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- Library Collection RecordAs every land manager knows risk takes many forms and is always present. Today, I want to talk about drought and the approach taken in the Central North East of South Australia to assist primary…Publication Date 2004
- drought
- wool
- Library Collection RecordIn 2001 I diversified our agricultural operation to include livestock production. We are based on the flood plains of the Darling River in the Bourke district of Western NSW. Unfortunately, or…Publication Date 2004
- diversification
- drought
- Library Collection RecordThe paper describes lessons learnt from historical degradation episodes in Australia's rangelands. We have recently reviewed eight well -documented episodes and the processes that led to…Publication Date 2004
- drought
- El Nino
- Library Collection RecordDrought is an ever-present problem for sustainable grazing enterprises in the semi-arid and arid zones of Australia. Little is known of the long-term responses of pastures to drought although some…Publication Date 2004
- drought
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordDrought is a major factor in a rangeland environment. It has major effects on rangeland resources, on productivity and thus influences financial and social aspects. Warning of incipient drought…Publication Date 1992
- drought
- early warning systems
- Australia
- simulation
- Library Collection RecordSpatial simulation of pasture growth and utilisation by herbivores is being developed as an aid to rational drought management in Queensland. A geographic information system (GIS) of climatic…Publication Date 1992
- drought
- management
- prediction
- monitoring
- Australia
- computer based management
- drought monitoring
- drought prediction
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordA recent national project collaborated with pastoralists and extension personnel around Australia to examine the financial implications of different approaches to coping with drought. This process…Publication Date 1996
- stocking rate
- projects
- management
- drought
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordLiveweight gain performance for steers grazing black speargrass (Iteropogon contortus) dominant pastures has been measured over 5 years within a large grazing trial in sub-tropical Queensland under…Publication Date 1996
- drought
- trials
- liveweight
- black speargrass
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThe 1994 drought in south-eastern Australia and a number of other synergistic factors contributed to a high frequency of wind erosion events on the rangelands of the Hay plain. A multi-disciplinary…Publication Date 1996
- drought
- wind erosion
- frameworks
- management
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordFossil pollen records from playa lakes west of the Great Anabranch of the Darling River indicate significant environmental changes have occurred in southwestern New South Wales during the Holocene (…Publication Date 2000
- woodlands
- Fossils
- vegetation
- drought
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordBiological fixation of nitrogen by cyanobacteria is believed to be a significant source of plant available nitrogen in arid ecosystems. This study was carried out in south-western Queensland and…Publication Date 2006
- nitrogen
- ecosystems
- soil
- drought
- southwestern Queensland
- 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 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
- Library Collection RecordThe first introductions of crested wheatgrass [Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn., A. desertorum (Fisch.) Schult., and related taxa] to North America were made by N. E. Hansen in 1898. Additional…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron cristatum
- Agropyron desertorum
- drought
- Arid climate
- semiarid climate
- Canada
- North America
- United States
- 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 RecordTransition from an open wooded grassland state to a shrubby woodland state, and the reverse, is driven by the agents of prolonged rainfall events, drought, fire and grazing. We altered the grazing…Publication Date 2010
- drought
- grasses
- shrubs
- plant density
- Murray Darling Basin
- Library Collection RecordThis paper presents results of over 40 years of experience on rangelands in the central and western parts of the United States. The principal theme is the relationship of drought to vegetation…
- drought
- forage
- Africa
- Colorado
- Midwestern United States
- western U.S.
- Library Collection RecordThe adjusted mean frequency of live Mitchell grass (Astrebla spp.) in western Queensland grazed bysheep, cattle and large macropods declined from 75 to 45% between 2002 and 2003, following a nineyear…Publication Date 2004
- mortality
- drought
- Western Queensland
- Library Collection RecordCyanobacteria are well renowned for their survival strategies in harsh environments and can toleratelongperiodsof desiccationresultingfrom acute water deficiency (Wynn- Williams2000).Cyanobacteria in…Publication Date 2004
- Soil surface properties
- drought
- Library Collection RecordArid vegetation is subjected to more or less frequent fire, drought, sporadic flooding events andgrazing.Whilst fire, drought and grazing have been the subject of considerable research, little…Publication Date 2004
- fires
- drought
- grazing