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- Library Collection RecordTo support the further development of grazing practices for dairy production systems based on perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), allometric relationships among leaf-stage categories and…Publication Date 2012
- perennial ryegrass
- leaf stage
- regrowth
- nutritive value
- grazing management
- Victoria
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Sam Lossing concerning Rangeland Management, Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2012
- grassland management
- ecology
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- grasses
- grassland management
- fertilizers
- Phosphate fertilizers
- contamination
- Radioactive contamination
- pollutants
- contamination
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- Pennisetum purpureum
- grassland management
- quality
- biomass
- growth
- yields
- technology
- Pennisetum purpureum
- Pennisetum purpureum
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract is available for this article.Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- grasses
- grassland management
- Poa pratensis
- meadows
- Feed Crops
- productivity
- research
- Cereals
- hay
- haymaking
- yield components
- fertilizer application
- Poa pratensis
- Poa pratensis
- Library Collection RecordFeral animals are a big problem in Australia. Recent government reports suggest they may be causing 750 million dollars of damage annually. Tom Garret is what's known as a "roo shooter.…Publication Date 2012
- Feral animals
- wildlife management
- harvesting
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordJohn Taylor of the University of Queensland Gaton and Mike Chuk of the Desert Channels Group discuss the ongoing encroachment of woody species in Australia's grasslands. Largely, this is because…Publication Date 2012
- woodlands
- grasslands
- climate change
- Australia
- Queensland
- woodland encroachment
- 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
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordDavid Phelps and John Taylor discuss Mitchell grass, a highly productive and valuable forage species in Australia. Mitchell grass survives long droughts by having a deep root system but can also take…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe outcome of plant-plant interactions depends on environmental (e.g. grazing and climatic conditions) and species-specific attributes (e.g. life strategy and dispersal mode of the species involved…Publication Date 2012
- competition
- diversity
- facilitation
- Open woodland
- Stress-gradient hypothesis
- species richness
- drylands
- grazing
- rainfall
- Species Specificity
- community analysis
- vegetation dynamics
- Australia
- Library Collection Record"Caring for country" is a term used to describe the complex spiritual affiliation that encompasses the rights and responsibilities that Aboriginal Australians have with their land. It…Publication Date 2012
- Aboriginal
- culture
- environmental services
- Livelihoods
- Northern Territory
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThere is little direct evidence about the business model used by the legendary cattle king, Sir Sidney Kidman. Kidman's properties were invariably stocked at less than full capacity, and were…Publication Date 2012
- adaptation
- climate change
- diversification
- drought
- rangelands
- real options
- market risk
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe invasion of exotic plants into savanna ecosystems can disrupt the natural pattern of vegetation. Indian couch Bothriochloa pertusa was introduced into Australia as a species for rehabilitation of…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity conservation
- Bothriochloa
- drought
- grazing pressure
- tropical weed ecology
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordGrazing by domestic livestock is one of the most widespread uses of the rangelands of Australia. There is limited information on the effects of grazing by domestic livestock on the vertebrate fauna…Publication Date 2012
- conservation biology
- grazing management
- Savanna ecology
- wildlife ecology
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper proposes a broad overview of possible responses to the challenges posed by rangelands to promote discussion on a sustainable future for these vast regions. Rangelands Australia, an…Publication Date 2012
- Indigenous human populations
- Indigenous knowledge
- rangeland communities
- rangeland management
- sustainable livelihoods
- rangelands
- management
- sustainability
- pastoralism
- Nature reserves
- restoration
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordHyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf (Coolatai grass) is a summer-active, C4 perennial tussock grass, native to southern Africa and the Mediterranean region, which has invaded areas of native flora in…Publication Date 2012
- Alien species
- Coolatai grass
- disturbance
- establishment
- population dynamics
- Weeds
- seed banks
- germination
- Hyparrhenia hirta
- Alien invasive species
- management
- herbicides
- grasslands
- mowing
- New South Wales
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe rangelands of Australia and their communities can be represented as a diverse and interrelated complex of social and ecological systems. For the development of a sustainable future for both…Publication Date 2012
- rangeland communities
- rangeland ecology
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe outcomes of previous studies have resulted in differing recommendations on the rate and timing of fertilizer N applications for forage maize. In order to gain an improved understanding of the…Publication Date 2012
- hybrid forage maize
- Pioneer 31H50
- Australia
- biomass yield
- sowing date
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The conflict that exists between the competing needs of biological conservation and those of pastoral production is well recognised, however, few studies examine these conflicts due to…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- production
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe impact of deferred grazing (no defoliation of pastures for a period generally from spring to autumn) and fertilizer application on plant population density, ground cover and soil moisture in a…Publication Date 2012
- grazing management
- sustainability
- tiller density
- perennial grasses
- phosphorus
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThere is a growing interest in the use of deficit irrigation and perennial pasture species other than perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) in temperate agriculture, in response to the decreasing…Publication Date 2012
- water stress
- cocksfoot
- perennial ryegrass
- tall fescue
- regrowth
- water-soluble carbohydrate
- leaf water potential
- leaf extension
- Burnie
- Australia
- Library Collection Record1. Callitris intratropica is a long-lived, obligate-seeding, fire-sensitive overstorey conifer that typically occurs in small groves (0.1ha) of much higher tree densities than the surrounding,…Publication Date 2012
- Aboriginal landscape burning
- alternative stable states
- determinants of plant community diversity and structure
- fire ecology
- fire-sensitive species
- habitat complexity
- patch dynamics
- pyrodiversity
- tropical savanna
- vegetation boundaries
- Arnhem Plateau
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe relative effects of tree clearing, increased livestock densities and nutrient enrichment have rarely been compared across markedly different organism types, but negative effects are generally…Publication Date 2012
- agriculture
- livestock
- Native Pasture
- nutrient enrichment
- rotational grazing
- woodland
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordImplementation of the Kimberley Science and Conservation Strategy is moving forward apace, through partnerships with Indigenous rangers, communities and pastoralists.Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Conservation Strategy
- Kimberley Science
- Library Collection RecordQuestions What is the overall restoration potential of the persistent soil seed bank of abandoned alvar grassland sites? To what degree does the share of characteristic alvar grassland species in the…Publication Date 2012
- Abandonment
- grassland management
- grazing
- Limestone grassland
- Optimal sampling time
- seed density
- Seed mass
- Semi-natural grassland
- species richness
- Traditional management
- seed bank
- restoration ecology
- grasslands
- Estonia
- Library Collection RecordQuestions: Do soil seed banks of semi-arid grasslands reassemble after abandonment from cultivation? Do seeds of native and exotic species persist in the soil? Does time since abandonment affect…Publication Date 2012
- Annual Forb
- Chronosequence
- dispersal
- grassland
- restoration
- secondary succession
- Victoria
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper documents the effects of fire on grass-layer invertebrates in tropical savannas of the Kimberley region of north-western Australia, in the context of resource availability for consumers.…Publication Date 2012
- fire ecology
- invertebrates
- Kimberley
- savanna
- conservation
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe recent review of Western Australian’s State Planning Strategy sought to refocus, rebuild and reactivate the State’s regional planning capabilities. The strategy is based on six fundamental…Publication Date 2012
- land management
- planning
- Australia
- Kimberley
- Landuse Planning
- Library Collection RecordDust storms are the result of soil erosion by wind. They cause considerable damage both at their site of origin (e.g. the farm paddock, Leys and McTainsh1994) and down wind as they deposit unwanted…Publication Date 2012
- soil erosion
- damage
- Dust
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The majority of Australian grazing lands have been degraded since European settlement, resulting in loss of soil carbon and reduced capacity to provide ecosystem services, from primary…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Northern Australian beef businesses are currently facing a challenging time with significant pressure on profitability across all regions. Simultaneously, the community and Government are…Publication Date 2012
- profitability
- carbon sequestration
- greenhouse gases
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Graziers in the Western Catchment of New South Wales (NSW) experience a climate that varies both seasonally and across the region with several implications for how land, water, pasture…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract is available for this article.Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- defoliation
- sheep
- autumn
- grassland management
- defoliation
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding mechanisms underlying fire regime effects on savanna fauna is difficult because of a wide range of possible trophic interactions and feedbacks. Yet, understanding mechanisms underlying…Publication Date 2012
- burning mosaic
- critical weight range
- fire impact
- post-fire succession
- small mammal
- vegetation structure
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordMallee-heath and mallee communities occur in a mosaic across large areas of south-western Australia, in topographically subdued and fire-prone landscapes. Consequently, it could be expected that…Publication Date 2012
- fire ecology
- carbon sequestration
- fire interval
- initial floristic composition
- mallee
- senescence
- succession
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordFire is an important driver of nutrient cycling in savannas. Here, we determined the impact of fire frequency on total and soluble soil nitrogen (N) pools in tropical savanna. The study sites…Publication Date 2012
- amino acid
- ammonium
- fire frequency
- Nitrate
- organic N
- soluble soil N
- time since fire
- Darwin
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordIn humid savannas, the transition from juvenile to mature tree sizes is thought to be a major demographic bottleneck because smaller plants are topkilled by frequent fires. Species with the highest…Publication Date 2012
- community assembly
- community ecology
- plant population
- surface fire regime
- Australia
- 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 RecordThe interactions between vegetation dynamics, fuel dynamics and fire hazard in rehabilitation after bauxite mining at Gove, Northern Territory, Australia were investigated. It was found that a policy…Publication Date 2012
- fire
- fuel
- minesite
- rehabilitation
- savanna
- fire ecology
- management
- restoration ecology
- mine rehabilitation
- Nhulunbuy
- Northern Territory
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordSavanna burning for greenhouse gas abatement presents an opportunity for remote Aboriginal communities of northern Australia to engage with the mainstream economy while fulfilling cultural…Publication Date 2012
- carbon sequestration
- fire
- Methane
- nitrous oxide
- Northern Australia
- Tiwi Islands
- savanna
- greenhouse gases
- climate change
- management
- carbon dioxide
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe structure of tropical savanna ecosystems is influenced by fire frequency and intensity. There is particular interest in the extent to which long-term fire exclusion can result in a shift from…Publication Date 2012
- Biome shift
- fire
- fire behaviour
- resprout
- savanna
- tropical woodland
- woody thickening
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper examines the economic potential for fire management to provide offsets to carbon markets in the savannas of northern Australia. Long-term field trials in Australia’s savannas have…Publication Date 2012
- carbon market
- climate change mitigation
- fire management
- greenhouse gas offset
- indigenous fire management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- pastures
- botanical composition
- Feed grasses
- biomass
- grassland management
- Library Collection RecordThe Wambiana trial was established in December 1997 near Charters Towers to objectively test how a range of grazing strategies cope with climate variability. To ensure relevance to the grazing…Publication Date 2011
- Queensland
- Field Trials
- pasture management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grassland management
- grasslands
- vegetation
- meadows
- sown grasslands
- Feed Crops
- legumes
- Trifolium
- Medicago
- organic compounds
- Chemical Compounds
- economic analysis
- Economic Value
- efficiency
- productivity
- Trifolium
- Medicago
- Trifolium
- Medicago
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grassland management
- grazing systems
- Pasture Improvement
- pastures
- grasses
- fertilizer application
- plant nutrition
- energy value
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- dairy cows
- animal feeding
- grazing systems
- pastures
- grassland management
- grazing intensity
- livestock management
- milk yield
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- Pasture Improvement
- grassland management
- pastures
- economic analysis
- profitability
- Properties
- economic viability
- profit
- silage
- feeds
- Feed Crops
- crops
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