The papers presented at the Society’s recent 19th Biennial Conference covered a broad range of rangeland-related topics. The full list of papers is given below. Please note that these papers have not been refereed by the Conference Program Committee and that the content of each paper is the responsibility of its authors. The Editor has formatted abstracts and papers to a common style.
Authors: Karami, E., Ariapour, A. and Jamshidi, A.H.
Keywords: Thymus kotschyanus, Essential oils, Chemical components, Botanical properties, Thymol
“The climate has always been changing”: Perspectives of climate change in far west NSW
Authors: Berry, E. and Metternicht, G.
Keywords: Climate change adaptation, land degradation, rangeland community, rangeland management, sustainable land management, stewardship
VegMachine.net. Online land cover analysis for the rangelands
Authors: Beutel, T., Trevithick, R., Scarth, P. and Tindall, D.
Keywords: VegMachine, ground cover, land condition, monitoring
Northern Australia: the new frontier
Author: Bowen, L.
Buffel Grass management in Indigenous communities
Author: Bowman, T.
Keywords: Buffel Grass, Great Victoria Desert, Natural Resources, Indigenous Communities, Herbicides, Technology
Assessing land condition in a bi-polar landscape
Authors: Brandle, R., Baird, G., Facelli, A., Maconochie, J., Oag, D. and Stringer, J.
Keywords: pastoral assessment, land condition, vegetation monitoring, benchmarks, pastoral lease
Plans are useless: but Planning is essential. A Warning and a Promise for Northern Development
Author: Brisbin, J.
Keywords: Natural Resource Management, Regional NRM Plans, Northern development, inter-subjective reality,
kayfabe capitalism
Decentralisation in Regional Australia: What does it really mean?
Author: Cleary, J.
Assessing the Economic Impacts of Carbon Farming in Western NSW
Authors: Cockfield, G., Shrestha, U.B., Waters, C. and Garland, F.
Keywords: carbon sequestration, payments for environmental services, grazing profitability
Authors: Cowley, R., Walsh, D. and Douglas, J.
Keywords: land condition, rangeland management, modelling, grazing systems, spelling
Using FarmMaps 4D to improve management of Indigenous pastoral infrastructure
Authors: Dillon, J. and Cunningham, P.
Keywords: ILC, AIA, Agribusiness, Indigenous, FarmMap 4D, Mapping
Authors: Feuerherdt, L., Peevor, S., Clinch, M. and Moore, T.
Keywords: social return, investment, pastoral, feral animals, APY
Science is just the start – the development of the NRM Spatial Hub
Authors: Forrest, K. and Drysdale, A.
Keywords: Geospatial, monitoring, collaboration, rangeland, transformation
Uninvited guests: how some weeds of arid Australia arrived as stowaways and became widespread
Author: Friedel, M.
Keywords: invasive plants, vectors, contaminants of seeds, livestock, camel harness
The Implications of the Emerging Carbon Economy for the Management of the Rangelands
Author: Gavin, J.
Keywords: carbon sequestration, rangelands management, invasive native species
Keeping people and communities at the centre of NRM in the SA Arid Lands
Author: Gregg-Smith, J.
Keywords: Community engagement, self-determination, Better Together, IAP2, relationships, SA Arid Lands
Tech Tools for Improving Productivity, Profit and Pasture in the Pastoral Rangelands
Author: Grey, M.
Keywords: Remote Monitoring, Precision Pastoralism, Sustainable Rangelands
Author: Howden, M.
Keywords: climate change, pasture, adaptation, mitigation
Resting strategies for recovery of pasture
Authors: Jones, P. and Johnstone, C.
Keywords: resting, perennial grass dynamics, land management
Drought: rain…cash…population…resilience
Authors: Kelly, D., Phelps, D. and Coombes, J.
Keywords: drought, drought assistance, rural community, resilience, transformation, regional policy
Vegetation responses to fire history and soil properties in grazed semi-arid tropical savanna
Authors: Gabrielle Lebbink, G., Fensham, R. and Cowley, R.
Keywords: fire interval, clay, fire season, germination, competition, grazing
Authors: Guerin, G., Sparrow, B., Tokmakoff, A., Smyth, A. and Leitch, E.
Keywords: ecosystem monitoring; point-intercept; forest cover; fractional cover
Rangeland plants in a warming world
Authors: Leigh, A. and Curtis, E.
Building Relationships Towards Sustainable Economic Development in the Fitzroy River Catchment
Author: Mackay, G.
Keywords: Catchment management; indigenous livelihoods; rangeland communities; stewardship;
sustainable livelihoods; collaboration
From LSP to ILP and all the acronyms in between— transforming an organisation
Author: Mackenzie, G.
Keywords: Landscape-scale; rangeland communities; collaboration; sustainability; collective impact;
organisational change
From the ground-up: Fostering local ownership and building capacity of the southern rangelands of WA
Author: Massie, K.
Keywords: community, collaboration, rangelands, natural resource management, southern rangelands,
Western Australia
Author: Munden-Dixon, K.
Keywords: California, first-generation ranchers, multi-generational ranchers, social networks, decision-making, socio-economics
Authors: Nankivell, A., Louter, M. and Nefiodovas, C.
Keywords: Adaptive management, biodiversity, ecosystem management, landscape ecology, mining, partnerships
Middleback Station – a pastoral legacy
Author: Nicholson, A. Snr
In search of tropically adapted cattle: does size matter?
Author: Pahl, L.
Keywords: Tropics, beef cattle, frame size, adaptation
Authors: Pfeiffer, H., Ampt, P., Baumber, A., Cross, R., Berry, E. and Metternicht, G.
Keywords: Stewardship; adaptive management; sustainable livelihood, landscape management, conservation,
production, socio-economic analysis.
Building Drought Resilient Regions: Lessons from Central-Western Queensland
Authors: Phelps, D. and Whip, P.
Keywords: drought, resilience, vulnerability, regional policy, central-western Queensland, grazing
communities
TERN AusCover: Delivering Imagery and Services to Industry and Landholders in the Rangelands
Authors: Scarth, P., Trevithick, R., Metternicht, G., Phinn, S., Held, A. and Christensen, B.
Keywords: Rangelands, ecosystems, remote sensing, fractional cover, land condition
Monitoring in the Australian Rangelands: Where we’ve come from and where we should be headed
Authors: Sparrow, B.
Keywords: Rangeland Monitoring, Biodiversity Monitoring, Monitoring types, Future Monitoring Needs
Author: Stafford Smith, M.
The Leigh Creek Transition: Moving From Closed Town to Regional Hub
Author: Sutton, M.
20 Years of Ecosystem Restoration at Arid Recovery: successes challenges and the future
Author: Tuft, K.
Assessing the impacts and opportunities from carbon farming in western NSW
Authors: Waters, C., Cowie, A., Orgill, S.E., Melville, G., Garland, F., Simpson, M., Chappell, A., Paul, K., Cockfield, G. and Grant, R.
Keywords: soil carbon, erosion, biodiversity
Authors: Waters, C.M., Revell, D.K., Grant, R., Pahl, L.I., Reseigh, J. and Atkinson, T.
Keywords: grazing management, kangaroo populations, grazing interactions
Authors: Watson, I., Petheram, C., Chilcott, C., Ash, A. and Stone, P.
Keywords: Water-resources, agriculture, dams, intensification, regional-development, data-sparse
Ecosystem drivers in rangelands; perceptions of drought and climate change
Author: Whalley, R.D.B
Keywords: water, stop-go ecosystems, pasture plant breeding systems, redesign, rangeland enterprises.
Growing sustainably: The Physical and Social capital of Pastoralism in South Australia
Author: Williams, J.
Keywords: sustainable growth, human resources, women, community
The Accidental Counsellor: more to beef extension officers than technical advice
Author: Willis, M.
Keywords: drought, beef extension officers, strategies, coping, technical skills, support
Megan Willis
Pastoralists as Conservation Providers – A New Stewardship Incentive Mechanism for the South Australian Rangelands
Authors: Willson, A. and Freebairn, A.
Keywords: stewardship, incentive, conservation, diversification, pastoral lease