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- Library Collection RecordA method for obtaining quantitative diet information for sheep is described. It requires no elaborate equipment or procedures. Dietary intake is measured as the daily difference in available forage…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordAfter 50 years of experience in the Arid Zone, I am not optimistic that it is possible for economic continuous grazing of the pastoral lands without very drastic management changes. In an article of…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordA comparatively new demographic phenomenon occurring in the central Australian arid rangelands is the establishment of micro - communities, of homelands or outstation Aboriginal people, scattered…Publication Date 2014
- Library Collection RecordSurface runoff in the mulga (AcaciaaneuraF.Muel.) lands of south western Quensland was recorded from small plots using both natural and artificial rainfall. Runoff was higher from the hard mulga and…Publication Date 2014
- artificial rainfall
- Australia
- Mulga
- runoff
- South Western Queensland
- Library Collection RecordDescription not available.Publication Date 2014
- Grazing Ecology and Management
- monitoring and assessment
- Library Collection RecordThe mitchell grass pastures of northern New South Wales are economically important to the grazing industry and occur mainly in the 375 mm to 475 mm annual rainfall zone. Expansion of the wheatbelt…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- cultivation
- Grazing Industry
- Mitchell grass
- Northern New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThe expansion of cropping into pastoral country of south -west New South Wales is discussed, along with an examination of the types of country involved. Bare fallowing is a practice necessary in…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- Cropping
- marginal lands
- Southwest New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThe Problem of Woody Weeds Woody weeds ( "scrub regrowth ") are the main cause of reduced productivity over large areas of western N.S.W. There are many genera and species involved in the…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- chemical control
- western New South Wales
- woody weeds
- Library Collection RecordThe pre -settlement fire regime had a major influence on vegetation. Pastoral activities significantly modified the fire regime by altering the vegetation, the suppression of wildfires and deliberate…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- control
- prescribed burns
- western New South Wales
- wildfires
- Library Collection RecordFire occurs infrequently in Australia's most extensive plant community, the mulga lands (see map 3, Moore 1970) . Under present management, the average interval between fires would be in the…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- controversial
- Eastern Rangelands
- fire
- Mulga Communities
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThe European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, was the last of the feral mammals to reach Central Australia. The rabbit had reached the N.T. border from NW South Australia in small numbers by 1901 (…Publication Date 2014
- abundance
- Australia
- Central Australia
- distribution
- European Rabbits
- Northern Territory
- Oryctolagus cuniculus
- rabbits
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordSeveral pasture types in central Australia are undergoing important changes. Trees and shrubs are increasing on some alluvial soils. Acacia, Cassia, Eremophila and Eucalyptus species form locally…Publication Date 2014
- Acacia
- Cassia
- Central Australia
- Eremophila
- Eucalyptus
- potential problems
- regeneration
- shrub
- Tree
- Library Collection RecordAustralian Rangelands users go into the 1980's in trepidation. Firstly they are the victims of a vicious circle that has been with us since "indexation" was brought in. The escalating…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- co-exist
- indexation
- trepidation
- Library Collection RecordExplorers records of inland Australia indicate that much of today's pastoral zone was subject to wind and water erosion before the lend was subjected to domestic stock. Australia's…Publication Date 2014
- arid land degradation
- Australia
- erosion
- pastoral regions
- Library Collection RecordSurface runoff was recorded from small plots situated in the mulga rangelands of Queensland. Even small falls of rain ( <15 mm) produced runoff equivalent to over 50% of the rain. Plant tussocks…Publication Date 2014
- Amelorating effect
- Australia
- plant cover
- Queensland
- rainfall
- runoff
- Library Collection RecordThe amount and type of labour used on pastoral properties in the north east of South Australia is examined. Two different strategies in the amount of labour employed to handle the same number of…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- Labour
- Northeast of South Australia
- pastoral properties
- Library Collection RecordResults are presented of a survey of costs, returns and profitability in the Eastern Mulga Land Resource Region of south -west Queensland. It was based on seven mixed sheep - cattle properties…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- Mulga Survey
- South-West Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThis study examines contact between twelve large Australian Pastoral Companies and the Queensland Department of Primary Industries (QDPI). Most contact is with the veterinary services branch.…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- Australian Pastoral Companies
- Queensland
- state department
- Library Collection RecordIt is readily understood that when natural grasslands and shrublands are grazed there will be some changes in the plant community. The more permanent changes, arising from the loss of some plant…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordIn the summer of 1974 -75 wildfires burnt 3.75 million ha of rangeland country in western New South Wales. Most of this was in woodland vegetation mallee, belah or bimble box, where many of the…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordRunoff and soil water have been measured on differently managed areas of shrub invaded semi -arid woodland near Coolabah, in north-western N.S.W. Measurements commenced in spring of 1975 and are…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- northwestern New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordSheep diet at a plant species level for seven occasions during 1974 -76 is presented for a woodland community under four different managements. The wide variation in grazing preference with…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- New South Wales
- semi-arid
- woodland
- Library Collection RecordRecords were kept of the free ranging cattle herd on Prairie Downs station. Prairie Downs is located approximately 70 km South of the town of Newman in the East Pilbara region of W.A. The area has…Publication Date 2014
- cattle
- Pilbara region
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordControl of animal numbers is the most important management tool available for use on extensive pastoral lands. Other complementary tools include the control of animal distribution through the…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- grazing capacity
- Library Collection RecordHistorically, livestock have been the main method of converting rangeland production into financial returns. It is possible that livestock will continue in this role, for the major portion of…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of certain land tenure requirements and the influence of death duties on pastoral business structures in far south west Queensland is outlined. Seventy -four percent of sheep…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- South West Queensland
- Library Collection RecordLand system surveys have described the biological characteristics of significant areas of Australian rangelands. For full use to be made of this information it needs to be complimented with…Publication Date 2014
- animal performance
- management constraints
- South West Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract—Conservation biologists, NGOs, and the USFWS have established a goal of returning a viable population of jaguars into the United States. The source population for this recovery will come…Publication Date 2013
- jaguars
- Arizona
- wildlife management
- population dynamics
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: The current pastoral leases in WA are only for the purpose of grazing livestock. New tenures post 2015 may allow a wide range of land uses including livestock production, carbon offsets…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe recent review of Western Australian’s State Planning Strategy sought to refocus, rebuild and reactivate the State’s regional planning capabilities. The strategy is based on six fundamental…Publication Date 2012
- population growth
- economic development
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: This paper presents a brief summary of an economic analysis of alternative feral goat management strategies (no control, opportunistic harvesting, value added and goat-proof fencing) and…Publication Date 2012
- economics
- Australia
- feral goat
- NSW
- policy
- Library Collection RecordAbstract. Inter-annual rainfall variability is a major challenge for sustainable and profitable grazing management in northern Australia. Results are presented from a large, 13 year grazing trial on…Publication Date 2012
- stocking rate
- Australia
- flexible stocking
- spelling
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: The National Rangeland NRM Alliance (The Alliance) is a collaboration of 14 rangelands natural resource management bodies representing some 81 per cent of Australia’s landmass. The…Publication Date 2012
- rangelands
- Australia
- collaboration
- National
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) is a Weed of National Significance and is declared in New South Wales under the Noxious Weeds Act 1993 (Class 2). Infestations of mesquite occur in far western…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- community
- management
- mesquite
- Library Collection RecordThis paper focuses on the natural resources of the southern rangelands of Western Australia,from the Pilbara south, where the main activities (based on area) are pastoralism, tourism, Aboriginal…Publication Date 2012
- rangelands
- planning
- degradation
- Australia
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract This paper reports initial field studies and modelling of carbon stocks under alternative fire regimes in northern rangelands. The field studies in the Victoria River District suggested…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- carbon modelling
- carbon stocks
- prescribed fire
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: Soil respiration is the major source of CO2 flux to the atmosphere in terrestrial systems.In tropical rangeland ecosystems disturbance regimes, such as cattle grazing and fire, impact soil…Publication Date 2012
- soil temperature
- soil moisture
- woodlands
- grasslands
- CO2
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract. Increasing world human population, declining reserves of cheaply extracted fossil fuels, fresh water scarcity, and climatic instability will put tremendous pressure on world rangelands as…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Graziers in the Western Catchment of New South Wales (NSW) experience a climate that varies both seasonally and across the region with several implications for how land, water, pasture…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Northern Australian beef businesses are currently facing a challenging time with significant pressure on profitability across all regions. Simultaneously, the community and Government are…Publication Date 2012
- profitability
- carbon sequestration
- greenhouse gases
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The majority of Australian grazing lands have been degraded since European settlement, resulting in loss of soil carbon and reduced capacity to provide ecosystem services, from primary…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordDust storms are the result of soil erosion by wind. They cause considerable damage both at their site of origin (e.g. the farm paddock, Leys and McTainsh1994) and down wind as they deposit unwanted…Publication Date 2012
- soil erosion
- damage
- Dust
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe recent review of Western Australian’s State Planning Strategy sought to refocus, rebuild and reactivate the State’s regional planning capabilities. The strategy is based on six fundamental…Publication Date 2012
- land management
- planning
- Australia
- Kimberley
- Landuse Planning
- Library Collection RecordImplementation of the Kimberley Science and Conservation Strategy is moving forward apace, through partnerships with Indigenous rangers, communities and pastoralists.Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Conservation Strategy
- Kimberley Science
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The conflict that exists between the competing needs of biological conservation and those of pastoral production is well recognised, however, few studies examine these conflicts due to…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- production
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Determining the level of investment and support needed to maintain biodiversity across vast areas is difficult. In response to this challenge the South Australian Department of Environment…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Information Framework
- landscape assessment
- state and transition models
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: The impetus for the Rangelands Reform Program arose from two reviews into the pastoral industry held in 2009 – the Southern Rangelands Pastoral Advisory Group’s A Review of the…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordIncreasing world human population, declining reserves of cheaply extracted fossil fuels, fresh water scarcity, and climatic instability will put tremendous pressure on world rangelands as the…Publication Date 2012
- forage
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: Bringing about positive change and the wise use of rangelands is more about enabling landholders to enhance their knowledge and build their skills rather than bringing modern science to…Publication Date 2012
- Attitude
- Australia
- Empathy
- trust
- Library Collection RecordSummary Many restoration guidelines strongly recommend the use of local sources of seed in native plant revegetation projects. These recommendations are based on assumptions that the species used…Publication Date 2012
- inbreeding
- Australia
- Local
- provenances