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- 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 RecordAbstract Mainly, Pastures of Iran are located in arid and semiarid regions. But according to local meteorological studies, Band Ghora in Kashmar has semi-arid and cold climate. 3 to 4 times…Publication Date 2012
- grazing management
- Arc Map
- Arc View
- Australia
- Bande Ghora in Kashmar
- grazing management
- locating the improved pasture project
- saw
- seeding
- 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 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 RecordWhat is new to our management is active landscape restoration, which we have commenced by participating in the Ecosystem Management Understanding (EMU) ProjectTM through the Neales River Catchment…Publication Date 2010
- Feral animals
- grazing management
- feral herds
- landscape care
- Australia
- Pastoralists
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Murray-Darling Basin is a Social-Ecological System (SES) of major importance to Australia and includes extensive wetland areas in the north western parts of New South Wales. Historical land use…Publication Date 2010
- grazing management
- Murray-Darling Basin
- weed invasion
- 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 RecordPhyla canescens (lippia) is an invasive weed from South America that is now widespread throughout floodplains and wetlands of the Murray-Darling Basin in Australia. Lippia has invaded internationally…Publication Date 2008
- floodplains
- grazing management
- competition
- Murray Darling Basin
- seasonal rest
- Library Collection RecordIn recent years there has been recognition of, and importance placed on rehabilitation of the Australian landscape. Rehabilitation targets are being set by natural resource management (NRM) bodies…Publication Date 2008
- rehabilitation
- reclamation
- cattle
- Burdekin Catchment
- 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 RecordGrazing management has conventionally involved continuous or rotational systems. These may result in strong grazing gradients from watering points and accentuation of problems relating to selective…Publication Date 2008
- grazing management
- pastoral society
- Library Collection RecordIn 2004 and 2005, Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) and Land & Water Australia (LWA) commissioned a scenario planning project as a component of their broader Land Water & Wool program. Using a…Publication Date 2006
- Wool industry
- projects
- approaches
- Plans
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper introduces the use of market based instruments as policies for biodiversity management in the Australian rangelands. We discuss the potential benefits of using MBIs and some of the key…Publication Date 2006
- markets
- biodiversity
- projects
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- projects
- desertification
- grasslands
- inner Mongolia
- international cooperation
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this project is to understand the contribution that protected areas have to the quality of life of regional and rural communities. The research methodology uses collected and compiled…Publication Date 2006
- projects
- Australia
- community management
- protected areas
- research
- 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 RecordAs well as ensuring the continuation of profitable animal production, the focus of grazing management systems is turning towards ongoing, sustainable use of native pastures and maintenance or…Publication Date 2006
- grazing management
- systems
- projects
- Animal Protection.
- north Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- grazing management
- Catchment areas
- approaches
- Australia
- neighborhood
- 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 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 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 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 RecordInadequate knowledge of carrying capacity is a major factor inhibiting sustainable resource use and development within the pastoral industry in the Northern Territory. To address this issue, the…Publication Date 2006
- projects
- carrying capacity
- Data
- north Australia
- Pasture Productivity
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- frameworks
- grazing management
- Workshops
- north Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- alliances
- projects
- networks
- deserts
- 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 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 RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- ecological zones
- projects
- changes
- South Australia
- threatened species
- Library Collection RecordThe Western Catchment Management Authority is the regional body responsible for implementing positive natural resource management change over a large geographic area of Western New South Wales (…Publication Date 2006
- projects
- management
- natural resources
- change
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordA process for estimating long term carrying capacities (LCC) for the land types of the Desert Uplands (DU) has been developed. This project has married the practical wisdom of long term land managers…Publication Date 2006
- models
- carrying capacity
- projects
- grazing management
- Queensland
- 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 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 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 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 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 RecordThis paper describes work to develop a number of educational tools for grazing land managers in the mulga and Mitchell grass bioregions of western Queensland. The tools discussed are a land condition…Publication Date 2006
- grazing management
- frameworks
- tools
- Western Queensland
- 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 RecordThe devolution of responsibility for natural resource management to regional communities via the regional delivery model means there is an increased focus on the capacity of communities within the 57…Publication Date 2006
- management
- projects
- communities
- Scales
- Southern Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Pigeon Hole Project will develop strategies to cost effectively accelerate the rate of development of the Northern Australian Beef Industry, in an attempt to off set the impacts of the cost price…Publication Date 2006
- projects
- strategies
- beef
- grazing management
- north Australia
- Library Collection RecordWe present a new stage-structured model activated in Excel to project potential impacts of grazing and rainfall (drought) over up to 500 years on population numbers of trees and shrubs in the…Publication Date 2006
- projections
- grazing management
- rainfall
- trees
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- ecology
- grazing management
- monitoring
- natural resources
- New South Wales
- 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 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 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 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 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 RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- information technology
- projects
- Pastoral Industry
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordWe estimate that almost 80% of the landscapes of the Gascoyne Catchment have become severely degraded since the introduction of ungulate grazing animals ~150 years ago. This indicates a trend of…Publication Date 2006
- landscape
- degradation
- projects
- Grazing Animal
- Western Australia
- 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 RecordThe tropical savannas of northern Australian are characterised by high climatic variability, withcorresponding impacts on annual resource availability. The native biota is adapted to these patterns,…Publication Date 2004
- cattle
- Rainfall patterns
- forage
- north-eastern Queensland