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Author Noble, JC

Title The Delicate and Noxious Scrub : CSIRO Studies on Native Tree and Shrub Proliferation in the Semi-Arid Woodlands of Eastern Australia
Published Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (166 pages)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; List of Colour Plates; Preface; 1. Introduction; 'The Great Central Scrub' -- An Early Warning; Drought and Devastation; 2. The 1900 New South Wales Royal Commission -- A Critical Re-evaluation; The Commission's Findings; Rabbits Ringbarking Shrubs; 3. Pastoral Science in Western New South Wales -- An Historical Overview; Pastoralism and the Farming Frontier; 4. Research into Shrub Ecology and Management; Defining Ecological Processes (1965-74); Grazing and fire interactions; Chemical treatments; Alternative Control Options -- (1975-84)
Biocontrol by browsingControl through prescribed fire; Mallee eucalypts -- archetypal fire sprouters; Budda and turpentine -- alternative sprouter syndromes; Integrated Shrub Management Systems -- (1985-94); 5. Integrating Mechanical, Fire and Chemical Treatments -- Some Case Studies; Herbage response to shrub and/or tree thinning; Vegetation mosaics or multiple stable states?; Case Studies of Multiple Treatment Strategies; Fire + fire systems: Hopbush in mulga woodland on sandy red earth; Fire + fire or chemical systems: Punty bush in ironwood/mulga woodland on sandy red earth
Mechanical + fire + chemical systems: Firebush in gidgee/mulga woodland on red earth6. Conclusions; Changing Perceptions; Future Research; 7. Epilogue -- An Abridged Lawson Anthology; 8. References and Bibliography; 9. Appendices; (i) Glossary of Common and Scientific Names; (ii) Biographical Summaries of C.E.W. Bean, R.W. Peacock, E.D. Millen, W.J. Farrer, G.W. Goyder, F.M. Rothery and E. Marin la Meslée; (iii) Brief Notes on Chinese Ringbarking Teams, the Growth of Trade Unionism and the ""Shearers' War"" in Queensland
(Iv) Royal Commission on Western Lands -- Extract from Minutes of Evidence Given by William Rodier (190Ib, pp. 100-6)(v) Notes on Balance-Sheets of two Large Companies Collected by the ""Special Commissioner"" of The Sydney Morning Herald; the Area Administed by the Walgett North Pastures Protection Board; and Railway Branch Lines Operating in 1930; (vi) Further Notes on Five Experimental Farms in Western New South Wales; (vii) A Chronology of Experimental Wheatgrowing at Coolabah Experiment Farm, 1899-1904
(Viii) Brief Histories of Two CSIRO Regional Research Stations -- ""Gilruth Plains"", Cunnamulla, Queensland, and the Falkiner Memorial Field Station, Deniliquin, New South Wales(ix) Collaborating Landholders; 10. Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary Reviews semi-arid woodlands research by CSIRO since the 1960s and sets it in a historical perspective
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Subject Forest ecology -- Australia
Vegetation management -- Australia
NATURE / General.
Forest ecology.
Vegetation management.
Australia.
Form Electronic book
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9780643106178
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