Landscape Ecology, Function and Management
Title | Landscape Ecology, Function and Management PDF eBook |
Author | J Ludwig |
Publisher | CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 1996-11-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0643102663 |
This book encapsulates the extensive knowledge developed by CSIRO's National Rangelands Program on how rangeland landscapes function and the implications for management. It looks at the ecology of rangeland landscape processes and deals with what happens when things go wrong, when a landscape loses its ability to efficiently capture and store water and nutrients - a state the authors call dysfunctional.Ways of managing rangelands in response to understanding landscape function are also considered. The concluding Section looks to the future providing some scenarios for the way rangeland landscapes may be used in 2020.
Managing Australia's Rangelands
Title | Managing Australia's Rangelands PDF eBook |
Author | Agriculture and Resource Management of Australia and New Zealand Staff |
Publisher | |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Electronic books |
ISBN | 9780642546265 |
Management of Australia's Rangelands
Title | Management of Australia's Rangelands PDF eBook |
Author | Graham Norman Harrington |
Publisher | Division of Wildlife and Rangelands Ientific and Industrial |
Pages | 378 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
Kangaroos
Title | Kangaroos PDF eBook |
Author | Graeme Caughley |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 1987-05-29 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0521303443 |
This book examines the ecology and management of kangaroos and shows how they interact with their own environment and with that shaped by sheep grazing and the wool industry. It presents the results of intensive and detailed studies of feeding behaviour, movement and habitat utilisation, body condition and population dynamics, weather and plant growth.
Draft National Strategy for Rangeland Management
Title | Draft National Strategy for Rangeland Management PDF eBook |
Author | National Rangeland Management Working Group |
Publisher | |
Pages | 82 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN |
The strategy also emphasises the principle of ecologically sustainable management and support the implementation of the National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development. The strategy proposes a set of shared principles and a vision for the future of the rangelands, based on consultation, participation and joint ownership by all stakeholders. It stresses the importance of a regional approach in dealing with such a large and complex resources, and the role of the broader community in assisting the shift to ecological sustainability.ove.
Landscape Ecology, Function and Management
Title | Landscape Ecology, Function and Management PDF eBook |
Author | J. Ludwig |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
This book encapsulates the extensive knowledge developed by CSIRO's National Rangelands Program on how rangeland landscapes function and the implications for management. It looks at the ecology of rangeland landscape processes and deals with what happens when things go wrong, when a landscape loses its ability to efficiently capture and store water and nutrients - a state the authors call dysfunctional. Ways of managing rangelands in response to understanding landscape function are also considered. The concluding Section looks to the future providing some scenarios for the way rangeland landscapes may be used in 2020.
Rangelands: A Resource Under Siege
Title | Rangelands: A Resource Under Siege PDF eBook |
Author | P. J. Joss |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 652 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780521309363 |
This volume comprises the proceedings of the Second International Rangelands Congress held in Adelaide, Australia in May 1984, and includes some 350 contributions drawn from 43 different countries. The Congress addressed the problem of the conflict between land-users and the degradation of this valuable resource. Some 40% of the Earth's land surface is and or alpine and therefore unsuitable for agricultural cultivation. Collectively, these lands are known as rangelands and in their natural state they constitute a habitat for grazing animals, both domestic and wild. Despite their low productivity, rangelands have been used for thousands of years as a source of food and fibre, but other uses such as mining, tourism, recreation and conservation are exerting increasing demands. The result is often conflict between land-users and degradation of the resource.