Herbaceous Vegetation Changes following Applications of Tebuthiuron for Brush Control

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Evaluation of Herbicides for Restoring Native Grasses in Buffelgrass‐Dominated Grasslands

“…Four‐flower trichloris established and persisted on a small portion of the plots treated with tebuthiuron. Presumably, this response is because of the high tolerance of the Chloris genus to tebuthiuron (Scifres & Mutz 1978). The same study found that plains bristlegrass also increased with tebuthiuron treatments, which was not found in this study.…”

Nutritional Quality of Browse after Brush Management on Cross Timbers Rangeland

“…Livestock stocking rates are relatively low in the cross timbers region due to low herbaceous forage production. As a result, mechanical and chemical (with and without fire) treatments are routinely used to remove unwanted brush species and increase forage production for livestock (Scifres and Mutz 1978, Scifres et al 1979, Scifres 1980, Scifres et al 1981, Ivey and Causey 1984, Wood 1988.…”

Herpetofaunal responses to brush management with herbicide and fire

“…Livestock production in these oak-dominated rangelands is relatively limited because of low production of herbaceous forage (Scifres 1980). Brush management can increase production of herbaceous forage by selectively removing woody overstory species; this benefits livestock production (Scifres and Mutz 1978, Stritzke 1980) and economic returns (Bernardo and Engle 1990, Bernardo et al 1992).There are no published studies that directly address effects of brush management on native herpetofauna, but a few studies from the western United States have revealed that abundances of lizards and snakes were reduced in areas that were either grazed by livestock or modified by humans (Busack and Bury 1974, Berry 1978, Jones 1981, 1988, Szaro et al 1985, Bock et al 1990. Our research in the Cross Timbers of central Oklahoma showed that modification of this habitat with herbicides and fire can have both deleterious and favorable effects on native biota.…”

“…Livestock production in these oak-dominated rangelands is relatively limited because of low production of herbaceous forage (Scifres 1980). Brush management can increase production of herbaceous forage by selectively removing woody overstory species; this benefits livestock production (Scifres and Mutz 1978, Stritzke 1980) and economic returns (Bernardo and Engle 1990, Bernardo et al 1992). …”