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- Library Collection RecordThis paper elaborates on my position as rangeland manager for AACo, my experiences and challenges in this role, and highlights issues critical to achievement and success in rangeland management. In…Publication Date 2004
- production structure
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordMajor changes in production systems and land management in the Upper Gascoyne and Mt Magnet regions of Western Australia in recent years have been influenced by complex social, cultural, economic and…Publication Date 2004
- cattle
- goats
- sheep
- production systems
- Library Collection RecordFor decades pastoralists and researchers have been trying to find better ways of matching stock numbers to rangeland conditions, where rainfall and grass production are more variable and less…Publication Date 2004
- models
- arid zones
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordThis paper outlines the aims and early findings of a project exploring Environmental ManagementSystems (EMS) in the Central Australian beef industry. This project is one of 15 funded under the…Publication Date 2004
- cattle
- efficiency
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1990
- grazing
- Alpine grazing
- Australia
- Sub alpine grazing
- Victorian grazing
- Library Collection RecordWe outline the results of recent work aimed at determining the impact of grazing on biodiversity of the arid and semi-arid rangelands. We examined changes in the abundance and species composition of…Publication Date 1996
- biodiversity
- grazing
- water
- biodiversity
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe objective was to establish whether reliable intake and digestibility estimates could be obtained under range conditions using n-alkanes. Goats both browse and graze, which makes the use of n-…Publication Date 1996
- rangelands
- digestibility
- grazing
- alkanes
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordWe quantified the effect of high levels of wiregrass in buffel grass pasture on sheep growth over 2 years at Roma. Despite using very high stocking rates compared to district norms, animal…Publication Date 1996
- pastures
- sheep
- grasses
- stocking rate
- Australia
- Wiregrass
- Library Collection RecordThe influence of patches on the foraging behaviour and feed intake of cattle was investigated in a tropical rangeland environment, north-east Queensland. Areas mown to simulate grazed patches were…Publication Date 1996
- cattle
- feed intake
- paddocks
- grazing
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThe persistence of desirable species in a pasture is essential for sustainability and animal production. Therefore, it is necessary to document how grazing and land type (land class) influence the…Publication Date 1996
- stocking rate
- Pressure
- grazing
- Land levelling
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordEarly measurements of cattle growth rates on native pasture in the black speargrass region indicated only modest potential for beef production (80 to 100 kg LWG/head/yr). To provide a contemporary…Publication Date 1996
- cattle
- animal production
- liveweight
- paddocks
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordIn an attempt to provide a simple and standard procedure for documenting seasonal conditions which does not rely on rainfall reports from isolated recording stations, a non-destructive, field-based…Publication Date 1996
- seasons
- measurement
- pastures
- species
- northern Alice Springs district
- Library Collection RecordTwo states of herbaceous vegetation, one dominated by palatable perennial grasses (SI) and the second by less palatable perennial grasses and annual species (SID, were subjected to different levels…Publication Date 1996
- perennials
- annuals
- grasses
- pastures
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordLivers from 228 cattle from western New South Wales were sampled and copper concentrations determined by atomic absorption spectroscopy. Information collected on each beast included its origin,…Publication Date 1996
- cattle
- copper
- Data
- class (taxa)
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordVariable grazing intensity within extensive paddocks in northern Australia's cattle industry is not necessarily related to the normal piosphere effect, but also to heterogeneous landscapes and…Publication Date 1996
- vegetation
- grazing
- soil
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordNine paired sites, one grazed and the other enclosed from cattle grazing, were assessed using modified dry-weight-rank and comparative yield procedures. The enclosures were all longterm, varying in…Publication Date 1996
- cattle
- grazing
- vegetation
- site
- Central Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2000
- rabbits
- regeneration
- grazing
- Acacia carnei
- threatened species
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- cattle
- pastures
- rangelands
- North-eastern Australia
- seasonal influence
- Library Collection RecordThere is growing evidence of long term degradation of soil resources as a result of grazing pressures in many parts of the upper Burdekin catchment, north Queensland. To assess pathways to recovery…Publication Date 2002
- cattle
- soil resources
- degradation
- paddocks
- nutrients
- rainfall
- grazing pressure
- Northern Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- frameworks
- grazing management
- rangelands
- cattle
- enterprises
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordClimate has a large impact on vegetation and animal production in northern Australia. The length of the dry season, variable annual rainfall, extreme temperatures and high evaporation rates make…Publication Date 2002
- grasslands
- rainfall
- weather forecasting
- management
- pastures
- summer
- Northern Australia
- Library Collection RecordGeographic Information Systems (GIS) offer tools for examining grazing patterns in greater detail than previously. While general patterns such as patch grazing are documented in Mitchell grasslands…Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- paddocks
- grasslands
- sheep
- soil
- pastures
- GIS
- geographic information systems
- Queensland
- Utilisation
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- monitoring
- vegetation
- rangelands
- projects
- networks
- analysis
- density
- species
- Pressure
- grazing
- Bioregion
- Southern Australia
- Station
- Library Collection RecordPATCHKEY is a new conceptual patch classification model extending the QLD DPI &F ABCD system for describing grazing induced patch changes. Using both vegetation and soil variables we are able…Publication Date 2006
- models
- landscape
- grazing
- Australia
- patch
- Library Collection RecordSoil carbon and ground cover were measured in 2005 on two sets of 24-year-old multiple grazing exclosures at "Croxdale ", a Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries (QDPI…Publication Date 2006
- ground cover plants
- grazing
- soil erosion
- soil carbon
- southwestern Queensland
- Library Collection RecordA F.NIRS calibration equation was developed for predicting the 13C ratio in faeces, and therefore the proportions of C4 tropical grasses to C3 non-grass plants (primarily forbs, legumes and browses)…Publication Date 2006
- calibration
- measurement
- seasonality
- grazing
- Northern Australia
- Library Collection RecordIn grazed landscapes, the condition, location, size and frequency of grazing induced patches can relate directly to hydrological function, sediment and nutrient loss at the paddock scale and beyond.…Publication Date 2006
- frameworks
- grazing
- hydrological cycle
- north Queensland
- patch
- Library Collection RecordA grazing trial begun in the Victoria River District (VRD) in 1993 aimed to determine sustainable management strategies and stocking rates that were optimal in terms of both ecology and economics.…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- grazing
- stocking rate
- Sustainable economic development
- Northern Australia
- Library Collection RecordSmall mammal, reptile, ant and plant diversity, soil health and landscape condition were compared at sites that were either 1) reserved for conservation, 2) currently stocked or 3) long-ungrazed…Publication Date 2006
- conservation (storage)
- woodlands
- grazing
- animals
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis investigation aims to establish the feasibility of managing the grazing of cattle through methods other than increased fencing within the extensive production systems of the Barkly region of the…Publication Date 2006
- grazing management
- cattle
- Alternative methods
- Northern Australia
- Watering Point
- Library Collection RecordThe ability of heavy, light, and variable stocking, rotational spelling (R/Spell) and a SOIVariable strategy to cope with rainfall variability was tested over 8 years. Individual annual live weight…Publication Date 2006
- grazing management
- strategies
- animal production
- pastures
- north Queensland
- Library Collection RecordA woodland monitoring network has been progressively established within the 60 Mha of Queensland's grazed woodlands since 1982. A subset of monitoring sites within this network has been…Publication Date 2002
- grazing
- Eucalyptus
- woodlands
- monitoring
- Queensland
- Australia
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- grazing
- surveys
- land degradation
- guidelines
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordIn eastern Australia, woodland clearing or thinning to enhance productivity from pastoral activities was common practice at latitudes greater than 20°S. Ecological theory says that in water-limiting…Publication Date 2006
- woodlands
- trees
- pastures
- ecology
- eastern Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe use of faecal Near Infra -red Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) to predict the diet quality selected by grazing cattle and future body condition of cattle has been evaluated for several common…Publication Date 2006
- tools
- cattle
- grazing management
- Diet preferences
- Australia
- diet
- Library Collection RecordA project to improve the productivity of cattle breeder herds initiated in 2004 is producing interesting information in the Pilbara and Kimberley of WA. Objectives of this project include determining…Publication Date 2006
- projects
- cattle
- productivity
- management
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis study investigated the distribution and landscape selection of grazing cattle using a global positioning system (GPS) to track cattle. Brahman cows were fitted with BlueskyTM GPS collars for 8…Publication Date 2006
- global positioning systems
- landscape
- cattle
- selection
- north Australia
- Library Collection RecordA demonstration site has been developed in conjunction with Warrawagine Station and the Department of Agriculture and Food to investigate the benefits of maintaining individual animal records to…Publication Date 2006
- monitoring
- cattle
- livestock production
- Australia
- Production Records
- Library Collection RecordAuthor summary: "...In this paper, I will talk about my experience of the last 4 years, managing my grazing enterprise as a complex system. I will tell you a bit about what I’ve done…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- stocking rate
- wool production
- sheep
- Nutritional Requirements
- Australia
- complex systems
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Fire is an integral component of tropical savannas, but is often actively excluded from commercially grazed systems in northern Australia. The Kidman Springs Fire Trial (Victoria River…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- Australia
- fire management
- tropical savannas
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT Is the use of rangelands for cattle production consistent with the conservation of natural habitat? The problem is discussed in the context of a case study of Toomba Station, a fully…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- sustainability
- Australia
- conservation
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Mitchell Grass pastures are valued for their high carrying capacity and traditionally there has been some reluctance to use fire in their management. The effects of fire in a cattle…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- Australia
- fire
- grazing
- Mitchell grass
- Library Collection RecordAbstract A new trial investigating wet season spelling (with and without early wet season burning) to improve land condition commenced on Delamere station in the Victoria River District (VRD) in…Publication Date 2012
- cattle
- 3P grasses
- Australia
- savanna burning
- Library Collection RecordAbstract There has been a reduced use of fire as a management tool in grazing systems within the Burdekin rangelands since the wet years of the 1970’s. Several severe droughts and the adverse…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- Australia
- Extension
- woodland thickening
- Library Collection RecordHuman impacts have dramatically altered the structure and composition of many communities often resulting in new or novel states that are difficult (and potentially impossible) to reverse. New…Publication Date 2010
- grazing
- Great Artesian Basin
- novel ecosystems
- soil seedbank
- south eastern Australia
- Library Collection RecordPastoralists across five shires in the West Australian (WA) arid shrublands have designed a project to determine how to cost-effectively regenerate the productive capacity of their land. The…Publication Date 2010
- kangaroos
- grazing
- shrublands
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe ecological history of rangelands is often presented as a tale of devastation, where fragile drylands are irreversibly degraded through inappropriate land-use. There is confusion about how to…Publication Date 2015
- degradation
- eastern Australia
- grazing
- rare species
- Vegetation Change
- Library Collection RecordPasture 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…Publication Date 2008
- pastures
- feed intake
- GRASP
- grazing trial
- pasture utilisation
- QuikIntake
- Library Collection RecordIncreaser species are useful indicators of rangeland condition. In the Gawler Ranges District of the South Australian Pastoral Zone, Maireana pyramidata (blackbush) is commonly considered an…Publication Date 2008
- grazing
- belt transects
- chenopod species
- rangeland condition
- Library Collection RecordFactors that influence selective grazing preference occur at a range of scales and include both edaphic elements such as topography, vegetation community, soil type and human influences such as…Publication Date 2008
- cattle
- degradation