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Tactical grazing: an evaluation in eastern semi-arid woodlands
Author
Hodgkinson, K.C.
Müller, W.J.
Hacker, R.B.
Johnston, P.W.
Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2010
Body

Transition from an open wooded grassland state to a shrubby woodland state, and the reverse, is driven by the agents of prolonged rainfall events, drought, fire and grazing. We altered the grazing regimes over a 10-year period at 10 widely spaced sites in the north west of the Murray Darling Basin, to examine whether a transition can be achieved by resting from grazing alone. ...

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Paper
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Cite this paper:
Hodgkinson, K.C., Müller, W.J., Hacker, R.B. and Johnston, P.W. (2010) Tactical grazing: an evaluation in eastern semi-arid woodlands.In: Proceedings of the 16thBiennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Bourke (Eds D.J. Eldridge and C. Waters) (Australian Rangeland Society: Perth).
Conference Name
16th Biennial Conference, Australian Rangeland Society, Bourke, New South Wales
Keywords
drought
grasses
shrubs
plant density
Murray Darling Basin