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Scaling Up From Ecograze - The Virginia Park Experience
Author
Corfield, J.P.
Nelson, B.S.
Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2008
Body

A recently completed MLA funded study (Post et al. 2006) applied sustainable grazing strategies, including reduced utilisation and wet season spelling  to commercial paddocks at Virginia Park Station, Mingela, north Queensland, using grazing management guidelines derived from the earlier Ecograze study (Ash et al. 2001). The objective of the Virginia Park study was to test commercial application of these grazing management guidelines and monitor impacts on land condition, hydrological function and sediment and nutrient movement over a four year period between 2002 and 2006. ...

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Paper
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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).
Conference Name
15th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Charters Towers Queensland
Keywords
sustainable land management
Bothriochloa pertusa
north Queensland