Pasture utilisation is a term used to describe the estimation of animal intake of pasture dry matter expressed as a proportion of either pasture growth per season or nominated period. The calculation has been used for purposes of evaluating animal production and grazing pressure impacts on the pasture resource, including the flow-on effects to runoff and soil loss. Pasture utilisation is a unifying concept across grazing trials (McKeon and Rickert 1984) and hence there has been increasing interest from rangeland scientists, policy makers and the grazing industry to determine optimal pasture utilisation across a range of land types for the purpose of improving rangeland management. ...
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 15th Australian Rangeland Society Biennial Conference'. (Ed. D. Orr) 4 pages. (Australian Rangeland Society: Australia).
Full-text publications from the Australian Rangelands Society (ARS) Biennial Conference Proceedings (1997-), Rangeland Journal (ARS/CSIRO; 1976-), plus videos and other resources about the rangelands of Australia.