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- Library Collection RecordThis paper elaborates on my position as rangeland manager for AACo, my experiences and challenges in this role, and highlights issues critical to achievement and success in rangeland management. In…Publication Date 2004
- production structure
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordMajor changes in production systems and land management in the Upper Gascoyne and Mt Magnet regions of Western Australia in recent years have been influenced by complex social, cultural, economic and…Publication Date 2004
- cattle
- goats
- sheep
- production systems
- Library Collection RecordFor decades pastoralists and researchers have been trying to find better ways of matching stock numbers to rangeland conditions, where rainfall and grass production are more variable and less…Publication Date 2004
- models
- arid zones
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordThis paper outlines the aims and early findings of a project exploring Environmental ManagementSystems (EMS) in the Central Australian beef industry. This project is one of 15 funded under the…Publication Date 2004
- cattle
- efficiency
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1990
- grazing
- Alpine grazing
- Australia
- Sub alpine grazing
- Victorian grazing
- Library Collection RecordWe outline the results of recent work aimed at determining the impact of grazing on biodiversity of the arid and semi-arid rangelands. We examined changes in the abundance and species composition of…Publication Date 1996
- biodiversity
- grazing
- water
- biodiversity
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe objective was to establish whether reliable intake and digestibility estimates could be obtained under range conditions using n-alkanes. Goats both browse and graze, which makes the use of n-…Publication Date 1996
- rangelands
- digestibility
- grazing
- alkanes
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe influence of patches on the foraging behaviour and feed intake of cattle was investigated in a tropical rangeland environment, north-east Queensland. Areas mown to simulate grazed patches were…Publication Date 1996
- cattle
- feed intake
- paddocks
- grazing
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThe persistence of desirable species in a pasture is essential for sustainability and animal production. Therefore, it is necessary to document how grazing and land type (land class) influence the…Publication Date 1996
- stocking rate
- Pressure
- grazing
- Land levelling
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAs part of two major grazing trials in sub-tropical Queensland, runoff and soil movement were recorded at a detailed (m2) and landscape (ha) scale. The effect of grazing pressure on soil movement by…Publication Date 1996
- runoff
- soil movement
- landscape
- grazing trials
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordEarly measurements of cattle growth rates on native pasture in the black speargrass region indicated only modest potential for beef production (80 to 100 kg LWG/head/yr). To provide a contemporary…Publication Date 1996
- cattle
- animal production
- liveweight
- paddocks
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordUsing relationships between survey data of chenopod retention in the North-West pastoral zone of SA and Landsat MSS imagery, spatial quantitative inventories of chenopod shrubs have been devised.…Publication Date 1996
- Chenopodiaceae
- Data
- Landsat images
- landscape
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordLivers from 228 cattle from western New South Wales were sampled and copper concentrations determined by atomic absorption spectroscopy. Information collected on each beast included its origin,…Publication Date 1996
- cattle
- copper
- Data
- class (taxa)
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordVariable grazing intensity within extensive paddocks in northern Australia's cattle industry is not necessarily related to the normal piosphere effect, but also to heterogeneous landscapes and…Publication Date 1996
- vegetation
- grazing
- soil
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordNine paired sites, one grazed and the other enclosed from cattle grazing, were assessed using modified dry-weight-rank and comparative yield procedures. The enclosures were all longterm, varying in…Publication Date 1996
- cattle
- grazing
- vegetation
- site
- Central Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2000
- ecology
- rangelands
- management
- landscape
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordWe propose a procedure for the assessment of rangeland function, comprised of three components: a conceptual framework, a field methodology and an interpretive framework. The conceptual framework…Publication Date 2000
- rangelands
- monitoring
- landscape
- paddocks
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2000
- rabbits
- regeneration
- grazing
- Acacia carnei
- threatened species
- 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
- cattle
- pastures
- rangelands
- North-eastern Australia
- seasonal influence
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- biodiversity
- habitats
- landscape
- Commercial farming
- monitoring
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- land use
- landscape
- environmental management
- Economic losses
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- landscape
- mining
- rangelands
- conservation (storage)
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA balanced view of the role trees play in grazing systems is required to improve landscape level management and planning. Producers are monitoring the value of retained native vegetation on their…Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- grazing systems
- landscape
- management
- planning
- paddocks
- biodiversity
- Southern Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThe natural abundance of deuterium (2H) within soil water, groundwater and plant sap has been useful in determining sources of water used by a range of plants species growing in deserts, savannas and…Publication Date 2002
- landscape
- water
- ecosystems
- Deuterium
- Industrial uses
- North-western Australia
- Library Collection RecordNutrient-rich patches occur around grass tussocks, logs and trees in semi -arid landscapes. Landscape patterns and processes associated with such nutrient patches can influence lateral water movement…Publication Date 2002
- landscape
- nutrients
- soil
- burning
- semi-arid
- Water Movement
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThere is growing evidence of long term degradation of soil resources as a result of grazing pressures in many parts of the upper Burdekin catchment, north Queensland. To assess pathways to recovery…Publication Date 2002
- cattle
- soil resources
- degradation
- paddocks
- nutrients
- rainfall
- grazing pressure
- Northern Queensland
- Library Collection RecordIf the landscape function paradigm is to fulfil expectations, then it must, by definition, make ecological sense at the landscape -scale, as distinct from the patch -scale, and thereby provide…Publication Date 2002
- landscape
- rangelands
- management
- ecosystems
- biodiversity
- indicators
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- monitoring
- landscape
- fires
- satellites
- remote sensing
- management
- rangelands
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe landscape organisation and soil surface condition assessment criteria of the Landscape Function Analysis methodology were used to assess the effects of three cattle grazing pressures on sub-…Publication Date 2002
- landscape
- Soil surface properties
- indicators
- Australia
- grazing pressure
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- frameworks
- grazing management
- rangelands
- cattle
- enterprises
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- mining
- water
- climate change
- landscape
- vegetation
- exploration
- changes
- Kalgoorlie
- Western Australia
- 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
- management
- ecosystems
- projects
- landscape
- monitoring techniques
- mapping
- Australia
- change
- Pastoralists
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- monitoring
- vegetation
- rangelands
- projects
- networks
- analysis
- density
- species
- Pressure
- grazing
- Bioregion
- Southern Australia
- Station
- Library Collection RecordPATCHKEY is a new conceptual patch classification model extending the QLD DPI &F ABCD system for describing grazing induced patch changes. Using both vegetation and soil variables we are able…Publication Date 2006
- models
- landscape
- grazing
- Australia
- patch
- 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 RecordSoil carbon and ground cover were measured in 2005 on two sets of 24-year-old multiple grazing exclosures at "Croxdale ", a Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries (QDPI…Publication Date 2006
- ground cover plants
- grazing
- soil erosion
- soil carbon
- southwestern Queensland
- Library Collection RecordA F.NIRS calibration equation was developed for predicting the 13C ratio in faeces, and therefore the proportions of C4 tropical grasses to C3 non-grass plants (primarily forbs, legumes and browses)…Publication Date 2006
- calibration
- measurement
- seasonality
- grazing
- Northern Australia
- Library Collection RecordIn grazed landscapes, the condition, location, size and frequency of grazing induced patches can relate directly to hydrological function, sediment and nutrient loss at the paddock scale and beyond.…Publication Date 2006
- frameworks
- grazing
- hydrological cycle
- north Queensland
- patch
- Library Collection RecordA grazing trial begun in the Victoria River District (VRD) in 1993 aimed to determine sustainable management strategies and stocking rates that were optimal in terms of both ecology and economics.…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- grazing
- stocking rate
- Sustainable economic development
- Northern Australia
- Library Collection RecordAlthough not widely adopted, many producers have claimed beneficial responses in environmental sustainability and livestock productivity following introduction of cell grazing. However, there has…Publication Date 2006
- Data
- measurement
- landscape
- cell grazing
- Central Queensland
- Library Collection RecordSmall mammal, reptile, ant and plant diversity, soil health and landscape condition were compared at sites that were either 1) reserved for conservation, 2) currently stocked or 3) long-ungrazed…Publication Date 2006
- conservation (storage)
- woodlands
- grazing
- animals
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordWe estimate that almost 80% of the landscapes of the Gascoyne Catchment have become severely degraded since the introduction of ungulate grazing animals ~150 years ago. This indicates a trend of…Publication Date 2006
- landscape
- degradation
- projects
- Grazing Animal
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis investigation aims to establish the feasibility of managing the grazing of cattle through methods other than increased fencing within the extensive production systems of the Barkly region of the…Publication Date 2006
- grazing management
- cattle
- Alternative methods
- Northern Australia
- Watering Point
- Library Collection RecordLandscape Function Analysis monitoring compared two adjacent sites in the Southern Black Speargrass rangelands of the South Burnett region in Queensland. Both sites carried black speargrass (…Publication Date 2006
- assessment
- landscape
- site
- comparison
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordExtensive agricultural modification of the North Western Slopes and Plains of NSW has resulted in conditions suitable for the establishment of dense regrowth, especially on private lands. Recent…Publication Date 2006
- regrowth
- trees
- landscape
- management
- northwestern New South Wales
- 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 available.Publication Date 2006
- grazing
- surveys
- land degradation
- guidelines
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe use of faecal Near Infra -red Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) to predict the diet quality selected by grazing cattle and future body condition of cattle has been evaluated for several common…Publication Date 2006
- tools
- cattle
- grazing management
- Diet preferences
- Australia
- diet