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- Library Collection RecordChapter 1 contains a general discussion of the basic principles of grazing management and is written to provide a conceptual framework to integrate the remaining nine chapters. Chapter 2 provides an…Publication Date 1970
- wildlife
- social change
- planning
- livestock production
- hydrology
- grazing management
- grasses
- forage
- erosion control
- environment
- ecology
- Library Collection RecordAs a textbook, the volume is well organised, with introductory chapters on the scope and key concepts of restoration ecology, followed by chapters on its ecological foundations – landscape,…Publication Date 2014
- restoration ecology
- Europe
- USA
- Australia
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordOverseas Development Institute/International Institute for Environment and Development/Commonwealth Secretariat, London (1993) xi + 248 pp. ISBN 0-85003-195-8Publication Date 1995
- rangelands
- ecology
- pastoralism
- savanna
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract availablePublication Date 1968
- ecology
- fire
- grasslands
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis book introduces experimental design and data analysis / interpretation as well as field monitoring skills for both plants and animals. Clearly structured throughout and written in a student-…Publication Date 2012
- ecology
- Library Collection Record
6 Savanna
Savannas are characterized by the coexistence of trees and grasses and occur largely in the seasonal tropics between the equatorial rainforests and mid-latitude desert ecosystems. This article…Publication Date 2008- climate change
- Deciduous
- Evergreen
- fire
- grazing
- herbivory
- phenology
- Seasonal tropics
- soils
- Tree and grass competition
- savanna
- ecology
- animal impact
- grasslands
- rainfall
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordCarrying capacity is typically defined as the maximum population size that can be supported indefinitely by a given environment, but there are at least 10 different specific definitions used in basic…Publication Date 2008
- Density dependence
- Law of the minimum
- Logistic population growth model
- population regulation
- population size
- Sustainable yield
- carrying capacity
- cattle
- ecology
- rangelands
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordDecomposition is a process that releases nutrient materials in the structure of plant and animal tissues to the soil solution where the nutrients are once again potentially available to plants.…Publication Date 2002
- ecology
- desertification
- soils
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Livestock grazing is often viewed as having detrimental effects on plants and plant communities. Livestock grazing can, however, be managed to be an effective tool for vegetation management…Publication Date 2010
- livestock
- grazing
- nutrition
- ecology
- management
- vegetation dynamics
- ecosystem ecology
- fire ecology
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordLivestock have played a pivotal and positive role in human development. Yet this has come at a heavy cost to the biological diversity of the world's rangelands and forests. Livestock grazing is…Publication Date 2001
- rangelands
- ecology
- livestock
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary The savanna biome is diverse, including formations ranging from almost treeless grasslands to more or less closed-canopy woodlands with considerable variation in plant composition, biomass,…Publication Date 2001
- savanna
- animal production
- plant production
- plant community ecology
- land use
- degradation
- agriculture
- ecology
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe chapter describes different patches that are included in a single landscape unit. Patches differ in size, species composition, and the way they function in a landscape. Patches may be composed of…Publication Date 2002
- vegetation dynamics
- ecology
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordWeed management in Australian rangelands encounters a wide variety of ecosystems, a diversity of plant species that are weeds from some perspective, and severe socio-economic constraints. Although…Publication Date 1996
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordGRASSMAN, an agricultural decision -support model, has been modified to include sources, sinks and storages of greenhouse gases. The modified model was used to investigate the effects of changes in…Publication Date 1992
- stocking rate
- burning
- management
- greenhouse gases
- emission reduction
- Australia
- burning management
- emission reduction
- emissions
- greenhouse gas emissions
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordRecent emphasis in the community and the press has been on human- induced long term climate change. Much effort has therefore been expended in determining existing evidence of climate change. However…Publication Date 1992
- climate change
- Australia
- climate variability
- range condition
- Library Collection RecordData on the population dynamics of three 'woody weed' species Acacia deanei, Cassia nemophila and Dodonaea viscosa, collected over a 12 year period at a disturbed site near Boggabri showed…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA survey encompassing 124 sites investigated the distribution of the perennial chenopod, Maireana sedifolia (pearl bluebush). Calcium carbonate and summer rainfall were delineated as primary…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Northern South Australia
- Library Collection RecordWe propose an hypothesis model to account for the infrequency of recruitment (about once in 20 years) of western myall (Acacia papyrocarpa Benth.), an arid zone tree. In most years, ants effectively…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordLittle is known of Eremophila seed production, viability or germination characteristics. The number of fully developed seed within the fruit varies (i.e. between 12.5 -64.1 %), and there are varying…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordSoil degradation, perennial pasture decline and inedible shrub encroachment are common forms of land degradation north west of Bourke NSW. An experiment to investigate the merits of various land…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Department of Agriculture, Western Australia has completed development of a ground based monitoring system for grassland pastures in rangelands. The monitoring system has been divided into two…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPasture condition can be assessed by comparing species occurrence across a range of sites. Ordination techniques simplify these multi- attribute data and display differences between sites, To…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper describes work in progress to examine how best to set up and use reference areas, particularly in the framework of the South Australian Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act (1989…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordWater infiltration into soil was studied before and after burning small plots of Eragrostis eriopoda and Triodia basedowii in central Australia. Fire had no statistically significant effect on…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of two different grazing regimes on the surface soil properties of a dunefield land system in the semi -arid woodlands of eastern Australia were investigated. The land system is comprised…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordCollection of all twenty-five papers presented at the 1st Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, 1977. (Each individual paper is also indexed separately in the Global Rangeland database.)Publication Date 1977
- Australia
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordCollection of all twenty-one papers presented at the 2nd Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, 1979. (Each individual paper is also indexed separately in the Global Rangeland…Publication Date 1979
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordCollection of all thirty-one papers presented at the 3rd Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, 1981. (Each individual paper is also indexed separately in the Global Rangeland…Publication Date 1981
- Australia