Search Results - "McIvor, J.G."

Integrating production and natural resource management on mixed farms in eastern Australia: The cost of conservation in agricultural landscapes by House, A.P.N., MacLeod, N.D., Cullen, B., Whitbread, A.M., Brown, S.D., McIvor, J.G.

“…A simple scenario and modelling approach to farm design was used to investigate the potential for improving on-farm conservation outcomes in three mixed…”
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Quantifying production–environment tradeoffs for grazing land management — A case example from the Australian rangelands by MacLeod, N.D., McIvor, J.G.

“…Contemporary management of Australian rangeland grazing enterprises is characterised by concurrent processes of a continuing intensification of land management…”
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Reconciling economic and ecological conflicts for sustained management of grazing lands by MacLeod, N.D., McIvor, J.G.

“…The need to implement sustainable resource management regimes for Australia's extensive grazing lands is acute. Proposed solutions for promoting sustainable…”
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Phosphorus requirements of tropical grazing systems: the northern Australian experience by McIvor, J. G., Guppy, C., Probert, M. E.

“…Background and aims Extensive grazing is common on low phosphorus (P) soils in tropical areas. In this study we aimed to use experience and research results…”
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How season of grazing and herbivore selectivity influence monsoon-tall-grass communities of northern Australia by Ash, Andrew J., McIvor, John G.

“…The hypothesis that season of defoliation and herbivore selectivity may be as important as level of use in determining plant community response to grazing was…”
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Competition by herbs as a limiting factor in shrub invasion in grassland: a test with different growth forms by Brown, J.R, Scanlan, J.C, McIvor, J.G

“…We tested the hypothesis that seedling establishment, the critical stage in the invasion of grassland by shrubs, is limited by competition with perennial…”
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How land condition alters plant-animal relationships in Australia's tropical rangelands by Ash, A.J., McIvor, J.G., Corfield, J.P., Winter, W.H.

“…Changes in vegetation composition and land condition that occur in response to grazing in natural grassland systems may alter plant and animal production, but…”
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nature of herbaceous vegetation associated with termitaria in north-eastern Australia by Spain, A.V, McIvor, J.G

“…(1) The distributions of herbaceous species on and around the termitaria of grass- and litter-feeding termites were examined at four locations in tropical…”
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