Principles and guidelines for managing cattle grazing in the grazing lands of northern Australia: stocking rates, pasture resting, prescribed fire, paddock size and water …

LP Hunt, JG McIvor, AC Grice, SG Bray - The Rangeland Journal, 2014 - CSIRO Publishing
Beef cattle grazing is the dominant land use in the extensive tropical and sub-tropical
rangelands of northern Australia. Despite the considerable knowledge on land and herd …

Safe pasture utilisation rates as a grazing management tool in extensively grazed tropical savannas of northern Australia

LP Hunt - The Rangeland Journal, 2008 - CSIRO Publishing
The concept of safe pasture utilisation rates is frequently promoted as a tool for use in setting
livestock numbers in perennial grass pastures in northern Australia's tropical savannas to …

Impacts of improved grazing land management on sediment yields, Part 1: Hillslope processes

R Bartley, JP Corfield, BN Abbott, AA Hawdon… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Poor land condition resulting from unsustainable grazing practices can reduce enterprise
profitability and increase water, sediment and associated nutrient runoff from properties and …

Patch configuration non-linearly affects sediment loss across scales in a grazed catchment in north-east Australia

JA Ludwig, R Bartley, AA Hawdon, BN Abbott… - Ecosystems, 2007 - Springer
A bstract A principle of the cross-scale interaction (CSI) framework is that disturbance-
induced landscape changes resulting in coarser-grained spatial structure may non-linearly …

Develo** the ecological balance sheet for agricultural sustainability

S Ogilvy - Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy …, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to suggest a practical means of incorporating
ecological capital into the framework of business entities. Investors and shareholders need …

Research, development and adoption for the north Australian beef cattle breeding industry: an analysis of needs and gaps

A Bell, N Sangster - Animal Production Science, 2022 - CSIRO Publishing
This review seeks to analyse and prioritise needs and gaps in research and development
(R&D) for the north Australian beef cattle breeding industry, and to advise on options to …

Impacts of improved grazing land management on sediment yields. Part 2: Catchment response

R Bartley, SN Wilkinson, AA Hawdon, BN Abbott… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
In many agricultural regions investments are made into improved land management and
catchment restoration with the aim of reducing sediment and nutrient delivery to downstream …

Paired geochemical tracing and load monitoring analysis for identifying sediment sources in a large catchment draining into the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon

T Furuichi, J Olley, S Wilkinson, S Lewis, Z Bainbridge… - Geomorphology, 2016 - Elsevier
While sediment tracing has been typically applied to identify sediment sources that are
difficult to measure by gauging (monitoring), it can also be useful in estimating relative …

Integrated vegetation designs for enhancing water retention and recycling in agroecosystems

JG Ryan, CA McAlpine, JA Ludwig - Landscape ecology, 2010 - Springer
Long term studies have shown strong links between vegetation clearing and rainfall
declines and more intense droughts. Many agroecosystems are exposed to more extreme …

Sustainable management of the Burdekin grazing lands-A technical guide of options for stocking rate management, pasture spelling, infrastructure development and …

J McIvor - 2012 - era.dpi.qld.gov.au
This guide is a technical resource designed to be used by advisors working with producers
to improve grazing management in the grazing lands of the Burdekin catchment in …