TABLE OF CONTENTS: Vol, 37, No.~ November 1984 ARTICLES 483 Forage Response of a Mesquite-Buffalograss Community Following Range Reha- bilitation by Donald J. Bedunah and Ronald E. Sosebee 488 Low. Rates of Tebuthiuron for Control of Sand Shinnery Oak by V.E. Jones and R.D. Pettit 491 Short-term Vegetation Responses to Fire in the Upper Sonoran Desert by George H. Cave and Duncan T. Patten 4% Callie Bermudagrass Yield and Nutrient Uptake with Liquid and Soil N-P-K Fertilizers by Galen D. Mooso, Von D. Jolley, Sheldon D. Nelson, and Bruce L. Webb 501 Establishment of Diffuse and Spotted Knapweed from Seed on Disturbed Ground in British Columbia, Canada by L.D. Roze, B.D. Frazer, and A. McLean 503 Phenological Development and Water Relations in Plains Silver Sagebrush by Richard S. White and Pat 0. Currie 507 Germination ProtIles of Introduced Lovegrasses at Six Constant Temperatures by Martha H. Martin and Jerry R. Cox 509 Seed Pretreatments and Their Effects on Field Establishment of Spring-Seeded ’ Gardner Saltbush by R. James Ansley and Rollin H. Abernethy 514 Leaf Area, Nonstructural Carbohydrates, and Root Growth Characteristics of BlueGrama Seedlings by A.M. Wilson 517 Copper and Molybdenum Uptake by Forages Grown on Coal Mine Soils by Dennis R. Neuman and Frank F. Munshower 521 Natural Establishment of Aspen from Seed on a Phosphate Mine Dump by Bryan D. Williams and Robert s. Johnston 523 Variability of Infiltration within Large Runoff Plots on Rangelands Micheline Devaurs and Gerald F. Gifford 529 Evaluating Soil Water Models on Western Rangelands by Keith R. Cooley and David C. Robertson 534 Characteristics of Oak Mottes, Edwards Plateau, Texas by R.W. Knight, W.H. Blackburn, and L.B. Merrill 538 Soil, Vegetation, and Hydrologic Responses to Grazing Management at Fort Stanton, New Mexico by N. Dedjir Gamougoun, Roger P. Smith, M. Karl Wood, and Rex D. Pieper 542 Forage Preferences of Livestock in the Arid Lands of Northern Kenya by W.J. Lusigi, E.R. Nkurunziza, and S. Masheti 549 Cattle Distribution on Mountain Rangeland in Northeastern Oregon by R.L. Gillen, W.C. Krueger, and R.F. Miller 554 Dietary Selection and Nutrition of Spanish Goats as Influenced by Brush Man- _ 9, agement by Expedito A. Lopes and Jerry W. Stuth Published bimonthly-January, March, May, July, 560 Estimating Seasonal Diet Quality of Pronghom Antelope from Fecal Analysis by September, November B.H. Koerth, L.J. Krysl, B.F. Sowell, and F.C. Bryant Copyright 1984 by the Society for Range Manage- ment TECHNICAL NOTES 565 Technique to Separate Grazing Cattle into Groups for Feeding by J.F. Karn and R.L. 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Highway 87 be pubkhed as a “Viewpornt.” G. FRED GIFFORD San Angelo, TX 76901 Dept. of Range Wildlife, and Forestry University of Nevada BRUCE WELCH Reno, Nev. 89506 Shrub Science Laboratory 735 N 500 E W.K. LAUENROTH Provo, UT 84701 Department of Range Science Colorado State University LARRY M. WHITE Fort Collins, CO 80523 USDA ARS S. Plains Range Research Station LYMAN MCDONALD 200 18th St. Statistics Department Woodward, OK 73801 College of Commerce and Industry University of Wyoming KARL WOOD Laramie, WY 82071 Dept. of Animial and Range Sciences ROBERT MURRAY Box 3-l US Sheep Experiment Station Las Cruces, NM 88001 Dubois, ID 83423 JAMES YOUNG USDA ARS Renewable Resource Center Reno, NV 89512 Forage Response of a Mesquite-Buffalograss Community Following Range Rehabilitation DONALD J. BEDUNAH AND RONALD E. SOSEBEE Abstract The influence of different range rehabilitation methods on The soil series of the study area was a Sagerton clay loam which honey mesquite control, herbage production, and grazing capacity is in the fine mixed thermic family of Typic Paleustolls. The were evaluated on a depleted clay loam range site in west Texas. Sagerton series consists of deep, welldrained, moderately slowly Mesquite control by foliar application of 2,4,5-T + picloram, permeable soils that formed in calcareous clays, and loamy sedi- shredding, mechanical grubbing, mechanical grubbing and seeding ments on nearly level to gently sloping uplands. to kleingrass, and mechanical grubbing and vibratilling increased The study area was on a clay loam range site. Climax vegetation herbage production and grazing capacity. Shredding increased soil of this site is primarily a short grass community with a few mid- cover by adding plant litter, but significantly controlled mesquite grasses intermingled (USDA 1965). Climax decreasers include competition for only 2 years. Seeding to kleingrass resulted in a blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis (H.B.K.) Griffiths), side-oats productive stand with a high estimated grazing capacity. Foliar grama (B. curtipendufa (Michx.) Torr.), vine-mesquite (Panicum spraying doubled grass production compared to no treatment and obtusum (H.B.K.)), and western wheatgrass (Agropyron smithii resulted in 76% mesquite mortality 3 years after treatment. Defer- Rydb.). Important increasers of the climax vegetation include ment from grazing was important in increasing herbage produc- buffalograss, silver bluestem (Borhriochloa saccharoides (SW) tion during the study period; however, for maximum grazing Rydb.), tobosagrass (Hiliaria mutica (Buckl.) Nash), white tridens capacity both mesquite control and proper grazing would be (Tridens muricus (Torr.) Nash), and Texas wintergrass (Stipa leu- necessary. corricha Trin. & Rupr.). Common invaders included perennial three-awns (Aristida L. sp.), sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptan- In much of west Texas, overgrazing by domestic livestock and drus (Torr.) Gray), hairy tridens (Erioneuron pilosum (Buckl.) increasing density of honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr. Nash), Texas grama (Bouteloua rigidiseta (Steud.) Hitchc.), tum- var. glandulosa) have resulted in depleted ranges with low forage ble grass (Schedonnarduspaniculatus (Nutt.) Trel.), prickley pear production. Smith and Rechenthin ( 1964) considered mesquite the (Opuntia polyacantha Haw.), cholla (Opunria imbricata (Haw.) most common and widespread noxious plant in Texas. Mesquite Engelm.), mesquite, and lotebush (Ziziphus obtusifolia (T. & G.) competes with valuable range plants for water; thereby, reducing Gray) (USDA 1965). forage production and increasing the aridity of the site. Without At the initiation of the study, the site was in low fair range range improvements many of these areas will continue to decrease condition and was in a downward trend. Mesquite and buffalo- in productivity reducing the possibility of maintaining successful grass were the major overstory and understory dominants, respec- and long-term ranching operations. tively. Mesquite averaged 939 trees/ ha. The area historically had Jacoby et al. (1982) reported that the most dramatic forage been grazed by cattle year long. responses following brush control have occurred on arid to semi- arid ranges where there was critical competition between brush and Methods forage plants for water. Studies on semiarid ranges in Arizona The study area was fenced in August, 1977, and protected from (Cable and Tschirley 1961) and Texas (Dahl et al. 1978, Jacoby et grazing by large herbivores for the duration of the study. Three al. 1982) have reported that grass production significantly increased rows of six 0.4-ha plots were located in a completely randomized following mesquite control by aerial application of herbicides. design with 3 replications/ treatment. The treatments.