The management of invasive or thickening woody species on western NSW rangelands has a chequered history. The issue was clearly recognised in the early years of pastoral settlement, but during the first half of the twentieth century, high rabbit numbers appear to have suppressed shrub recruitment. The decline of the rabbit with the onset of myxomatosis in the early 1950s, together with several woody recruitment episodes during high rainfall years, led to a period of active research and landholder activity in the use of various measures to kill “woody weedsâ€, including burning (Noble, 1997). ...
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).
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