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- Library Collection RecordAbstract. Increasing world human population, declining reserves of cheaply extracted fossil fuels, fresh water scarcity, and climatic instability will put tremendous pressure on world rangelands as…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordDescription not available.Publication Date 2012
- economics
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 2012
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordDescription not available.Publication Date 2012
- monitoring and assessment
- Library Collection RecordThis narrated PowerPoint presentation was originally presented at the 2012 SRM conference in Spokane, WA. It gives an overview of the effects of certain genetic characteristics of aspen stands on…Publication Date 2012
- Aspen Communities
- United States
- Library Collection RecordOriginally presented at the 2012 SRM conference in Spokane, WA this narrated powerpoint presentation examines the variable resistance and tolerance of aspen clones to various pest species.Publication Date 2012
- United States
- Library Collection RecordOriginally given at the 2012 SRM conference in Spokane, this presentation describes the findings of one study that examines the landscape-scale genetic diversity within and between aspen communities.Publication Date 2012
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Despite the northern beef industry’s longevity, scale and importance, recent disruptions to external markets have demonstrated a degree of industry vulnerability to supply chain shocks…Publication Date 2012
- transport
- infrastructure
- beef
- Northern Australia
- optimisation
- Library Collection RecordDescription not available.Publication Date 2012
- monitoring and assessment
- rangeland soils
- Library Collection RecordThis narrated powerpoint presentation provides an overview of aspen biology and ecology from 1912 to present.Publication Date 2012
- Aspen
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis narrated powerpoint presentation summarizes a study that centers on aspens as an indicator species of landscape-level ecological conditions.Publication Date 2012
- Aspen
- United States
- Library Collection RecordPat Johnson and Roger Gates of South Dakota State University explain how to correctly measure species frequency in a rangeland setting. Source: Autonomy ProductionsPublication Date 2012
- United States
- Library Collection Record
213 Ecological Sites
Lamar Smith, a retired range professor, dips into his vast knowledge of geology and ecology to explain how patterns on soil and plants develop across the landscape and how this "ecological sites…Publication Date 2012- ecological sites
- United States
- Library Collection RecordWaterspreading is a land rehabilitation technique that targets the variability of rainfall and runoff in semi-arid systems to initiate long term changes in ground cover. This study outlines the…Publication Date 2010
- Environmental
- Invasive native scrub
- Waterspreading
- Western NSW
- Library Collection RecordAn environment modified for rangelands sheep farming has created conditions where feral goat (Capra hircus) populations can escalate if unchecked. The impacts of feral goats onnative vegetation,…Publication Date 2010
- integrated management
- collaboration
- South Australia
- unmanaged goats
- Library Collection RecordInvasive Native Scrub (INS) is a major problem in thepastoral lands of western NSW. The objective of the project was to test the hypothesis that native perennial grasslands do regenerate in areas…Publication Date 2010
- ground cover plants
- Invasive native scrub
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordA significant proportion of the Murray Darling Basin (MDB) is in the semi arid climatic zone with pastoralism a dominant land-use. Snaking through these rangelands are many thousands of kilometres of…Publication Date 2010
- rivers
- Murray Darling Basin
- water reform
- Library Collection RecordTrees scattered throughout paddocks have long been considered keystone structures in agricultural landscapes, however little is known about how they actually influence pasture growth. Assessing…Publication Date 2010
- remote sensing
- green pasture biomass
- NDVI
- Library Collection RecordA ground cover index (GCI) derived from Landsat TM data is available for Queensland since 1986. It provides a potentially robust means for reporting change in landscape function to the Australian…Publication Date 2010
- remote sensing
- dysfunction
- Queensland
- regional reporting
- Wambiana grazing trial
- Library Collection RecordThe ability to modify the distribution of grazing livestock is a common desire among farmers, either to protect sensitive areas or to more closely match stocking rate with carrying capacity. …Publication Date 2010
- environmental protection
- automated animal control
- 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 RecordThe potential exists for land use conflict to arise between coal seam gas mining and traditional agriculture in the Surat Basin in Southern Queensland. Farming and grazing enterprises, businesses and…Publication Date 2010
- agriculture
- coal seam gas
- Great Artesian Basin
- Southern Queensland
- 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 RecordHave you ever sat and watched what cattle eat in about half an hour? Have you counted the number of species of plants they prefer to eat? To be productive, cattle should have a variety of…Publication Date 2010
- rehabilitation
- costs
- Ponding
- Library Collection RecordIn 2006, the Central West and Western Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs) began a program of research in collaboration with the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW),…Publication Date 2010
- research
- community engagement
- Invasive native scrub
- Library Collection RecordInvasive cacti have been identified by the natural resource management community as a major threat to the biodiversity and primary production values of the rangelands of Australia. A number of…Publication Date 2010
- Cacti
- invasive species
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordTwo market-based instruments, namely Enterprise Based Conservation, have been operating in western NSW since 2003. These programs provide a cost-effective alternative to the …Publication Date 2010
- community
- conservation
- resilience
- Library Collection RecordEngaging landholders in the Western NSW rangelands in previously believed “green†conservation programs,has been limited in the past. The Western Catchment Management Authority’s High…Publication Date 2010
- conservation
- engaging
- landholders
- Western NSW
- Library Collection RecordThis project is a Caring for Our Country initiative between the Australian and New South Wales Governments which aims to increase the involvement of private and other public landholders in the…Publication Date 2010
- protected areas
- conservation
- Western NSW
- Library Collection RecordThis paper has collated information obtained from existing quandong (Santalum acuminatum) growers and literature on factors to consider when establishing a small quandong orchard. The quandong…Publication Date 2010
- Australian native foods
- quandong
- Santalum acuminatum
- Library Collection RecordThe Australian rangelands are inhabited by a variety of vertebrate pest animals including rabbits, foxes, and wild dogs, and feral camels, goats, pigs and cats. These pests cause environmental…Publication Date 2010
- Pests
- management
- Animal
- Library Collection RecordThe tendency of water to infiltrate (infiltrability) determines the productivity of rangelands. However, how patterns of infiltrability change in response to gradients of disturbance remains largely…Publication Date 2010
- infiltration
- spatial pattern
- Library Collection RecordThe growing size and impact of the feral camel population in Australia’s rangelands has emerged as a serious issue of management. The usual rangelands issues of remoteness, low human population…Publication Date 2010
- biodiversity protection
- camel harvesting
- indigenous
- Library Collection RecordA heavy mineral sand mine has commenced operations on the eastern edge of the Nullarbor Plain, South Australia. This area has low annual rainfall and frequent drought, resulting in challenges in…Publication Date 2010
- mining
- rehabilitation
- Cyanobacteria
- Nullarbor Plain
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordInvasive native scrub (INS) has caused major changes to landscapes in the Western Catchment of NSW. To allow for the management of INS under the Native Vegetation Act 2003a simplified assessment…Publication Date 2010
- Demonstration
- Invasive native scrub
- Property Vegetation Plans
- Western NSW
- Library Collection RecordTraditionally the presence of large numbers of woody plants in rangelands is thought to reflect declining rangeland health and reduced pastoral productivity. However, an increasing body of evidence…Publication Date 2010
- shrubs
- competition
- facilitation
- 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 RecordThrough our experiences and partnerships at Desert Knowledge CRC we have accumulated a combination of expertise and commitment to tackle the issues facing people in remote Australia, which we are now…Publication Date 2010
- rangelands
- regional economies
- songlines
- Library Collection RecordData contained in grazing charts are often underutilised. We describe a simple spreadsheet program that uses these data, and a carrying capacity benchmark expressed in terms of DSE days/ha/100 mm of…Publication Date 2010
- grazing chart
- planned grazing
- seasonal risk
- 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 RecordThe National Rangeland NRM Alliance (The Alliance) combines thirteen (13) rangeland NRM organisations and represents 80% of Australia’sland mass. The Alliance aims to improve the delivery of NRM in…Publication Date 2010
- collaboration
- outcomes
- synergy
- 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 RecordSub-daily rainfall intensity has a significant impact on runoff and erosion rates in northern Australian rangelands. It is therefore important to accurately represent sub-daily rainfall intensity…Publication Date 2010
- runoff
- climate change
- rainfall intensity
- Library Collection RecordRainfall use efficiency (RUE) is suggested as a measure of the productive use of the weather and measures the amount of rainfall that is converted into agricultural products. Rainfall use efficiency…Publication Date 2010
- rainfall
- uses
- efficiency
- Library Collection RecordThe Western Catchment Management Authority (CMA) works with local people to improve the management of natural resources. In line with the government’s ‘Caring for Our Country’ priorities we…Publication Date 2010
- sustainable land management
- aboriginal knowledge systems
- aboriginal language groups
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThe “Guidelines for determining lease land condition†(the Guidelines) were developed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) to support implementation of the…Publication Date 2010
- assessment
- Condition
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThe Great Artesian Basin (GAB) is one of Australia’s most significant national assets and it underlies 22 per cent of Australia. Much of the GAB underlies the rangelands of NSW, Queensland, South…Publication Date 2010
- bores
- Great Artesian Basin
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordThe survival of perennial grass plants in drought is of scientific and applied interest; scientists want to know why species differ in ability to cope with individual and combined stresses of drought…Publication Date 2010
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Plant Death
- semi-arid grasslands
- tillers
- Library Collection RecordTransition from an open wooded grassland state to a shrubby woodland state, and the reverse, is driven by the agents of prolonged rainfall events, drought, fire and grazing. We altered the grazing…Publication Date 2010
- drought
- grasses
- shrubs
- plant density
- Murray Darling Basin
- Library Collection RecordDespite the availability of electronic communication technologies our experience in co-producing the Western Division Newsletter for the last five years, and the favourable comments received from…Publication Date 2010
- communication
- Extension
- Western Division Newsletter
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