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- 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 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 RecordIn obligate seeding species, the germination niche is crucial for colonization and population survival. It is a high-risk phase in a plant's life cycle, and is directly regulated by temperature…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- germination niche
- seed germination
- south-west Australia
- temperature gradient plate
- vulnerability
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- forests
- savannas
- sampling
- vegetation
- 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 RecordAnts are considered an important faunal group for the functioning of arid rangelands, they have a long history of use for environmental monitoring, and exhibit four global patterns in grazing lands…Publication Date 2011
- biodiversity
- Bioindicator
- chenopod shrubland
- disturbance
- Formicidae
- grazing impacts
- Mulga
- piosphere
- Ants
- invertebrates
- rangelands
- monitoring
- grazing
- management
- restoration ecology
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe intake of forage grasses by grazing ruminants is closely related to the mechanical fracture properties of grasses. The relationship between the tensile fracture properties of grasses and foraging…Publication Date 2011
- forage quality
- grazing
- foraging ecololgy
- tropical grass
- tensile fracture
- tiller development
- Stem
- Leaf
- toughness
- Phenological Stage
- Townsville
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe conservation values of old-growth forests in landscapes subject to repeated disturbance by fire or logging have received considerable conservation attention. However, little is known of the…Publication Date 2011
- ant biodiversity
- Fire exclusion
- fire management
- old-growth forest
- Territory Wildlife Parkfire ecology
- conservation
- management
- fire ecology
- savanna
- invertebrates
- Ants
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe use of surrogates for biodiversity is a practical tool to improve the cost effectiveness of regional conservation planning. However, there is still much uncertainty about the biological…Publication Date 2011
- disjunction
- ecological barriers
- Mitchell Landscapes
- regional conservation
- Surrogate
- biodiversity
- conservation
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordDespite the widespread recognition that disturbance by livestock affects multiple indices of landscape health, few studies have examined their effects on both biotic and abiotic processes. We…Publication Date 2011
- disturbance
- grazing gradient
- landscape function
- overgrazing
- plant diversity
- reptiles
- grazing
- livestock
- soils
- ecosystem ecology
- rangelands
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA 2-year whole-farm study compared pasture-based systems increasing milk production per ha by increasing either stocking rate (from 2·5 to 3·8 cows/ha) or milk yield per cow (from 6000 to 9000 kg/…Publication Date 2011
- management
- economics
- milk yield
- stocking rate
- pasture
- grazing
- dairy cows
- dairy farm
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- degradation
- vegetation
- degradation
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordCivil Engineering '11. 3rd International Scientific Conference. Proceedings, Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Rural Engineering. Dept. of Architecture and Building. Dept…Publication Date 2011
- Biogas
- technology
- landscape
- models
- management
- Pilot projects
- Rural development
- grasslands
- vegetation
- research
- vegetation
- Biogas
- Library Collection RecordIn many areas of Europe there are policies to restore former arable land to grassland. In practice, this usually involves the use of commercial seed mixtures. The abundance of all vascular plants…Publication Date 2011
- restoration ecology
- management
- agriculture management
- grassland
- rate of succession
- species pool
- vegetation
- Czech Republic
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- Sudan
- forage
- rangelands
- vegetation
- management
- developmental stages
- grassland management
- biomass
- nutritive value
- vegetation
- Sudan
- Library Collection RecordStudies of facilitative interactions as drivers of plant richness along environmental gradients often assume the existence of an overarching stress gradient that equally affects the performance of…Publication Date 2011
- Competitive exclusion model
- Niche expansion
- Niche segregation
- plant-plant interactions
- Richness-biomass relationship
- Stress-gradient hypothesis
- species diversity
- ecosystem ecology
- rainfall
- Spain
- Australia
- Library Collection Record1. While previous studies have demonstrated rapid evolution in introduced plants and animals, most focus on single species. They are therefore unable to show whether these are special cases, or if…Publication Date 2011
- Alien invasive species
- exotic plant
- herbarium specimen
- invasion ecology
- leaf area
- leaf mass per area
- leaf shape
- morphological change
- plant height
- New South Wales
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordTermites are estimated to contribute between 60;5 and 19% of the global methane (CH4) emissions. These estimates have large uncertainties because of the limited number of field-based studies and…Publication Date 2011
- Termites
- savanna
- Diurnal CH4 flux
- Seasonal CH4 flux
- Mound temperature
- Mound water content
- greenhouse gases
- insects
- November 2012
- Northern Territory
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- burning
- soil biology
- vegetation
- rangeland soils
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordPollen records from Lake Malawi, Africa spanning the last 135 160;kyr show substantial and abrupt vegetation response to multiple episodes of extreme aridity between 135 and 75 160;ka. Peaks in both…Publication Date 2011
- pollen
- vegetation
- Pleistocene
- Paleoclimate
- East Africa
- Library Collection RecordEcological patterns and processes are highly scale-dependent, but few studies have used standardized methodology to examine how scale dependency varies across continents. This paper examines scale…Publication Date 2011
- beta diversity
- biogeography
- community structure
- Formicidae
- scale dependency
- Ants
- invertebrates
- savanna
- ecosystem ecology
- Australia
- Brazil
- Library Collection RecordEffects of mine dump pollution on semiarid savanna vegetation were investigated in Kombat, Namibia. Vegetation structure, species richness, composition and diversity were compared between polluted…Publication Date 2011
- heavy metals
- Kombat
- ordination
- vegetation
- pollution
- savanna
- mining
- mine dump
- species richness
- species diversity
- toxicity
- decision support systems
- Namibia
- Africa
- 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 2010
- Cereal crops
- meadows
- irrigation
- drainage
- nitrogen fertilizers
- vegetation
- seedlings
- shading
- nitrogen
- nitrates
- toxicity
- harvesting frequency
- crop yield
- crops
- irrigation
- drainage
- vegetation
- Library Collection Record1. Clonal plants benefit from the ability to translocate resources among interconnected ramets to colonize heterogeneous habitats. Clonal integration affects the resource level and morphological…Publication Date 2010
- Alien invasive species
- ecosystem ecology
- Alternanthera philoxeroides
- Biological invasion
- chlorophyll
- nitrogen
- photosynthesis
- photosynthetic acclimation
- Phyla canescens
- physiological integration
- respiration
- Translocation
- Queensland
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis publication is intended to encourage and guide the consideration of rangelands natural resource management issues in national strategies and other relevant work by the NRMMC. It outlines key…Publication Date 2010
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe National Rangeland NRM Alliance (The Alliance) combines thirteen (13) rangeland NRM organisations and represents 80% of Australia’s land mass. The Alliance aims to improve the delivery of NRM…Publication Date 2010
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordWhat is new to our management is active landscape restoration, which we have commenced by participating in the Ecosystem Management Understanding (EMU) ProjectTM through the Neales River Catchment…Publication Date 2010
- Feral animals
- grazing management
- feral herds
- landscape care
- Australia
- Pastoralists
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordIncreasing carbon stocks is dependent upon better management of carbon flows in and slowing flows out. This relies on three strategies: 1) Focusing on the point in time when the bulk of carbon…Publication Date 2010
- landscape
- drought
- pasture rest
- Australia
- carbon flow
- resilience
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasslands
- remote sensing
- image analysis
- vegetation
- animals
- Behaviour
- Dry matter content
- Asia
- vegetation
- Asia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- Mongolia
- grasslands
- soil water content
- light
- methods
- vegetation
- vegetation
- Mongolia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grassland management
- vegetation
- wild plants
- grazing
- geographical distribution
- seedlings
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordOvergrazing and mismanagement of rangelands, climate change, drought and [`]salinisation of lands are threatening the sustainability of production systems and the fertility of cropping lands…Publication Date 2010
- Atriplex nummularia L.
- Fodder potential
- sheep
- goats
- Australia
- West Asia
- North Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn the seasonally dry tropics the productivity of grazing cattle is often constrained by nutrition, particularly during the dry season. An experiment during 2 annual cycles estimated the diet…Publication Date 2010
- diet selection
- Diet CP
- Diet DM digestibility
- animal nutrition
- animal production
- cattle
- forage quality
- north Queensland
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grassland management
- yaks
- grazing
- vegetation
- ecosystems
- faeces
- Asia
- vegetation
- feces
- Asia
- Library Collection RecordAnts are a prominent invertebrate group used to assess ecological change in response to disturbance. Their application as a bioindicator group has been particularly widespread in Australia, and a…Publication Date 2010
- Ants
- grazing
- Bioindicator
- land management
- Global patterns
- insects
- grasslands
- rangeland condition
- disturbance
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe survival of perennial grass plants in drought is of scientific and applied interest; scientists want to know why species differ in ability to cope with individual and combined stresses of drought…Publication Date 2010
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Plant Death
- semi-arid grasslands
- tillers
- Library Collection RecordThe Western Catchment Management Authority (CMA) works with local people to improve the management of natural resources. In line with the government’s ‘Caring for Our Country’ priorities we…Publication Date 2010
- sustainable land management
- aboriginal knowledge systems
- aboriginal language groups
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grassland management
- seed
- vegetation
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasses
- Feed grasses
- feeds
- botanical composition
- Properties
- vegetation
- grazing systems
- Library Collection RecordBackground: There have been few quantitative observations of the attributes of native animal paths and no studies of their variation between vegetation types. These paths may be important in…Publication Date 2010
- Phytosociology
- vegetation dynamics
- data analysis
- species richness
- ecosystem ecology
- animal impact
- Tasmania
- Australia
- Library Collection Record18 Congreso Congreso Venezolano de la Ciencia del Suelo. Contenido, Cabrera de Bisbal, E.Parra, R.M..- Maracay (Venezuela): SVCS, 2009. Congreso Venezolano de la Ciencia del Suelo, 18., Santa Bá…Publication Date 2009
- crops
- forests
- pastures
- vegetation
- farming systems
- soil surveys
- soil types
- Geographical information systems
- remote sensing
- field experimentation
- crop yield
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- vegetation
- pastures
- animal husbandry
- ruminants
- grazing systems
- soil analysis
- soil structure
- soil texture
- soil pore system
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- beef cattle
- grazing
- body weight
- abandoned land
- vegetation
- yields
- grazing intensity
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- rangeland soils
- vegetation
- Cover plants
- forage
- production
- density
- vegetation
- production
- Library Collection RecordAccurate reconstructions of past hydrological variability are essential for understanding the climate history of the tropics. In tropical Africa, the relative proportion of vegetation utilizing the…Publication Date 2009
- vegetation
- n-alkane
- Lignin phenol
- Compound-specific carbon isotope
- Paleoclimate
- East Africa
- Library Collection RecordLandscapes commonly comprise of mosaics, patches and boundaries. Riparian boundaries are complex to delineate and characterize, with a multitude of variables available for delineation. Multiple…Publication Date 2009
- Boundary
- vegetation
- Delineation
- Kruger National Park
- national parks
- vegetation dynamics
- ecology
- Kruger National Park
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- vegetation
- forest grazing
- Statistical methods
- Japan
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- rangelands
- vegetation
- forage
- density
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- pastures
- vegetation
- hay
- yields
- fertilizer application
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- application rates
- botany
- Turkey
- vegetation
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