Lecture 1: Introduction

Question 1

Rangelands

Answer 1

Uncultivated lands that will provide the necessities of life for grazing and browsing animals

Question 2

Rangelands 2

Answer 2

Areas of the world that are a source of forage for free-ranging native and domestic animals, as well as a source of wood products, water, wildlife, etc.

Question 3

Herbivory

Answer 3

The consumption of plants by animals

Question 4

Grazing

Answer 4

The consumption of standing forage (grass and Forbes) by livestock or wildlife

Question 5

Browsing

Answer 5

The consumption of leaves and twigs from woody plants (trees and shrubs) by large hoofed animals (ie. Moose)

Question 6

Pasturelands

Answer 6

Lands that are periodically cultivated to maintain agronomist forage species and receive inputs

Question 7

Ecosystem

Answer 7

The biotic community and its abiotic environment functioning as a system

Question 8

Range management

Answer 8

The manipulation of rangeland components to obtain the optimum combination of goods and services for society on a sustained basis

Question 9

Range science

Answer 9

Organized body of knowledge upon which range management is based

Question 10

Range management

Answer 10

Is art and science, applying science to a particular location

Question 11

Key rangeland characteristics

Answer 11

1. Are generally poorly suited for cultivation and annual cropping
2. Are often (but not necessarily) dominated by native vegetation