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- Library Collection RecordCollection of all papers and posters presented at the 13th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, 2004. (Each individual paper is also indexed separately in the Global Rangeland…Publication Date 2004
- Library Collection RecordWeed management in Australian rangelands encounters a wide variety of ecosystems, a diversity of plant species that are weeds from some perspective, and severe socio-economic constraints. Although…Publication Date 1996
- Australia
- 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 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 RecordCollection of all twenty-five papers presented at the 1st Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, 1977. (Each individual paper is also indexed separately in the Global Rangeland database.)Publication Date 1977
- Australia
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordCollection of all twenty-one papers presented at the 2nd Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, 1979. (Each individual paper is also indexed separately in the Global Rangeland…Publication Date 1979
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordCollection of all thirty-one papers presented at the 3rd Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, 1981. (Each individual paper is also indexed separately in the Global Rangeland…Publication Date 1981
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA recent MLA study showed a return on investment of over 50% from the application of remote telemetry in western Queensland. This poster will illustrate and suggest the economic development…
- 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
- 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 RecordYearly 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 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 RecordWestern NSW, like the rest of the Australian pastoral zone, has experienced well documented land degradation associated with droughts (1879 -1902, 1943 -1945, 1960 -1964 and 1982) (McKeon et al., …Publication Date 2004
- wool production
- sheep
- drought
- land degradation
- rainfall
- climate data
- Australia