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- Library Collection RecordThe Queensland based Channel Country group of organic beef cattle producers was informally put together in 1996. The group was subsequently incorporated as OBE Beef Pty Ltd involving some 21 stations…Publication Date 2004
- Organic agriculture
- biodiversity
- Library Collection RecordIn Queensland, Grazing Land Management packages are becoming widely adopted as a tool for assessing land condition, and the relative "health" of country. Within these packages, land…Publication Date 2004
- health
- tools
- biodiversity
- Library Collection RecordCSIRO's interest in research partnerships with Indigenous organisations is part of its overall concern with research approaches that benefit both the public good and private stakeholders. CSIRO…Publication Date 2004
- biodiversity
- cultural values
- Library Collection RecordSustainability is clearly the guiding principle of Natural Resource Management in Australia. All the regions in Australia require a Natural Resource Management (NRM) Strategy which sets targets and…Publication Date 2004
- biodiversity
- pastoralism
- Library Collection RecordThe information from this study is important for helping promote a more sustainable use of resources, such as grasses and shrubs, and in increasing an understanding of the utilization dynamics and…Publication Date 2018-10
- biodiversity
- rangeland rehabilitation
- species composition
- Vegetation Growth
- Library Collection RecordGrazed rangeland ecosystems encompass diverse global land resources and are complex social-ecological systems from which society demands both goods (e.g., livestock and forage production) and…Publication Date 2015-09
- agricultural policy
- biodiversity
- coupled human and natural systems
- ecosystem services
- sustainability science
- working landscapes
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1994-04-01
- United States
- range management
- rangelands
- stocking rate
- land stewardship
- overstanding
- permits
- biodiversity
- diversity
- issues and policy
- fees
- market prices
- land use
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 2000-02-01
- biogeochemical cycles
- desertification
- biographies
- decision making
- biodiversity
- cattle
- range management
- wildlife management
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 2001-08-01
- plateaus
- mixed farming
- Ordos Plateau
- green banking
- arid lands
- land use
- biodiversity
- xerophytes
- wildlife
- China
- environmental protection
- sustainability
- rangelands
- range management
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Quaking aspen is widely regarded as a key resource for humans, livestock, and wildlife with these values often competing with each other, leading to overuse of aspen in some locations…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- Populus tremuloides
- ungulate
- herbivory
- fire
- biodiversity
- research
- Library Collection RecordThis article examines the question of how well the rangeland management profession has served conservation of patterns and processes that support multiple ecosystem services. We examine the paradigms…Publication Date 2012-11-01
- biodiversity
- fire
- grazing
- landscape ecology
- pyric herbivory
- shifting mosaic
- Library Collection RecordRecent opposition to the rangeland management paradigm of achieving uniform, moderate grazing across entire landscapes has emerged because heterogeneity is recognized as the foundation of…Publication Date 2013-09-01
- biodiversity
- conservation of pattern and process
- heterogeneity
- landscapes patch burning
- pyric herbivory
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordMonoculture and mixed pastures in Florida provide habitat for a variety of resident and migratory bird species. The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of grazing on vegetation…Publication Date 2010-03-01
- abundance
- avian-habitat relationships
- biodiversity
- guild
- heterogeneity
- migratory birds
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordAn assessment of nonequilibrium rangeland dynamics was conducted in the Aru basin, a semiarid site located in the very dry northwest part of the Chang Tang Nature Reserve, Tibet, China. A grazing…Publication Date 2010-07-01
- biodiversity
- grazing gradient
- rangeland assessment
- rangeland ecosystem management
- species diversity
- Library Collection RecordSuccessful prairie restoration will depend in part on convincing private landowners with agricultural and recreational use goals to implement appropriate rangeland management practices, such as…Publication Date 2010-11-01
- adaptive ecosystem management
- biodiversity
- grazing management
- Juniperus virginiana
- landowner attitudes
- prairie restoration
- prescribed burning
- Library Collection RecordManagement of rangelands has largely operated under the paradigm of minimizing spatially discrete disturbances, often under the objective of reducing inherent heterogeneity within managed ecosystems…Publication Date 2010-11-01
- biodiversity
- fire
- grazing
- landscape ecology
- patch dynamics
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordLandspraying while drilling (LWD) is an approved disposal method for water-based drilling mud (WBM) systems in western Canada. The mud is applied either on cultivated land, where it is incorporated…Publication Date 2011-07-01
- biodiversity
- energy exploitation
- hydrocarbon extraction
- native rangelands
- oil and natural gas
- Library Collection RecordAchieving economically optimum livestock production on rangelands can conflict with conservation strategies that require lower stocking rate to maintain wildlife habitat. Combining the spatial and…Publication Date 2011-11-01
- biodiversity
- conservation grazing
- fire
- heterogeneity
- patch burn
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordThis study evaluated the impact of shrub encroachment within cool-season floodplain meadows in a portion of the Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve in southwestern Alberta, where nearly half of open…Publication Date 2009-01-01
- Betula glandulosa
- biodiversity
- bunchgrasses
- fire suppression
- forage production
- shrub cover
- Library Collection RecordA 6-year study was conducted in tallgrass prairie to assess the effects of grazing management (cattle stocking densities and grazing systems) on plant community composition and diversity. Treatments…Publication Date 2004-01-01
- biodiversity
- plant ecology
- cattle grazing
- Flint Hills
- range management
- grazing systems
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordMany range managers have suggested that clubmoss (Selaginella densa Rydb.) negatively alters the composition of seed banks and inhibits the establishment of plant species that decrease under improper…Publication Date 2004-05-01
- biodiversity
- microbiotic crust
- microphytic crust
- Northern Mixed Prairie
- range condition
- Selaginella densa
- Library Collection RecordUndisturbed plant communities dominated by shrubs or trees are often left isolated within landscapes otherwise devoid of woody vegetation following large-scale disturbances such as wildfires. We…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- biogeography
- Phasianidae
- Centrocercus urophasianus
- biodiversity
- wildfire management
- arid grasslands
- habitats
- Purshia tridentata
- prediction
- species diversity
- ecological succession
- fires
- fire effects
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant communities
- California
- land restoration
- range management
- Nevada
- rangelands
- Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
- biological diversity
- disturbance
- Island Biogeography Theory
- succession
- terrestial habitat islands
- Library Collection RecordAfter wildfires in 1996 in the sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) and pinyon-juniper (Pinus spp.–Juniperus spp.) zones of west-central Utah, the USDI-BLM attempted to reduce soil erosion and cheatgrass…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- aerial sowing
- revegetation plants
- erosion control
- rehabilitation
- biodiversity
- Elytrigia intermedia subsp. intermedia
- sowing
- wildfire management
- sown grasslands
- Artemisia
- species diversity
- Agropyron cristatum
- weed control
- fires
- fire effects
- Bromus tectorum
- plant communities
- botanical composition
- Pinus
- Juniperus
- plant competition
- invasive species
- Utah
- Elytrigia elongata
- Bureau of Land Management
- rehabilitation
- chaining
- serial seeding
- plant material
- cheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of herbicide applications to kill honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) on community diversity are poorly documented. Our objective was to test the hypothesis that herbicide…Publication Date 1997-03-01
- nontarget organisms
- rodents
- biodiversity
- wild birds
- Prosopis glandulosa
- triclopyr
- species diversity
- rain
- vegetation
- Texas
- canopy
- Library Collection RecordGrazed and ungrazed sites subjected to different fire frequencies were sampled on the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area in northeast Kansas after 4 years of bison grazing (1987-1991). The objective…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- biodiversity
- bison
- topography
- frequency
- Kansas
- fires
- plant communities
- prairies
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordGrazed rangeland ecosystems encompass diverse global land resources and are complex social-ecological systems from which society demands both goods (e.g., livestock and forage production) and…Publication Date 2015-09
- agricultural policy
- biodiversity
- coupled human and natural systems
- ecosystem services
- sustainability science
- working landscapes
- Library Collection RecordWe outline the results of recent work aimed at determining the impact of grazing on biodiversity of the arid and semi-arid rangelands. We examined changes in the abundance and species composition of…Publication Date 1996
- biodiversity
- grazing
- water
- biodiversity
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 1996
- rangelands
- Australia
- biodiversity
- invasive species
- Nature conservation
- Library Collection RecordRangeland wildlife dynamics are based on refuge habitats. Piospheres result from grazing impact around waterpoints and biodiversity is affected by grazing intensity. Wildlife losses have been…Publication Date 1996
- islands
- wildlife
- biodiversity
- pastoralism
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA number of authors have emphasised the importance of areas outside nature reserves in the maintenance of biodiversity. A study of the vegetation of the Scotia country of western New South Wales on…Publication Date 1996
- conservation (storage)
- vegetation
- biodiversity
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThe rangelands of Western Australia cover about 85% of the state and include the sub-tropical savanna of the Kimberley, the semi arid and arid spinifex, the southern mulga shrublands and the…Publication Date 2000
- savannas
- Chenopodium
- ecosystems
- biodiversity
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- biodiversity
- shrubs
- Landholding systems
- projects
- 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: Twenty native mammals have become extinct from Australia's rangelands in the last 200 years. That is not the end of the problem: unfortunately, declines in biodiversity continue across…Publication Date 2002
- biodiversity
- biodiversity conservation
- rangelands
- trends
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAs preferred sustainable landusers of the Australian rangelands, mining operations should legacy net environmental and community benefits in the regions in which they operate. The positive and…Publication Date 2002
- mining
- biodiversity
- rangelands
- Australia
- Olympic Dam mine
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- biodiversity
- habitats
- landscape
- Commercial farming
- monitoring
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordBiodiversity has gradually moved from the periphery of rangeland management twenty years ago to a position of greater prominence today. Despite greater acceptance of its importance, though, three…Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- biodiversity
- management
- measurement
- Economic Value
- Australia
- Growing Recognition
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- biodiversity
- livestock numbers
- flora
- funding
- land conservation
- monitoring
- Australia
- Ecojunction
- Patoralist
- Library Collection RecordThe need to preserve biodiversity in privately managed rangelands is acute and well recognised. The best way to achieve this is to introduce better landscape design and vegetation management in…Publication Date 2002
- biodiversity
- rangelands
- management
- ecosystems
- conservation (storage)
- landscape design
- Australia
- Central Australia
- Landholder Panel
- Pastoralists
- Library Collection RecordAssessing landscape function is now an established component of rangeland monitoring programs. In this paper, we focus on the spatial arrangement of  perennial vegetation patches as a readily…Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- Processes
- livestock production
- biodiversity
- monitoring
- production
- conservation (storage)
- Australia
- Hyperspectral Data
- Landscape Function Analysis
- Leakiness Index
- 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 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 RecordAn urgent need exists for the development of principles for the sustainable management of the savannas of northern Australia. Based on current and recent research we propose five principles for the…Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- sustainability
- overgrazing
- biodiversity
- savannas
- Grass Layer
- Northern Australia
- prescribed fire
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- projects
- Nature conservation
- cultural heritage
- sustainability
- land use planning
- biodiversity
- Southern Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- ecology
- projects
- biodiversity
- environmental management
- monitoring
- conservation (storage)
- grazing pressure
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- environmental management
- rangelands
- stakeholders
- conservation (storage)
- programmes
- Biophysics
- Leases
- biodiversity
- sustainability
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper describes the progress towards developing a practical and cost effective alternative to the water trough currently used in extensive sheep operations. Though functional, troughs are not…Publication Date 2002
- water
- sheep
- rangelands
- Pests
- biodiversity
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordVarious methods of pastoral intensification are being explored by producers in the northern Australian rangelands in order to increase production and improve economic performance. However, increased…Publication Date 2006
- biodiversity
- projects
- grazing management
- Biota
- northwestern Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper introduces the use of market based instruments as policies for biodiversity management in the Australian rangelands. We discuss the potential benefits of using MBIs and some of the key…Publication Date 2006
- markets
- biodiversity
- projects
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe aim of this paper is to introduce a study that develops, tests and refines techniques for measuring biodiversity condition and management outcomes using before and after scientific experiments of…Publication Date 2006
- biodiversity
- assessment
- management
- South Australia
- Water Point