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- Library Collection RecordPositively influencing the grazing distribution of livestock will have benefits to productivity and landscape function. A behaviour-based approach, termed Rangelands Self Herding (RSH), is being…Publication Date 2015
- adaptive management
- grazing distribution
- landscape function
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordPastoral Profit is a new extension program which directly addresses the challenges posed by many pastoral livestock producers by targeting business management skills to improve bottom lines,…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- Windorah
- Queensland
- Wool Innovation
- Library Collection RecordLivestock producers desire improved tools to assess the quality and quantity of pasture on offer to adjust stocking rates and provide timely protein and energy supplementation. The NDVI (Normalised…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- diet quality
- livestock productivity
- Mitchell grass
- NDVI
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThe Nullarbor region is a vast gently undulating limestone based plain through Western Australia and South Australia (Figure 1). The climate is arid or semi-arid, with hot dry summers, cold winters…Publication Date 2015
- ecology
- ecosystem
- innovation
- production
- sustainability
- transition
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe VegMachine software was developed in 2002 by a national team of RD&E providers, and funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA). The software was designed primarily as a vegetation cover…Publication Date 2015
- remote sensing
- Australia
- ground cover
- Queensland
- remote sensing
- VegMachine
- Library Collection RecordThe Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands are freehold aboriginal lands spanning approximately 10 million hectares of country in the North West corner of South Australia. APY Land…Publication Date 2015
- APY
- buffel grass
- fire
- IPA
- South Australia
- South Australia
- threatened species
- Library Collection RecordThe exotic shrub Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton (rubber bush) is spreading throughout the Barkly Tablelands region (Northern Territory) where land managers are concerned about apparent…Publication Date 2015
- Calotrope
- Chemical
- Queensland
- threat
- weed
- Library Collection RecordThis paper reports on the services and support delivered by the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) to the Burdekin rangelands grazing industry from July 2011 through…Publication Date 2015
- Extension
- practice change
- project
- Queensland
- water quality
- Library Collection RecordSince 2007, state agencies on the east coast of Australia and the University of Queensland have been collaborating through the Joint Remote Sensing Research Program (JRSRP). This has resulted in a…Publication Date 2015
- land condition
- modelling
- Queensland
- remote sensing
- Library Collection RecordThis paper reports on a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) completed for the Queensland Government’s Reef Plan Grazing Best Management Practice (BMP) extension project in the Burdekin catchment,…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- extension and education
- grazing bmp.
- Project evaluation
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThis simulation study compared the cattle productivity and sustainability of fixed stocking with that of 55 flexible stocking strategies at 28 locations across Queensland and the Northern Territory…Publication Date 2015
- cattle productivity
- Northern Australia
- pasture condition
- Queensland
- rainfall
- stocking rate management
- 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 RecordWe report on a project about fire management and indigenous knowledge sharing. Unexpectedly, Martu preferentially chose a video production rather than other media to share knowledge about fire. We…Publication Date 2015
- Aboriginal rangers
- fire management
- Indigenous knowledge
- video production
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe land suffered under pastoral management by outsiders across the eastern APY Lands. Grazing management was no better (perhaps worse) than before when we got the APY Act and agistment began. We…Publication Date 2015
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Australian continent’s rangelands have small populations scattered over huge areas and are characterised by extreme temporal variability and threatening eco-climatic processes and changes …Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThe European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, was the last of the feral mammals to reach Central Australia. The rabbit had reached the N.T. border from NW South Australia in small numbers by 1901 (…Publication Date 2014
- abundance
- Australia
- Central Australia
- distribution
- European Rabbits
- Northern Territory
- Oryctolagus cuniculus
- rabbits
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordFire occurs infrequently in Australia's most extensive plant community, the mulga lands (see map 3, Moore 1970) . Under present management, the average interval between fires would be in the…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- controversial
- Eastern Rangelands
- fire
- Mulga Communities
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordSurface runoff was recorded from small plots situated in the mulga rangelands of Queensland. Even small falls of rain ( <15 mm) produced runoff equivalent to over 50% of the rain. Plant tussocks…Publication Date 2014
- Amelorating effect
- Australia
- plant cover
- Queensland
- rainfall
- runoff
- Library Collection RecordBoth the condition and the productive potential of Australia's rangelands indicate a neglect of these resources by governments, research organisations and teaching institutions. There is a need…Publication Date 2014
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThis study examines contact between twelve large Australian Pastoral Companies and the Queensland Department of Primary Industries (QDPI). Most contact is with the veterinary services branch.…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- Australian Pastoral Companies
- Queensland
- state department
- Library Collection RecordRecords were kept of the free ranging cattle herd on Prairie Downs station. Prairie Downs is located approximately 70 km South of the town of Newman in the East Pilbara region of W.A. The area has…Publication Date 2014
- cattle
- Pilbara region
- Western Australia
- 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 RecordThe recent review of Western Australian’s State Planning Strategy sought to refocus, rebuild and reactivate the State’s regional planning capabilities. The strategy is based on six fundamental…Publication Date 2012
- population growth
- economic development
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordA ground cover index (GCI) derived from Landsat TM data is available for Queensland since 1986. It provides a potentially robust means for reporting change in landscape function to the Australian…Publication Date 2010
- remote sensing
- dysfunction
- Queensland
- regional reporting
- Wambiana grazing trial
- Library Collection RecordThis paper examines the seasonal climate patterns resulting in three large and apparently rare episodic recruitments of Astreblaspp. in Queensland. Each of these recruitments occurredfollowing a 3-…Publication Date 2010
- Astrebla spp.
- El Nino Southern Oscillation
- episodic recruitment
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAn environment modified for rangelands sheep farming has created conditions where feral goat (Capra hircus) populations can escalate if unchecked. The impacts of feral goats onnative vegetation,…Publication Date 2010
- integrated management
- collaboration
- South Australia
- unmanaged goats
- 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 RecordWestern Australia has 57 of its approximately 500 pastoral leases owned in some form by Aboriginal communities. Ownership of pastoral leases has provided many Aboriginal communities in the rangelands…Publication Date 2010
- pastoralism
- economics
- Aboriginal
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordA heavy mineral sand mine has commenced operations on the eastern edge of the Nullarbor Plain, South Australia. This area has low annual rainfall and frequent drought, resulting in challenges in…Publication Date 2010
- mining
- rehabilitation
- Cyanobacteria
- Nullarbor Plain
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe “Guidelines for determining lease land condition†(the Guidelines) were developed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) to support implementation of the…Publication Date 2010
- assessment
- Condition
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordDespite their vast size and a declining workforce it is possible to manage pastoral leases effectively by focusing on landscape function to identify key critical areas. Natural and human-induced…Publication Date 2010
- landscape
- management
- effective
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Queensland Murray Darling Committee (QMDC) is working with the community in the Maranoa Balonne and Border Rivers catchments to encourage and support sustainable use of natural resources. A…Publication Date 2008
- Murray Darling Basin
- Queensland
- 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 RecordThe rangelands of Western Australia cover about 85% of the state. Many ecosystems are contained within pastoral leases, where after about 150 years of settlement, extensive changes to vegetation and…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- ecosystems
- biodiversity conservation
- management
- Western Australia
- 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 Record1. The South Australian Rangelands and Aboriginal Lands Wildlife Management Manual is a detailed interim synthesis of current knowledge. It allows enlightened holistic management of Outback…Publication Date 2006
- wildlife management
- projects
- stakeholders
- South Australia
- 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 RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- ecological zones
- projects
- changes
- South Australia
- threatened species
- Library Collection RecordThe main driver behind the Queensland and Australian governments' work on wetlands is to support projects and programs that will result in long-term benefits to the biodiversity, management…Publication Date 2006
- wetlands
- programmes
- mapping
- projects
- Queensland
- 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 RecordWith the support of funding from the Land, Water & Wool program, we worked with woolgrowers in north eastern South Australia to adapt MODIS-derived images of cover into products useful for…Publication Date 2006
- remote control
- projects
- paddocks
- monitoring
- management
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- information technology
- projects
- Pastoral Industry
- South Australia
- 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 RecordVegMachine© is a monitoring tool that allows pastoralists to view satellite-based long-term cover change maps on property and extract this information to a graphical format. This paper discusses the…Publication Date 2006
- remote sensing
- monitoring techniques
- tools
- Pastoralists
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Western Australian portion of the Nullarbor Plain currently supports 19 pastoral leases. The most remarkable feature one notices when looking at satellite imagery of the area are the '…Publication Date 2006
- satellite imagery
- vegetation
- change
- Watering Point
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe study examined the ability of two ground survey methods to thoroughly characterise the woody-perennial species richness of single sample sites or environmental regions. It focused on the Stony…Publication Date 2006
- species
- assessment
- monitoring
- vegetation
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordPrior to the widespread development of permanent watering points across the WA semiarid rangelands, kangaroo grazing pressure was largely moderated by access to ephemeral water supply. Unlimited,…Publication Date 2006
- semiarid zones
- strategies
- committees
- grazing pressure
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Commonwealth land system in the former Kingoonya Soil Conservation District of South Australia is highly susceptible to disturbance and its ability to recover is variable, depending on physical…Publication Date 2006
- monitoring
- systems
- assessment
- Commonwealth of Australia
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe halophytic shrubs of the West Australian (WA) semi -arid shrublands provide the microbes in the rumen of livestock with a relatively constant source of salt and rumen degradable nitrogen (RDN),…Publication Date 2006
- ecology
- livestock production
- grazing management
- Dietary components
- Western 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