The 2008 Joint Meeting of the Society for Range Management and the America Forage and Grassland Council. | 
               	
               	
| Thursday, January 31, 2008: 8:30 AM-12:30 PM | |||
| French - E3 (Galt House Hotel & Suites) | |||
| Livestock Management in Shrub-Dominated Semi-Arid Rangelands: A Comparison of Landscape Histories and Pattern Use in the Mediterranean and Southwestern North America | |||
| Moderators: | Humberto Perotto-Baldivieso Maria Fernandez-Gimenez  | ||
| Organizers: | Humberto Perotto-Baldivieso Maria Fernandez-Gimenez  | ||
| 8:30 AM | Welcoming Remarks | ||
| 8:35 AM | An Eco-Historical Analysis of Rangeland Ecosystems in the Iberian Peninsula. Their Influence on Landscape and Biodiversity Antonio Gómez-Sal  | ||
| 9:00 AM | Change in Landscape Pattern and Vegetation Succession in Response to Herder Settlement Ahmed El Aich Sr., Concepcion Lopez Alados, Denis Dean, Melinda Laituri, Randall Boone  | ||
| 9:25 AM | Landscape Histories, Livestock Management, and Mesquite Expansion In the Chihuahuan Desert of New Mexico Ed Fredrickson, Jeff Herrick, H. Raul Peinetti, Andrea Laliberte  | ||
| 9:50 AM | Break | ||
| 10:05 AM | State-of-the art methodologies to monitor behavior in rangelands Matteo Barbari, Leonardo Conti, Stefano Simonini  | ||
| 10:30 AM | Grazing, Landscape and Multiple Use Criteria for Managing Mediterranean Shrubland Zalmen Henkin  | ||
| 10:55 AM | Effects of Grazing Systems on Livestock Grazing Behavior in Shrub-Dominated Semi-Arid and Arid Rangelands Derek W. Bailey, Joel Brown  | ||
| 11:20 AM | Man as A Super-Engineer in Semiarid Ecosystems: Past Evidence and Future Role Eugene David Ungar, Avi Perevolotsky  | ||
| 11:45 AM | Panel Discussion | ||
| Sponsor: | Symposia | ||
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