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• Ecosystem Concepts - an introduction to ecosystem definitions, concepts and functions
• Ecosystem Level Processes - discussion of ecological system organization, the role of climate, effects of grazing animals, mediation of processes and characteristics, and condition and trend
• Utilization and Ecosystem Function - a paper by Raymond Ratliff that proposes answers to basic questions about rangeland utilization
• Rangelands as ecosystems - discussion of rangeland ecosystems by Robert Knight
• Restoring Heterogeneity on Ranglands - proposes a paradigm to enhance heterogeniety, biological diversity and wildlife habitat on rangelands grazed by cattle
• The importance of water to ecosystem function - discussion of the hydologic cycle and the effects of grazing on erosion