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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 RecordHuman - induced changes in atmospheric chemistry and meteorology have the potential to impact a broad array of ecosystem processes over a range of temporal and spatial scales. These may have direct…Publication Date 1992
- vegetation
- Australia
- undefined
- vegetation dynamics
- 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 RecordThis paper examines the historical evidence for the widely held view that vegetation communities in the semi-arid woodlands were significantly more open prior to European settlement. It is postulated…Publication Date 1996
- vegetation
- shrubs
- woodlands
- Regulations
- Australia
- 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 RecordRelationships between the cover of grasses and of woody vegetation were determined in 1991 on four landforms in the Louth region of semi-arid eastern Australia and werefound to differ between…Publication Date 1996
- vegetation
- woody plants
- Weeds
- burning
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordEnvironmental and economic pressures have resulted in previously cropped country being reestablished to native pastures in semi -arid areas of north -western NSW. Grazing systems have been considered…Publication Date 1996
- grazing systems
- soil
- vegetation
- Pressure
- New South Wales
- 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 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 RecordThe history of the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden at Port Augusta West is detailed. The garden is on a 300 ha site and will feature vegetation of arid Australia. Management of the project is…Publication Date 1996
- arid zones
- vegetation
- projects
- flora
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordQuantification of historical vegetation changes would provide valuable information for prediction of responses to ongoing factors that influence rangelands. A study is proposed to elucidate the…Publication Date 1996
- rangelands
- vegetation
- Factors
- Australia
- changes
- Library Collection RecordThe influence of livestock grazing on five major chenopod shrubland species in quadrats along a distance gradient from a watering point was studied in a semi -arid area of South Australia. Cluster…Publication Date 1996
- Chenopodium
- shrublands
- species
- Animal Grazing
- semi-arid
- South Australia.
- vegetation
- Watering Point
- 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 RecordVariable grazing intensity within extensive paddocks in northern Australia's cattle industry is not necessarily related to the normal piosphere effect, but also to heterogeneous landscapes and…Publication Date 1996
- vegetation
- grazing
- soil
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordRegeneration and survival of trees and shrubs was monitored over a five -year period following the chaining of an area of Casuarina pauper (belah) woodland on Nanya Station in western New South Wales…Publication Date 1996
- regeneration
- woodlands
- rainfall
- vegetation
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordNine paired sites, one grazed and the other enclosed from cattle grazing, were assessed using modified dry-weight-rank and comparative yield procedures. The enclosures were all longterm, varying in…Publication Date 1996
- cattle
- grazing
- vegetation
- site
- Central Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- rabbits
- vegetation
- regeneration
- Myxoma virus
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2000
- ecosystems
- rangelands
- vegetation
- Australia
- biochemical fractionation
- semi-arid
- 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 RecordWe present the new FLAMES computer simulation model of vegetation dynamics in north Australia and use it to examine the impacts of various fire regimes and historical rainfall patterns on tree…Publication Date 2000
- models
- Rainfall patterns
- fires
- vegetation
- north Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- rangelands
- vegetation
- rehabilitation
- shrublands
- Seismic Lines
- species composition
- species dominance
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThe rate of recovery of vegetation from a state of poor condition is valuable information for rangeland managers who are controlling livestock and feral animal numbers in paddocks to improve…Publication Date 2000
- vegetation
- paddocks
- grasslands
- controlled grazing
- Australia
- changes
- Library Collection RecordA reduction in vegetation cover by exotic herbivores, primarily sheep and rabbits has been attributed to the decline of many small mammals in the semi-arid and arid regions. A recently reintroduced…Publication Date 2000
- habitats
- shrublands
- density
- vegetation
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Avaiable.Publication Date 2000
- vegetation
- habits
- woodlands
- shrubs
- Behaviour
- foraging
- Bird Populations
- change
- Morphological Structure
- New South Wales
- semi-arid
- strip transect census
- 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 RecordSustainable use of native vegetation has become a central issue in the management of rangeland ecosystems. Bushcare, a major native vegetation management initiative under the Commonwealth's…Publication Date 2000
- rangelands
- management
- vegetation
- sustainability
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- sustainability
- grazing management
- models
- Taxation policies
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- vegetation
- regenerative ability
- seed collection
- germination
- 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 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
- 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 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
- 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
- rangelands
- mining
- water
- climate change
- landscape
- vegetation
- exploration
- changes
- Kalgoorlie
- Western Australia
- 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
- woodlands
- fires
- savannas
- management techniques
- paddocks
- vegetation
- Northern Queensland
- 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
- vegetation
- management
- salinity
- sustainability
- forests
- ecosystems
- data analysis
- Land Manager
- South Western Queensland
- 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