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- 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 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 RecordAbstract: North Queensland coastal wetlands have been severely degraded by the Weeds of National Significance (WoNS), Hymenachne amplexicaulis (Olive hymenachne) with lesser impacts by Salvinia…Publication Date 2012
- rehabilitation
- management
- herbicides
- Australia
- Nywaigi
- Library Collection RecordThe Kimberley is a spectacular place, renowned for its natural and cultural significance as well as its raw beauty. It holds a special place for many people, locally, in Western Australia, …Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- 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
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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 RecordAbstract. Inter-annual rainfall variability is a major challenge for sustainable and profitable grazing management in northern Australia. Results are presented from a large, 13 year grazing trial on…Publication Date 2012
- stocking rate
- Australia
- flexible stocking
- spelling
- 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 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