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- Library Collection RecordThe conservation of biodiversity in the rangelands cannot occur solely in National Parks - the arid lands environment is too risky and too extensive. Deciding what level of protection is needed…Publication Date 1992
- range management
- frameworks
- methods
- Australia
- biodiversity conservation
- conservation
- Library Collection RecordSome conservation goals for the rangelands can be met by managing pastoral land in a more sustainable manner. Other conservation goals will only be met by managing some areas entirely for…Publication Date 1992
- management
- Australia
- rangeland conservation
- rangeland management
- Library Collection RecordThe dramatic change in the western world's economic environment is characterised by lower inflation, unserviceable indebtedness, lower commodity prices, greater environmental awareness and a…Publication Date 1992
- range management
- economics
- Financial market
- agribusiness and business economics
- Australia
- economics
- financial environment
- ownership structures
- rangeland management
- Library Collection RecordSince 1902, rents for grazing leases in the Western Division of New South Wales, and wool prices, have remained constant in real terms. All other costs of running a grazing property have increased.…Publication Date 1992
- rent
- Leases
- Australia
- grazing leases
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- management
- Australia
- management skills
- Library Collection RecordThis study focussed on issues related to equity levels on grazing properties in western Queensland and also on the investment options used by producers over the period of the last half of the 1980…Publication Date 1992
- investment
- grazing lands
- Australia
- debt structure
- equity levels
- grazing properties
- investment options
- Queensland
- Western Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAttitudes are a person's predisposition to an object or concept which results in a positive or negative evaluation of the object or concept. Research has shown that attitudes as such, are rarely…Publication Date 1992
- attitudes
- Community participation
- Community involvement
- Australia
- changing attitudes
- community perceptions
- Library Collection RecordThe "outback" is an integral part of the Australian image and attracts numerous local and international visitors who want to experience this landscape and its special features. However, in…Publication Date 1992
- Public services
- Australia
- consultation
- public access system
- South Australian Pastoral Zone
- Library Collection RecordMining operations produce a great deal of wealth from small areas of land. Production values into the millions of dollars per hectare are common. Through government regulation the action of mining…Publication Date 1992
- mining
- productivity
- reclamation
- Australia
- Cobar
- land productivity
- mine reclamation
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- management techniques
- Arid climate
- Australia
- community based strategies
- semi-arid rangelands
- Library Collection RecordWe studied three sites in Central Australia with a range of use by cattle to see whether the soil had lost its capacity to support the vegetation assemblages present prior to grazing, and also to…Publication Date 1992
- range management
- Australia
- Central Australia
- rangeland condition
- Library Collection RecordIn a complementary presentation (Tongway & Friedel, this volume), we examined the impact of cattle grazing on the landscape and soils of calcareous shrubby grasslands. In this presentation we…Publication Date 1992
- degradation
- revegetation
- Impact assessment
- Australia
- grazing impacts
- revegetation
- soil degradation
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- revegetation
- Australia
- dryland salinity revegetation
- Dryland Seeding
- Library Collection RecordSoil degradation, perennial pasture decline and inedible shrub encroachment are common forms of land degradation north west of Bourke NSW. An experiment to investigate the merits of various land…Publication Date 1992
- rehabilitation
- Australia
- land rehabilitation
- management strategies
- Library Collection RecordConstruction costs of waterponding banks for scald reclamation in Victoria River District (VRD) can be prohibitive. Cost recovery of construction with a station -owned grader, through increased…Publication Date 1992
- reclamation
- production costs
- Australia
- forage production
- waterponding
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- pasture management
- Australia
- Contour Furrowing
- Exclosure
- pasture management strategies
- site conditions
- Library Collection RecordGlasshouse experiments were used to determine the salinity tolerance of Atriplex nummularia (old man saltbush) either growing under free -draining or waterlogged conditions. Plants were grown over a…Publication Date 1992
- rehabilitation
- Salinity control
- Atriplex nummularia
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe arid zone is characterised by episodic rainfall events which produce infrequent vegetation growth pulses (Pickup, 1989). This vegetation then senesces and decays, or is consumed by herbivores.…Publication Date 1992
- assessment
- rangelands
- grazing management
- satellite observation
- Australia
- grazing methods
- range condition
- rangeland assessment
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- assessment
- Australia
- New South Wales
- range assessment
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- assessment
- rangelands
- Australia
- management
- New South Wales
- rangeland assessment
- Library Collection RecordSatellite images, derived from NOAA data, can describe seasonal changes that occur in rangelands. Change in green pasture cover are the major cause for changes between monthly satellite images.…Publication Date 1992
- monitoring
- seasonal variation
- satellite imagery
- Australia
- monitoring seasonal change
- satellite data
- Library Collection RecordBoth exotic and native species of woody plants, as a result of their increase in distribution and stand density, have caused land degradation and reduced pasture and rangeland productivity. In the…Publication Date 1992
- weed management
- weed control
- Australia
- hexazinone
- integrated weed management
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- weed control
- Library Collection RecordSpatial simulation of pasture growth and utilisation by herbivores is being developed as an aid to rational drought management in Queensland. A geographic information system (GIS) of climatic…Publication Date 1992
- drought
- management
- prediction
- monitoring
- Australia
- computer based management
- drought monitoring
- drought prediction
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordComputer simulations of pasture production were used to estimate safe carrying capacities for a range of land systems found in south west Queensland. Simulation enabled a quantitative determination…Publication Date 1992
- carrying capacity
- simulation
- Australia
- computer simulation
- production
- South Western Queensland
- Library Collection RecordGRASSMAN, an agricultural decision -support model, has been modified to include sources, sinks and storages of greenhouse gases. The modified model was used to investigate the effects of changes in…Publication Date 1992
- stocking rate
- burning
- management
- greenhouse gases
- emission reduction
- Australia
- burning management
- emission reduction
- emissions
- greenhouse gas emissions
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordRecent emphasis in the community and the press has been on human- induced long term climate change. Much effort has therefore been expended in determining existing evidence of climate change. However…Publication Date 1992
- climate change
- Australia
- climate variability
- range condition
- Library Collection RecordData on the population dynamics of three 'woody weed' species Acacia deanei, Cassia nemophila and Dodonaea viscosa, collected over a 12 year period at a disturbed site near Boggabri showed…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe herbicide tebuthiuron was applied at rates varying from 3.7 to 10.7kg /ha (of product) on target species of mulga (Acacia aneura), ironwood (A. estrophiolata) and witchetty bush (A. kempeana).…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordMesquite is a major threat to Queensland's rangelands. In small areas of south west and north west Queensland mesquite has already demonstrated the devastation it can cause. If not controlled,…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe use of low energy grubbing implements to remove woody weeds is a low cost alternative to the use of chemicals or larger equipment in stands described as open or semi -open. They have a particular…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordUp to 90 % mortality in hopbush, ( Dodonea viscosa) was achieved by stocking 1 goat /ha for three years. The mortality rate was lower in shrubs that had been only partially defoliated (35 %) or…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordGiant Parramatta Grass (GPM) is a serious grass weed of coastal Eastern Australia. Its ability to invade pastures is due, at least in part, to its ability to produce large quantities of seed…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPercentage cover of herbaceous plant species, soil and environmental data were collected at 205 sites in the Olary Ranges in the North -East pastoral district of South Australia. Of 337 species…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA survey encompassing 124 sites investigated the distribution of the perennial chenopod, Maireana sedifolia (pearl bluebush). Calcium carbonate and summer rainfall were delineated as primary…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Northern South Australia
- Library Collection RecordWe propose an hypothesis model to account for the infrequency of recruitment (about once in 20 years) of western myall (Acacia papyrocarpa Benth.), an arid zone tree. In most years, ants effectively…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordLittle is known of Eremophila seed production, viability or germination characteristics. The number of fully developed seed within the fruit varies (i.e. between 12.5 -64.1 %), and there are varying…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordSoil degradation, perennial pasture decline and inedible shrub encroachment are common forms of land degradation north west of Bourke NSW. An experiment to investigate the merits of various land…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Department of Agriculture, Western Australia has completed development of a ground based monitoring system for grassland pastures in rangelands. The monitoring system has been divided into two…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPasture condition can be assessed by comparing species occurrence across a range of sites. Ordination techniques simplify these multi- attribute data and display differences between sites, To…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper describes work in progress to examine how best to set up and use reference areas, particularly in the framework of the South Australian Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act (1989…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordWater infiltration into soil was studied before and after burning small plots of Eragrostis eriopoda and Triodia basedowii in central Australia. Fire had no statistically significant effect on…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of two different grazing regimes on the surface soil properties of a dunefield land system in the semi -arid woodlands of eastern Australia were investigated. The land system is comprised…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper describes a general economic analysis package, BURNECON, for evaluating the benefits and costs of using management burns to improve grazing potential in the semi-arid woodlands of eastern…Publication Date 1991
- management burns
- prescribed fire
- land management
- microcomputer
- decision support systems
- BURNECON
- Australia
- fire ecology
- management
- grazing
- indigenous encroaching species
- Economic Aspects
- Africa