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- Library Collection RecordMany animals create soil surface disturbances (biopedturbation) while constructing habitat, foraging for food or excavating resting sites. We studied the effects of foraging pits of the Short-Beaked…Publication Date 2006
- ecosystems
- animals
- Woodland soils
- engineers
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordSmall mammal, reptile, ant and plant diversity, soil health and landscape condition were compared at sites that were either 1) reserved for conservation, 2) currently stocked or 3) long-ungrazed…Publication Date 2006
- conservation (storage)
- woodlands
- grazing
- animals
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordRangeland pastures are characterised by considerable variability in forage quality and supply. Grasses have poor nutritive value in summer and autumn, with insufficient energy and protein to maintain…Publication Date 2006
- animal nutrition
- grasses
- seasonality
- risk
- Australia
- 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 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 RecordAvailable technology now allows individual animals to be identified and weighed whenever they access water, data to be telemetered to a remote computer, and animals to be automatically drafted on the…Publication Date 2006
- livestock production
- frameworks
- risk management
- seasonality
- 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 RecordUnderstanding when and where seasonal climate outlooks provide reliable decision support information is an important step to increasing confidence in and adoption of climate risk assessment in…Publication Date 2006
- risk assessment
- frameworks
- seasonal variation
- climate
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAs part of a larger project to determine "the production and biodiversity costs and benefits of woodland thickening and mechanical thinning in the Qld Desert Uplands ", data was gathered…Publication Date 2006
- trees
- thinning
- strategies
- Australia
- clearing
- 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 RecordA national germplasm collection and evaluation of two of the three recognised subspecies of Atriplex nummularia (Oldman Saltbush) i.e ssp. nummularia and ssp. spathulata is being undertaken. Seed…Publication Date 2006
- cultivars
- Germplasm collections
- DNA
- Australia
- specimens
- Library Collection RecordGluepot Reserve is Australia's largest community owned and managed conservation Reserve. Purchased by Birds Australia in July 1997, Gluepot Station was a marginal sheep property. By successfully…Publication Date 2006
- birds
- biodiversity conservation
- land management
- community services
- Australia
- 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 RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- grazing management
- Catchment areas
- approaches
- Australia
- neighborhood
- Library Collection RecordSummer rainfall is the dominant influence on pasture composition in Astrebla grasslands, although grazing can modify this rainfall influence. Predictions for climate change for northern Australia…Publication Date 2006
- climate change
- species
- composition
- grasses
- 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 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 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 RecordThe history of vermin fences in Australia provides key lessons for biodiversity fences in the Australian arid zone: the best available design based on hard experience is essential; maintenance is…Publication Date 2006
- fences
- biodiversity conservation
- arid zones
- predators
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- ecosystems
- rangelands
- Desiccation (physiology)
- Australia
- Homogenisation
- 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 RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- grazing
- surveys
- land degradation
- guidelines
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- alliances
- tourism
- rangelands
- Initiatives
- Australia
- 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 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 RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- alliances
- projects
- networks
- deserts
- 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 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 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 RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- alliances
- networks
- Australia
- groups
- natural resources
- 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 RecordWestern NSW, like the rest of the Australian pastoral zone, has experienced well documented land degradation associated with droughts (1879 -1902, 1943 -1945, 1960 -1964 and 1982) (McKeon et al., …Publication Date 2004
- wool production
- sheep
- drought
- land degradation
- rainfall
- climate data
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper proposes a remote information management system, called RIMS, which can be used as an integrated management tool in rangeland livestock industry. With RIMS, activities in widely separated…Publication Date 2002
- Management information systems
- remote control
- rangelands
- monitoring techniques
- networks
- Australia
- Livestock Industry
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- technological changes
- management
- Australia
- Pastoral Industry
- Pastoralists
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- paddocks
- models
- Australia
- Bird Populations
- change
- Water Point
- Library Collection RecordVery little information is available about how long dead trees remain standing, or fallen logs persist, in the Australian arid zone. Some Information about dead timber is available from the records…Publication Date 2002
- monitoring
- longevity
- shrublands
- Deadwood
- Australia
- Experimental Records
- Library Collection RecordBiodiversity has gradually moved from the periphery of rangeland management twenty years ago to a position of greater prominence today. Despite greater acceptance of its importance, though, three…Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- biodiversity
- management
- measurement
- Economic Value
- Australia
- Growing Recognition
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- biodiversity
- livestock numbers
- flora
- funding
- land conservation
- monitoring
- Australia
- Ecojunction
- Patoralist
- Library Collection RecordThe need to preserve biodiversity in privately managed rangelands is acute and well recognised. The best way to achieve this is to introduce better landscape design and vegetation management in…Publication Date 2002
- biodiversity
- rangelands
- management
- ecosystems
- conservation (storage)
- landscape design
- Australia
- Central Australia
- Landholder Panel
- Pastoralists
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- mining
- pastoral society
- rangelands
- economics
- Australia
- Pastoral Activity
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- landscape
- mining
- rangelands
- conservation (storage)
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe relationships between rangeland people managing natural resources are changing. More people are involved, the objectives for use, once clear -cut and relatively simple are becoming complex, and…Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- management
- natural resources
- pastoral society
- Transitional farming
- Australia
- changes
- Technical Support
- Library Collection RecordThe perceptions of landholders regarding power relationships within community participation are highlighted in this paper. The two major conceptualisations of power are used to analyse power…Publication Date 2002
- land management
- programmes
- rangelands
- government
- Community participation
- Power
- Interest rates
- Australia
- Landholder
- Library Collection RecordThe perceptions of landholders regarding power relationships within community participation are highlighted in this paper. The two major conceptualisations of power are used to analyse power…Publication Date 2002
- land management
- programmes
- rangelands
- government
- Community participation
- Power
- Interest rates
- Australia
- Landholder
- Library Collection RecordIf the landscape function paradigm is to fulfil expectations, then it must, by definition, make ecological sense at the landscape -scale, as distinct from the patch -scale, and thereby provide…Publication Date 2002
- landscape
- rangelands
- management
- ecosystems
- biodiversity
- indicators
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper reviews the strategies and achievements of the two Rural Partnership Program Schemes in Queensland rangelands, which are nearing completion, viz the South West Strategy and the Desert…Publication Date 2002
- Community involvement
- Sustainable development
- rangelands
- Development strategy
- community based organizations
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordWEST 2000 was one of the initial 12 rural partnership programs based across regional Australia. The program was a partnership between the Commonwealth and NSW Governments and the pastoralists of the…Publication Date 2002
- stakeholders
- Rural development
- Australia
- rural partnership
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- economics
- development
- Natural resources management
- Structural policies
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis discussion paper is derived from the Indigenous Land Corporation's (ILC) need to focus and address the issues of capacity building as it begins the implementation of its 2001-2006 National…Publication Date 2002
- land
- landowners
- capacity building
- Australia
- Policy Position
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