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A review of fire as a pastoral management tool in Central Australia

Details:

Title

A review of fire as a pastoral management tool in Central Australia,

Creator

O'Reilly, Greg,

Issued by

Northern Territory. Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Technical Bulletin No. 290,

Date

2001-08,

Location

Central Australia,

Description

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)., "The review attempts to identify the major gaps in our understanding of using fire for various purposes on pastoral properties, and it is hoped that this can be used to support future research directions. Some topics for future research consideration include a better economic understanding of the different types of fire; for example burning to reduce wildfire risk, as opposed to burning to reduce shrub seedlings. Specific species and vegetation types like witchetty bush and ironwood have little information in regard to fire effects. The use of integrated approaches to scrub control, with fire as the primary treatment, is also discussed." - Executive summary,

Table of contents

Executive summary -- Introduction -- Fire records -- Fire and spinifex -- Fire and central arid woodlands -- Towards a fire prescription for CA rangelands -- Economics of prescribed burning -- Integrated management using herbicides -- Practical aspects of prescribed burning -- Bibliography,

Language

English,

Subject

Pastures, Fire management, Prescribed burning,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Alice Springs,

Series

Technical Bulletin No. 290,

Format

i, 22 pages : map ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf.,

ISBN

0724530797,

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/284396,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/408840