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- Library Collection RecordGrassy savannas in northern Australia have been reported to be becoming increasingly shrubby, probably as a result of altered grass/fire dynamics following herbivore activity associated with…Publication Date 2008
- Excoecaria parvifolia
- Gardenia vilhelmii
- Library Collection RecordThe Research to Reality Project (R2R) was developed to assist producers to develop practical responses to a range of production and natural resource challenges. Located in the Burdekin catchment of…Publication Date 2008
- Burdekin Catchment
- north Queensland
- Library Collection RecordSoil erosion in the rangelands in Central West and Western New South Wales has been associated with shrub encroachment due to shrubs out-competing herbage and reducing live understorey plant cover.…Publication Date 2008
- Central West and Western NSW
- erosion risk map
- Library Collection Record‘We’re prepared to work long hours in business, as long as we can be on our land’ (Participant A13). ‘Success means having my family support and my cultural pride’ (Participant A28).  …Publication Date 2008
- Aboriginal communities
- Library Collection RecordAchieving successful NRM in Outback Australia depends upon effective social engagement processes which are adapted to suit remote regions. In line with the notion of ‘desert syndrome’ remote…Publication Date 2008
- community engagement
- remote areas
- Library Collection RecordClimate change has been identified as a major issue for Australia’s rangelands. The Garnaut Interim Climate Change Review highlighted the risk that Australia, with an ‘already hot, dry and…Publication Date 2008
- climate change
- animal nutrition
- pasture growth
- Library Collection RecordLandholders in rangeland areas need to consider the potential impacts of grazing management on the ecosystem in which they operate, to ensure that they maintain the ecological requirements for the…Publication Date 2008
- sustainable land management
- Central Western Queensland
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding the relationship between fire and the Mitchell grasslands has been overlooked in the past due to a view that “the Mitchell grasslands are too valuable as a pasture to be burnt†(…Publication Date 2008
- wildfires
- Aristida latifolia
- cattle production
- 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
- 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 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 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 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 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 RecordWe studied soil disturbance by rabbits, echidnas, goannas, ants and termites at three spatial scales across four vegetation communities (dense woodland, open woodland, shrubland, grassland) in a semi…Publication Date 2008
- landscape scale
- microscale
- Western NSW
- Library Collection RecordThe demise of the wool reserve price scheme in 1991/2, fluctuations in relative commodity prices and drought have placed pastoral producers under increasing pressure to adjust sheep enterprises in…Publication Date 2008
- farm models
- Damara
- dorper
- Merino
- Library Collection RecordThe principles of governance are being re-considered and influence the way agriculture and natural resources are governed in Australia (Kelly 2005; Keogh, Chant & Frazer 2006). Collaboration with…Publication Date 2008
- Library Collection RecordHudson pear (Cylindropuntia rosea) is a branched cactus that grows to a height of about 1.5 metres and produces cylindrical, rope-like segments growing from a cylindrical trunk (Holtkamp 2006). The…Publication Date 2008
- Cylindropuntia rosea
- Cylindropuntia tunicata
- Library Collection RecordMany reasons are cited why young people are not entering and/or staying in rural industries, most commonly competition for other industry sectors, including mining. (Dyer 2007)Â The North Australian…Publication Date 2008
- Future Farmers Network
- North Australian Pastoral Company
- Library Collection RecordThis investigation aims to establish the feasibility of managing the grazing of cattle through methods other than increased fencing within the extensive production systems of the Barkly region of the…Publication Date 2006
- grazing management
- cattle
- Alternative methods
- Northern Australia
- Watering Point
- Library Collection RecordA process for estimating long term carrying capacities (LCC) for the land types of the Desert Uplands (DU) has been developed. This project has married the practical wisdom of long term land managers…Publication Date 2006
- models
- carrying capacity
- projects
- grazing management
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordA national germplasm collection and evaluation of two of the three recognised subspecies of Atriplex nummularia (Oldman Saltbush) i.e ssp. nummularia and ssp. spathulata is being undertaken. Seed…Publication Date 2006
- cultivars
- Germplasm collections
- DNA
- Australia
- specimens
- Library Collection RecordThis study reviewed and evaluated different groups of satellite image -based vegetation indices for estimating vegetation cover in southern arid rangelands of South Australia. Slope-based, distance-…Publication Date 2006
- vegetation index
- satellite imagery
- assessment
- grazing systems
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordCattle distribution data from GPS collars, and spatial patterns of defoliation and pasture productivity are being used to compare the effectiveness of reducing paddock size to that of installing…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- grazing management
- livestock production
- Australia
- grazing distribution
- Library Collection RecordWe estimate that almost 80% of the landscapes of the Gascoyne Catchment have become severely degraded since the introduction of ungulate grazing animals ~150 years ago. This indicates a trend of…Publication Date 2006
- landscape
- degradation
- projects
- Grazing Animal
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAs part of a larger project to determine "the production and biodiversity costs and benefits of woodland thickening and mechanical thinning in the Qld Desert Uplands ", data was gathered…Publication Date 2006
- trees
- thinning
- strategies
- Australia
- clearing
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- management
- water
- Salts
- floodplains
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding when and where seasonal climate outlooks provide reliable decision support information is an important step to increasing confidence in and adoption of climate risk assessment in…Publication Date 2006
- risk assessment
- frameworks
- seasonal variation
- climate
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordRapid Mobile Data Collection (RMDC) is an innovative technique that enables a large amount of data to be collected over extensive areas in near-real time. These data have a wide range of applications…Publication Date 2006
- data collection
- monitoring techniques
- satellite imagery
- rangelands
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAvailable technology now allows individual animals to be identified and weighed whenever they access water, data to be telemetered to a remote computer, and animals to be automatically drafted on the…Publication Date 2006
- livestock production
- frameworks
- risk management
- seasonality
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordStocking rate decisions in western NSW are complicated by variable and largely non-seasonal rainfall. We sought to define 'trigger points' that could assist stocking decisions, particularly…Publication Date 2006
- stocking rate
- models
- risk management
- seasonality
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordPest plant and animals directly impact or threaten all social, economic and environmental assets of the South Australian Arid Lands (SAAL). This extensive region is sparsely populated and financial…Publication Date 2006
- pest management
- Technical aid
- stakeholders
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordRecently a pilot project tested the capacity of agencies to report nationally on rangeland change through the Australian Collaborative Rangeland Information System (ACRIS). The NSW component of the…Publication Date 2006
- information systems
- Pilot projects
- Bioregion
- change
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThis paper introduces the use of market based instruments as policies for biodiversity management in the Australian rangelands. We discuss the potential benefits of using MBIs and some of the key…Publication Date 2006
- markets
- biodiversity
- projects
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- information technology
- projects
- Pastoral Industry
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordBiological Soil Crust (BSC) can potentially be used to estimate grazing pressure, which in turn can be used as an indicator of rangeland condition. BSC is easily disturbed by hardfooted animals such…Publication Date 2006
- indicators
- rangelands
- Australia
- grazing pressure
- Watering Point
- Library Collection RecordThe Western Australian portion of the Nullarbor Plain currently supports 19 pastoral leases. The most remarkable feature one notices when looking at satellite imagery of the area are the '…Publication Date 2006
- satellite imagery
- vegetation
- change
- Watering Point
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordBuffel grass is an introduced perennial tussock grass, which has improved rangeland pastoral production and helped land rehabilitation. More recently, its invasive capacity has been of concern and…Publication Date 2006
- mapping
- adaptation
- Buffel grass (Cenchrus)
- Northern Australia
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordRangeland pastures are characterised by considerable variability in forage quality and supply. Grasses have poor nutritive value in summer and autumn, with insufficient energy and protein to maintain…Publication Date 2006
- animal nutrition
- grasses
- seasonality
- risk
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Western Catchment Management Authority is the regional body responsible for implementing positive natural resource management change over a large geographic area of Western New South Wales (…Publication Date 2006
- projects
- management
- natural resources
- change
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThe South Australian Government is currently contributing to the Australian Collaborative Rangeland Information System (ACRIS) through information collected at pastoral monitoring sites, biological…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- Data
- information systems
- change
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Central Australian Grazing Strategies Partnership is a collaboration between the CLMA, NT DPIFM, Desert Knowledge CRC, CSIRO and the pastoral industry, to promote research into rangeland spell…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- grazing management
- strategies
- sustainability
- Central Australia
- Library Collection RecordVarious methods of pastoral intensification are being explored by producers in the northern Australian rangelands in order to increase production and improve economic performance. However, increased…Publication Date 2006
- biodiversity
- projects
- grazing management
- Biota
- northwestern Australia
- Library Collection RecordSmall mammal, reptile, ant and plant diversity, soil health and landscape condition were compared at sites that were either 1) reserved for conservation, 2) currently stocked or 3) long-ungrazed…Publication Date 2006
- conservation (storage)
- woodlands
- grazing
- animals
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordMany animals create soil surface disturbances (biopedturbation) while constructing habitat, foraging for food or excavating resting sites. We studied the effects of foraging pits of the Short-Beaked…Publication Date 2006
- ecosystems
- animals
- Woodland soils
- engineers
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordACRIS is the Australian Collaborative Rangeland Information System. Here, we describe how ACRIS is progressing towards an information system to report and understand change in the rangelands. This…Publication Date 2006
- information systems
- rangelands
- reports
- Australia
- change
- Library Collection RecordThis paper examines the impact of incorporating fleece-shedding meat sheep into sheep enterprises in western NSW, and the associated shift in enterprise focus from wool to meat production. Sheep…Publication Date 2006
- sheep
- enterprises
- production
- grazing lands
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThe main driver behind the Queensland and Australian governments' work on wetlands is to support projects and programs that will result in long-term benefits to the biodiversity, management…Publication Date 2006
- wetlands
- programmes
- mapping
- projects
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordReliable indicators of rangeland condition enable land managers to understand the ecological dynamics surrounding their management activities and predict the consequences of their actions. However,…Publication Date 2006
- assessment
- indicators
- management techniques
- networks
- Southeastern Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2006
- intensification
- grazing lands
- sustainability
- grazing pressure
- Northern Australia
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