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Title: | Waterspreading to restore native grasslands | Contributor(s): | Mitchell, Kevin (author); Tighe, Matthew (author); Thompson, Ray (author) | Publication Date: | 2010 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7899 | Abstract: | Waterspreading is a land rehabilitation technique that targets the variability of rainfall and runoff in semi-arid systems to initiate long term changes in ground cover. This study outlines the effect of waterspreading at 'Florida' in western NSW, which has been steadily implementing waterspreading systems for the last 30 years. By combining recent pasture measurements, on-farm observations, and soil surface carbon and nitrogen measurements, this study outlines the dramatic changes in pasture condition and diversity, and long term changes in surface soil properties, that occur following waterspreading. These dramatic yet persistent changes exemplify the benefits of implementing rehabilitation that is based upon the processes that govern resource movement and productivity within semi-arid systems, namely, recognition of variability in rainfall and runoff, and management of this. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | ARS 2016: 16th Biennial Australian Rangeland Society Conference: Rain on the Rangelands, Bourke, Australia, 26th - 30th September, 2010 | Source of Publication: | 16th ARS Biennial Conference Papers | Publisher: | Australian Rangeland Society | Place of Publication: | Wilcannia, Australia | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 050302 Land Capability and Soil Degradation 050207 Environmental Rehabilitation (excl Bioremediation) 050205 Environmental Management |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 960910 Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Land and Water Management 960607 Rural Land Evaluation |
HERDC Category Description: | E2 Non-Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.austrangesoc.com.au/site/conference_papers.php#LZ |
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Appears in Collections: | Conference Publication School of Environmental and Rural Science |
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