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.
Rangeland Systems
Title | Rangeland Systems PDF eBook |
Author | David D. Briske |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 664 |
Release | 2017-04-12 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 3319467093 |
This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book provides an unprecedented synthesis of the current status of scientific and management knowledge regarding global rangelands and the major challenges that confront them. It has been organized around three major themes. The first summarizes the conceptual advances that have occurred in the rangeland profession. The second addresses the implications of these conceptual advances to management and policy. The third assesses several major challenges confronting global rangelands in the 21st century. This book will compliment applied range management textbooks by describing the conceptual foundation on which the rangeland profession is based. It has been written to be accessible to a broad audience, including ecosystem managers, educators, students and policy makers. The content is founded on the collective experience, knowledge and commitment of 80 authors who have worked in rangelands throughout the world. Their collective contributions indicate that a more comprehensive framework is necessary to address the complex challenges confronting global rangelands. Rangelands represent adaptive social-ecological systems, in which societal values, organizations and capacities are of equal importance to, and interact with, those of ecological processes. A more comprehensive framework for rangeland systems may enable management agencies, and educational, research and policy making organizations to more effectively assess complex problems and develop appropriate solutions.