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- Library Collection RecordWe quantified the effect of high levels of wiregrass in buffel grass pasture on sheep growth over 2 years at Roma. Despite using very high stocking rates compared to district norms, animal…Publication Date 1996
- pastures
- sheep
- grasses
- stocking rate
- Australia
- Wiregrass
- Library Collection RecordAs part of two major grazing trials in sub-tropical Queensland, runoff and soil movement were recorded at a detailed (m2) and landscape (ha) scale. The effect of grazing pressure on soil movement by…Publication Date 1996
- runoff
- soil movement
- landscape
- grazing trials
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordIn an attempt to provide a simple and standard procedure for documenting seasonal conditions which does not rely on rainfall reports from isolated recording stations, a non-destructive, field-based…Publication Date 1996
- seasons
- measurement
- pastures
- species
- northern Alice Springs district
- Library Collection RecordUsing relationships between survey data of chenopod retention in the North-West pastoral zone of SA and Landsat MSS imagery, spatial quantitative inventories of chenopod shrubs have been devised.…Publication Date 1996
- Chenopodiaceae
- Data
- Landsat images
- landscape
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordTwo states of herbaceous vegetation, one dominated by palatable perennial grasses (SI) and the second by less palatable perennial grasses and annual species (SID, were subjected to different levels…Publication Date 1996
- perennials
- annuals
- grasses
- pastures
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2000
- ecology
- rangelands
- management
- landscape
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordWe propose a procedure for the assessment of rangeland function, comprised of three components: a conceptual framework, a field methodology and an interpretive framework. The conceptual framework…Publication Date 2000
- rangelands
- monitoring
- landscape
- paddocks
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- rangeland soils
- biodiversity
- landscape
- Termites
- Decomposition
- nutrient cycling in ecosystems
- heterogeneity
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- cattle
- pastures
- rangelands
- North-eastern Australia
- seasonal influence
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- biodiversity
- habitats
- landscape
- Commercial farming
- monitoring
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- land use
- landscape
- environmental management
- Economic losses
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- landscape
- mining
- rangelands
- conservation (storage)
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA balanced view of the role trees play in grazing systems is required to improve landscape level management and planning. Producers are monitoring the value of retained native vegetation on their…Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- grazing systems
- landscape
- management
- planning
- paddocks
- biodiversity
- Southern Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThe natural abundance of deuterium (2H) within soil water, groundwater and plant sap has been useful in determining sources of water used by a range of plants species growing in deserts, savannas and…Publication Date 2002
- landscape
- water
- ecosystems
- Deuterium
- Industrial uses
- North-western Australia
- Library Collection RecordNutrient-rich patches occur around grass tussocks, logs and trees in semi -arid landscapes. Landscape patterns and processes associated with such nutrient patches can influence lateral water movement…Publication Date 2002
- landscape
- nutrients
- soil
- burning
- semi-arid
- Water Movement
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordIf the landscape function paradigm is to fulfil expectations, then it must, by definition, make ecological sense at the landscape -scale, as distinct from the patch -scale, and thereby provide…Publication Date 2002
- landscape
- rangelands
- management
- ecosystems
- biodiversity
- indicators
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- monitoring
- landscape
- fires
- satellites
- remote sensing
- management
- rangelands
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe landscape organisation and soil surface condition assessment criteria of the Landscape Function Analysis methodology were used to assess the effects of three cattle grazing pressures on sub-…Publication Date 2002
- landscape
- Soil surface properties
- indicators
- Australia
- grazing pressure
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- mining
- water
- climate change
- landscape
- vegetation
- exploration
- changes
- Kalgoorlie
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordClimate has a large impact on vegetation and animal production in northern Australia. The length of the dry season, variable annual rainfall, extreme temperatures and high evaporation rates make…Publication Date 2002
- grasslands
- rainfall
- weather forecasting
- management
- pastures
- summer
- Northern Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- monitoring
- land use
- satellite imagery
- data collection
- landscape
- Alice Springs region
- interpretation
- Library Collection RecordGeographic Information Systems (GIS) offer tools for examining grazing patterns in greater detail than previously. While general patterns such as patch grazing are documented in Mitchell grasslands…Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- paddocks
- grasslands
- sheep
- soil
- pastures
- GIS
- geographic information systems
- Queensland
- Utilisation
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- management
- ecosystems
- projects
- landscape
- monitoring techniques
- mapping
- Australia
- change
- Pastoralists
- 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 RecordDepartment of Natural Resources, Mines and Water (NRMW) is responsible for a significant component of condition and trend monitoring and assessment in the Desert Uplands. NRMW has initiated an on…Publication Date 2006
- monitoring
- programmes
- assessment
- landscape
- Western Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAlthough not widely adopted, many producers have claimed beneficial responses in environmental sustainability and livestock productivity following introduction of cell grazing. However, there has…Publication Date 2006
- Data
- measurement
- landscape
- cell grazing
- Central Queensland
- Library Collection RecordWe estimate that almost 80% of the landscapes of the Gascoyne Catchment have become severely degraded since the introduction of ungulate grazing animals ~150 years ago. This indicates a trend of…Publication Date 2006
- landscape
- degradation
- projects
- Grazing Animal
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordLandscape Function Analysis monitoring compared two adjacent sites in the Southern Black Speargrass rangelands of the South Burnett region in Queensland. Both sites carried black speargrass (…Publication Date 2006
- assessment
- landscape
- site
- comparison
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordExtensive agricultural modification of the North Western Slopes and Plains of NSW has resulted in conditions suitable for the establishment of dense regrowth, especially on private lands. Recent…Publication Date 2006
- regrowth
- trees
- landscape
- management
- northwestern New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThe ability of heavy, light, and variable stocking, rotational spelling (R/Spell) and a SOIVariable strategy to cope with rainfall variability was tested over 8 years. Individual annual live weight…Publication Date 2006
- grazing management
- strategies
- animal production
- pastures
- north Queensland
- Library Collection RecordIn eastern Australia, woodland clearing or thinning to enhance productivity from pastoral activities was common practice at latitudes greater than 20°S. Ecological theory says that in water-limiting…Publication Date 2006
- woodlands
- trees
- pastures
- ecology
- eastern Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis study investigated the distribution and landscape selection of grazing cattle using a global positioning system (GPS) to track cattle. Brahman cows were fitted with BlueskyTM GPS collars for 8…Publication Date 2006
- global positioning systems
- landscape
- cattle
- selection
- north Australia
- 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
- 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 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 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 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 RecordPasture utilisation is a term used to describe the estimation of animal intake of pasture dry matter expressed as a proportion of either pasture growth per season or nominated period. The calculation…Publication Date 2008
- pastures
- feed intake
- GRASP
- grazing trial
- pasture utilisation
- QuikIntake
- Library Collection RecordNumerous lists of plant species, ranging from excursion notes to ecological surveys, have been published in New South Wales during the last one hundred years (Pickard 1972). The more detailed of…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- Central-Western New South Wales
- pastures
- trangie