To investigate grazing management options for sheoak grassy woodlands in order to improve conservation, biodiversity value and to maintain or improve productivity of perennial native grass grazing systems on the Eyre Peninsula.
Key messages
Landholders on Eyre Peninsula are improving the management of former sheoak grassy woodlands for conservation, biodiversity and production outcomes.
Trial sites have been monitored annually since 2001 for a variety of attributes including: presence of species; numbers of native perennial grass plants; contribution of dominant species to total dry weight of pasture.
Trial results indicate changing trends in the percentage contribution to the pasture biomass, with increases in native grasses and decreases in annual grassy weeds.
It is imperative long term monitoring be continued to determine the nature and most management appropriate strategies to improve native grassy ecosystems in this region.
Lead research organisation
Rural Solutions SA
Host research organisation
Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board
Trial funding source
NHT
Related program
Eyre Peninsula Farming Systems
Acknowledgments
This project would not have been possible without the assistance of landholders Arthur Robinson, Keith Tree, Simon Guerin and Dion Lebrun. This project acknowledges the assistance of Eyre Peninsula NRM staff. The project has been funded by the EP NRM Board and the Natural Heritage Trust. Di DeLaine and Brett Bartel (Rural Solutions SA) for their assistance with field work
Trial source data and summary not available Check the trial
report PDF for trial results.
Climate
Derived climate information
No observed climate data available for this trial. Derived climate data is
determined from trial site location and national weather sources.
Elliston SA
Louth Bay SA
Elliston SA
Louth Bay SA
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
Jeffrey, S.J., Carter, J.O., Moodie, K.B. and Beswick, A.R. (2001). Using spatial interpolation to
construct a comprehensive archive of Australian climate data , Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol
16/4, pp 309-330. DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00008-1.
