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item Differential response of Angus-Hereford and Rarámuri Criollo cattle to a dynamic feeding challenge during the training to an autonomous virtual fencing collar (Feb 2026)
item Drivers of emerging transboundary dust hazards across the US-Mexico border (Dec 2025)
item Interannual variability governs performance of near-surface vegetation greenness to predict productivity and evapotranspiration across diverse agroecosystems (Dec 2025)
item An updated Irwin sensor for measurement of surface shear velocity (Dec 2025)
item Architecture and implementation of a Precision Ranching Platform for Rangeland and Livestock Management (Dec 2025)
item Shrub encroachment promotes positive feedbacks from herbivores that reinforce ecosystem change (Dec 2025)
item Sentinel-2 based estimates of rangeland fractional cover and canopy gap class for the western United States (Nov 2025)
item Climate adaptation in the southwest US: The SWPar4.5 parameter set for stochastic weather generators (Nov 2025)
item Virtual grazing of Raramuri Criollo and Angus-Hereford cattle on arid rangelands (Oct 2025)
item A land potential-based framework for mitigating wind erosion and sand and dust storms (Oct 2025)
item Modifying dryland connectivity alongside herbicide application to restore herbaceous cover in shrub-encroached grasslands (Oct 2025)
item Identifying dust sources and dust transport mechanisms contributing to dust-on-snow events in the Rocky Mountains: Implications for management and restoration (Oct 2025)
item Selection signatures in a Rarámuri Criollo cattle population introduced to the Southwestern United States (Oct 2025)
item Low retention of added nitrogen at realistic levels of simulated nitrogen deposition in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert (Sep 2025)
item Threshold-dependent plant community composition change across a dryland shrub encroachment gradient results in variable post-herbicide responses (Aug 2025)
item Mapping ecological states in the upper Colorado River basin: Implications for fire management (Aug 2025)
item Windblown sediment flux magnitudes across rangeland ecological states: Insights from the National Wind Erosion Research Network (Aug 2025)
item More than just water limited: Microbial respiration responds to multiple limiting resources in dryland soils (Jul 2025)
item Training Raramuri Criollo cattle to virtual fencing in chaparral rangeland (Jul 2025)
item Soil carbon sequestration potential of Mongolian grasslands (Jul 2025)
item Selecting performance indicators for farms and ranches engaged in collaborative agroecosystem research (Jun 2025)
item Navigating the possibilities and pitfalls of biocrust recovery under a changing climate (Jun 2025)
item Leveraging rangeland fractional cover technologies to advance rangeland managements (Jun 2025)
item Impact of window design on the lighting environment of GAP-certified naturally illuminated broiler houses (Jun 2025)
item A tool for guided state and transition model development based on ecological theory (Jun 2025)
item Utility of near-surface phenology in estimating productivity and evapotranspiration across diverse ecosystems (Jun 2025)
item Research note: assessing disturbance and its impact on behavior in the early-life of broiler chicks (May 2025)
item Integrating LoRaWAN sensor networks and machine learning models to classify beef cattle behavior on arid rangelands of the southwestern United States (May 2025)
item Optimizing the effectiveness of connectivity modifiers to reduce dryland degradation (May 2025)
item Genetic diversity, admixture, and selection signatures in a Rarámuri Criollo cattle population introduced to the Southwestern United States (May 2025)
item Understanding beef production in the Southwest (Apr 2025)
item Crushing energy-based indicators of dry soil aggregate stability from contrastive land management practices in a semi-arid agroecosystem (Apr 2025)
item A proposal for simplifying and increasing the value of local to global land degradation monitoring (Apr 2025)
item BioTIME 2.0: Expanding and improving a database of biodiversity time series (Apr 2025)
item Addressing key issues and knowledge gaps in resilience science for agriculture (Apr 2025)
item Practitioner tools for addressing knowing–doing gaps in seed-based restoration (Apr 2025)
item Reflections on preparing Regional Chapters for NCA5 (Mar 2025)
item Evaluating alternative crops as a solution to water stress in the U.S. Southwest (Mar 2025)
item Optimizing sampling across transect-based methods improves the power of agroecological monitoring data (Mar 2025)
item Magnitude shifts in aeolian sediment transport associated with degradation and restoration thresholds in drylands (Mar 2025)
item Prioritization of research on drought assessment in a changing climate (Mar 2025)
item Dust transport pathways from The Great Basin (Mar 2025)
item An accuracy assessment of satellite-derived rangeland fractional cover (Feb 2025)
item Canopy height model and NAIP imagery pairs across CONUS (Feb 2025)
item Development and validation of a protocol to determine feed spillage from commercial broiler feeders (Feb 2025)
item Spatial scale dependence of error in fractional component cover maps (Feb 2025)
item Integrating erosion models into land health assessments to better understand landscape condition (Feb 2025)
item Spectroscopic solutions for generating new global soil information (Feb 2025)
item Adaptive Grazing Management in the Information Age – incorporating data from virtual fence, remote sensing, and ground measurements (Feb 2025)
item Virtual grazing of Raramuri Criollo and Angus-Hereford cattle on arid rangelands (Feb 2025)
item Integrating adaptation into production: The Sustainable Southwest Beef coordinated agricultural project (Feb 2025)
item When the cows come home unexpectedly: Rapid AUM assessment using satellite and ground-based methods on desert rangelands (Feb 2025)
item Digital decision support tools for ranching (Feb 2025)
item Exploratory analysis of multivariate relationships among the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, grazing behavior, and carbon gas emissions of beef cows grazing arid rangeland vegetation (Feb 2025)
item From knowledge to practice: Linking Sustainable Southwest Beef Project activities to impacts (Feb 2025)
item Southern Plains and Southwest perspective on: What grazing management practices can help ranchers successfully adapt to climate change while also supporting healthy rangeland ecosystems? (Feb 2025)
item Understanding the value of organizing manuresheds: A systemic review of relationships and factors connecting manure management applications (Feb 2025)
item Effect of dimming wave characteristics on LED lamp performance during early operational life (Feb 2025)
item Evaluation of the gap intercept method to reasure rangeland connectivity (Jan 2025)
item El valor potencial del bovino criollo para el diseño de sistemas sostenibles de producción vaca-becerro en zonas áridas y semiáridas (Dec 2024)
item Nitrogen 2.0: The next generation of nitrogen management in food production systems (Dec 2024)
item Diverging trends of vegetation communities across ecoregions of the western United States (Dec 2024)
item Advancing effective agroecosystem sustainability performance indicators via the USDA Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network (LTAR) (Dec 2024)
item Modeling dryland ecosystem processes with water and wind interactions (Dec 2024)
item The vision for adapted crops and soils: How to prioritize investments to achieve sustainable nutrition for all (Nov 2024)
item Cliffs support lichen communities unique from nearby forests: Cliff lichens (Nov 2024)
item Realizing soil health for food security in Africa (Nov 2024)
item Forest Resource Index for Decisions in Adaptation (FRIDA), a library of resources for forest stewardship in the Southwest (Nov 2024)
item An evaluation of different approaches for estimating shear velocity in aeolian research studies (Nov 2024)
item Effects of multiple mammalian herbivores and climate on grassland-shrubland transitions in the Chihuahuan Desert (Oct 2024)
item Closing the conservation gap in the sagebrush biome: Spatial targeting and exceptional coordination are needed for conservation efforts to keep pace with ecosystem losses (Oct 2024)
item Challenges and opportunities for Extension in drought adaptation: A case study on ranching in New Mexico (Oct 2024)
item Estructura genómica y composición ancestral de una población divergente de bovino Criollo Rarámuri introducida en el suroeste de los Estados Unidos (Oct 2024)
item Entrenamiento de ganado Rarámuri Criollo al uso de cercas virtuales en ambientes de producción extensiva (Oct 2024)
item The impacts of rock climbing on lichen and bryophyte cliff communities in northwestern North America (Sep 2024)
item Characterizing variability in geochemistry and mineralogy of western US dust sources (Sep 2024)
item Real-time detection of parturition in beef cows managed on extensive rangeland pasture (Sep 2024)
item PSX-8 Genetic characterization of Raramuri Criollo cattle introduced into the Southwestern United States (Sep 2024)
item Socio-environmental influences on land turnover in US public rangelands (Sep 2024)
item A call to action for inventory and monitoring of cliff ecosystems to support conservation (Sep 2024)
item Implementación de cerca virtual en ganado bovino Criollo Raramuri y la cruza britanica Angus-Hereford (Sep 2024)
item Stressing the small stuff: How biocrusts respond to altered precipitation (Aug 2024)
item Using large-scale monitoring and remote sensing data to monitor restoration outcomes through time (Aug 2024)
item USDA LTAR Common Experiment measurement: PhenoCam for Green Chromatic Coordinate (Aug 2024)
item Qualitative assessment of restoration effectiveness using Describing Indicators of Rangeland Health (Aug 2024)
item The LTAR Grazing Land Common Experiment at the Jornada Experimental Range: Old genetics, new precision technologies, and adaptive value chains (Jul 2024)
item Comparative analysis of the training response of Raramuri Criollo and Angus Cattle to Virtual Fencing (Jul 2024)
item Ecology on the rocks: Cliff ecology research from the Southern Appalachian Cliff Coalition (Jul 2024)
item The water adaptation techniques atlas: A new geospatial library of solutions to water scarcity in the U.S. Southwest (Jun 2024)
item Cliff nesting birds provide nutrient inputs to cliff ecosystems (Jun 2024)
item Insights from dust research at the Jornada Experimental Range (May 2024)
item Appendix 4 - Indicators - The Fifth National Climate Assessment (May 2024)
item Raramuri Criollo: A genetic resource for climate resilient livestock production (May 2024)
item Using spatial modeling to evaluate LED light intensity and uniformity in commercial broiler houses during brooding and tunnel conditions (Mar 2024)
item Special issue opening editorial: Reducing nitrogen waste through crop and livestock reconnection (Feb 2024)
item An atlas of solutions to water scarcity in the Southwest (Feb 2024)
item Effect of nutritional pen construction on the thermal performance of broilers (Feb 2024)
item Comparison of outside air and sol-air design temperatures for estimating insulation needs (Sep 2023)
item Effect of photoperiod on physiological parameters in broiler chicks from placement to 7-days-of-age1 (Jun 2023)
item Field survey of electrical grounding systems on commercial broiler houses in Mississippi and Alabama (Apr 2023)
item Effects of the in ovo administration of L-ascorbic acid on tissue L-ascorbic acid concentrations, systemic inflammation, and tracheal histomorphology of ross 708 broilers subjected to elevated levels of atmospheric ammonia (Mar 2023)
item Field survey of trunk line heating gas leaks in commercial broiler houses (Mar 2023)
item Grass-shrub interactions at the core of woody plant encroachment – Contributions to conceptual models, process, and mechanism (Feb 2023)
item Radiant flux preference of neonatal broiler chicks during brooding (Aug 2018)