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- 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 RecordAbstract: This paper presents a brief summary of an economic analysis of alternative feral goat management strategies (no control, opportunistic harvesting, value added and goat-proof fencing) and…Publication Date 2012
- economics
- Australia
- feral goat
- NSW
- policy
- 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 RecordAbstract Determining the level of investment and support needed to maintain biodiversity across vast areas is difficult. In response to this challenge the South Australian Department of Environment…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Information Framework
- landscape assessment
- state and transition models
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: The impetus for the Rangelands Reform Program arose from two reviews into the pastoral industry held in 2009 – the Southern Rangelands Pastoral Advisory Group’s A Review of the…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: The current pastoral leases in WA are only for the purpose of grazing livestock. New tenures post 2015 may allow a wide range of land uses including livestock production, carbon offsets…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2012
- stocking rate
- carrying capacity
- rotational grazing
- monitoring techniques
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Economic pressures have challenged Australia’s northern beef industry over the last decade. Productivity improvement has been slowing, costs of production have escalated rapidly and…Publication Date 2012
- Sustainable development
- Australia
- beef enterprise modelling
- beef production
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Grazing trials are used to quantify and demonstrate the biophysical impact of grazing strategies, with the Wambiana grazing trial being one of the longest running trials in northern…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- economic performance
- ENTERPRISE model
- GRASP model
- Library Collection RecordAbstract This project investigated the potential for pastoral intensification in the Victoria River District (VRD) of the NT to increase the profitability of the northern beef industry in the face…Publication Date 2012
- intensification
- Sustainable development
- Australia
- grazing distribution
- 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 Sustainable natural resource management (NRM) requires research and planning to be complemented by strong community engagement and input. This is especially true in northern Australia…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Indigenous engagement
- natural resource management
- Waterways Education
- Library Collection RecordSummary Many restoration guidelines strongly recommend the use of local sources of seed in native plant revegetation projects. These recommendations are based on assumptions that the species used…Publication Date 2012
- inbreeding
- Australia
- Local
- provenances
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: Bringing about positive change and the wise use of rangelands is more about enabling landholders to enhance their knowledge and build their skills rather than bringing modern science to…Publication Date 2012
- Attitude
- Australia
- Empathy
- trust
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Mulga woodlands and shrublands are distributed across ~ 20 % of the Australian continent and are one of the dominant vegetation types of the semi-arid zone, with a long history of…Publication Date 2012
- Acacia aneura
- Australia
- grazing impacts
- linear infrastructure
- Library Collection RecordAbstract An estimated 110 Mt of dust is eroded by wind from the Australian land surface each year, mainly originating from the arid and semi-arid rangelands. Livestock production is thought to…Publication Date 2012
- wind erosion
- land degradation
- management
- stocking rate
- Australia
- GRASP
- modelling
- 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 effects of bilby…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Savanna burning contributes between 2-4% annually to Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions accounts. However, fire is a natural process and a key land management tool in the northern…Publication Date 2012
- diversification
- Australia
- carbon farming
- savanna burning
- 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 RecordAbstract This paper reports initial field studies and modelling of carbon stocks under alternative fire regimes in northern rangelands. The field studies in the Victoria River District suggested…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- carbon modelling
- carbon stocks
- prescribed fire
- Library Collection RecordThis paper focuses on the natural resources of the southern rangelands of Western Australia,from the Pilbara south, where the main activities (based on area) are pastoralism, tourism, Aboriginal…Publication Date 2012
- rangelands
- planning
- degradation
- Australia
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) is a Weed of National Significance and is declared in New South Wales under the Noxious Weeds Act 1993 (Class 2). Infestations of mesquite occur in far western…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- community
- management
- mesquite
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: The National Rangeland NRM Alliance (The Alliance) is a collaboration of 14 rangelands natural resource management bodies representing some 81 per cent of Australia’s landmass. The…Publication Date 2012
- rangelands
- Australia
- collaboration
- National
- 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
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordDescription not available.Publication Date 2012
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIt has been proposed that, across broad spatial scales, climatic factors are the main drivers of ecological patterns, while biotic factors are mainly important at local spatial scales. However, few…Publication Date 2012
- diversity patterns
- herbivory
- plant–herbivore interactions
- Quaternary climate change
- resource–consumer relationships
- savanna species
- Speciation
- Africa
- 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 RecordTermites and large herbivores represent important functional groups in savanna ecosystems. Termites affect vegetation far beyond their mounds. In addition, large herbivores feed selectively on…Publication Date 2012
- disturbance
- landscape heterogeneity
- large herbivores
- Macrotermes
- plant–herbivore interaction
- soil fertility
- temporal dynamics
- Uganda
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT Is the use of rangelands for cattle production consistent with the conservation of natural habitat? The problem is discussed in the context of a case study of Toomba Station, a fully…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- sustainability
- Australia
- conservation
- 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 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 RecordThe Bahima ethnic group have been crossbreeding autochthonous Ankole with Holstein-Friesian cattle. Separate herds (pure Ankole and crossbreds) are common. A survey was conducted to characterize…Publication Date 2012
- Ankole cattle
- Indigenous knowledge
- pasture composition
- pasture management
- Uganda
- Africa
- 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 RecordProtected areas constitute strategy for biodiversity conservation. Unfortunately, these sanctuaries of biodiversity are submitted to a high human pressure in Togo. This study carried out in the Alé…Publication Date 2012
- vegetation
- diversity
- Pressure
- management
- Togo
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract is available for this article.Publication Date 2012
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract is available for this article.Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- southern Africa
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