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- Library Collection RecordFire safety in the wildland-urban interface including your hoe and landscape.Publication Date 2018
- fire
- landscape
- safety
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordEcological sites are a conceptual landscape classification system used to interpret potential across the landscape. The fundamental assumption of ecological sites is that landscapes can be grouped…Publication Date 2018
- ecological indicators
- site
- landscape
- indicators
- descriptors
- land classification
- biome
- Description
- Library Collection RecordGully erosion and channel incision are widespread problems reducing the function and resilience of wet meadows and riparian areas. The loss of natural water storage capacity in these systems is of…Publication Date 2018
- Upland areas
- upland soils
- landscape
- Landscape morphology
- water conservation
- water erosion
- monitoring
- ecological restoration
- rock structures
- Water Infiltration
- Library Collection RecordThe Australian continent’s rangelands have small populations scattered over huge areas and are characterised by extreme temporal variability and threatening eco-climatic processes and changes …Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThis simulation study compared the cattle productivity and sustainability of fixed stocking with that of 55 flexible stocking strategies at 28 locations across Queensland and the Northern Territory…Publication Date 2015
- cattle productivity
- Northern Australia
- pasture condition
- Queensland
- rainfall
- stocking rate management
- Library Collection RecordSince 2007, state agencies on the east coast of Australia and the University of Queensland have been collaborating through the Joint Remote Sensing Research Program (JRSRP). This has resulted in a…Publication Date 2015
- land condition
- modelling
- Queensland
- remote sensing
- Library Collection RecordThe VegMachine software was developed in 2002 by a national team of RD&E providers, and funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA). The software was designed primarily as a vegetation cover…Publication Date 2015
- remote sensing
- Australia
- ground cover
- Queensland
- remote sensing
- VegMachine
- Library Collection RecordThe exotic shrub Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton (rubber bush) is spreading throughout the Barkly Tablelands region (Northern Territory) where land managers are concerned about apparent…Publication Date 2015
- Calotrope
- Chemical
- Queensland
- threat
- weed
- Library Collection RecordThe Western Local Land Service (LLS) area of operation is large, covering 40% of NSW, with a range of Landsystems and vegetation community types. Under future climate change scenarios, western NSW is…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- climate
- Landsat
- landscape
- refugia
- remote sensing
- time-series
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThis paper reports on the services and support delivered by the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) to the Burdekin rangelands grazing industry from July 2011 through…Publication Date 2015
- Extension
- practice change
- project
- Queensland
- water quality
- Library Collection RecordPastoral Profit is a new extension program which directly addresses the challenges posed by many pastoral livestock producers by targeting business management skills to improve bottom lines,…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- Windorah
- Queensland
- Wool Innovation
- Library Collection RecordThe 66,640km2 Mount Isa Inlier/Northwest highlands bioregion in north western Queensland is typified by rugged red rocky hills, low open woodland of spinifex and snappy gum and is the location of…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- biodiversity
- engagement
- fire
- Managment
- Queensland
- stakeholder
- Library Collection RecordThis paper reports on a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) completed for the Queensland Government’s Reef Plan Grazing Best Management Practice (BMP) extension project in the Burdekin catchment,…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- extension and education
- grazing bmp.
- Project evaluation
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordLivestock producers desire improved tools to assess the quality and quantity of pasture on offer to adjust stocking rates and provide timely protein and energy supplementation. The NDVI (Normalised…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- diet quality
- livestock productivity
- Mitchell grass
- NDVI
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordSurface runoff was recorded from small plots situated in the mulga rangelands of Queensland. Even small falls of rain ( <15 mm) produced runoff equivalent to over 50% of the rain. Plant tussocks…Publication Date 2014
- Amelorating effect
- Australia
- plant cover
- Queensland
- rainfall
- runoff
- Library Collection RecordBoth the condition and the productive potential of Australia's rangelands indicate a neglect of these resources by governments, research organisations and teaching institutions. There is a need…Publication Date 2014
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThis study examines contact between twelve large Australian Pastoral Companies and the Queensland Department of Primary Industries (QDPI). Most contact is with the veterinary services branch.…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- Australian Pastoral Companies
- Queensland
- state department
- Library Collection RecordFire occurs infrequently in Australia's most extensive plant community, the mulga lands (see map 3, Moore 1970) . Under present management, the average interval between fires would be in the…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- controversial
- Eastern Rangelands
- fire
- Mulga Communities
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding and quantifying constraints to multiple ecosystem service delivery and biodiversity is vital for developing management strategies for current and future human well-being. A particular…Publication Date 2013
- Countryside Survey
- landscape
- pollination
- productivity
- soil carbon
- trade-offs
- water quality
- ecosystem services
- biodiversity
- management
- Great Britain
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2013
- Triticum aestivum
- Plant diseases
- monitoring
- landscape
- steppes
- Triticum aestivum
- Triticum aestivum
- Library Collection RecordThe invasion of exotic grasses into savannas is occurring globally. Despite threats to ecosystem processes and biodiversity, few studies have investigated factors that facilitate invasion success. *…Publication Date 2013
- cattle grazing
- exotic grass
- facilitation
- grass-fire cycle
- savanna
- wind dispersal
- grazing
- Alien invasive species
- ecosystem ecology
- restoration ecology
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- grasses
- fire ecology
- grazing
- soils
- rainfall
- drought
- Queensland
- 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 RecordPublication Date 2012
- landscape
- Coleoptera
- Nature conservation
- biodiversity
- soil management
- pastures
- Coleoptera
- Coleoptera
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- landscape
- farmland
- grasslands
- forests
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- forestry
- forests
- pastures
- landscape
- woodlands
- agriculture
- management
- agriculture
- 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 RecordPublication Date 2011
- agroecosystems
- agriculture
- food security
- food production
- water management
- wetlands
- water use
- decision making
- developing countries
- Poverty
- fisheries
- climate change
- agroforestry
- biodiversity
- rangelands
- livestock
- Rainfed farming
- landscape
- 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 RecordThis paper examines the seasonal climate patterns resulting in three large and apparently rare episodic recruitments of Astreblaspp. in Queensland. Each of these recruitments occurredfollowing a 3-…Publication Date 2010
- Astrebla spp.
- El Nino Southern Oscillation
- episodic recruitment
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThe “Guidelines for determining lease land condition†(the Guidelines) were developed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) to support implementation of the…Publication Date 2010
- assessment
- Condition
- Queensland
- 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 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 RecordDespite their vast size and a declining workforce it is possible to manage pastoral leases effectively by focusing on landscape function to identify key critical areas. Natural and human-induced…Publication Date 2010
- landscape
- management
- effective
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordA ground cover index (GCI) derived from Landsat TM data is available for Queensland since 1986. It provides a potentially robust means for reporting change in landscape function to the Australian…Publication Date 2010
- remote sensing
- dysfunction
- Queensland
- regional reporting
- Wambiana grazing trial
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasslands
- landscape
- steppes
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- farmland
- landscape
- wild plants
- steppes
- biodiversity
- Economic Value
- Plant resources
- plant introduction
- protected species
- landscape conservation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- landscape
- Indigenous organisms
- Land varieties
- herbaceous plants
- natural resources
- identification
- seed collection
- grazing lands
- grasslands
- provenance
- ecology
- identification
- provenance
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- sheep
- grazing
- animal feeding
- landscape
- pastures
- meadows
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- rangelands
- herbivores
- landscape
- biodiversity
- grazing management
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- Norway
- grasslands
- pastures
- herbaceous plants
- landscape
- landscape conservation
- plant ecology
- site factors
- species
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- landscape
- grassland management
- endangered species
- biodiversity
- Nature conservation
- species
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- landscape
- grasslands
- natural resources
- biodiversity
- arable land
- evaluation
- public opinion
- surveys
- evaluation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- livestock
- transhumance
- summer
- pastures
- milk production
- Support measures
- Structural Change
- cultural heritage
- landscape
- biodiversity
- farmers
- motivation
- Constraints
- highlands
- Norway
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- pastures
- meadows
- grasslands
- grazing lands
- management
- landscape conservation
- landscape
- Library Collection RecordThe Queensland Murray Darling Committee (QMDC) is working with the community in the Maranoa Balonne and Border Rivers catchments to encourage and support sustainable use of natural resources. A…Publication Date 2008
- Murray Darling Basin
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordRecent field research has established that biological soil crust communities (cyanobacteria, lichens, liverworts and mosses) are widespread across the rangelands of Queensland. Our survey has covered…Publication Date 2008
- Cyanobacteria
- biodiversity
- cyanobacterial soil crusts
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordIn 2004, a national pilot study was conducted under the direction of the Australian Collaborative Rangeland Information System (ACRIS). In Queensland the test region was the Desert Uplands Bioregion…Publication Date 2006
- monitoring
- Pilot projects
- resources
- changes
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordPATCHKEY is a new conceptual patch classification model extending the QLD DPI &F ABCD system for describing grazing induced patch changes. Using both vegetation and soil variables we are able…Publication Date 2006
- models
- landscape
- grazing
- Australia
- patch
- Library Collection RecordAbundant literature links provision of artificial water points in pastoral areas to negative environmental effects, including increased grazing pressure, prevention of regeneration and promotion of…Publication Date 2006
- biodiversity
- projects
- landscape
- Southeast Australia
- Water Point
- Library Collection RecordFloodouts at tributary junctions formed during major floods when sediment was dumped in the flow path. Dense vegetation grows in the floodouts in a geomorphological/ecological feedback: the…Publication Date 2006
- landscape
- Floods (rising water)
- vegetation
- ecology
- western New South Wales