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- Library Collection RecordThe increase in woody plant density in grasslands and the conversion of open woodlands into shrublands (i.e. woody thickening) is a phenomenon that has been increasingly reported in the past decade…Publication Date 2015
- aerial photograph interpretation
- API
- Australia
- Landsat
- western New South Wales
- Western NSW
- woody thickening
- Library Collection RecordThe Western Local Land Service (LLS) area of operation is large, covering 40% of NSW, with a range of Landsystems and vegetation community types. Under future climate change scenarios, western NSW is…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- climate
- Landsat
- landscape
- refugia
- remote sensing
- time-series
- western New South Wales
- 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 RecordThe management of ground cover is central for sustainable pastoral production in the Australian rangelands. Where changes in management achieve an increase in ground cover above the expected, then…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- ground cover
- market-based instrument
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThe Problem of Woody Weeds Woody weeds ( "scrub regrowth ") are the main cause of reduced productivity over large areas of western N.S.W. There are many genera and species involved in the…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- chemical control
- western New South Wales
- woody weeds
- Library Collection RecordThe pre -settlement fire regime had a major influence on vegetation. Pastoral activities significantly modified the fire regime by altering the vegetation, the suppression of wildfires and deliberate…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- control
- prescribed burns
- western New South Wales
- wildfires
- Library Collection RecordIn the summer of 1974 -75 wildfires burnt 3.75 million ha of rangeland country in western New South Wales. Most of this was in woodland vegetation mallee, belah or bimble box, where many of the…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordChanges in cover afforded by sandhill canegrass (Zygochloaparadoxa) have been studied on a low dune near Menindee in Western New South Wales for 23 years. Areal cover of live and dead culms has…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- Dunes
- Sandhill Canegrass
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of climate and grazing by rabbits on black bluebush Maireana pyramidata seedlings growing on sand dunes and scalded loam flats was studied over a four- year period near Meninde, N.S.W.…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- Black Bluebush
- Maireana Pyramidata
- rabbits
- western New South Wales
- 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 RecordThe role of intra-specific diversity in maintaining species diversity and plant communities is not well understood however has significant implications for rangeland restoration because intraspecific…Publication Date 2008
- species diversity
- revegetation plants
- quantitative traits
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- ecology
- grazing management
- monitoring
- natural resources
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordMatching livestock numbers with seasonal variation in forage supply is a major challenge for rangeland graziers. This paper describes the use of a spatial pasture growth model (Paddock GRASP) to…Publication Date 2006
- paddocks
- stocking rate
- frameworks
- management techniques
- western New South Wales
- 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 RecordThis paper endeavours to map out the steps that two families took in order to move their business ahead and also to adopt a rotational grazing system in the semi -arid rangelands of far western N.S.W…Publication Date 2006
- Businesses
- grazing systems
- rangelands
- change
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThis paper examines the impact of incorporating fleece-shedding meat sheep into sheep enterprises in western NSW, and the associated shift in enterprise focus from wool to meat production. Sheep…Publication Date 2006
- sheep
- enterprises
- production
- grazing lands
- western New South Wales
- 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 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 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 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 RecordStocking rate decisions in western NSW are complicated by variable and largely non-seasonal rainfall. We sought to define 'trigger points' that could assist stocking decisions, particularly…Publication Date 2006
- stocking rate
- models
- risk management
- seasonality
- western New South Wales
- 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 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 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 RecordFloodouts at tributary junctions formed during major floods when sediment was dumped in the flow path. Dense vegetation grows in the floodouts in a geomorphological/ecological feedback: the…Publication Date 2006
- landscape
- Floods (rising water)
- vegetation
- ecology
- western 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 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 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 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 RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- monitoring
- landscape
- fires
- satellites
- remote sensing
- management
- rangelands
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- monitoring
- vegetation
- rangelands
- projects
- networks
- analysis
- density
- species
- Pressure
- grazing
- Bioregion
- Southern Australia
- Station
- Library Collection RecordAnalyses of 223 Western Australian Rangeland Monitoring System (WARMS) sites in the Gascoyne- Murchison region of Western Australia show improvements in perennial vegetation and hence range condition…Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- monitoring
- vegetation
- systems
- soil
- analysis
- site
- Spices
- changes
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- vegetation
- monitoring
- paddocks
- case studies
- floodplains
- remote sensing
- satellite imagery
- riparian zones
- trees
- biomass
- projects
- changes
- Pastoralists
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- stocking rate
- land degradation
- rent
- financial institutions
- Publicity
- rental carrying capacity
- semi-arid rangelands
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- monitoring
- land use
- satellite imagery
- data collection
- landscape
- Alice Springs region
- interpretation
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- ecology
- projects
- biodiversity
- environmental management
- monitoring
- conservation (storage)
- grazing pressure
- South Australia
- 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
- Library Collection RecordAbstarct not Available.Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- Workshops
- paddocks
- monitoring
- sustainability
- strategies
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- satellites
- monitoring
- ecology
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- fires
- monitoring
- Ecological Factors
- rangelands
- burning
- satellites
- eastern Australia
- Library Collection RecordA woodland monitoring network has been progressively established within the 60 Mha of Queensland's grazed woodlands since 1982. A subset of monitoring sites within this network has been…Publication Date 2002
- woodlands
- monitoring
- greenhouses
- livestock production
- carbon
- networks
- Pasture Production
- Queensland
- Thickening
- 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
- rangelands
- monitoring
- grazing management
- projects
- Leases
- grazing gradient
- Southern Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- grasslands
- enterprises
- soil
- Weeds
- landlords
- paddocks
- perennials
- density
- western New South Wales
- 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 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 RecordA woodland monitoring network has been progressively established within the 60 Mha of Queensland's grazed woodlands since 1982. A subset of monitoring sites within this network has been…Publication Date 2002
- grazing
- Eucalyptus
- woodlands
- monitoring
- Queensland
- Australia
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 2002
- birds
- population
- monitoring
- arid zones
- 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