Rangeland Ecology & Management

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Palatable forbs less prolific than presumed on a black soil site in the Victoria River District
Author
Ward, J.
Walsh, D.
Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2015
Body

Overgrazing around water sources has long been a problem for resource management, and therefore
productivity, on cattle stations in northern Australia. This paper presents observations from a
demonstration project investigating whether early wet season burning, followed by wet season
spelling, every three or four years can rejuvenate a degraded pasture quicker than wet season
spelling alone. The demonstration . . . . .

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Poster
Additional Information
It is recommended that papers in the conference proceedings be cited in the following manner:
Bastin, G, Sparrow, A, Scarth, P., Gill, T. Barneston, J. and Staben G. (2015). Are we there yet? Tracking state and change in Australia's rangelands. In Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs (Ed M.H. Friedel) [Australian Rangeland Society: Perth]
Keywords
3P grasses
cattle grazing
land condition
Northern Australia
pasture composition