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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 RecordThe ecological history of rangelands is often presented as a tale of devastation, where fragile drylands are irreversibly degraded through inappropriate land-use. There is confusion about how to…Publication Date 2015
- degradation
- eastern Australia
- grazing
- rare species
- Vegetation Change
- 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 RecordAbstract Mitchell Grass pastures are valued for their high carrying capacity and traditionally there has been some reluctance to use fire in their management. The effects of fire in a cattle…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- Australia
- fire
- grazing
- Mitchell grass
- 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 Fire is an integral component of tropical savannas, but is often actively excluded from commercially grazed systems in northern Australia. The Kidman Springs Fire Trial (Victoria River…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- Australia
- fire management
- tropical savannas
- 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 Is the use of rangelands for cattle production consistent with the conservation of natural habitat? The problem is discussed in the context of a case study of Toomba Station, a fully…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- sustainability
- Australia
- conservation
- 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 There has been a reduced use of fire as a management tool in grazing systems within the Burdekin rangelands since the wet years of the 1970’s. Several severe droughts and the adverse…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- Australia
- Extension
- woodland thickening
- 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 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 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 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 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 RecordHuman impacts have dramatically altered the structure and composition of many communities often resulting in new or novel states that are difficult (and potentially impossible) to reverse. New…Publication Date 2010
- grazing
- Great Artesian Basin
- novel ecosystems
- soil seedbank
- south eastern Australia
- 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- frameworks
- grazing management
- Workshops
- north Australia
- Library Collection RecordA F.NIRS calibration equation was developed for predicting the 13C ratio in faeces, and therefore the proportions of C4 tropical grasses to C3 non-grass plants (primarily forbs, legumes and browses)…Publication Date 2006
- calibration
- measurement
- seasonality
- grazing
- Northern Australia
- Library Collection RecordSoil carbon and ground cover were measured in 2005 on two sets of 24-year-old multiple grazing exclosures at "Croxdale ", a Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries (QDPI…Publication Date 2006
- ground cover plants
- grazing
- soil erosion
- soil carbon
- southwestern Queensland
- 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 RecordIn grazed landscapes, the condition, location, size and frequency of grazing induced patches can relate directly to hydrological function, sediment and nutrient loss at the paddock scale and beyond.…Publication Date 2006
- frameworks
- grazing
- hydrological cycle
- north Queensland
- patch
- 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 RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- ecology
- grazing management
- monitoring
- natural resources
- New South Wales
- 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 RecordPATCHKEY is a new conceptual patch classification model extending the QLD DPI &F ABCD system for describing grazing induced patch changes. Using both vegetation and soil variables we are able…Publication Date 2006
- models
- landscape
- grazing
- Australia
- patch
- 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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