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- 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
- grazing management
- grasslands
- enterprises
- soil
- Weeds
- landlords
- paddocks
- perennials
- density
- western New South Wales
- 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 2000
- rangelands
- herbivores
- regeneration
- Fire Control
- selective grazing
- semi-arid
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- kangaroos
- management
- research
- commercialization
- Kangaroo Management Advisory Committee
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- kangaroos
- methodology
- aerial surveys
- fixed-wing surveys
- southwestern New South Wales
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- conservation (storage)
- saline water
- ecological zones
- shrublands
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- rangeland soils
- biodiversity
- landscape
- Termites
- Decomposition
- nutrient cycling in ecosystems
- heterogeneity
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- rangelands
- vegetation
- rehabilitation
- shrublands
- Seismic Lines
- species composition
- species dominance
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2000
- rangelands
- Animal Variations
- archaeology
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordRed kangaroos (Macropus rufus) occur widely in deserts and arid rangelands. Eastern grey kangaroos (M. giganteus) are a more mesic species but have spread into the arid rangelands in the past decades…Publication Date 2000
- Watering
- kangaroos
- Behaviour
- Diet preferences
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2000
- rangelands
- management
- pastoralism
- economics
- Action plans
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordTemporal Landsat MSS data hr or a single image area is being used to develop a satellite- imagebased rangeland vegetation cover monitoring system. This system will expand the current ground-based…Publication Date 1996
- Landsat
- monitoring
- vegetation
- satellite imagery
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 1996
- management
- rangelands
- Feral Goats
- herbivores
- Muster Sites
- northwestern New South Wales
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 1996
- control methods
- Costing
- management
- Rabbit
- ripping
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 1996
- Land Administration
- pastoralism
- rangelands
- regional planning
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThe spatial distribution and relative abundance of sheep, goats and kangaroos were assessed from extensive dung surveys following dry and wet periods in two paddocks in the rangelands of north -…Publication Date 1992
- sheep
- kangaroos
- goats
- semiarid zones
- animal distribution
- Australia
- New South Wales
- semi-arid
- western New South Wales
- Woodland paddocks
- Library Collection RecordThe response to a sulfur (S) application of 28.5 pounds per acre in combination with 25, 50, and 75 pounds per acre (28, 56, 84 kg/ha) nitrogen (N) applied annually to an established stand of Nordan…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron desertorum
- Agropyron ssp.
- North America
- Library Collection RecordThis paper outlines and describes research conducted at Utah State University on the optimum length of time before invading brush and timber species should  be removed from established crested…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron cristatum
- Agropyron desertorum
- North America
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this paper is to investigate an optimization procedure for estimating the intensity of overstory reduction when the biological goal is to increase forage production and the economic…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron desertorum
- Agropyron cristatum
- Artemisia tridentata
- Pinus edulis
- North America
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this paper are to define as a case study the economics of crested wheatgrass seedings when grazed under traditional spring/fall grazing patterns, and to contrast this with seeding…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron desertorum
- Medicago sativa
- Melilotus officinalis
- North America
- Library Collection RecordUtilization of crested wheatgrass on a plant-by plant basis was studied using heifers for a six-week grazing period on foothill rangeland in Utah seeded almost 30 years previously. The cattle…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron desertorum
- Agropyron smithii
- Artemisia tridentata
- North America
- Library Collection RecordCrested wheatgrass has been remarkably successful in fulfilling its purpose of providing productive, nutritious livestock forage during the spring. Livestock production per acre has been increased…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron cristatum
- Agropyron desertorum
- North America
- Library Collection RecordVarious types of range improvements such as seeding of crested wheatgrass were extensively used during the period 1955-1970. Since 1970 the number of improvements implemented has declined…Publication Date 1986
- North America
- Library Collection RecordRangelands of the western United States are subjected to a variety of drastic disturbances which necessitate reclamation for impact mitigation. Crested wheatgrass may play an important role in the…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron cristatum
- Agropyron desertorum
- North America
- Library Collection RecordThe social values of crested wheatgrass are based on the biological characteristics that make it perhaps the most valuable plant available for range vegetation. Negative social aspects of crested…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron cristatum
- Agropyron desertorum
- Elymus lanceolatus
- North America
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- Library Collection RecordTo feed or not to feed... Winters in the Intermountain West are often long and severe, and present real problems to most livestock ranchers. Both operating costs and livestock losses during this…Publication Date 1986
- sagebrush
- Intermountain West
- North America
- Library Collection RecordThis paper reviews the literature on factors affecting the yield and nutritional value of crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum, A. desertorum or A. fragile). The Agropyrons are cool-season…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron cristatum
- Agropyron desertorum
- Agropyron fragile
- North America
- Library Collection RecordDespite the widespread success of crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum and A. desertorum) as a seeded species for rangeland improvement and rehabilitation, the scophysiology of the plant has…Publication Date 1986
- grazing tolerance
- North America
- Photosynthetic capacity
- Library Collection RecordWhen degraded sagebrush communities are converted to grasslands to improve forage production for livestock, impacts on nongame birds occur. Removal of sagebrush results in displacement of the shrub-…Publication Date 1986
- sagebrush
- North America
- perennial grass
- Library Collection RecordAfter three days of many fine papers examining crested wheatgrass from every angle, it would seem there is little left to say on the subject. However, my task is to summarize the papers and speculate…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron desertorum
- Agropyron cristatum
- North America
- Library Collection RecordCrested wheatgrass seedings in the western United States have persisted as virtual monocultures for over 50 years following their establishment. Such stability typically is attributed to superior…Publication Date 1986
- crested wheatgrass
- North America
- Library Collection RecordLarge areas of sagebrush-grass rangelands are brush dominated and are producing 50 percent or less of their forage potential. Conversion of these rangelands to crested wheatgrass for increased forage…Publication Date 1986
- crested wheatgrass
- herbicides
- sagebrush
- North America
- Library Collection RecordConsiderable literature has accumulated concerning seed and seedling relations of crested wheatgrass. The extensive literature covers a period of more than 40 years and is found in a wide variety of…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron
- Intermountain United States
- Intermountain West
- North America
- Library Collection RecordThe purposes of this paper are to review the position of the genus Agropyron in the tribe Triticeae and to examine alternative taxonomic treatments within Agropyron. When Agropyron is defined as…Publication Date 1986
- North America
- crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum)
- North America
- Library Collection RecordThe first introductions of crested wheatgrass [Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn., A. desertorum (Fisch.) Schult., and related taxa] to North America were made by N. E. Hansen in 1898. Additional…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron cristatum
- Agropyron desertorum
- drought
- Arid climate
- semiarid climate
- Canada
- North America
- United States
- Library Collection RecordKeynote address for the Crested Wheatgrass Symposium, October 3-7, 1983 in Logan, Utah.Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron cristatum
- Agropyron desertorum
- crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum)
- Intermountain West
- North America
- Western United States