Rangelands, Volume 38, Number 2 (2016)
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2024-03-29T00:44:41ZSpecial Issue Acknowledgments
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Special Issue Acknowledgments
2016-12-01T00:00:00ZA Workshop on Future Directions of Usable Science for Rangeland Sustainability
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A Workshop on Future Directions of Usable Science for Rangeland Sustainability
Maczko, Kristie A.; Hidinger, Lori A.; Tanaka, John A.; Ellis, Chad R.
On the Ground • As funding for rangeland research becomes more difficult to secure, researchers and funding organizations must ensure that the information needs of public and private land managers are met. • Usable science that involves the intended end users throughout the scientific enterprise and gives rise to improved outcomes and informed management on the ground should be emphasized. • The SRR workshop on Future Directions of Usable Science for Rangeland Sustainability brought together university and agency researchers, public and private land managers and producers, non-governmental organizations, and representatives of funding agencies and organizations to initiate the process of charting a research agenda for future directions of usable science for rangeland sustainability. • Workshop outcomes address issues and research questions for soil health, water, vegetation (plants), animals, and socio-economic aspects of rangeland sustainability.
2016-12-01T00:00:00ZUsable Science: Soil Health
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Usable Science: Soil Health
Derner, Justin D.; Stanley, Charles (Chuck); Ellis, Chad
On the Ground • Healthy soils are fundamental to sustainable rangelands, but soils function in obscurity. This is reflected in the belowground black-box mentality often attributed to soils. • Transformational changes get the attention of land managers and the public for example, soil erosion associated with the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. This provides benchmarks for the context of importance in maintaining healthy soils for the productive capacity of rangelands. • Benefits of soil health include enhanced soil water-holding capacity and appropriate nutrient cycling, which increases rangelands resilience to weather variability and predicted climate change. • Future directions of usable science for soil health include: 1) characterization of soil health indicators for sensitivity levels that affect transitions/thresholds of state-and-transition models, 2) influences of management practices, predicted climate change, and extreme events, and 3) impact of prescribed fire and wildfires on soil health.
2016-12-01T00:00:00ZFuture Directions of Usable Science for Sustainable Rangelands: Water
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Future Directions of Usable Science for Sustainable Rangelands: Water
Dobrowolski, James P.; Engle, David M.
On the Ground • Usable science takes on a completely new meaning when you are looking to science to literally save your livelihood. • The challenge for rangeland professionals, including research scientists, is accurately predicting the consequences to water of land-use change, climate change, and increasing competition for water while also providing socially acceptable science-based solutions. • The good news for rangeland professionals and research scientists is that because water is indeed essential for life, our knowledge and skills will be essential for addressing these issues.
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