Sentence examples for range scientist from inspiring English sources

Richard Teague, a range scientist from Texas A&M University, presented in favour of Savory's theory at the recent Putting Grasslands to Work conference in London.

Full disclosure: I am a range scientist and a scholar of the human dimensions of ranching and range management.

The ecological background (Chapter 4) is a bit more complete and draws on recent understanding about non-equilibrium dynamics in many semi-arid rangelands, though a range scientist is not totally convinced that the underlying ecology is well understood.

To a rancher or range scientist, 'herd management' is usually taken to mean the management of the actual herd - the type and breed of livestock, the herd structure (e.g. number - and age - of cow-calf pairs, bulls, yearling steers and replacement heifers), and how and why the rancher makes short- and long-term decisions about changing these herd characteristics.

From the perspective of a range scientist, Chapters 3 (Land, Labor and Resource Management on Private Ranches) and 4 (Ranch Ecology, Landscape Change and Power) are lacking in essential basic information about the ecology and management of rangelands and livestock in Río Sonora.

Most range scientists consider overgrazing to be the cause of much of the land degradation in the American West, and conservationists advocate "resting" the land — fencing it off from animals entirely — as the only remedy.

His reading of the reports coming out of these stations shows how early range scientists did not initially adopt the range succession model being promoted by the Forest Service.

In particular, Sayre's recounting of how American range scientists promoted their craft internationally (the case of the Inter-American conference in 1948 is interesting).

This would demand that range scientists become more familiar with indigenous knowledge; its concepts and functions (Mapinduzi et al. 2003) and how the decision-making systems are used for promoting community participation (this study).

Range scientists have tested many "grazing systems" varying from continuous grazing through an abundance of rotational practices which have been designed without taking into account the full complexity of cultural/social issues, alternative uses, etc.

Woody encroachment has occurred even in sites where livestock were permanently removed in the first decades of the twentieth century, and by the 1940s, range scientists were developing mechanical (and later chemical) methods of combating mesquites and other shrubs, effectively abandoning the idea that stocking reductions alone could result in grassland restoration (Sayre 2010).