- Title
- Modelling the effects of water-point closure and fencing removal : A GIS approach
- Creator
- Graz, Patrick; Westbrooke, Martin; Florentine, Singarayer
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/43074
- Identifier
- vital:4632
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.03.014
- Identifier
- ISSN:0301-4797
- Abstract
- Artificial water-points in the form of troughs or ground tanks are used to augment natural water supplies within rangelands in many parts of the world. Access to such water-points leads to the development of a distinct ecological sub-system, the piosphere, where trampling and grazing impact modify the vegetation. This study aims to consolidate existing information in a GIS based model to investigate grazing patterns within the landscape. The model focuses on the closure of water-points and removal of fences on Nanya Station, New South Wales, Australia. We found that the manipulation of water-points and fences in one management intervention may change grazing activity in a way different to that which would be experienced if each had been modified separately. Such effects are further modified by the spatial distribution of the water-points and the underlying vegetation. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
- Relation
- Journal of Environmental Management Vol. 104, no. (2012), p. 186-194
- Rights
- Copyright Elsevier Ltd.
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- MD Multidisciplinary; Australian arid zone; Fence-line removal; Geographic Information System; Grazing management; Lowest cost path; Model; Water-point closure
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