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- Library Collection RecordIn Australia, as in other developed countries, rural industries are responding to increasing pressure to demonstrate their environmental credentials. At the same time, there is an increasing trend…Publication Date 1996
- land use
- management
- frameworks
- sustainability
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordUluru has been the site of intense tourist activity since the early 1960s, much of which was uncontrolled in the early years. The result was the development of a number of access tracks and partly…Publication Date 1996
- tourism
- models
- management
- hydrology
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe objective was to establish whether reliable intake and digestibility estimates could be obtained under range conditions using n-alkanes. Goats both browse and graze, which makes the use of n-…Publication Date 1996
- rangelands
- digestibility
- grazing
- alkanes
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordWe quantified the effect of high levels of wiregrass in buffel grass pasture on sheep growth over 2 years at Roma. Despite using very high stocking rates compared to district norms, animal…Publication Date 1996
- pastures
- sheep
- grasses
- stocking rate
- Australia
- Wiregrass
- 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 RecordThe Remote Video Unit (RVU) is a self -contained, stand -alone unit designed to provide information on the interaction and behaviour patterns of sheep, cattle, feral goats and kangaroos using water…Publication Date 1996
- traps
- animals
- movement
- Gates
- Australia
- video
- Library Collection RecordThe persistence of desirable species in a pasture is essential for sustainability and animal production. Therefore, it is necessary to document how grazing and land type (land class) influence the…Publication Date 1996
- stocking rate
- Pressure
- grazing
- Land levelling
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordMany graziers could make better use of climatic information. The Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Department of Primary Industries are collaborating with the Bureau of Meteorology to…Publication Date 1996
- Management information systems
- climate data
- tools
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAustralia's bush food industry is currently worth ,85 million at the farm gate. Two rangeland plants, the desert lime (Eremocitrus glauca) and wild thyme (Ocimum tenuiflorum) have potential…Publication Date 1996
- plants
- species
- Food industry
- Australia
- Bush
- Library Collection RecordEarly measurements of cattle growth rates on native pasture in the black speargrass region indicated only modest potential for beef production (80 to 100 kg LWG/head/yr). To provide a contemporary…Publication Date 1996
- cattle
- animal production
- liveweight
- paddocks
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPOPMIX is a computer-based stocking-rate calculator that estimates carrying capacities of rangeland stocked with one or more types of large herbivore. Based on forage availability, prediction of…Publication Date 1996
- rangelands
- stocking rate
- rangelands
- Australia
- calculator
- Library Collection RecordWe show how the magnitude of vegetation response to major rainfalls can be determined from satellite data and be used to produce scaled paddock maps of landscape resilience. These maps assist in…Publication Date 1996
- satellites
- mapping
- rainfall
- land management
- Australia
- 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 RecordThere is significant potential for the development of a kangaroo harvesting enterprise which is integrated with livestock production. It offers opportunity for diversification of income as well as…Publication Date 1996
- kangaroos
- livestock production
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 1996
- rangelands
- Australia
- biodiversity
- invasive species
- Nature conservation
- Library Collection RecordThe track record of technology transfer within a rangelands R&D context is poor - even with new participatory approaches. The reasons for this relate to the nature of R&D problems, technology…Publication Date 1996
- management
- tracks
- technology
- Australia
- problem analysis
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 1996
- Australia
- Claypan Revegetation
- rangeland soils
- trials
- Library Collection RecordSince 1983 the staff of the Land Use Study Centre have offered nation -wide homestudies, first in Soil Conservation, then in Effective Rural Groups and Fire Management, and more recently in Practical…Publication Date 1996
- programmes
- rangelands
- Australia
- Courses
- 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 RecordIn 1995 a project funded by the Australian Mining Industry Research Association was commenced to research the germination and establishment requirements of Triodia and Plectrachne hummock grass…Publication Date 1996
- projects
- mining
- germination
- seed
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordRangeland wildlife dynamics are based on refuge habitats. Piospheres result from grazing impact around waterpoints and biodiversity is affected by grazing intensity. Wildlife losses have been…Publication Date 1996
- islands
- wildlife
- biodiversity
- pastoralism
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe annual chenopod Salsola kali is a common species in degraded floodplain country of the Pilbara, WA. It is considered a weed. It is not native and has little value for grazing animals. In parts of…Publication Date 1996
- Tropical zones
- Weeds
- rehabilitation
- Useful plants
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordFollowing discrete rainfall events, soil-water measurements showed that for each of the rainfall events, pronounced redistribution of rainfall from runoff (source) into runon (sink) zones occurred,…Publication Date 1996
- rainfall
- hydrology
- measurement
- water
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordSheep, rabbits and/or kangaroos could each be the cause of the hiatus in recruitment this century of western myall (Acacia papyrocarpa Benth.), a long-lived Australian arid-zone perennial tree which…Publication Date 1996
- experiments
- animals
- arid zones
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe impact of stocking rate (ranging from below - to above - commercial rates) on species density was assessed at sites near Charters Towers and Mundubbera. At both locations there was a 25-30%…Publication Date 1996
- stocking rate
- species
- density
- Scales
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordLarge dust storms are capable of carrying enormous dust loads. The dust storm on 1st November 1994 transported at least 15 Mt of dust from the Queensland Channel Country northward over Mt Isa and out…Publication Date 1996
- Sediment
- losses from soil
- land
- Australia
- Dust Storms
- Library Collection RecordThe T.G.B. Osborn Vegetation Reserve at Koonamore now has 70 years of records of vegetation change on its permanent quadrats and photopoints. On one of these a stand of mulga (Acacia aneura) has…Publication Date 1996
- Mulga
- regeneration
- projects
- Australia
- Rabbit Control
- Library Collection RecordTreatment with gibberellic acid induces more germination in a number of Pilbara grass species than does stratification. Eriachne flaccida is the most suitable perennial grass for rehabilitation…Publication Date 1996
- gibberellic acid
- germination
- grasses
- species
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordChromolaena odorata (L.) King & Robinson continues to spread through southeast Asia into the south Pacific, and into central and eastern Africa from the infestations in western and southern…Publication Date 1996
- Chromolaena odorata
- Siam weed
- Africa
- Asia
- Oceania
- Australia
- climate matching
- distribution
- Alien invasive species
- decision support systems
- Phytosociology
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSpatio-temporal variation in dung beetle distribution and cattle dung dispersal was quantified across a spectrum of summer rainfall habitat types in South Africa, i.e. grassland, open woodland and…Publication Date 1996
- Australia
- dung
- Pasture Improvement
- Scarabaeidae
- South Africa
- dung beetles
- ecosytem ecology
- soils
- rangeland condition
- rainfall
- grasslands
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1994-10-01
- Macropodidae
- New South Wales
- species differences
- water intake
- Australia
- sheep
- wildlife management
- Library Collection RecordA spatial simulation model was developed to examine the community-level relationships between woody overstory and herbaceous understory. The influences of individual trees on herbaceous understory…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- Eucalyptus
- eucalyptus crebra
- Australia
- simulation models
- Prosopis glandulosa
- competitive ability
- understory
- mathematical models
- biomass production
- plant communities
- Library Collection RecordDrought is a major factor in a rangeland environment. It has major effects on rangeland resources, on productivity and thus influences financial and social aspects. Warning of incipient drought…Publication Date 1992
- drought
- early warning systems
- Australia
- simulation
- 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 RecordReady access to climate data facilitates a better understanding of climate and enhances rangeland research. The Bureau of Meteorology collects climate data across Australia and stores the data in…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordReady access to climate data facilitates a better understanding of climate and enhances rangeland research. The Bureau of Meteorology collects climate data across Australia and stores the data in…Publication Date 1992
- Access to information
- Accessibility
- Australia
- data assimilation
- information management
- 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 RecordNew approaches to rangeland management which are directed at overcoming the problems caused by spatial and temporal heterogeneity in paddocks, must be applied in an integrated way. This will maximise…Publication Date 1992
- models
- Australia
- Chenopod shrublands
- state and transition model
- Vegetation Change
- Library Collection RecordErldunda Station has long been known as the centre of rabbit distribution in the Northern Territory. An estimated 23,000 warrens exist on the 2932km2 Station, 7.8/km2. Patchy distribution of suitable…Publication Date 1992
- control methods
- Australia
- Erldunda Station
- Rabbit Control
- Library Collection RecordVegetation changes in managed ecosystems are the result of complex interactions among the manipulations imposed by the manager and the biotic and abiotic factors of the environment. These factors…Publication Date 1992
- management
- Australia
- ecosystem management
- South New Wales
- vegetation changes
- Library Collection RecordA history of cropping at the margins between arable and pastoral lands is examined. Assessment is made of the climatic factors that caused an abandonment of cropping. These criteria are then used to…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordOn the self -mulching clay soils of north western New South Wales, wheat cultivation has expanded into areas previously regarded as too dry for crop production. The current wheat system involves…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- integrated management
- Australia
- marginal rangelands
- Library Collection RecordGrazing pressure resulting from high stocking levels can change the surface cover levels and soil crust enough to dramatically increase the erosion hazard of a paddock. For the sandplain country west…Publication Date 1992
- wind erosion
- Nutritional losses
- Australia
- New South Wales
- surface cover
- Library Collection RecordWe address a number of management principles pertaining to temporal and spatial changes in rangeland systems. Both plant community composition, and availability and quality of forage, are temporally…Publication Date 1992
- management
- humid zones
- arid zones
- Australia
- South Africa
- undefined
- Library Collection RecordIntroduced herbivores are an important component of rangeland grazing systems. For a variety of reasons: densities of introduced herbivores are usually uncontrolled, their abundance being regulated…Publication Date 1992
- grazing systems
- Introduced varieties
- Domestic cattle
- Australia
- Introduced Herbivores
- Library Collection RecordThe spatial distribution and relative abundance of sheep, goats and kangaroos were assessed from extensive dung surveys following dry and wet periods in two paddocks in the rangelands of north -…Publication Date 1992
- sheep
- kangaroos
- goats
- semiarid zones
- animal distribution
- Australia
- New South Wales
- semi-arid
- western New South Wales
- Woodland paddocks
- 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 coastal wetlands of the Northern Territory are a valuable resource for conservation, pastoralism, tourism and the commercial utilisation of wildlife. These values are under threat from alien…Publication Date 1992
- pastoralism
- Coastal area
- Australia
- coastal wetlands
- conservation
- Northern Territory
- undefined
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