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- Library Collection RecordWe are constantly told that as pastoralists we must improve production, make more money, join the rat race, the motto being greed and growth. Well there are a few inhibiting factors to this that are…Publication Date 2004
- sustainability
- production
- Library Collection RecordA supply chain is more than an academic concept and a business model - it is a structure based on real companies and individuals co- operating with each other to bring real benefits to themselves and…Publication Date 2004
- partnerships
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordChange is going on in everyone's life. While some change is forced on us, most occurs because we decide to make a change to achieve a different outcome. During the Sustainable Grazing Systems (…Publication Date 2004
- tools
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordThe Australian climate is one of the most variable in the world. Better understanding of this variability, and how to use seasonal climate forecasts, is essential for maintaining profitable rural…Publication Date 2004
- sustainability
- climate variability
- Library Collection RecordDrought is an ever-present problem for sustainable grazing enterprises in the semi-arid and arid zones of Australia. Little is known of the long-term responses of pastures to drought although some…Publication Date 2004
- drought
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordMuch of the recent literature and discussion has dealt with sustainable management in terms of either managing ecological sustainability or economic sustainability. Very little discussion or thought…Publication Date 1996
- sustainability
- management
- Factors
- pastoralism
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordIn Australia, as in other developed countries, rural industries are responding to increasing pressure to demonstrate their environmental credentials. At the same time, there is an increasing trend…Publication Date 1996
- land use
- management
- frameworks
- sustainability
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe sustainability of an area depends entirely on how we manage the precipitation, the time of year it falls and the quantity of rain. Each land manager has many different grass communities unique…Publication Date 1996
- rangelands
- sustainability
- grazing management
- Central Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2000
- ecological balance
- rangelands
- management
- economics
- sustainability
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPastoral use of the New South Wales rangelands has not been sustainable. Change in land use policy is required to achieve sustainability. Yet without understanding how this evolving social-ecological…Publication Date 2000
- rangelands
- land use
- stakeholders
- sustainability
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThis planning process implemented by Aboriginal landholding organisations in 1999 has promoted Aboriginal interests in the rangelands by providing information about Aboriginal land management…Publication Date 2000
- management
- aboriginal organizations
- sustainability
- land use
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe mainstream view of pastoral management is founded on the principle of 'conservative stocking' as the basis for economic viability and ecological sustainability. Under this paradigm…Publication Date 2000
- management
- sustainability
- stocking rate
- Government intervention
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- rangelands
- land management
- sustainability
- economics
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- management
- rangelands
- sustainability
- social systems
- Central Queensland
- Planning Project
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- water resources
- sustainability
- indicators
- Auditing
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- sustainability
- Natural resources management
- information technology
- programmes
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- sustainability
- water resources
- land management
- soil moisture
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordSustainable use of native vegetation has become a central issue in the management of rangeland ecosystems. Bushcare, a major native vegetation management initiative under the Commonwealth's…Publication Date 2000
- rangelands
- management
- vegetation
- sustainability
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- sustainability
- grazing management
- models
- Taxation policies
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAn urgent need exists for the development of principles for the sustainable management of the savannas of northern Australia. Based on current and recent research we propose five principles for the…Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- sustainability
- overgrazing
- biodiversity
- savannas
- Grass Layer
- Northern Australia
- prescribed fire
- Library Collection RecordWe propose a framework for sustainable grazing management of southern rangelands based on the concept of tactical grazing. The underlying principles are (1) establishment of paddock objectives (2)…Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- rangelands
- sustainability
- paddocks
- rainfall
- Stocks
- monitoring
- conservation (storage)
- grazing pressure
- Northern Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- projects
- Nature conservation
- cultural heritage
- sustainability
- land use planning
- biodiversity
- Southern Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- Nature conservation
- rangelands
- extension activities
- landlords
- grazing management
- Fear
- sustainability
- projects
- Southern Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstarct not Available.Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- Workshops
- paddocks
- monitoring
- sustainability
- strategies
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- savannas
- sustainability
- grazing management
- rainfall
- seasons
- Northern Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- vegetation
- management
- salinity
- sustainability
- forests
- ecosystems
- data analysis
- Land Manager
- South Western Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- sustainability
- frameworks
- management
- rangelands
- investment
- environmental factors
- groups
- Leases
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- environmental management
- rangelands
- stakeholders
- conservation (storage)
- programmes
- Biophysics
- Leases
- biodiversity
- sustainability
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordHistorically, in the WA southern rangelands the traditional approach of many pastoral stations to grazing management was to set stocking rates based on previous year's tallies and to make…Publication Date 2006
- grazing management
- sustainability
- stocking rate
- livestock production
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- intensification
- grazing lands
- sustainability
- grazing pressure
- Northern Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Central Australian Grazing Strategies Partnership is a collaboration between the CLMA, NT DPIFM, Desert Knowledge CRC, CSIRO and the pastoral industry, to promote research into rangeland spell…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- grazing management
- strategies
- sustainability
- Central Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC) has a mandate to deliver cultural, social, environmental and economic benefits to indigenous landholders across Australia. A focus on capacity development,…Publication Date 2006
- indigenous peoples
- sustainability
- projects
- Australia
- Landholder
- Library Collection RecordThe South Australian rangelands are characterised by dominant chenopod shrubs with over - story of long -lived tree species. Because of longevity of many plants, population models are widely…Publication Date 2006
- projections
- sustainability
- plants
- models
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordAustralian rural landscapes are facing a crisis from land degradation, due to rising salinity levels, soil acidification and soil erosion. There is growing consensus amongst the businesses community…Publication Date 2006
- land degradation
- solutions
- sustainability
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordSustainable Wildlife Enterprises (SWE) is a property -level stewardship initiative that sets out to trial the sustainable commercial use of wildlife. The objective is to create alternative revenue…Publication Date 2006
- trials
- management
- sustainability
- wildlife
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordSustainable grazing management systems need to be both economically viable and environmentally sustainable. Pasture spelling is now widely recommended, with its timing of great importance. Three key…Publication Date 2006
- grazing management
- sustainability
- timing
- Australia
- perennial grass
- Library Collection RecordSustainable Wildlife Enterprises (SWE) trials are an initiative by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation ( RIRDC). They seek to integrate Australia's native wildlife into…Publication Date 2006
- trials
- sustainability
- wildlife
- Australia
- commercialization
- Library Collection RecordThis paper opens the symposium with a description of the biological and economic importance of crested wheatgrass.Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron cristatum
- Intermountain West
- North America
- Western United States
- Library Collection RecordKeynote address for the Crested Wheatgrass Symposium, October 3-7, 1983 in Logan, Utah.Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron cristatum
- Agropyron desertorum
- crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum)
- Intermountain West
- North America
- Western United States
- Library Collection RecordThe first introductions of crested wheatgrass [Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn., A. desertorum (Fisch.) Schult., and related taxa] to North America were made by N. E. Hansen in 1898. Additional…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron cristatum
- Agropyron desertorum
- drought
- Arid climate
- semiarid climate
- Canada
- North America
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe purposes of this paper are to review the position of the genus Agropyron in the tribe Triticeae and to examine alternative taxonomic treatments within Agropyron. When Agropyron is defined as…Publication Date 1986
- North America
- crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum)
- North America
- Library Collection RecordConsiderable literature has accumulated concerning seed and seedling relations of crested wheatgrass. The extensive literature covers a period of more than 40 years and is found in a wide variety of…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron
- Intermountain United States
- Intermountain West
- North America
- Library Collection RecordLarge areas of sagebrush-grass rangelands are brush dominated and are producing 50 percent or less of their forage potential. Conversion of these rangelands to crested wheatgrass for increased forage…Publication Date 1986
- crested wheatgrass
- herbicides
- sagebrush
- North America
- Library Collection RecordCrested wheatgrass seedings in the western United States have persisted as virtual monocultures for over 50 years following their establishment. Such stability typically is attributed to superior…Publication Date 1986
- crested wheatgrass
- North America
- Library Collection RecordVegetation diversity and productivity of western rangelands have been reduced by selective grazing. Range improvement research in the late 1930's and 1940's suggested that controlling…
- land reclamation
- monoculture
- North America
- Library Collection RecordUngrazed crested wheatgrass seedings may intercept from 7 to 22 percent of the annual precipitation. Infiltration rates following seeding are not particularly impacted on coarse-textured soils…Publication Date 1986
- precipitation
- pinyon
- North America
- Library Collection RecordThe history and present status of entomological observations and research in Utah and other states as related to crested wheatgrass is reviewed. The black grass bug Lapops hesperius Uhler is the…Publication Date 1986
- pest control methods
- North America
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordWhen degraded sagebrush communities are converted to grasslands to improve forage production for livestock, impacts on nongame birds occur. Removal of sagebrush results in displacement of the shrub-…Publication Date 1986
- sagebrush
- North America
- perennial grass
- Library Collection RecordDespite the widespread success of crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum and A. desertorum) as a seeded species for rangeland improvement and rehabilitation, the scophysiology of the plant has…Publication Date 1986
- grazing tolerance
- North America
- Photosynthetic capacity
- Library Collection RecordChemical, mechanical and phenological mechanisms by which plants avoid or minimize herbivory have received considerable attention in the last decade (e.g. Janzen 1969; Rosenthal 1977; Cates and…Publication Date 1981
- Agropyron desertorum
- Artemisia tridentata
- North America