17th Biennial Conference Papers 2012

17th ARS Biennial Conference Papers 2012

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Authors A – K

Authors L – Z

Disclaimer: These papers have not been refereed by the Conference Program Committee. The content of each paper is the responsibility of its authors. The committee has formatted all abstracts and papers to a common style.

AuthorsTitle of PaperKeywords
A – K
 Y. Alemseged, R.B. Hacker, I.D. Toole, W.J. Smith & C. Waters Diet selection and digestive efficiency of Dorper sheep and farmed goats and their implications for natural resource management in western NSW Dorper grazing behaviour, grazing strategy
 B.M. Alchin & W.J. Williams Atmospheric nitrogen and carbon transformed by cyanobacteria contribute to productivity in pastoral rangelands cyanobacteria, nitrogen fixation, soil crusts
 Atkinson, T.LA. and Smith, W.J Impact of future climate scenarios on pasture production and livestock enterprises in western NSW climate change, pasture production and modelling
 H. Aubault, N.P. Webb, C.L. Strong, J.C. Scanlan & J.F. Leys The impacts of grazing land management on the wind erodibility of the Mulga Lands of western Queensland, Australia wind erosion, land degradation, management, GRASP, stocking rate, modelling
 R. Azimi, M. Rezayi, K. Kazempor Locating the projects of improvement and production of the pasture using GIS (Case studies of Bande Ghora watershed In Kashmar) Arc Map, Arc View, locating the improved pasture project, seeding, saw, grazing management, Bande Ghora in Kashmar
 C. Baulderstone & G. Baird Drought induced death of bladder saltbush (Atriplex vesicaria) in the north east pastoral district of South Australia  Atriplex vesicaria, drought, mortality
 G.J. Bishop-Hurley, K. Patison, D.L. Swain, G. Peare & R. Jurdak Understanding the preference of cattle for shade and water environmental protection, GPS, automated animal control
 C.E. Blocksome, T. Gross & D. Watson Balancing ecological and environmental objectives in smoke management planning smoke management, prescribed burning, tallgrass prairie
 S. G. Bray, D. Walsh, R. Gowen, K. Broad & B. Daniels Producing Climate Clever Beef in northern Australia profitability, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon sequestration
 Nan Bray Nutritional Wisdom at Work in a Grazing Enterprise nutritional wisdom, grazing, complex systems
 T.F. Chapman Microclimate and soil properties of older bilby diggings at Lorna Glen rangelands restoration project.
 R. Cowley, C. Pettit, T. Cowley, L. Pahl & M. Hearnden Optimising fire management in grazed tropical savannas fire management, grazing, tropical savannas
 A. Craig & D. Hadden The effects of fire on grazed Mitchell grass pastures in the East Kimberley: a case study Mitchell grass, fire, grazing
 M. Debney Can conservation and cattle production co-exist? A case study: Toomba Station conservation, grazing, sustainability
 R. Dobbs, R. Cossart, P. Close & P. Davies Strengthening scientific research & management across northern Australia through Indigenous rangers & community collaboration waterways education, Indigenous engagement, natural resource management
 P.Droulers & K. Kneipp Developing and implementing policy for fire management of invasive native scrub in New South Wales effective policy, management burning, invasive native scrub, western NSW
 Hon W. Duncan MLC The Rangelands Reform Program: Implementing a plan for economic diversity in the Western Australian rangelands
 M. El Hassan & J. Field Agroforestry for sustainable goat farming: shade, shelter, fodder, and environmental benefits of trees agroforestry, goats, shade and shelter
 M. Fletcher, K. Brockhurst,  M. McDonald & R. Thompson, D. Water ponding on Larrawa station, November 2011: a photo story water pond, grader, cost
 K. Forrest, N. Judd & D. Green A national approach to building resilient rangelands collaboration, national, rangelands
 K. Gepp What will climate change REALLY mean to graziers in the Western Catchment of NSW climate change, graziers, western NSW
 L.A. González, C. Ramírez-Restrepo, D. Coates & E. Charmley Prediction of feed intake in growing beef cattle fed tropical forages feed intake, model, tropical forages
 M. Goulton Mesquite management in the NSW Rangelands: A history of policy, management and landholder’s perceptions mesquite, management, community
 A. Higgins, I. Watson & C. Chilcott Optimising capital investment and operations for the livestock industry in northern Australia transport, infrastructure, optimisation, northern Australia, beef
 J. L. Holechek How global trends in population, energy use, water use, and climate impact on rangeland and rangeland users. Implications for policy development, land use and management, conservation and production
 J. Holm, C. Gustavsson & N. Welch Kimberley planning and infrastructure framework accommodating aspirations of different land users and resolving conflicting demands for land Kimberley infrastructure, landuse planning
 L. Hunt, A. Ash, C. McDonald, J. Scanlan, L. Bell, R. Cowle, I. Watson, J. McIvor & N. MacLeod Seeking sustainable productivity improvements in the northern beef industry beef enterprise modelling, beef production, sustainable development
 L.P. Hunt, A.C. Liedloff & R.W. Eager Above- and below-ground carbon dynamics of different fire regimes in extensive grazing systems in northern Australia carbon modelling, carbon stocks, prescribed fire
 P. Jones, C. Harris & R. Silcock Does wet season spelling improve land condition? spelling, condition, composition
 S.A. Khairo,  R.B. Hacker, T.L. Atkinson & G.L. Turnbull Implications of alternative feral goat management strategies for natural resource management polices in NSW rangelands economics, feral goat, policy, NSW
 H.P. King Soil carbon and landscape function: grazing friend or foe?
L – Z
E. Leitch & R. Flitton AusPlots-Rangelands: survey progress in the Northern Territory biodiversity surveys, permanent plots, Australian rangelands
 M. Lewis, A. Arnott & A. Higgins The devil is in the detail – managing feral goat grazing at breeding sites for the endangered malleefowl Leiopoa ocellata exclusion fencing, malleefowl, pest animal management
 J. Maconochie, F. Facelli & C. Baulderstone Development and implementation of a field based data entry system (FDE) used in land condition monitoring of pastoral leases in the South Australian rangelands data entry, field tablets
 K. Masters Stacks of fire – implementing a fire management program, Mount Isa Mines planning, communication, controlled burning
 A. McIlwee, R. Brandle & J. McDonald A conservation planning framework for South Australia’s arid lands information framework, landscape assessment, state and transition models
 K. Mitchell, M. Tighe & R. Thompson Waterspreading to restore native grasslands waterspreading, environmental, invasive native scrub, land management, soil carbon
 D.M. Nicholas, J. Cassady & A.C. Grice Mungalla – a case study of wetland restoration on Indigenous land rehabilitation, management, herbicide, Nywaigi
 P. O’Reagain & J. Bushell Long term effects of different grazing strategies on productivity, profitability and land condition in a variable climate stocking rate, spelling, flexible stocking
 G.F.M. Page & P.F. Grierson Designing new monitoring programs for mulga woodlands – lessons learned from the Pilbara Acacia aneura, linear infrastructure, grazing impacts
 S. Petty, L. Hunt, R. Cowley, A. Fisher, A. White, N. MacDonald, Matthew Pryor, Andrew Ash, K. McCosker, J. McIvor & N MacLeod Sustainable development of VRD grazing lands intensification, grazing distribution, sustainable development
 O. Pisani & B. Shepherd Improving landholders’ knowledge of fire as a management tool within the Burdekin rangelands grazing, woodland thickening, extension
 A.E. Richards, D.E. Allen, R.C. Dalal and G.D. Cook The effect of fire frequency and patch dynamics on soil carbon fluxes in tropical rangelands
 R. Safstrom, T. Brandis & P.J. Waddell Re-imagining Western Australia’s degraded southern rangelands through knowledge-based redevelopment planning  rangelands, planning, degradation
J. SandowWestern Innovators: A fresh approach to landholder capacity building in the WesternCatchment of New South Waleslandholder mentoring, capacity building, socio-economic resilience
 J. Scanlan, N. MacLeod & P. O’Reagain Scaling grazing trial results upwards to a whole property level – a case study using the Wambiana grazing trial GRASP model, ENTERPRISE model, economic performance
 J. Stretch Sustainability and degradation.  An unresolved conflict for low productivity rangeland. rangeland, profitability, degradation
 R. Thompson Power of a photo monitoring, waterponding, rehabilitation
 P. Tozer & J. Leys Dust Storms – What do they really cost? dust storms, wind erosion
P. Tozer & J. LeysDust Watch – monitoring the interaction between climate and land managementdust storms, wind erosion
D. Walsh, R. Cowley & J. Russell-SmithFire management in a new rangelands economy: making sense of research, policy and on-ground implementationcarbon farming, diversification, savanna burning
D. Walsh, S. Crowder, B. Saggers & S. ShearerEarly wet season burning and pasture spelling to improve land condition in the Victoria River District (NT)savanna burning, cattle, 3P grasses
J. Walton, H. Pringle & C. StantonEcosystem Management Understanding (EMU) ™: building landscape literacy to rehydrate the rangelands of South Australiatrust, empathy, attitude
C. Waters, T.D. Penman, R.B. Hacker, B. Law , R.P. Kavanagh,D, F. Lemckert & Y. AlemsegedBalancing tradeoffs between biodiversity and production in the re-design of rangeland landscapesbiodiversity, production
C. Waters, G. Melville, A. McMurtrie, W. Smith, T. Atkinson & Y. AlemsegedThe influence of grazing management and total grazing pressure fencing on ground cover and floristic diversity in the semi-arid rangelandsground cover, biodiversity, grazing management
R.D.B. Whalley, I.H. Chivers & C.M. WatersRevegetation with Australian native grasses – a reassessment of the importance of using local provenancesprovenances, local, inbreeding
I.A. White, J.N. Foulkes & B.D. SparrowAusPlots-Rangelands progress after two yearsAustralian rangelands, biodiversity survey, AusPlots
A. Whyte & P. JessopProviding a diversity of management to achieve a greater plant diversity
T. Wiley et alCattle, carbon, critters and culture – building a new rangelands
B. WinterThe importance of long-term flora monitoring across Australia’s rangelandsrangeland, monitoring, flora