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- Library Collection RecordAbstract: Bringing about positive change and the wise use of rangelands is more about enabling landholders to enhance their knowledge and build their skills rather than bringing modern science to…Publication Date 2012
- Attitude
- Australia
- Empathy
- trust
- Library Collection RecordSummary Many restoration guidelines strongly recommend the use of local sources of seed in native plant revegetation projects. These recommendations are based on assumptions that the species used…Publication Date 2012
- inbreeding
- Australia
- Local
- provenances
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Sustainable natural resource management (NRM) requires research and planning to be complemented by strong community engagement and input. This is especially true in northern Australia…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Indigenous engagement
- natural resource management
- Waterways Education
- Library Collection RecordAuthor summary: "...In this paper, I will talk about my experience of the last 4 years, managing my grazing enterprise as a complex system. I will tell you a bit about what I’ve done…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- stocking rate
- wool production
- sheep
- Nutritional Requirements
- Australia
- complex systems
- Library Collection RecordAbstract This project investigated the potential for pastoral intensification in the Victoria River District (VRD) of the NT to increase the profitability of the northern beef industry in the face…Publication Date 2012
- intensification
- Sustainable development
- Australia
- grazing distribution
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Grazing trials are used to quantify and demonstrate the biophysical impact of grazing strategies, with the Wambiana grazing trial being one of the longest running trials in northern…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- economic performance
- ENTERPRISE model
- GRASP model
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Economic pressures have challenged Australia’s northern beef industry over the last decade. Productivity improvement has been slowing, costs of production have escalated rapidly and…Publication Date 2012
- Sustainable development
- Australia
- beef enterprise modelling
- beef production
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2012
- stocking rate
- carrying capacity
- rotational grazing
- monitoring techniques
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: The current pastoral leases in WA are only for the purpose of grazing livestock. New tenures post 2015 may allow a wide range of land uses including livestock production, carbon offsets…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: The impetus for the Rangelands Reform Program arose from two reviews into the pastoral industry held in 2009 – the Southern Rangelands Pastoral Advisory Group’s A Review of the…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Determining the level of investment and support needed to maintain biodiversity across vast areas is difficult. In response to this challenge the South Australian Department of Environment…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Information Framework
- landscape assessment
- state and transition models
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The conflict that exists between the competing needs of biological conservation and those of pastoral production is well recognised, however, few studies examine these conflicts due to…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- production
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordImplementation of the Kimberley Science and Conservation Strategy is moving forward apace, through partnerships with Indigenous rangers, communities and pastoralists.Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Conservation Strategy
- Kimberley Science
- Library Collection RecordThe recent review of Western Australian’s State Planning Strategy sought to refocus, rebuild and reactivate the State’s regional planning capabilities. The strategy is based on six fundamental…Publication Date 2012
- land management
- planning
- Australia
- Kimberley
- Landuse Planning
- Library Collection RecordDust storms are the result of soil erosion by wind. They cause considerable damage both at their site of origin (e.g. the farm paddock, Leys and McTainsh1994) and down wind as they deposit unwanted…Publication Date 2012
- soil erosion
- damage
- Dust
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The majority of Australian grazing lands have been degraded since European settlement, resulting in loss of soil carbon and reduced capacity to provide ecosystem services, from primary…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Northern Australian beef businesses are currently facing a challenging time with significant pressure on profitability across all regions. Simultaneously, the community and Government are…Publication Date 2012
- profitability
- carbon sequestration
- greenhouse gases
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Graziers in the Western Catchment of New South Wales (NSW) experience a climate that varies both seasonally and across the region with several implications for how land, water, pasture…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract. Increasing world human population, declining reserves of cheaply extracted fossil fuels, fresh water scarcity, and climatic instability will put tremendous pressure on world rangelands as…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordDavid Phelps and John Taylor discuss Mitchell grass, a highly productive and valuable forage species in Australia. Mitchell grass survives long droughts by having a deep root system but can also take…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordJohn Taylor, of the University of Queensland Gatton, has been working in Australia's rangelands for over thirty years. The people that he has befriended in the Outback are creative and…Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPat Johnson and Roger Gates of South Dakota State University explain how to correctly estimate utilization of forage in a rangeland setting. Source: Autonomy ProductionsPublication Date 2012
- utilization
- forage
- grazing
- United States
- Library Collection RecordJohn Taylor of the University of Queensland Gaton and Mike Chuk of the Desert Channels Group discuss the ongoing encroachment of woody species in Australia's grasslands. Largely, this is because…Publication Date 2012
- woodlands
- grasslands
- climate change
- Australia
- Queensland
- woodland encroachment
- Library Collection RecordFeral animals are a big problem in Australia. Recent government reports suggest they may be causing 750 million dollars of damage annually. Tom Garret is what's known as a "roo shooter.…Publication Date 2012
- Feral animals
- wildlife management
- harvesting
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- dairy farms
- Milk products
- forage
- grasslands
- efficiency
- yields
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- dairy farms
- Milk products
- forage
- grasslands
- efficiency
- yields
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- forage
- quality
- infrared radiation
- calibration
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- grasses
- grasslands
- sown grasslands
- Trifolium
- Trifolium repens
- Phleum pratense
- Bromus inermis
- Bromus
- nutrition
- soil fertility
- fertilizer application
- nitrogen fertilizers
- nitrogen
- yields
- forage
- Feed Crops
- Trifolium
- Trifolium repens
- Phleum pratense
- Bromus inermis
- Bromus
- nutrition
- Trifolium
- Trifolium repens
- Phleum pratense
- Bromus inermis
- Bromus
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- Alps
- summer
- grazing
- forage
- pastures
- surveys
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- Alps
- summer
- grazing
- forage
- pastures
- surveys
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- analytical methods
- digestibility
- rangeland soils
- forage
- Library Collection RecordA quick lesson in plant structure, growth and regrowth for pasture-based dairy systemsPublication Date 2012
- irrigated pasture
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Library Collection RecordEstablishing and Managing Irrigated Pasture for HorsesPublication Date 2012
- Grazing Ecology and Management
- irrigated pasture
- nutrition
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Library Collection RecordHyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf (Coolatai grass) is a summer-active, C4 perennial tussock grass, native to southern Africa and the Mediterranean region, which has invaded areas of native flora in…Publication Date 2012
- Alien species
- Coolatai grass
- disturbance
- establishment
- population dynamics
- Weeds
- seed banks
- germination
- Hyparrhenia hirta
- Alien invasive species
- management
- herbicides
- grasslands
- mowing
- New South Wales
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract is available for this article.Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordQuestions: Do soil seed banks of semi-arid grasslands reassemble after abandonment from cultivation? Do seeds of native and exotic species persist in the soil? Does time since abandonment affect…Publication Date 2012
- Annual Forb
- Chronosequence
- dispersal
- grassland
- restoration
- secondary succession
- Victoria
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPayments for environmental services (PES) are increasingly promoted as an economic mechanism that could potentially address socio-economic and environmental conservation objectives in developing…Publication Date 2012
- Indigenous ecological knowledge
- capacity building
- market-based instruments
- citizen science
- payment for environmental services
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe outcome of plant-plant interactions depends on environmental (e.g. grazing and climatic conditions) and species-specific attributes (e.g. life strategy and dispersal mode of the species involved…Publication Date 2012
- competition
- diversity
- facilitation
- Open woodland
- Stress-gradient hypothesis
- species richness
- drylands
- grazing
- rainfall
- Species Specificity
- community analysis
- vegetation dynamics
- Australia
- Library Collection Record"Caring for country" is a term used to describe the complex spiritual affiliation that encompasses the rights and responsibilities that Aboriginal Australians have with their land. It…Publication Date 2012
- Aboriginal
- culture
- environmental services
- Livelihoods
- Northern Territory
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThere is little direct evidence about the business model used by the legendary cattle king, Sir Sidney Kidman. Kidman's properties were invariably stocked at less than full capacity, and were…Publication Date 2012
- adaptation
- climate change
- diversification
- drought
- rangelands
- real options
- market risk
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe invasion of exotic plants into savanna ecosystems can disrupt the natural pattern of vegetation. Indian couch Bothriochloa pertusa was introduced into Australia as a species for rehabilitation of…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity conservation
- Bothriochloa
- drought
- grazing pressure
- tropical weed ecology
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordGrazing by domestic livestock is one of the most widespread uses of the rangelands of Australia. There is limited information on the effects of grazing by domestic livestock on the vertebrate fauna…Publication Date 2012
- conservation biology
- grazing management
- Savanna ecology
- wildlife ecology
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper proposes a broad overview of possible responses to the challenges posed by rangelands to promote discussion on a sustainable future for these vast regions. Rangelands Australia, an…Publication Date 2012
- Indigenous human populations
- Indigenous knowledge
- rangeland communities
- rangeland management
- sustainable livelihoods
- rangelands
- management
- sustainability
- pastoralism
- Nature reserves
- restoration
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper documents the effects of fire on grass-layer invertebrates in tropical savannas of the Kimberley region of north-western Australia, in the context of resource availability for consumers.…Publication Date 2012
- fire ecology
- invertebrates
- Kimberley
- savanna
- conservation
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe rangelands of Australia and their communities can be represented as a diverse and interrelated complex of social and ecological systems. For the development of a sustainable future for both…Publication Date 2012
- rangeland communities
- rangeland ecology
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe outcomes of previous studies have resulted in differing recommendations on the rate and timing of fertilizer N applications for forage maize. In order to gain an improved understanding of the…Publication Date 2012
- hybrid forage maize
- Pioneer 31H50
- Australia
- biomass yield
- sowing date
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordTo support the further development of grazing practices for dairy production systems based on perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), allometric relationships among leaf-stage categories and…Publication Date 2012
- perennial ryegrass
- leaf stage
- regrowth
- nutritive value
- grazing management
- Victoria
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe impact of deferred grazing (no defoliation of pastures for a period generally from spring to autumn) and fertilizer application on plant population density, ground cover and soil moisture in a…Publication Date 2012
- grazing management
- sustainability
- tiller density
- perennial grasses
- phosphorus
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordMallee-heath and mallee communities occur in a mosaic across large areas of south-western Australia, in topographically subdued and fire-prone landscapes. Consequently, it could be expected that…Publication Date 2012
- fire ecology
- carbon sequestration
- fire interval
- initial floristic composition
- mallee
- senescence
- succession
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThere is a growing interest in the use of deficit irrigation and perennial pasture species other than perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) in temperate agriculture, in response to the decreasing…Publication Date 2012
- water stress
- cocksfoot
- perennial ryegrass
- tall fescue
- regrowth
- water-soluble carbohydrate
- leaf water potential
- leaf extension
- Burnie
- Australia
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