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- Library Collection RecordThere is increasing impetus for the maintenance of biodiversity values throughout Australia's rangelands. This necessitates an improved understanding of the effects of grazing management on…Publication Date 2004
- grazing management
- assessment
- Library Collection RecordOver the past 100 years, reactive methods have been developed to manage rangelands by adjusting herd /flock numbers and property size, and using better husbandry practices. However, reactive…Publication Date 1992
- grazing management
- adaptation
- climate change
- Australia
- grazing management adaptation
- seasonal forcasting
- Library Collection RecordSetting long term stock carrying capacities for arid rangelands is a problem faced by many arid land administrators throughout Australia. Large fluctuations in seasonal conditions, highly variable…Publication Date 1992
- grazing management
- carrying capacity
- Australia
- land condition
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe arid zone is characterised by episodic rainfall events which produce infrequent vegetation growth pulses (Pickup, 1989). This vegetation then senesces and decays, or is consumed by herbivores.…Publication Date 1992
- assessment
- rangelands
- grazing management
- satellite observation
- Australia
- grazing methods
- range condition
- rangeland assessment
- Library Collection RecordSatellite images, derived from NOAA data, can describe seasonal changes that occur in rangelands. Change in green pasture cover are the major cause for changes between monthly satellite images.…Publication Date 1992
- monitoring
- seasonal variation
- satellite imagery
- Australia
- monitoring seasonal change
- satellite data
- 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 RecordThe sustainability of an area depends entirely on how we manage the precipitation, the time of year it falls and the quantity of rain. Each land manager has many different grass communities unique…Publication Date 1996
- rangelands
- sustainability
- grazing management
- Central Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe quantitative climax and its successional (equilibrium) dynamics is questioned for rangelands driven by unpredictable climatic events. An alternative model is that of state and transition (driven…Publication Date 1996
- climatic factors
- monitoring
- Equilibrium theory
- range management
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordOne aspect of monitoring grazing systems is the condition of the natural resource. Photos show broad changes such as the reduction of rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflorum) byfire. Estimates of…Publication Date 1996
- natural resources
- grazing management
- monitoring
- photography
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAnalysis of the WARMS monitoring data has been carried out to determine trends in vegetation condition across the Western Australian southern shrublands. Results suggest that a small number of…Publication Date 1996
- vegetation
- management
- monitoring
- changes
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordWoody weeds are native shrubs which grow to high densities in rangelands and compete with grasses, consequently reducing the availability of fodder, lowering grazing capacity and ultimately reducing…Publication Date 1996
- monitoring
- Landsat images
- shrubs
- satellite imagery
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordBush fire monitoring in the north -western rangelands of Western Australia was born out of a need to provide a tool to manage the natural resources of the area more effectively. Satellites, in…Publication Date 1996
- monitoring
- satellites
- Data
- fires
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordTemporal Landsat MSS data hr or a single image area is being used to develop a satellite- imagebased rangeland vegetation cover monitoring system. This system will expand the current ground-based…Publication Date 1996
- Landsat
- monitoring
- vegetation
- satellite imagery
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 1996
- Chenopodium
- monitoring
- reptiles
- Pressure
- South 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
- rangelands
- management
- monitoring
- diversification
- Regional policies
- Australia
- Landcare
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2000
- rangelands
- monitoring
- ecological indicators
- global positioning systems
- techniques
- Australia
- Data Input
- Field Procedure
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- biodiversity
- habitats
- landscape
- Commercial farming
- monitoring
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA grazing management guide has been developed for the semi -arid woodlands to enable pastoralists to better monitor the condition of their land and incorporate this information into management…Publication Date 2000
- grazing management
- techniques
- monitoring
- stocking rate
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- sustainability
- grazing management
- models
- Taxation policies
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- monitoring
- computers
- botanical composition
- databases
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA woodland monitoring network has been progressively established within the 60 Mha of Queensland's grazed woodlands since 1982. A subset of monitoring sites within this network has been…Publication Date 2002
- woodlands
- monitoring
- greenhouses
- livestock production
- carbon
- networks
- Pasture Production
- Queensland
- Thickening
- Library Collection RecordThis paper summarises the historical development of point -based monitoring systems in Central Australia and the soil and vegetation changes that have been observed. Three main point -based…Publication Date 2002
- monitoring
- soil erosion
- species
- Central Australia
- vegetation cover
- Library Collection RecordReporting on rangeland condition and trend across State boundaries is possible due to the complementary nature of the respective States' rangeland monitoring systems. While the State monitoring…Publication Date 2002
- boundaries
- rangelands
- monitoring
- plant density
- change
- Southern Australia
- vegetation community structure
- Library Collection RecordVery little information is available about how long dead trees remain standing, or fallen logs persist, in the Australian arid zone. Some Information about dead timber is available from the records…Publication Date 2002
- monitoring
- longevity
- shrublands
- Deadwood
- Australia
- Experimental Records
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- biodiversity
- livestock numbers
- flora
- funding
- land conservation
- monitoring
- Australia
- Ecojunction
- Patoralist
- 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 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 RecordThe paper will broadly outline five generic principles which can be applied to most grazing enterprises in northern Australia. These principles have been applied on the author's property near…Publication Date 2002
- savannas
- grazing management
- productivity
- weed control
- Financial policies
- Northern Australia
- Library Collection RecordWe propose a framework for sustainable grazing management of southern rangelands based on the concept of tactical grazing. The underlying principles are (1) establishment of paddock objectives (2)…Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- rangelands
- sustainability
- paddocks
- rainfall
- Stocks
- monitoring
- conservation (storage)
- grazing pressure
- Northern Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe keys to the successful ecological restoration of Bulga Downs station have been conservative stocking rates and the use of natural early warning indicators of stress on the land. An ecological…Publication Date 2002
- ecology
- grazing management
- stocking rate
- indicators
- stress
- rangelands
- Australia
- Family Business
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- projects
- landlords
- kangaroos
- stocking rate
- Pressure
- New South Wales
- West 2000 Program
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- Seed banks (genetics)
- native species
- grasslands
- monitoring
- new species
- germination
- site
- perennial grass
- soil disturbance
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- grasslands
- enterprises
- soil
- Weeds
- landlords
- paddocks
- perennials
- density
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- shrublands
- Chenopodium
- rangelands
- grazing management
- technology
- agricultural extension
- Social institutions
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- monitoring
- grazing management
- projects
- Leases
- grazing gradient
- Southern Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 2002
- shrublands
- management
- projects
- productivity
- control methods
- monitoring
- environmental conditions
- dynamics
- Monetary policies
- Southern Queensland
- Library Collection RecordPaddocks in a stocking rate trial at Mt Sanford, in the Victoria River District of the Northern Territory, were examined for factors that influenced the development of piospheres (zones of…Publication Date 2002
- grasslands
- paddocks
- stocking rate
- grazing management
- mineral supplements
- Northern Australia
- piosphere
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- monitoring
- landscape
- fires
- satellites
- remote sensing
- management
- rangelands
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- fires
- monitoring
- Ecological Factors
- rangelands
- burning
- satellites
- eastern Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- satellites
- monitoring
- ecology
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- frameworks
- grazing management
- rangelands
- cattle
- enterprises
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- Nature conservation
- rangelands
- extension activities
- landlords
- grazing management
- Fear
- sustainability
- projects
- Southern Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- ecosystems
- livestock production
- land use
- Biophysics
- water
- paddocks
- Property
- Financial analysis
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstarct not Available.Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- Workshops
- paddocks
- monitoring
- sustainability
- strategies
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- savannas
- sustainability
- grazing management
- rainfall
- seasons
- Northern Australia
- Library Collection RecordMonitoring in rangelands needs to be conducted over prolonged time periods to discriminate changes due to grazing management from that due to the long term rainfall variation that is so…Publication Date 2002
- monitoring
- rangelands
- grazing management
- rainfall
- sheep
- grasslands
- plant density
- Northwest Queensland
- 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
- 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