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- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 1990
- control methods
- grasslands
- weed control
- Aristida Infestations
- Australia
- control options
- Mitchell grass
- 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 RecordWe investigated herbage dynamics, soil mobility and soil seed banks along a gradient of grazing in arid calcareous grasslands. Grazing-induced soil loss appeared to precede major compositional change…Publication Date 1996
- grasslands
- Seed banks (genetics)
- soil
- investment
- Central Australia
- 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
- rabbits
- regeneration
- grazing
- Acacia carnei
- threatened species
- Library Collection RecordThe rate of recovery of vegetation from a state of poor condition is valuable information for rangeland managers who are controlling livestock and feral animal numbers in paddocks to improve…Publication Date 2000
- vegetation
- paddocks
- grasslands
- controlled grazing
- Australia
- changes
- Library Collection RecordThere is increasing interest in the impact of grazing by domestic livestock on biodiversity in Astrebla (Mitchell grass) grasslands (Woinarski 1999). A long term grazing study in Astrebla grasslands…Publication Date 2000
- grasslands
- species diversity
- soil seed banks
- Forage Use
- grazing pressure
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2000
- edaphic factors
- grasslands
- perennials
- Degradation Gradient
- variability
- Vegetation Change
- Western Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2000
- grasslands
- composition
- regeneration
- glyphosate
- Australia
- Austrodanthoni
- changes
- recovery
- Library Collection RecordWe assessed the seed bank dynamics, standing herbage dynamics and soil loss along two gradients of grazing with different histories of grazing use, in the arid grasslands of central Australia. We…Publication Date 2002
- Seed banks (genetics)
- grasslands
- deterioration
- indicators
- Central Australia
- safe sites
- soil-based
- 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 RecordPaddocks in a stocking rate trial at Mt Sanford, in the Victoria River District of the Northern Territory, were examined for factors that influenced the development of piospheres (zones of…Publication Date 2002
- grasslands
- paddocks
- stocking rate
- grazing management
- mineral supplements
- Northern Australia
- piosphere
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- grasslands
- rangelands
- models
- Biophysics
- frameworks
- projects
- 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 RecordClimate has a large impact on vegetation and animal production in northern Australia. The length of the dry season, variable annual rainfall, extreme temperatures and high evaporation rates make…Publication Date 2002
- grasslands
- rainfall
- weather forecasting
- management
- pastures
- summer
- Northern Australia
- Library Collection RecordGeographic Information Systems (GIS) offer tools for examining grazing patterns in greater detail than previously. While general patterns such as patch grazing are documented in Mitchell grasslands…Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- paddocks
- grasslands
- sheep
- soil
- pastures
- GIS
- geographic information systems
- Queensland
- Utilisation
- 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 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 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 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 RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- projects
- desertification
- grasslands
- inner Mongolia
- international cooperation
- Library Collection RecordAuthor summary: "...In this paper, I will talk about my experience of the last 4 years, managing my grazing enterprise as a complex system. I will tell you a bit about what I’ve done…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- stocking rate
- wool production
- sheep
- Nutritional Requirements
- Australia
- complex systems
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Fire is an integral component of tropical savannas, but is often actively excluded from commercially grazed systems in northern Australia. The Kidman Springs Fire Trial (Victoria River…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- Australia
- fire management
- tropical savannas
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: Soil respiration is the major source of CO2 flux to the atmosphere in terrestrial systems.In tropical rangeland ecosystems disturbance regimes, such as cattle grazing and fire, impact soil…Publication Date 2012
- soil temperature
- soil moisture
- woodlands
- grasslands
- CO2
- Australia
- 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 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 ecological history of rangelands is often presented as a tale of devastation, where fragile drylands are irreversibly degraded through inappropriate land-use. There is confusion about how to…Publication Date 2015
- degradation
- eastern Australia
- grazing
- rare species
- Vegetation Change
- Library Collection RecordIncreaser species are useful indicators of rangeland condition. In the Gawler Ranges District of the South Australian Pastoral Zone, Maireana pyramidata (blackbush) is commonly considered an…Publication Date 2008
- grazing
- belt transects
- chenopod species
- rangeland condition
- Library Collection RecordThe Fortescue River floodplain in the Pilbara region of Western Australia is subject to periodicflooding during the summer months, especially during the months of January and February.Flood…Publication Date 2004
- summer
- grazing
- Pilbara region
- Vegetation Response
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordArid vegetation is subjected to more or less frequent fire, drought, sporadic flooding events andgrazing.Whilst fire, drought and grazing have been the subject of considerable research, little…Publication Date 2004
- fires
- drought
- grazing