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- Library Collection RecordLand condition monitoring information supports the strategic management of grazing land and better understanding of ecosystem processes. Yet for policy makers and those land managers whose properties…Publication Date 2008
- geospatial land monitoring
- Queensland's Great Barrier Reef
- Library Collection RecordAn understanding of the livestock systems and grasslands in Inner Mongolia is essential in order to identify a solution to the enormous issues these people face. These issues include the degradation…Publication Date 2008
- degradation
- inner Mongolia
- livestock systems
- Library Collection RecordThe stability and resilience of grazing land in “A†condition was demonstrated in a central Queensland grazing trial where landscape stability was potentially compromised when short term grazing…Publication Date 2008
- Bothriochloa ewartiana
- Central Queensland
- Chrysopogon fallax
- Heteropogon contortus
- Library Collection RecordThe substantial range declines of the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) and the burrowing bettong (Bettongia lesueur) are thought to have had dramatic effects on ecosystem processes in the Australian…Publication Date 2008
- Bettonga Lesueur
- Macrotis lagotis
- Oryctolagus cuniculus
- Varanus gouldii
- Library Collection RecordWhilst the importance of good soil condition in grazed systems has long been recognised, grazing management in tropical savannas has historically focussed on the maintenance of perennial grasses and…Publication Date 2008
- perennials
- soil macroinvertebrates
- Library Collection RecordLocal government in the Anmatjere (Ti Tree) region, 200km north of Alice Springs, identified high Aboriginal unemployment as a core issue for sustainable regional development. Unemployment (as…Publication Date 2008
- institutions
- Aboriginal People
- Alice Springs
- Anmatjere region
- Library Collection RecordMonitoring plant population dynamics efficiently is achieved by repeated sampling at fixed points (Philleps et al. 1998). Often accompanying such data are a plethora of pictorial data that are often…Publication Date 2008
- nomenclature
- Library Collection RecordThere is a correlation between poor land condition and high amounts of runoff from grazing lands. The primary sources of sediment exported from grazing lands are hillslope, gully and riverbank…Publication Date 2008
- erosion
- Library Collection RecordThe Lyndon and Upper Gascoyne Land Conservation District Committees (LCDC) are some of the most active, innovative and longstanding committees of their type in the Western Australian southern…Publication Date 2008
- biodiversity conservation
- Management Plan
- Library Collection RecordFertility of the soil supporting degraded native grassland at Trangie Agricultural Research Centre was either enhanced by addition of fertiliser, reduced by application of sugar, or left untreated.…Publication Date 2008
- degradation
- fertilizers
- Austrodanthonia caespitosa
- Enteropogon acicularis
- Library Collection RecordPaying landholders to produce ecosystem services—including water quality improvements, nature conservation and restoration, landscape management and carbon sequestration—is not a new concept. A…Publication Date 2008
- market-based instruments
- tropical savannas
- Library Collection RecordThis paper explores the relationships between graziers’ goals, perceived impediments to biodiversity conservation and suitable incentives to facilitate the adoption of conservation practices in the…Publication Date 2008
- biodiversity
- grazing management
- Library Collection RecordNormalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) satellite data derived from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor were used to generate time-series data for discrete…Publication Date 2008
- Rainfall patterns
- satellite data
- vegetation flush
- Library Collection RecordAn average 5 million hectares is burnt annually in Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula (CYP) region, which totals approximately 13.5 million hectares. Fire scars in CYP have been mapped using…Publication Date 2008
- timing
- topography
- biodiversity
- adhesives
- extent
- Queensland's Cape York Peninsula region
- Library Collection RecordManagement of Merino ewes to maintain targeted ewe body weight and condition score during pregnancy improves lamb survival, ewe wool staple strength and results in finer wool from progeny (Thompson…Publication Date 2008
- Library Collection RecordIn the 1980’s CSIRO and QDPI established a number of pasture legume evaluation trials throughout clay soil regions in Queensland’s semiarid tropical rangelands. These sites have long since been…Publication Date 2008
- rangelands
- Desmanthus
- Cahrters Towers
- Library Collection RecordAt the CSIRO Division of Land Resources Management, Deniliquin, a project to identify the impact of economic, administrative, and social influences on rangeland management has begun. This paper…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- New South Wales
- 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 RecordBuffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) is a contentious species, being valued in many regions of the Australian rangelands for its contribution to livestock production, while also being widely regarded as…Publication Date 2008
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- livestock production
- biodiversity
- Library Collection RecordIn 2007, the Biodiversity Working Group of the Australian Collaborative Rangelands Information System nominated buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) as a transformer weed of Australian rangelands with…Publication Date 2008
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- risk
- Library Collection RecordArid Australia covers more than 70 percent of the Australian continent. As this vast region harbours more than half of Australia’s endangered fauna and one third of its mammals are already extinct…Publication Date 2008
- biodiversity conservation
- D. cristicauda
- Dasycercus blythi
- Simpson Desert
- Triodia basedowii
- Library Collection RecordThe Western Catchment Management Authority (WCMA) is the statutory body that engages the regional community in natural resource management. It is also the primary vehicle for the delivery of…Publication Date 2008
- grazing pressure
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordThe health of rangeland biodiversity is an important component of reporting on rangeland condition and ecologically sustainable management. However, there is only limited capability to report trends…Publication Date 2008
- sustainable management
- Library Collection RecordSouthern Gulf Catchments (SGC) contracted Dr. Leasie Felderhof of Firescape Science to develop a detailed proposal for addressing fire management issues in the Greater Mount Isa (GMI) region. Decades…Publication Date 2008
- fire ecology
- Southern Gulf Catchments
- Library Collection RecordThis paper presents results of over 40 years of experience on rangelands in the central and western parts of the United States. The principal theme is the relationship of drought to vegetation…
- drought
- forage
- Africa
- Colorado
- Midwestern United States
- western U.S.
- Library Collection RecordNative animals have many important roles in ecosystems, and all organisms that modify, maintain, create or destroy the abiotic environment have been termed ‘ecosystem engineers’ (Jones et al.…Publication Date 2008
- abiotic environment
- Library Collection RecordThis paper examines the reasons why knowledge about the rangelands is transferred so slowly and imperfectly between landholders, scientists, the policy community and politicians. There are two limbs…Publication Date 2008
- Library Collection RecordThe 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…Publication Date 2008
- biodiversity
- Library Collection RecordThe diet selected and liveweight (LW) change of 4 drafts, each comprised of 3 age groups of Bos indicus cross steers grazing a native pasture paddock over 4 years in the southern speargrass pasture…Publication Date 2008
- Bos indicus
- native species
- grazing productivity
- Library Collection RecordThe nutritional values of native plants in the arid shrublands of Western Australia were compared to the nutrition (dietary) profile of Merino sheep estimated from faecal samples. Plant profiles had…Publication Date 2008
- native species
- Merino
- Library Collection RecordIncreasing demand for seed of native grasses in Queensland, mostly for rehabilitation of landscapes affected by mining or urban development, is not being satisfied through current production systems…Publication Date 2008
- pasture plants
- Library Collection RecordA 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…Publication Date 2008
- sustainable land management
- Bothriochloa pertusa
- north Queensland
- 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
- Library Collection RecordSustainable use of wildlife has become widely accepted in recent years as a strategy to secure conservation outcomes at the same time as supporting human livelihoods (CITES 1992; IUCN 2000; CBD 2004…Publication Date 2008
- incentives
- Library Collection RecordCommercial activity for Australian bush foods industry is derived from uniquely Australian flora and fauna and is founded primarily on traditional Aboriginal knowledge of the collection, preparation…Publication Date 2008
- commercialization
- Library Collection RecordUnder extensive grazing, cattle exercise choice in where they graze and the pasture species they prefer to graze. Often, these choices are influenced by physical drivers in the landscape, such as…Publication Date 2008
- management
- erosion
- Central Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThe Pilbara region of WA alone contributes about $10 billion in export earnings from mining iron ore. The industry is expanding in the region with many new prospects being developed. While each…Publication Date 2008
- environmental impact
- iron
- Pilbara region
- Library Collection RecordLandholders in the Western Catchment are employing different types of management strategies to improve or maintain groundcover, so they remain sustainable both environmentally and economically. Total…Publication Date 2008
- incentives
- sustainable grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe emerging carbon economy will have a major impact on grazing businesses due to significant livestock methane and land-use change emissions. Livestock methane alone accounts for around 11% of…Publication Date 2008
- carbon
- livestock
- methane emission
- budgets
- Library Collection RecordThere are approximately 4.5 million cattle grazed in catchments along the Great Barrier Reef with the greatest numbers in the Fitzroy and Burdekin catchments (Source: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park…Publication Date 2008
- overgrazing
- erosion
- Fitzroy and Burdekin catchments
- Great Barrier Reef
- Library Collection RecordSatellite data are increasingly used to assess trends in rangeland cover (Grech et al. 2003; Karfs 2002), and a variety of indices have been derived from satellite data to assess land condition or…Publication Date 2008
- ground cover
- Library Collection RecordExploring the potential role of the commercial use of native species in providing rural livelihoods and building ecological resilience is the primary focus of the FATE program at UNSW (www.fate.unsw.…Publication Date 2008
- rural finance
- Library Collection RecordExtensive pastoralism, (that is, the grazing of sheep and cattle) occupied 3.67 million km2 (59% of the rangelands) and contributed $1.8 billion (74% of rangeland agricultural production) in 2001 (…Publication Date 2008
- pastoralism
- sustainable agriculture
- degradation
- fires
- Library Collection RecordLandscape leakiness describes the extent to which landscapes have lost their capacity to regulate rainwater and soil nutrients. We demonstrate a remote sensing-based index for monitoring changes in…Publication Date 2008
- native species
- perennials
- Library Collection RecordMODIS ‘visible’ red band imagery was used to develop a scaled index of vegetation cover to assist land condition monitoring programs of the pastoral lands of the semi-arid and arid Northern…Publication Date 2008
- analysis
- pastoralism
- Library Collection RecordThe Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre’s (DKCRC) WaterSmart Pastoral ProductionTM Project was established in 2005 with the aims of (i) encouraging pastoralists to understand how optimise…Publication Date 2008
- pastoralism
- rainfall
- production
- Library Collection RecordMesquite is one of 20 Weeds of National Significance in Australia, identified for its invasiveness, impacts on the environment, high potential for spread across a wide landscape and the socioeconomic…Publication Date 2008
- management
- Library Collection RecordThe Gulf Fire Project was a concept put together by the lower Gulf of Carpentaria Traditional Owners (TOs) along with Southern Gulf Catchments, Rural Fire Service, the North Australian Indigenous…Publication Date 2008
- crops
- controlled burning
- north-west Queensland
- southern Gulf of Carpentaria
- Library Collection RecordLandscape Function Analysis (LFA) is a rigorously developed method that can be used to assess and monitor how a hill slope is functioning as a biogeochemical system and the extent to which it is self…Publication Date 2008
- biogeochemical cycle
- software
- Library Collection RecordThe Building Partnerships to Improve Rangeland Management project is a collaborative, partnership-based approach to natural resource management in South Australian rangelands. The project’s broad…Publication Date 2008
- funding
- collaborative
- innovative