Threatened, endangered, and vulnerable species of terrestrial vertebrates in the Rocky Mountain Region

Finch, Deborah M.

doi:10.2737/rm-gtr-215

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“…Strong agency bias in favor of grazing often leads to contradictory management decisions. A recent Forest Service analysis of sensitive vertebrate species identified livestock grazing as one of five factors jeopardizing the northern goshawk (Accipiter genttlts ) in the Southwest (Finch 1992). Yet the goshawk management recommendations (Reynolds et al 1992), released by the same office in the same year, did not even mention grazing.…”

Section: Historical and Management Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ecological Costs of Livestock Grazing in Western North America

Fleischner

1994

Conservation Biology

877

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Livestock grazing is the most widespread land manageraent pracPice in western North America Seventy percent of the western United States is grazea~ including wilderhess area~ tvlldlife refuge& national forest~ and even some national park~ The ecological costs of this nearly ubiqui. tous form of land use can be drarr~pi~ Examples of such costs include loss of biodiversity; lowering of population densities for a wide variety of taxa~ disruption of ecosystem funcPion~ including nutrient cycling and succession,, change in community organization; and change in the physical characteristics of both terrestrial and aquatic habitat~ Because livestock congregate in riparian ecosysten~ which are among the biologically richest habitats in arid and semiarid region~ the ecological costs of grazing are magnified in these site~ Range science has traditionally been laden with economic assumppions favoring resource use Conservation biologists are encouraged to contribute to the ongoing social and scientific dialogue on grazing issuex Costus ecol6gicos del pastoreo de ganado en el oeste de Estados Unidos Resumen: El pastoreo de ganado es la prdcpica de manejo de la tierra mds ampliamente upilizada en el oeste de Norte Am~xt E1 setenta por ctento del oeste de Estados Untdos se upiliza para pustoreo, incluyendo dreas silvestreg refugios de vida silvestre, bosques nacionales e inclusive algunos parques nacionale& El costo ecol6gico de esta forma ubicua de uso de ia Pierra puede set dramdpico. Ejemplos de este costo incluyen pdrdida de ia biodiversidad; decrecimiento de las densidades de poblaci6n para una amplia variedad de taxone~, alteraciones en ias funciones del ecosistem, incluyendo ciclos de nutrientes y sucesiones; cambios en ia organizaci6n de la comunidad y cambios en las caracteris. Picas flsicas de hdhitas terrestres y acudpico~ Dado que el ganado se congrega en ecosistemas ribere~og los cuales estdn entre los hdbitas biol6gicamente mds ricos dentro de ias regiones dridas y semi.dridag los costos ecol6gicos del pastoreo se magnifican en estos siPio& Tradicionalment~ la ciencia de Pastizale~ ha estado cargada de suposiciones, eco-n6micas que favorecen el uso del recurso. Se alienta a los bi61ogos conservacionistus a contribuir al didlogo social y ctenttflco en los problemas del pastoreo.

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Section: Historical and Management Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ecological Costs of Livestock Grazing in Western North America

Fleischner

1994

Conservation Biology

877

623

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“…The special habitats in the Northern Great Plains (wetlands, lowlands, and riparian areas) contain high numbers of listed vulnerable species (Finch 1992, Finch andRuggiero 1993). Although each of these habitats constitutes a relatively small percentage of the total land area, each contributes disproportionately to the diversity of native rangelands in this region (Finch and Ruggiero 1993).…”

Section: Special Habitats and Sensitive Speciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conserving biodiversity on native rangelands: Symposium proceedings

Uresk¹,

Schenbeck²,

O'Rourke³

1997

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These proceedings are the result of a symposium, "Conserving biodiversity on native rangelands" held on August 17, 1995 in Fort Robinson State Park, NE. The purpose of this symposium was to provide a forum to discuss how elements of rangeland biodiversity are being conserved today. We asked, "How resilient and sustainable are rangeland systems to the increasing demands of a growing human population and to extended periods of drought?" Key programs and issues, identified by a program committee, were addressed by researchers and managers. Their papers provide research results, management findings, and describe management programs currently used to conserve rangeland biodiversity.Keywords: biodiversity, rangeland, sustainability, drought, conservation You may order additional copies of this publication by sending your mailing information in label form through one of the following media. Please send the publication title and number. Telephone

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“…The special habitats in the Northern Great Plains (wetlands, lowlands, and riparian areas) contain high numbers of listed vulnerable species (Finch 1992, Finch andRuggiero 1993). Although each of these habitats constitutes a relatively small percentage of the total land area, each contributes disproportion-ately to the diversity of native rangelands in this region (Finch and Ruggiero 1993).…”

Section: Spec^im^tats Mo Sensitive Speciesmentioning

confidence: 99%