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- Library Collection RecordPrior to European settlement, many Australian rivers were characterised by interconnected chains of ponds', with riparian vegetation preventing scour and subsequent channel erosion. Damage and…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordChina's grassland has been undergoing rapid changes in the recent past owing to increased climate variability and a shift in grassland management strategy driven by a series of ecological…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordClonal reproduction of plants commonly occurs in arid areas because seedling establishment is rare in such severe environments. The features of clonal architecture differ not only among plant species…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordIn arid and semiarid lands around the world, vegetation is distributed in patches within a bare soil matrix. Vegetation in the North-east Patagonian Monte, Argentina is a shrubland steppe, and…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordIn order to estimate the leaf area index (LAI) over large areas in southern China, this paper analysed the relationships between normalised difference vegetation index (NDVI) and the vegetation light…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordSoil erosion, as a result of livestock grazing, has been widely reported for arid and semiarid ecosystems, but information is lacking in more mesic ecosystems where erosion is generally studied in…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordThe net primary productivity (NPP) of grassland ecosystems is an important indicator of the capacity for carbon (C) absorption. The Global Production Efficiency Model was adopted to simulate NPP in…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordTranshumance is a practice of nomadic pastoralism that was once common in Mediterranean Europe. This livestock-rearing system is associated with the maintenance of cultural landscapes and the…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordRangeland depletion is a persistent problem in many developing countries and is often a result of inappropriate management activities such as overstocking, particularly in the regions of West Asia…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordSmall mammals play an important role in many ecosystems; hence, the factors that influence their community structure are of interest. Ungulate grazing is one such factor, and this study focussed on…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordIndicator species have been used for several decades as measures of ecosystem health. In arid Australian rangelands, which are dominated by commercial grazing enterprises reliant on native pastures,…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordThe study was undertaken to quantify the effect of different controlled fire frequencies on foliar cover, density, individual basal area, and mortality of the most common perennial grass species in…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordShrub encroachment involves abiotic and biotic factors that regulate demographic factors influencing seed production, storage, germination, and subsequent recruitment. In the rangelands of semi-arid…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordNet primary productivity (NPP) of grassland is one of the key components in measuring the carrying capacity of livestock. Not only are grassland researchers concerned with the performance of NPP…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordBellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia L.) is an invasive weed that poses economic and environmental problems in northern Australia. Competition between pasture and bellyache bush was examined in…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordThe aim is to review landscape ecology and the contribution it can make to sustainable rangeland management, using Australia as an example. An examination is made of how much traditional ecology, as…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordSince 1960, 22 species of individually marked, arid-zone perennial plants in the Murchison District and Gibson Desert of Western Australia have been monitored for flowering, fecundity, and survival.…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordUnder the extensive grazing conditions experienced in Australia, pastoralists would benefit from a long lead-time seasonal forecast issued for the austral warm season (November-March). Currently…Publication Date 2013
- Library Collection RecordThe recent trend to farming or re-domestication of feral goats poses serious questions for the ecological sustainability of the semiarid and arid rangelands of southern Australia. This paper reviews…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordMost rangelands in Jordan are degraded and contain almost no perennial vegetation. A study was conducted near Tal alRumman, Jordan to evaluate grazing behaviour of sheep under typical sheep…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordExcess sediments from agricultural areas are having a detrimental impact on the Great Barrier Reef, and threaten the long-term viability of rangeland grazing. Changes to grazing management have been…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordBush encroachment is a serious problem in savanna rangelands of southern Africa. There is a strong interest in practical and reliable assessment methods to quantify related vegetation changes in the…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordClimate change, associated with increased aridity, and high grazing pressure by livestock results in the scarcity and loss of perennial Poaceae in arid ecosystems. The species threatened by this…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordThe growing popularity of the Dorper breed of sheep potentially may have implications for the ecological sustainability of the semiarid and arid rangelands of southern Australia. The implications are…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordChina is rich in grassland resources, with 400×106ha of natural grasslands and 18 main types, mostly distributed in the north-east, north, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Xinjiang regions. Grassland-based…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordThe seed and forage production of a diverse group of the perennial forage legume Cullen spp., collected in southern Australia, was assessed with the aim of discovering diversity for exploitation in…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordThe term, Working Knowledge, is introduced to describe the content of a local cross-cultural knowledge recovery and integration project focussed on the indigenous-owned Oriners pastoral lease near…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordEnvironmental variability is a key feature of arid and semiarid rangelands worldwide. Drought is one of the main sources of variation in most extensive livestock production systems in arid…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordA dynamic reference-cover method and remotely-sensed ground cover were used to determine the change in the state of ~640000km2 of rangelands in Queensland at a sub-bioregional scale between 1988 and…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordChanges in vegetation are affected by many climatic factors and have been successfully monitored through satellite remote sensing over the past 20 years. In this study, the Normalised Difference…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed burning is an important management tool in the extensive pastoral lands in northern Australia. It can be used to influence grazing patterns, increase the nutritive value of pastures,…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordSpatially-explicit modelling of grassland classes is important to site-specific planning for improving grassland and environmental management over large areas. In this study, a climate-based…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordHistorical stocking methods of continuous, season-long grazing of pastures with little account of growing conditions have caused some degradation within grazed landscapes in northern Australia.…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordBeef cattle grazing is the dominant land use in the extensive tropical and sub-tropical rangelands of northern Australia. Despite the considerable knowledge on land and herd management gained from…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordLivestock grazing is one of the primary uses of sagebrush rangelands in western North America; therefore, an understanding of the ecological implications of grazing on habitat quality for sagebrush-…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordThe rangelands of China are an important resource for livestock production, and play a strategic role in maintaining ecosystems and protecting the living environment of humans. Drought, overgrazing,…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordExcess sediments from agricultural areas are having a detrimental impact on the Great Barrier Reef, and threaten the long-term viability of rangeland grazing. Changes to grazing management have been…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordShrubs are an important component of vegetation throughout the world. They are particularly significant in semiarid environments where they can dominate, driving ecosystem structure and functioning,…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordSticky florestina (Florestina tripteris DC.) is an annual exotic weed that has become naturalised near the townships of Tambo and Barcaldine in central western Queensland, Australia. Three…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordDespite native grasses occupying a large area of land in Australia, there has been limited work on the responses of these species to the addition of phosphorus (P). The main objective of this study…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordEuropean rabbits are severe environmental pests in Australia but reporting of density-damage relationships has been hindered by a lack of simple methods to estimate the density of rabbit populations…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordRainfall variability is a major challenge to sustainable grazing management in northern Australia, with management often complicated further by large, spatially-heterogeneous paddocks. This paper…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordMast seeding, the intermittent production of large synchronised seed crops among plant populations, is a phenomenon that occurs at exceptionally long intervals in spinifex grasses (Triodia spp.) from…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordThe Tibetan plateau is the source of most of the major rivers of Asia and has a huge impact on the livelihoods of the population, who have for centuries engaged in traditional herding practices.…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordThe occurrence of interstitial species in Astrebla grasslands in Australia are influenced by grazing and seasonal rainfall but the interactions of these two influences are complex. This paper…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordManaging large variations in herbage production, resulting from highly variable seasonal rainfall, provides a major challenge for the sustainable management of Astrebla (Mitchell grass) grasslands in…Publication Date 2014
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- Library Collection RecordAnthropogenic fires in Australia's fire-prone savannas produce up to 3% of the nation's accountable greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Incentives to improve fire management have been created…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding both the carbon dynamics within Australia's northern savannas and the opportunities presented through diversification into carbon markets is of relevance to pastoral land managers…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordLand activities contribute ~18% of total greenhouse gas emissions produced in Australia. To help reduce these emissions, the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) was implemented in 2011 to encourage land…Publication Date 2014