, range, invasive plants, grassland,

Thesis on the comparison of the influence of pre-commercial thinning and fertilization on forage and timber values in three managed lodgepole pine forests in Interior British Columbia.

agroforestry, thinning, lodgepole pine, range, fertilization

(Abstract not available.)

Farmwest.com, pages 1-2

Alfalfa cropping practices and problems with alfalfa production.

Review of the geographic extent, distribution, plant communities, forage productivity and animal production of Crown range in British Columbia.

Canadian Journal of Animal Science, volume 73, pages 779-794

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Literature review and research needs assessment for British Columbia on livestock use of riparian areas.

(Abstract not available.)

Journal of Range Management, volume 39, issue 2, pages 175-181

Study of the nutrient content of diets consumed and performance of beef cows and calves grazing spruce and pine clearcuts in the southern interior rangelands of British Columbia.

Canadian Journal of Animal Science, volume 67, pages 919-928

beef cattle, bovins de boucherie dans, clearcuts, conduite des troupeaux en, daily gains, des zones de coupes, inutrition et rendement des, la colombie-britannique, nutrition, production, rases r6en-, semenc6es du centre-sud de, titre abr6g6, zones de coupes rases

Monitoring vegetation change in British Columbia grasslands.

Forest Research Extension Partnership, pages 15-49

Canada is the second largest country in the world and stretches 5,500 km east to west and 4,600 km north to south. The grazing industry is located primarily in western Canada.....

beef, cattle, forage, grass, hay, legume, pasture

Review of Canada's rangeland resources.

Forage trials data for clover in 2010.

Forage trials data, annuals for silage 2009.

Forage trials data, annuals for silage 2009 and 2010.

Perennial forage data for grass trials in 2010.