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- 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 RecordThis paper reviews the application of computer models to management in the rangelands. Several models are now available and these have application at the station level for decisions that are…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection Recordthree hypothetical Kimberley cattle herds representing Shorthorn and Brahman cross genotypes were studied to compare potential earning capacities and income variability from different herd structures…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper details an extension initiative implemented by NSW Agriculture & Fisheries staff at Cobar in western New South Wales. With the co- operation of seven local producers a discussion group…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPalatable shrubs are necessary to ensure continuity of wool production during drought conditions at high stocking rates. Measurements were made of herbage mass, foliage mass of shrubs, bodyweight and…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordMost rangelands users are well aware of the crucial role played by the quality and location of waterpoints in pastoral paddocks. Research over recent years has helped us to quantify this role. Today…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordSelf mustering of sheep by trapping on water is a management alternative which producers can use to reduce mustering costs, sheep stress and the amount of skilled labour required and to improve…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAlthough Australia's traditional animal industries are very important, contributing some 14.5 billion to the national economy, a number of species are proposed here as complementary to existing…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordGoats have two main roles in the rangelands; woody weed management and diversification of income (meat, fibre production). Goat stocking is one option within a policy of integrated woody weed…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe feral goat has demonstrated its suitability to W.A.'s mulga shrublands. The potential to manage goats on poor quality mulga pastures was investigated to assess animal productivity as…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe potential for the establishment of a kangaroo industry in Western Australia based on meat and skins was examined by assessing the likely acceptability of the products of the industry and their…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordSince the introduction of the Land Rights Act (N.T.) 1976 the debate over land use has been very emotive. Historically, Europeans have been quite single minded in their pursuit of natural resources…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe rangelands of north- western Victoria were used for production of wool for up to 150 years. They are now to be primarily used for nature conservation and recreation. This change in use of the…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe two main aims of conservation, that is, sustainable development through better land care, and maintenance of natural ecosystems and species diversity through nature conservation, are distinct…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAustralia's rangelands are viewed as renewable natural resources which have, in large part, deteriorated considerably since grazing commenced with domestic livestock. It is stressed that this…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA reasonable knowledge now exists about Australian rangeland species, soils and climate. The herbaceous layer is the key to pastoral production, pasture condition and potential land degradation. The…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordDrought risk is one of the key risk factors facéd by Australia's rangeland managers, yet is often the subject of emotive rather than objective decision making. Using RANGEPACR Herd -Econ, a…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA Land Management and Conservation Award was presented in April 1990 to the Queensland grazier best demonstrating sustainable land use, assessed on criteria of: land use for sustainable production;…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordSoil erosion is a natural process which can be intensified by grazing, leading to substantial losses in pastoral productivity. It affects plant growth through reductions in soil moisture and nutrient…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis study investigates the relationship between pasture production, runoff and soil loss from four small catchments in the mulga lands of south west Queensland over a three year period. The mulga…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordWe investigated the vegetation of two active floodplains and associated stable landforms over a period of seven years, paying particular attention to the types of soil surfaces on which the plants…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe issue addressed in this paper is the appropriate source of funding for rangeland rehabilitation. From an economic rationalist point of view, two questions are pertinent to this policy issue. Is…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordChanges in composition at a native pasture site in poor condition in southern Queensland have indicated that Heteropogon contortus dominance can be restored by exclosure and annual spring burning.…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordWidespread shrub encroachment following a reduction in fire frequency is a major factor limiting livestock production throughout the semi -arid woodlands of eastern Australia. The development of…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAs a result of recent technological improvements, contour furrowing has become the accepted method of reclaiming scalds in semi -arid far western New South Wales. Landholders in the Broken Hill…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe soft red country of north west NSW has a developing woody weed problem. NSW Agriculture & Fisheries is assisting graziers to find ways of preventing or controlling encroachment.Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe aim of this programme is to review and analyse current and past economic performance data for grazing enterprises in Western Queensland. The data gathered will then be used as a basis for ongoing…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe aim of this programme is to increase the level of financial skills among producers in western Queensland, thereby enhancing profitability and sustainable production in the region. Specific aims…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAn experiment was designed to determine the combination of sheep and goats needed to control Acacia nilotica subsp. indica and the economic and biological consequences of complementary grazing.Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA whole -paddock study of the variation in the grazing intensity of saltbush (Atriplex vesicaria) by sheep and its effects on the plants' population dynamics is being carried out in South…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe grazing of domestic livestock has commonly led to decline in productivity and stability of rangeland pastures. Palatable perennial grasses decrease, ephemeral forbs increase, and inedible shrubs…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe chenopod shrublands provide some of the most important rangeland pastures for sheep production in Western Australia. Stable production in the long term requires that these pastures are maintained…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordLivestock production depends on the quantity and nutritive value of plants eaten by the animal. Forage availability is determined by several factors, including pasture composition, time lapsed since…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Western Uplands Landsafe Management Group project is a new advisory project, sponsored by the Murray Darling Basin Commission through the Natural Resources Management Strategy. The co- operating…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordWoody weeds are one of the most serious causes (as well as symptoms) of land degradation. This paper refers particularly to the woody weeds which are encroaching onto undisturbed grazing areas. The…Publication Date 1990
- weed control methods
- Australia
- encroachment
- woody weeds
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1990
- seeds
- Australia
- Mulga
- Native Seeds
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 1990
- control methods
- grasslands
- weed control
- Aristida Infestations
- Australia
- control options
- Mitchell grass
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1990
- range management
- Australia
- range management
- Library Collection RecordExtensive areas of Australia's semi -arid and arid grazing lands have been degraded. The present extent and seriousness of rangeland degradation is not precisely known because there is no simple…Publication Date 1990
- rehabilitation
- range management
- Australia
- restoration techniques
- Library Collection RecordThe spread of woody weeds in central western Queensland concerns producers (1,2). Information exists on their biology and control (3) but there are few quantifiable data on the extent of the problem…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- woody weeds
- Library Collection RecordAnnual barley grass (Hordeum leporinum) causes significant production, management and health problems for the sheep industry. Pasture composition nas changed as this grass has invaded large areas of…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- barley grass- chenopod pasture
- herbicide effects
- Library Collection RecordThe present "Year" and "Decade of Land Care" are focussing attention on Australia's degraded lands and efforts to reclaim damaged areas. Where a knowledge of events leading…Publication Date 1990
- Australia
- ponding banks
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1990
- Area Changes
- Australia
- conservation
- Lyndon Land Conservation District
- Library Collection RecordInterest by land managers in rehabilitating these once highly productive pastures has led to research to formulate rehabilitation guidelines (1). Different key constraints will lead to selection of…Publication Date 1990
- rehabilitation
- rivers
- Australia
- River frontage rehabilitation
- Library Collection RecordMany degraded areas in the Carnarvon region of WA have eroded duplex soils with exposed clay B horizons. These soils are often scalded and are inherently saline and sodic. Natural regeneration of…Publication Date 1990
- regeneration
- precision agriculture
- soil reclamation
- Australia
- precision seeding
- soil regeneration