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- Library Collection RecordBestprac is a group based benchmarking and continuous improvement program funded by Australian Wool Innovation and Meat and Livestock Australia. The Bestprac network started in 1998 and aims to…Publication Date 2004
- tools
- Management information systems
- Queensland
- New South Wales
- South Australia
- Western Australia
- 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 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 RecordSome conservation goals for the rangelands can be met by managing pastoral land in a more sustainable manner. Other conservation goals will only be met by managing some areas entirely for…Publication Date 1992
- management
- Australia
- rangeland conservation
- rangeland management
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- management
- Australia
- management skills
- Library Collection RecordThis study focussed on issues related to equity levels on grazing properties in western Queensland and also on the investment options used by producers over the period of the last half of the 1980…Publication Date 1992
- investment
- grazing lands
- Australia
- debt structure
- equity levels
- grazing properties
- investment options
- Queensland
- Western Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- assessment
- rangelands
- Australia
- management
- New South Wales
- rangeland assessment
- Library Collection RecordBoth exotic and native species of woody plants, as a result of their increase in distribution and stand density, have caused land degradation and reduced pasture and rangeland productivity. In the…Publication Date 1992
- weed management
- weed control
- Australia
- hexazinone
- integrated weed management
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- weed control
- Library Collection RecordSpatial simulation of pasture growth and utilisation by herbivores is being developed as an aid to rational drought management in Queensland. A geographic information system (GIS) of climatic…Publication Date 1992
- drought
- management
- prediction
- monitoring
- Australia
- computer based management
- drought monitoring
- drought prediction
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThe discussions of our conference in which we are about to engage, coming shortly after the release of the draft National Strategy for Rangeland Management, represent the first national gathering of…Publication Date 1996
- rangelands
- management
- stakeholders
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper describes the process of developing a national strategy for the management of Australian rangelands. A draft vision and views of stakeholders are shared and next steps for future…Publication Date 1996
- rangelands
- management
- strategies
- stakeholders
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe need to improve the conservation status of Australian agricultural and pastoral land is one of the most compelling challenges for Australia in the 1990s. It is time to start managing this country…Publication Date 1996
- rangelands
- ecosystems
- management
- conservation (storage)
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordMuch of the recent literature and discussion has dealt with sustainable management in terms of either managing ecological sustainability or economic sustainability. Very little discussion or thought…Publication Date 1996
- sustainability
- management
- Factors
- pastoralism
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA recent national project collaborated with pastoralists and extension personnel around Australia to examine the financial implications of different approaches to coping with drought. This process…Publication Date 1996
- stocking rate
- projects
- management
- drought
- Australia
- 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 influence of patches on the foraging behaviour and feed intake of cattle was investigated in a tropical rangeland environment, north-east Queensland. Areas mown to simulate grazed patches were…Publication Date 1996
- cattle
- feed intake
- paddocks
- grazing
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordTwenty-two ecotypes of mulga mitchell (Thyridolepis mitchelliana) and 20 ecotypes of mulga oats (Monachather paradoxa) grown under glasshouse conditions exhibited intra-specific phenotypic variation…Publication Date 1996
- ecotypes
- Glasshouses
- grasses
- Queensland
- variation
- Library Collection RecordLiveweight gain performance for steers grazing black speargrass (Iteropogon contortus) dominant pastures has been measured over 5 years within a large grazing trial in sub-tropical Queensland under…Publication Date 1996
- drought
- trials
- liveweight
- black speargrass
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAs part of two major grazing trials in sub-tropical Queensland, runoff and soil movement were recorded at a detailed (m2) and landscape (ha) scale. The effect of grazing pressure on soil movement by…Publication Date 1996
- runoff
- soil movement
- landscape
- grazing trials
- Queensland
- Library Collection Record
21 Bestprac
Queensland beef and sheep producers, the Queensland Department of Primary Industries (QDPI) and the International Wool Secretariat (IWS), with participation from CSIRO and NSW Agriculture, joined…Publication Date 1996- Wool industry
- Workshops
- training
- Bestprac
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThe quantitative climax and its successional (equilibrium) dynamics is questioned for rangelands driven by unpredictable climatic events. An alternative model is that of state and transition (driven…Publication Date 1996
- climatic factors
- monitoring
- Equilibrium theory
- range management
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordPlant composition (relative frequency) and ground cover data were collected from typically grazed black speargrass (Heteropogon contortus) and Aristida/Bothriochloa pasture community sites in the…Publication Date 1996
- plants
- ground cover plants
- woodlands
- composition
- Queensland
- 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 RecordThe land resources of pastoral properties representative of the Alice Springs region of the Northern Territory are being mapped and management strategies for the different land types are being…Publication Date 1996
- land
- management
- mapping
- resources
- north 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
- management
- rangelands
- Feral Goats
- herbivores
- Muster Sites
- northwestern New South Wales
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordFire has potential in the management of invasive exotic shrubs in northern Australian tropical woodlands. Rubbervine (Cryptostegia grandiflora) is fire- sensitive, experiencing significant effects on…Publication Date 1996
- fires
- management
- models
- invasive species
- Northern Australia
- Library Collection RecordExotic weeds are one of the greatest threats to the sustainable land use of northern Australian rangelands. In Queensland, particularly, weeds such as mesquite, prickly acacia and rubber vine already…Publication Date 1996
- weed control
- programmes
- reduction
- rangelands
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThe effects on rangeland condition and livestock production of reducing the numbers of rabbits, feral goats and kangaroos are being measured in the Olary Ranges of South Australia. This Vertebrate…Publication Date 1996
- livestock production
- herbivores
- management
- programmes
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 1996
- control methods
- Costing
- management
- Rabbit
- ripping
- western New South Wales
- 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 RecordProperty Management Planning (PMP) in the southern rangelands of WA commenced in 1993. From its modest beginnings it has expanded, leading to the development of a one-to-one planning methodology…Publication Date 1996
- Property
- management
- planning
- rangelands
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe 1994 drought in south-eastern Australia and a number of other synergistic factors contributed to a high frequency of wind erosion events on the rangelands of the Hay plain. A multi-disciplinary…Publication Date 1996
- drought
- wind erosion
- frameworks
- management
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordTwo states of herbaceous vegetation, one dominated by palatable perennial grasses (SI) and the second by less palatable perennial grasses and annual species (SID, were subjected to different levels…Publication Date 1996
- perennials
- annuals
- grasses
- pastures
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 1996
- Micro-climate
- Pasture Production
- Queensland
- Understorey
- vegatation
- Library Collection RecordA 32,000 km2 area in eastern South Australia was selected as representing a range of arid land topography and vegetation and was surveyed to locate populations of perennial species at sites of…Publication Date 1996
- grazing intensity
- regeneration
- management
- sheep
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Great Artesian Basin (GAB) has provided a valuable resource for the development of rangelands in Australia. Management recommendations for the basin currently, and in the past, primarily…Publication Date 2000
- management
- water
- environment
- Australia
- BAsin
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2000
- ecology
- rangelands
- management
- landscape
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA survey of grassy eucalypt woodlands in sub -tropical Queensland recorded herbaceous species richness at 30m2 scale. At this scale, the native grassland occurring in pastures, roadsides and…Publication Date 2000
- herbaceous plants
- fertilizer application
- Livestock breeds
- Fire strategy
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2000
- ecological balance
- rangelands
- management
- economics
- sustainability
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2000
- rangelands
- management
- pastoralism
- economics
- Action plans
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2000
- rangelands
- management
- monitoring
- diversification
- Regional policies
- Australia
- Landcare
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2000
- Basin irrigation
- rangelands
- management
- water
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordSince 1995, the Rangeways project has researched ways to identify and reconcile opportunities for different land uses while protecting biologically sensitive areas within the framework of community-…Publication Date 2000
- ecological zones
- land use
- management
- frameworks
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordEnterprise reconstruction, socio-economic development and effective environmental management are the foundation of this community-based, government-supported scheme. The goal is an enduring future…Publication Date 2000
- ecosystems
- land degradation
- management
- geographic information systems
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- management
- Catchment basins
- frameworks
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordThis planning process implemented by Aboriginal landholding organisations in 1999 has promoted Aboriginal interests in the rangelands by providing information about Aboriginal land management…Publication Date 2000
- management
- aboriginal organizations
- sustainability
- land use
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe mainstream view of pastoral management is founded on the principle of 'conservative stocking' as the basis for economic viability and ecological sustainability. Under this paradigm…Publication Date 2000
- management
- sustainability
- stocking rate
- Government intervention
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA new paradigm of integrated and ecosystem management approaches to regional planning is emerging. It is based on building strong partnerships between key regional stakeholder groups with a role in…Publication Date 2000
- management
- stakeholders
- regional planning
- ecosystem approaches
- Australia