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- Library Collection RecordNatural resource management (NRM) groups have been co-funding the removal of cattle from riparian zones by installing fences and off-stream watering points. Riparian areas provide not only a source…Publication Date 2012
- environmental protection
- Australia
- automated animal control
- GPS
- Library Collection RecordPrediction of feed intake in beef enterprises is important for feed budgeting, productivity, profitability and environmental outcomes (e.g. carbon and methane accounting). The objective of this…Publication Date 2012
- feed intake
- Australia
- model
- tropical forages
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The establishment of trees on farms provides shade and shelter for grazing livestock. Many trees and shrubs are also important feed sources, especially during periods of pasture scarcity…Publication Date 2012
- agroforestry
- Australia
- goats
- shade and shelter
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Surveys by the Lachlan Catchment Management Authority have mapped the locations of isolated breeding groups of endangered Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata. These populations occur within highly…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- exclusion fencing
- Malleefowl
- pest animal management
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The recent introduction of new sheep breeds such as the Dorper and the increasing trend to farming feral goats, pose serious questions for the ecological sustainability of the semi-arid…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Dorper grazing behaviour
- grazing strategy
- Library Collection RecordAusPlots-Rangelands developed and is implementing continental scale, plotbased biodiversity survey and sampling methods for rangelands bioregions.Publication Date 2012
- AusPlots
- Australia
- Australian rangelands
- biodiversity survey
- Library Collection RecordAbstract. Bladdder saltbush (Atriplex vesicaria) is used extensively as an indicator of land condition in chenopod shrublands in South Australia. It is palatable, long lived, drought tolerant and…Publication Date 2012
- drought
- mortality
- Atriplex vesicaria
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Flora monitoring throughout the Australian rangelands has been intrinsically linked to rangeland management throughout grazing history. Although this monitoring is often carried out daily…Publication Date 2012
- flora
- Australia
- monitoring
- rangeland
- Library Collection RecordCyanobacterial-dominated soil crusts are found worldwide in arid and savannah landscapes where the rainfall occurs mostly in summer (Büdel 2002).Publication Date 2012
- Cyanobacteria
- nitrogen fixation
- soil crusts
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The contribution of non-domestic grazing pressure to pastoral areas of western NSW has been reported to increase grazing intensity by at least 50%. Any control of these external grazing…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- grazing management
- Australia
- ground cover
- Library Collection RecordAusPlots-Rangelands is establishing permanent surveillance plots throughout the Australian rangelands to assess baseline stocks and condition of vegetation and soils at a continental-scale and…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Australian rangelands
- biodiversity surveys
- Permanent Plots
- Library Collection RecordOn-ground works completed at Larrawa station producer demonstration site in 2011 focussed on building open water ponds and collecting data on their cost($) to construct.Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- grader and cost
- water pond
- Library Collection RecordA scarcity of natural surface water and the long established cultural practice of Aboriginal Australia jointly served to protect the rangeland from intense grazing pressure.Publication Date 2012
- profitability
- degradation
- Australia
- rangeland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: In an effort to streamline the monitoring of pastoral leases in South Australia the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) Pastoral Unit has developed and…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- data entry
- field tablets
- Library Collection RecordAbstract. This project seeks to improve the evidence base and modelling capacity underpinning recommendations for use of wet season spelling to recover poor condition grazing land and design more…Publication Date 2012
- composition
- Australia
- Condition
- spelling
- Library Collection Record
116 Power of a photo
Yearly monitoring of a Waterponding site in the Nyngan district for seven years has given encouraging results. Bare scalded semi-arid areas in western New South Wales are being transformed into…Publication Date 2012- Australia
- monitoring
- rehabilitation
- waterponding
- 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 2012
- land management
- Australia
- Environmental
- Invasive native scrub
- soil carbon
- Waterspreading
- Library Collection RecordFor rangeland areas that have been set aside for conservation, ecosystem processes can be restored by re-introducing native fauna that dig while foraging. This study investigated the…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Mitchell Grass pastures are valued for their high carrying capacity and traditionally there has been some reluctance to use fire in their management. The effects of fire in a cattle…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- Australia
- fire
- grazing
- Mitchell grass
- Library Collection RecordAbstract A new trial investigating wet season spelling (with and without early wet season burning) to improve land condition commenced on Delamere station in the Victoria River District (VRD) in…Publication Date 2012
- cattle
- 3P grasses
- Australia
- savanna burning
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Invasive native scrub (INS) has caused major changes to landscapes in Western NSW with adverse effects on pastoral production and aspects of biodiversity. The reduction in the incidence…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordHow does a mine site environmental advisor convince a mine manager to let them light a fire within a few hundred meters of two fresh air intakes of an underground mine, a 320 man camp and a massive…Publication Date 2012
- planning
- communication
- controlled burning
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract There has been a reduced use of fire as a management tool in grazing systems within the Burdekin rangelands since the wet years of the 1970’s. Several severe droughts and the adverse…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- Australia
- Extension
- woodland thickening
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Mainly, Pastures of Iran are located in arid and semiarid regions. But according to local meteorological studies, Band Ghora in Kashmar has semi-arid and cold climate. 3 to 4 times…Publication Date 2012
- grazing management
- Arc Map
- Arc View
- Australia
- Bande Ghora in Kashmar
- grazing management
- locating the improved pasture project
- saw
- seeding
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: Western Innovators is a mentorship program run by the Western Catchment Management Authority (CMA) which aims to support enterprise development and practice change being implemented by…Publication Date 2012
- capacity building
- Australia
- Landholder mentoring
- socio-economic resilience
- Library Collection RecordAbstract This paper explores the impact of future climate scenarios on pasture and livestock production at five locations in western NSW. Outputs of climate and pasture models, simulating future…Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- Australia
- modelling
- Pasture Production
- Library Collection RecordWolves have been re-introduced across the Western United States and in 2005, they reached Oregon for the first time in over 60 years. To some, this event marks a milestone in repairing fragile…Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordWolves have been re-introduced across the Western United States and in 2005, they reached Oregon for the first time in over 60 years. To some, this event marks a milestone in repairing fragile…Publication Date 2012
- wildlife
- Mexican gray wolf
- Library Collection RecordRichard Golden, Queenslands 2008 grazier and environmentalist of the year meets with John Taylor of the University of Queensland - Gatton to discuss managing in the variable climate of Australia.…Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection Record
130 Brisbane Floods
John Taylor, a resident of Brisbane Australia, discusses the floods of 2011 that left his neighborhood surrounded by water and without power for several days.Publication Date 2012 - Library Collection RecordIn this video, Heather Throop and Laurie Abbott of New Mexico State University, along with Mike Chuk of the Desert Channels Group and Andrew Ash of CSIRO discuss the "missing carbon" in the…Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordAround the world, grasslands systems are converting into woody shrubland systems. In southern New Mexico, a combination of federal, state, and scientific agencies and institutions have teamed up to…Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordThese people, at the edge of the desert, are the human face of a change affecting the entire planet. The global average temperature increase in the last 40 years is about 0.7 Celsius. Mongolia has…Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordAtmosNews takes a lighthearted look at an unexpected analogy, explaining why some people call carbon dioxide (and the other greenhouse gases) the steroids of the climate system. Statistics and…Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection Record
135 The Dig Tree
In 1861, 19 men set out on an expedition from Melbourne Australia in search of the North Coast. What happened next is one of Australia's most compelling and tragic pieces of history. John Taylor…Publication Date 2012 - Library Collection RecordIn this video, Laurie Abbott of New Mexico State University talks with colleagues Derek Bailey,Milton Thomas, and Alfredo Gonzalez about the environmental and genetic factors that determine how…Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordJohn Taylor, of the University of Queensland Gatton, has been working in Australia's rangelands for over thirty years. The people that he has befriended in the Outback are creative and…Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordLong-term Monitoring of Aspen within the NPS Upper Columbia Basin Network Eva K. Strand, Stephen C. Bunting, Lisa K. Garrett, and Gordon H. DicusPublication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordPeter Schmidt of OBE beef discusses with John Taylor of the University of Queensland - Gatton the benefits of harvesting organic Mitchell grass hay and feeding it to his USDA and NASA organic…Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection Record
140 Mulga Country
Peter Schmidt of Alawoona discusses with John Taylor of the University of Queensland - Gatton the benefits of using Mulga woodlands in combination with Mitchell grass plains in his organic certified…Publication Date 2012 - Library Collection RecordCattle Selection for Aspen Meadow Forage: Implications for Restoration Bobette Jones, Ken Tate, David Lile 2012 SRM Annual Meeting, Spokane, WAPublication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordContinental-scale characterization of molecular variation in quaking aspen Colin M. Callahan, Karen E. Mock 2012 SRM Annual Meeting, Spokane, WAPublication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordDale L. Bartos and Robert B. Campbell: The Aspen Story- 100 years in the Western U.S. 2012 SRM Annual Meeting , Spokane, WA.Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordMongolia's rural towns are largely undeveloped and most have limited electricity. New dams are providing the energy needed for the new economy, but in combination with climate change, this…Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection Record
145 Ninja Miners
In the wake of the economy transition from sustenance to capitalism, many disposed herders have no way to survive and no way to make money. They often resort to digging for gold in the wake of larger…Publication Date 2012 - Library Collection RecordMining constituents about 80% of the Mongolia economy. Two decades ago, almost the entire economy was agriculture based. Mining experts predict that the new resources may last as long as fifty years.Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordCurrently, there are approximately 160 producing gas fields in the Cooper Basin feeding into major production facilities at Moomba in South Australia and Ballera in Queensland through an extensive…Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordChris Call of Utah State meets with Rick Danvir the wildlife biologist for the Deseret ranch. This massive 200,000 private ranch manages not only 10,000 cows, but at least as many wild herbivores and…Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding the importance of prescribed fire in maintaining healthy forests in Florida. This program is a documentary production of WFSU-TV, Tallahassee. Copyright 2011.Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordChief Mike Dombeck observes a prescribed fire in action on the Mark Twain National Forest and talks about the importance of prescribed fire as a management tool in maintaining and restoring…Publication Date 2012