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- Library Collection RecordYearly monitoring of a Waterponding site in the Nyngan district for seven years has given encouraging results. Bare scalded semi-arid areas in western New South Wales are being transformed into…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- monitoring
- rehabilitation
- waterponding
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Flora monitoring throughout the Australian rangelands has been intrinsically linked to rangeland management throughout grazing history. Although this monitoring is often carried out daily…Publication Date 2012
- flora
- Australia
- monitoring
- rangeland
- 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 RecordResearch and Development in the rangelands of Australia has typically been reductionist in nature, focussing on segments of what is in reality a deeply integrated system of interaction containing…Publication Date 2010
- pastoralism
- interdisciplinary research
- community attitudes
- Library Collection RecordPastoralists need to manage the feed gap risk that climatic/forage resource variability presents. We use the PHYGROW model to better understand interactions between this variability and the…Publication Date 2010
- pastoralism
- climate
- Gobi Desert
- Mongolia
- variability
- Library Collection RecordMODIS ‘visible’ red band imagery was used to develop a scaled index of vegetation cover to assist land condition monitoring programs of the pastoral lands of the semi-arid and arid Northern…Publication Date 2008
- analysis
- pastoralism
- Library Collection RecordExtensive pastoralism, (that is, the grazing of sheep and cattle) occupied 3.67 million km2 (59% of the rangelands) and contributed $1.8 billion (74% of rangeland agricultural production) in 2001 (…Publication Date 2008
- pastoralism
- sustainable agriculture
- degradation
- fires
- Library Collection RecordThe Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre’s (DKCRC) WaterSmart Pastoral ProductionTM Project was established in 2005 with the aims of (i) encouraging pastoralists to understand how optimise…Publication Date 2008
- pastoralism
- rainfall
- production
- Library Collection RecordThe Western Australian Rangeland Monitoring System (WARMS) provides an assessment of change at district or vegetation group level. Site density is insufficient for lease-level assessment; such…Publication Date 2006
- monitoring
- programmes
- Leases
- databases
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- ecology
- grazing management
- monitoring
- natural resources
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordIn 2004, a national pilot study was conducted under the direction of the Australian Collaborative Rangeland Information System (ACRIS). In Queensland the test region was the Desert Uplands Bioregion…Publication Date 2006
- monitoring
- Pilot projects
- resources
- changes
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordDepartment of Natural Resources, Mines and Water (NRMW) is responsible for a significant component of condition and trend monitoring and assessment in the Desert Uplands. NRMW has initiated an on…Publication Date 2006
- monitoring
- programmes
- assessment
- landscape
- Western Queensland
- 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 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 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 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
- 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 RecordA strong ethos of independence is a well known characteristic of rangelands pastoral businesses. It is only in relatively recent times that pastoral businesses have begun participating in cooperative…Publication Date 2006
- pastoralism
- Businesses
- Group communication
- Independence.
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordTo report about the extent to which a protected area is actually doing the job for which it exists we must be able to define natural and cultural integrity of the area; undertake some type of…Publication Date 2006
- national parks
- monitoring
- Evaluation techniques
- Integrity
- southwestern Queensland
- Library Collection RecordFor the first time, a region wide assessment of change across the southern shrublands of Western Australia is reported, using information from the Western Australian Rangeland Monitoring System (…Publication Date 2006
- monitoring
- assessment
- plants
- degradation
- Western Australia
- 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 RecordIn order to minimise resource damage and enhance long -term productivity, pastoralists need improved seasonal forecasting knowledge and tools to better manage for the high climate variability that…Publication Date 2004
- productivity
- pastoralism
- El Nino
- La Niña
- Library Collection RecordThe Great Artesian Basin (GAB) is one of the world's largest artesian water reservoirs, and perhapsarid Australia's most important water resource. GAB springs and soaks provide crucial…Publication Date 2004
- Water reservoirs
- mining
- pastoralism
- Library Collection RecordThe numbers and canopy size of shrubs and trees increased on the majority of Western AustralianRangeland Monitoring System (WARMS) sites in the arid and semi -arid shrublands of WesternAustralia over…Publication Date 2004
- pastoralism
- Arid
- recruits
- semi-arid
- Library Collection RecordAlthough many pastoralists use the Department of Land Information's (DLI) Satellite Remote Sensing Services (SRSS) website (http : / /www.dli.wa.ciov.au/ corporate .nsf /web /Fire +Hotspots) to…Publication Date 2004
- satellite imagery
- pastoralism
- Library Collection RecordPastoral managers who over-estimate the chance of good rainfall are likely to carry too many livestock and retain them too long into a dry period. By having an overly optimistic, rather than…Publication Date 2004
- pastoralism
- Arid climate
- Library Collection RecordSustainability is clearly the guiding principle of Natural Resource Management in Australia. All the regions in Australia require a Natural Resource Management (NRM) Strategy which sets targets and…Publication Date 2004
- biodiversity
- pastoralism
- Library Collection RecordOff-reserve conservation in the southern rangelands of Western Australia (WA) is gaining momentumat the enterprise level through the participatory Ecosystem Management Understanding (EMU) process.…Publication Date 2004
- indigenous peoples
- mining
- pastoralism
- Library Collection RecordLand policy and legislation have been the major factors driving fragmentation of Australian rangelands. At the regional scale, fragmentation of rangelands has facilitated the development of private…Publication Date 2004
- Land Policies
- pastoralism
- Library Collection RecordA joint team from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Land Information has recentlycompleted its largest endeavour yet - land classification, mapping and resource evaluation of 181,…Publication Date 2004
- land classification
- mapping
- pastoralism
- resource evaluation
- Library Collection RecordThis paper discusses co-operative efforts between Andado pastoralists and the Parks & WildlifeService of the Northern Territory to fence and protect Acacia peuce (Waddy- wood), a relict species…Publication Date 2004
- pastoralism
- endangered species
- Library Collection RecordComputer simulation modelling provides a valuable means of understanding the functioning of Australia's rangelands and predicting the outcomes of various management strategies. Models are…Publication Date 2004
- simulation models
- global warming
- pastoralism
- Library Collection RecordThis paper considers how pastoral lease arrangements may affect the emergence of non - pastoral land uses in the Australian rangelands. Non - pastoral land uses can include farming of non-…Publication Date 2002
- land reform
- land tenure
- pastoralism
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordReporting on rangeland condition and trend across State boundaries is possible due to the complementary nature of the respective States' rangeland monitoring systems. While the State monitoring…Publication Date 2002
- boundaries
- rangelands
- monitoring
- plant density
- change
- Southern Australia
- vegetation community structure
- Library Collection RecordWe propose a framework for sustainable grazing management of southern rangelands based on the concept of tactical grazing. The underlying principles are (1) establishment of paddock objectives (2)…Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- rangelands
- sustainability
- paddocks
- rainfall
- Stocks
- monitoring
- conservation (storage)
- grazing pressure
- Northern Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- Seed banks (genetics)
- native species
- grasslands
- monitoring
- new species
- germination
- site
- perennial grass
- soil disturbance
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- monitoring
- grazing management
- projects
- Leases
- grazing gradient
- Southern Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 2002
- shrublands
- management
- projects
- productivity
- control methods
- monitoring
- environmental conditions
- dynamics
- Monetary policies
- Southern Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- monitoring
- landscape
- fires
- satellites
- remote sensing
- management
- rangelands
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- fires
- monitoring
- Ecological Factors
- rangelands
- burning
- satellites
- eastern Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- satellites
- monitoring
- ecology
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstarct not Available.Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- Workshops
- paddocks
- monitoring
- sustainability
- strategies
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAustralia's rangelands have a distinctive land tenure regime, namely pastoral leasehold, capable of adaptive reform to accommodate emerging multiple values, uses and users. The most promising…Publication Date 2002
- land tenure
- pastoralism
- land reform
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAssessing landscape function is now an established component of rangeland monitoring programs. In this paper, we focus on the spatial arrangement of  perennial vegetation patches as a readily…Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- Processes
- livestock production
- biodiversity
- monitoring
- production
- conservation (storage)
- Australia
- Hyperspectral Data
- Landscape Function Analysis
- Leakiness Index
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- biodiversity
- livestock numbers
- flora
- funding
- land conservation
- monitoring
- Australia
- Ecojunction
- Patoralist
- 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 RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 2002
- birds
- population
- monitoring
- arid zones
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- pastoralism
- land management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- monitoring
- land use
- satellite imagery
- data collection
- landscape
- Alice Springs region
- interpretation
- Library Collection RecordMonitoring in rangelands needs to be conducted over prolonged time periods to discriminate changes due to grazing management from that due to the long term rainfall variation that is so…Publication Date 2002
- monitoring
- rangelands
- grazing management
- rainfall
- sheep
- grasslands
- plant density
- Northwest Queensland