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- Library Collection RecordThe main agricultural industry in South West Queensland is rangeland grazing. Historically, this has encompassed wool production, however, a decline in the sheep industry and an increase in the…Publication Date 2015
- agriculture
- biodiversity
- collaboration
- fencing
- grazing-pressure
- South Western Queensland
- wild-dog
- Library Collection RecordThis poster is a case study on the changes in pasture yield, cover and defoliation after the establishment of a new bore. This case study is part of a larger, long-term stocking rate and wet season…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- cover
- Mitchell grass
- pasture spelling
- stocking rate
- yield
- Library Collection RecordThe 66,640km2 Mount Isa Inlier/Northwest highlands bioregion in north western Queensland is typified by rugged red rocky hills, low open woodland of spinifex and snappy gum and is the location of…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- biodiversity
- engagement
- fire
- Managment
- Queensland
- stakeholder
- Library Collection RecordTotal grazing pressure (TGP) management is advocated to increase ground cover but few rangeland studies have provided direct evidence of the relationship between management and natural resources.…Publication Date 2015
- biodiversity
- ground cover
- soil carbon
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThe Pilbara Mesquite Management Committee (PMMC) was one of the first community groups in the WA rangelands to focus on partnering with local land managers in developing local solutions to one of…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- natural resource management
- partnerships
- rangelands
- weed management
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: The National Rangeland NRM Alliance (The Alliance) is a collaboration of 14 rangelands natural resource management bodies representing some 81 per cent of Australia’s landmass. The…Publication Date 2012
- rangelands
- Australia
- collaboration
- National
- 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. Inter-annual rainfall variability is a major challenge for sustainable and profitable grazing management in northern Australia. Results are presented from a large, 13 year grazing trial on…Publication Date 2012
- stocking rate
- Australia
- flexible stocking
- spelling
- Library Collection RecordThis paper focuses on the natural resources of the southern rangelands of Western Australia,from the Pilbara south, where the main activities (based on area) are pastoralism, tourism, Aboriginal…Publication Date 2012
- rangelands
- planning
- degradation
- Australia
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2012
- stocking rate
- carrying capacity
- rotational grazing
- monitoring techniques
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The contribution of non-domestic grazing pressure to pastoral areas of western NSW has been reported to increase grazing intensity by at least 50%. Any control of these external grazing…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- grazing management
- Australia
- ground cover
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The conflict that exists between the competing needs of biological conservation and those of pastoral production is well recognised, however, few studies examine these conflicts due to…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- production
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract An estimated 110 Mt of dust is eroded by wind from the Australian land surface each year, mainly originating from the arid and semi-arid rangelands. Livestock production is thought to…Publication Date 2012
- wind erosion
- land degradation
- management
- stocking rate
- Australia
- GRASP
- modelling
- Library Collection RecordRainfall variability is a major challenge to sustainable management on rangelands. We present data from a grazing trial in north Queensland on the relative performance of moderate (MSR), heavy (HSR…Publication Date 2010
- stocking rate
- pasture density
- rainfall variability
- Library Collection RecordLiterature suggests that provision of artificial water through bores, dams and ground tanks has negative environmental effects through increased grazing pressure, prevention of native species…Publication Date 2010
- biodiversity
- grazing pressure
- Water Point
- Library Collection RecordInvasive cacti have been identified by the natural resource management community as a major threat to the biodiversity and primary production values of the rangelands of Australia. A number of…Publication Date 2010
- Cacti
- invasive species
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThe Australian rangelands cover around 80% of the continent yet,from a biodiversity perspective, probably constitutes the most understudied part. To further the understanding of these ecosystems and…Publication Date 2010
- biodiversity
- rangelands
- reference sites
- Library Collection RecordThrough our experiences and partnerships at Desert Knowledge CRC we have accumulated a combination of expertise and commitment to tackle the issues facing people in remote Australia, which we are now…Publication Date 2010
- rangelands
- regional economies
- songlines
- 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 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 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 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 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 RecordRecent field research has established that biological soil crust communities (cyanobacteria, lichens, liverworts and mosses) are widespread across the rangelands of Queensland. Our survey has covered…Publication Date 2008
- Cyanobacteria
- biodiversity
- cyanobacterial soil crusts
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordWe investigated the use of several current measures of landscape health (Landscape Function Analysis, structure/composition/function (SCF)) as surrogates or indicators of arthropod biodiversity in…Publication Date 2008
- biodiversity
- Eucalyptus populnea
- Library Collection RecordBeef production is the most widespread land use in subtropical rangelands. Producers in these and other rangelands face many challenges to maintain profitability (e.g. declining terms of trade,…Publication Date 2008
- erosion
- biodiversity
- Burnett Region
- herd economic model
- south-eastern Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThe Eastern Sierra region of California is on the western edge of the Great Basin Desert of the United States. Livestock are typically grazed on a mix of private and public lands. Public lands are…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- Natural resources management
- conservation (storage)
- livestock
- California
- Library Collection RecordMatching livestock numbers with seasonal variation in forage supply is a major challenge for rangeland graziers. This paper describes the use of a spatial pasture growth model (Paddock GRASP) to…Publication Date 2006
- paddocks
- stocking rate
- frameworks
- management techniques
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordA relatively short history of systematic rangeland monitoring in Western Australia, spanning about one third of the pastoral industry's existence, has led to the current state wide program,…Publication Date 2006
- history
- rangelands
- monitoring
- programmes
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThirty-one producers from western Queensland trialled and evaluated an Environmental Management System (EMS) that was customised for the pastoral industry. This evaluation was conducted using three…Publication Date 2006
- evaluation
- Management information systems
- rangelands
- Pastoral Industry
- Western Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThe South Australian Government is currently contributing to the Australian Collaborative Rangeland Information System (ACRIS) through information collected at pastoral monitoring sites, biological…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- Data
- information systems
- change
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- alliances
- tourism
- rangelands
- Initiatives
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper endeavours to map out the steps that two families took in order to move their business ahead and also to adopt a rotational grazing system in the semi -arid rangelands of far western N.S.W…Publication Date 2006
- Businesses
- grazing systems
- rangelands
- change
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThe aim of this paper is to introduce a study that develops, tests and refines techniques for measuring biodiversity condition and management outcomes using before and after scientific experiments of…Publication Date 2006
- biodiversity
- assessment
- management
- South Australia
- Water Point
- Library Collection RecordAbundant literature links provision of artificial water points in pastoral areas to negative environmental effects, including increased grazing pressure, prevention of regeneration and promotion of…Publication Date 2006
- biodiversity
- projects
- landscape
- Southeast Australia
- Water Point
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- ecosystems
- rangelands
- Desiccation (physiology)
- Australia
- Homogenisation
- Library Collection RecordResilience is a concept that is intuitively understood by most rangeland managers. Indeed it is a characteristic required of those who live in the rangelands. In essence it refers to the ability of a…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- management
- research programmes
- Australia
- resilience
- Library Collection RecordThe use of climate variability information is only one element among many that pastoralists use to 'get the stocking rate right'. In recent years, there has been a large increase in the…Publication Date 2006
- stocking rate
- assessment
- grazing management
- climate variability
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is an Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the United States of America (USA). The agency provides technical and financial…Publication Date 2006
- natural resources
- conservation (storage)
- rangelands
- Departments
- United States
- Library Collection RecordBiological Soil Crust (BSC) can potentially be used to estimate grazing pressure, which in turn can be used as an indicator of rangeland condition. BSC is easily disturbed by hardfooted animals such…Publication Date 2006
- indicators
- rangelands
- Australia
- grazing pressure
- Watering Point
- 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 RecordStocking rate decisions in western NSW are complicated by variable and largely non-seasonal rainfall. We sought to define 'trigger points' that could assist stocking decisions, particularly…Publication Date 2006
- stocking rate
- models
- risk management
- seasonality
- western New South Wales
- 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 RecordVarious methods of pastoral intensification are being explored by producers in the northern Australian rangelands in order to increase production and improve economic performance. However, increased…Publication Date 2006
- biodiversity
- projects
- grazing management
- Biota
- northwestern Australia
- Library Collection RecordRapid Mobile Data Collection (RMDC) is an innovative technique that enables a large amount of data to be collected over extensive areas in near-real time. These data have a wide range of applications…Publication Date 2006
- data collection
- monitoring techniques
- satellite imagery
- rangelands
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordCattle distribution data from GPS collars, and spatial patterns of defoliation and pasture productivity are being used to compare the effectiveness of reducing paddock size to that of installing…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- grazing management
- livestock production
- Australia
- grazing distribution
- Library Collection RecordACRIS is the Australian Collaborative Rangeland Information System. Here, we describe how ACRIS is progressing towards an information system to report and understand change in the rangelands. This…Publication Date 2006
- information systems
- rangelands
- reports
- Australia
- change
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- alliances
- rangelands
- government
- Catchment basins
- eastern Australia
- Library Collection RecordMonitoring and controlling remote infrastructure, particularly water infrastructure, is an expensive and time-consuming activity on extensive pastoral properties. Remote infrastructure management…Publication Date 2006
- telemetry
- management
- infrastructure
- rangelands
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAs a keen observer of habitat change on my property, regular recording and monitoring has been carried out to measure changes using key photo points. The record keeping is simple and consistently…Publication Date 2006
- monitoring
- photography
- rangelands
- Landholder
- southwestern New South Wales
- Station