Rangeland Ecology & Management

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Kimberley Grasslands: Change, Drivers And Attribution
Author
Novelly, P.E.
Craig, A.B.
McCarthy, R.F.
Hadden, D.J.
Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2004
Body

The Western Australian Rangeland Monitoring System (WARMS) provides change information onpastoral rangelands at broad scales, through a set of representative, point -based sites (Watson andNovelly, 2004).Sites are allocated to vegetation groups (Table 1) based on an index of pastoralproductivity, fragility and areal extent. There are 381 grassland sites in the Kimberley, reassessed on athree -year cycle. Ancillary data are collected concerning use of the paddock within which the site islocated, as well as nearest rainfall data, evidence of fire and so on. ...

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
13th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs
Keywords
rainfall