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- Library Collection RecordIn 2007, the Biodiversity Working Group of the Australian Collaborative Rangelands Information System nominated buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) as a transformer weed of Australian rangelands with…Publication Date 2008
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- risk
- Library Collection RecordBuffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) is a contentious species, being valued in many regions of the Australian rangelands for its contribution to livestock production, while also being widely regarded as…Publication Date 2008
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- livestock production
- biodiversity
- Library Collection RecordIncreaser species are useful indicators of rangeland condition. In the Gawler Ranges District of the South Australian Pastoral Zone, Maireana pyramidata (blackbush) is commonly considered an…Publication Date 2008
- grazing
- belt transects
- chenopod species
- rangeland condition
- Library Collection RecordIn the 1980’s CSIRO and QDPI established a number of pasture legume evaluation trials throughout clay soil regions in Queensland’s semiarid tropical rangelands. These sites have long since been…Publication Date 2008
- rangelands
- Desmanthus
- Cahrters Towers
- Library Collection RecordManagement of Merino ewes to maintain targeted ewe body weight and condition score during pregnancy improves lamb survival, ewe wool staple strength and results in finer wool from progeny (Thompson…Publication Date 2008
- Library Collection RecordAn average 5 million hectares is burnt annually in Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula (CYP) region, which totals approximately 13.5 million hectares. Fire scars in CYP have been mapped using…Publication Date 2008
- timing
- topography
- biodiversity
- adhesives
- extent
- Queensland's Cape York Peninsula region
- Library Collection RecordNormalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) satellite data derived from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor were used to generate time-series data for discrete…Publication Date 2008
- Rainfall patterns
- satellite data
- vegetation flush
- Library Collection RecordThis paper explores the relationships between graziers’ goals, perceived impediments to biodiversity conservation and suitable incentives to facilitate the adoption of conservation practices in the…Publication Date 2008
- biodiversity
- grazing management
- Library Collection RecordPaying landholders to produce ecosystem services—including water quality improvements, nature conservation and restoration, landscape management and carbon sequestration—is not a new concept. A…Publication Date 2008
- market-based instruments
- tropical savannas
- Library Collection RecordFertility of the soil supporting degraded native grassland at Trangie Agricultural Research Centre was either enhanced by addition of fertiliser, reduced by application of sugar, or left untreated.…Publication Date 2008
- degradation
- fertilizers
- Austrodanthonia caespitosa
- Enteropogon acicularis
- Library Collection RecordThe Lyndon and Upper Gascoyne Land Conservation District Committees (LCDC) are some of the most active, innovative and longstanding committees of their type in the Western Australian southern…Publication Date 2008
- biodiversity conservation
- Management Plan
- Library Collection RecordThere is a correlation between poor land condition and high amounts of runoff from grazing lands. The primary sources of sediment exported from grazing lands are hillslope, gully and riverbank…Publication Date 2008
- erosion
- Library Collection RecordMonitoring plant population dynamics efficiently is achieved by repeated sampling at fixed points (Philleps et al. 1998). Often accompanying such data are a plethora of pictorial data that are often…Publication Date 2008
- nomenclature
- Library Collection RecordLocal government in the Anmatjere (Ti Tree) region, 200km north of Alice Springs, identified high Aboriginal unemployment as a core issue for sustainable regional development. Unemployment (as…Publication Date 2008
- institutions
- Aboriginal People
- Alice Springs
- Anmatjere region
- Library Collection RecordWhilst the importance of good soil condition in grazed systems has long been recognised, grazing management in tropical savannas has historically focussed on the maintenance of perennial grasses and…Publication Date 2008
- perennials
- soil macroinvertebrates
- Library Collection RecordThe substantial range declines of the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) and the burrowing bettong (Bettongia lesueur) are thought to have had dramatic effects on ecosystem processes in the Australian…Publication Date 2008
- Bettonga Lesueur
- Macrotis lagotis
- Oryctolagus cuniculus
- Varanus gouldii
- Library Collection RecordThe stability and resilience of grazing land in “A†condition was demonstrated in a central Queensland grazing trial where landscape stability was potentially compromised when short term grazing…Publication Date 2008
- Bothriochloa ewartiana
- Central Queensland
- Chrysopogon fallax
- Heteropogon contortus
- Library Collection RecordLand condition monitoring information supports the strategic management of grazing land and better understanding of ecosystem processes. Yet for policy makers and those land managers whose properties…Publication Date 2008
- geospatial land monitoring
- Queensland's Great Barrier Reef
- Library Collection RecordAn understanding of the livestock systems and grasslands in Inner Mongolia is essential in order to identify a solution to the enormous issues these people face. These issues include the degradation…Publication Date 2008
- degradation
- inner Mongolia
- livestock systems
- Library Collection RecordInvaded landscapes must be managed to ensure they remain productive, ecological frameworks have been developed to determine which populations should be managed (Moody and Mack 1988). However, many of…Publication Date 2008
- invasive species
- grazing lands
- Library Collection RecordThis paper describes a modelling approach to quantifying pasture degradation risk using a decision tree model in conjunction with information generated from the AussieGRASS Environmental Calculator.…Publication Date 2008
- Model Development
- pasture degradation
- Library Collection RecordDuring the 1990s the Commonwealth worked cooperatively with State and Territory governments, traditional owners, industry, the farming community and conservation groups towards a national rangeland…Publication Date 2008
- biophysical
- rangeland strategy
- Socio-economic
- Library Collection RecordRecent field research has established that biological soil crust communities (cyanobacteria, lichens, liverworts and mosses) are widespread across the rangelands of Queensland. Our survey has covered…Publication Date 2008
- Cyanobacteria
- biodiversity
- cyanobacterial soil crusts
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordCyanobacteria-dominated soil crusts are a significant component of Australian arid and semi-arid landscapes. Morphogenetic adaptation has enabled cyanobacteria to respond to both short- and long-term…Publication Date 2008
- biological soil crusts
- cyanobacterial soil crusts
- soil nutrients
- Library Collection RecordThe Queensland Murray Darling Committee (QMDC) is working with the community in the Maranoa Balonne and Border Rivers catchments to encourage and support sustainable use of natural resources. A…Publication Date 2008
- Murray Darling Basin
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThe role of intra-specific diversity in maintaining species diversity and plant communities is not well understood however has significant implications for rangeland restoration because intraspecific…Publication Date 2008
- species diversity
- revegetation plants
- quantitative traits
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThe conservation of Australia’s northern rangelands is important research. Grazing animal distribution and utilisation are valuable measures of how well rangelands are managed. However, the…Publication Date 2008
- Arid climate
- Iseilema
- Astrebla
- animal distribution
- Australia's Northern Rangelands
- Library Collection RecordFORAGE is a web-based facility which provides information relating to climate and pasture condition at user-specified locations. The system receives requests from web pages, processes those…Publication Date 2008
- climate
- environmental management
- land condition
- pasture growth
- Library Collection RecordUneven use of the landscape by grazing herbivores leads to some areas being over utilised whilst others are under utilised (Andrew 1988). Understanding the scale and impact of preferential selection…Publication Date 2008
- sustainable land management
- resource section functions
- Library Collection RecordThis paper describes the impact of national and state level natural resource management (NRM) policies on private native forest activities and agro-forestry opportunities in Central Queensland. These…Publication Date 2008
- forest management
- biophysical attributes
- vegetation management control
- Library Collection RecordPasture utilisation is a term used to describe the estimation of animal intake of pasture dry matter expressed as a proportion of either pasture growth per season or nominated period. The calculation…Publication Date 2008
- pastures
- feed intake
- GRASP
- grazing trial
- pasture utilisation
- QuikIntake
- Library Collection RecordDespite the global importance of tropical C4 vegetation, we understand little about how it will contribute to the biosphere’s response to rising atmospheric CO2 (Nowak et al. 2004; Ainsworth and…Publication Date 2008
- carbon fixation
- FACE
- Library Collection RecordWith climate change firmly on the global agenda, carbon trading is emerging as a growth industry. In Australia the rangelands has been identified as one of the country’s largest carbon sinks.…Publication Date 2008
- climate change
- carrying capacity
- Carbon Sink
- Cheela Plain
- Library Collection RecordResource managers require a range of financial and ecological information to evaluate rangeland pastoral systems, given the competitive pressures for improving productivity and environmental…Publication Date 2008
- hydrology
- Central Queensland
- ecological stability
- rangeland pastoral systems
- Library Collection Record‘Change’ is a continuing theme from previous rangelands conferences: e.g. it was a key element at Renmark in 2006 (Foran 2006). So in today’s world where climate change is accepted (if not…Publication Date 2008
- ACRIS
- climate variability
- social demographics
- Library Collection RecordManaging the rangeland ecosystems services (ES) for all Australians is becoming increasingly important as some regions experience a decline in primary productivity, aging rural communities and…Publication Date 2008
- climate change
- Stony Plains Bioregion
- Library Collection RecordPimelea trichostachya and P. simplex were confirmed as causal agents of St George/Marree disease in the 1970s (Clark 1971; Roberts and Healy 1971). These plants are native herbs that preferentially…Publication Date 2008
- P. simplex
- pimelea trichostachya
- Library Collection RecordIt has been over 30 years since early satellite imagery illustrated serious degradation across much of the high quality savanna rangelands. It sparked a surge of research, development and extension (…Publication Date 2008
- degradation
- land management
- Library Collection RecordKenaf, Hibiscus cannabinus L. is traditionally known as a fibre crop but it also produces seeds which may be a valuable protein supplement to livestock in rangelands. This study investigated the…Publication Date 2008
- ruminants
- Library Collection RecordRegional variation in species-habitat relationships, where species have natural geographic ranges extending over multiple biogeographic regions, has seldom been studied (Whittingham et al. 2005) and…Publication Date 2008
- Biogeographic regions
- climate change
- Library Collection RecordA four-year, producer-inspired research project, jointly-funded by Queensland DPIF, CSIRO and MLA, is investigating different grazing systems across the northern beef industry. Nine commercial beef…Publication Date 2008
- beef industry
- Northern and Southern Queensland
- spatial uniformity
- Library Collection RecordA four-year, producer-inspired research project, jointly-funded by Queensland DPIF, CSIRO and MLA, is investigating different grazing systems across the northern beef industry. Nine commercial beef…Publication Date 2008
- beef industry
- Northern and Southern Queensland
- spatial uniformity
- Library Collection RecordA four-year, producer-inspired research project, jointly-funded by Queensland DPIF, CSIRO and MLA, is investigating different grazing systems across the northern beef industry. Nine commercial beef…Publication Date 2008
- beef industry
- Northern and Southern Queensland
- spatial uniformity
- Library Collection RecordA key question in conservation management is what are the processes driving declines in small mammals across northern Australia. While it seems clear that current fire regimes may contribute to…Publication Date 2008
- ecosystem attributes
- fire plan
- Northern Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordPasture degradation and declining land condition (esp. from overgrazing), is a significant and long-recognised problem across the northern rangelands. Wet season spelling, when systematically applied…Publication Date 2008
- Library Collection RecordEverybody understands that pastures have to be rested, but ask a collection of people what “pasture rest†is and surprisingly there is no consensus. However, it is those who prefer to use the…Publication Date 2008
- carbon management
- recovery
- Library Collection RecordIn 2006 the Desert Uplands Committee piloted a market-based incentive project to establish wildlife habitat linkage across the southern part of the Desert Uplands biogeographic region. Landholders…Publication Date 2008
- CSIRO
- Desert Uplands biographic region
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Library Collection RecordBeef production is the most widespread land use in subtropical rangelands. Producers in these and other rangelands face many challenges to maintain profitability (e.g. declining terms of trade,…Publication Date 2008
- erosion
- biodiversity
- Burnett Region
- herd economic model
- south-eastern Queensland
- Library Collection RecordWe investigated the use of several current measures of landscape health (Landscape Function Analysis, structure/composition/function (SCF)) as surrogates or indicators of arthropod biodiversity in…Publication Date 2008
- biodiversity
- Eucalyptus populnea
- Library Collection RecordThe Gregory River, the largest perennial river and one of several spring-fed streams in the southern Gulf catchment area, is recognised by the region’s natural resource management body, Southern…Publication Date 2008
- mitigation
- perennial river
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