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Biodiversity at the "Toorak" grazing trail, Northwestern QLD
Author
Fisher, A.
Kutt, A.
Risler, J.
Milne, D.
Petit, J.
Anderson, A.
Phelps, D.
Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2004
Body

There is increasing impetus for the maintenance of biodiversity values throughout Australia's rangelands. This necessitates an improved understanding of the effects of grazing management on biodiversity, invoking the question of whether there is a threshold of grazing intensity above which ecological sustainability is compromised. A substantial impediment to addressing this question is the shortage, in many rangeland regions, of comparable areas having a broad range of precisely -known grazing levels consistently applied over long periods. ...

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Paper
Additional Information
Use this form to cite paper: Anderson, L., van Klinken,R.D.,and Shepherd, D. (2008). Aerially surveying Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) in the Pilbara. In: ‘A Climate of Change in the Rangelands. Proceedings of the 15thAustralian Rangeland Society Biennial Conference’. (Ed. D. Orr) 4 pages. (Australian Rangeland Society: Australia).
Conference Name
13th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs
Keywords
grazing management
assessment