Lecture 10: Range Transformations

Question 1

Range management

Answer 1

The manipulation of rangeland components to obtain optimum combination of goods and services on a sustained basis. This protects and enhances soil and vegetation, and maintains or improves the output of consumable range products

Question 2

Range transformations

Answer 2

Carefully planned treatments, developments, or infrastructure that can be used to improve range forage resources and/or promote long-term rangeland sustainability

Question 3

Benefits of range transformations

Answer 3

1. Increase animal production. Improve handling facilities decreases stress, controls poisonous plants, and increase forage quality and quantity
2. Promote ecosystem functions and services. This increases water yields, reduces erosion and fire risk, and protects/ enhances desirable plants
3. Societal benefits. This reduces conflict in multiple use ranges, reduces fire hazard, water yields, and wildlife conflicts.

Question 4

Vegetation control

Answer 4

Prescribed fire favours adapts species and can be low cost, but high social risk, fire can control unwanted species, increase forage quality, and deuce wildfire risk

Question 5

Intensive vegetation enhancement

Answer 5

Fertilization increases production and quality, but can Change composition, needs a lot of rain. Seeding is another

Question 6

Vegetation control

Answer 6

High impact low frequency

Question 7

Integrated vegetation management

Answer 7

Enhanced control of undesirable plants achieved by combining several control methods

Question 8

Seeding

Answer 8

Often to obtain desired vegetation after range transformation, for reclamation, or in converting land back to rangeland. Helps reduce invasive weedy species, minimizes erosion, and recover ecosystem function , and production