This chapter presents the findings of a study on community gardens in the cities of Brisbane and Gold Coast (Queensland, Australia) using an urban political ecology approach. The study examines (1) the characteristics of community gardens in the study area; (2) the motivations underpinning garden...

This chapter explores current challenges to managing expedition-style cruise activities from the perspective of destination sustainability through a comparative case study of three heritage destinations: the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area in Queensland; the West Kimberley National Heritage...

Vast areas of semi-arid clay soil rangeland regions of northern Australia, such as the Mitchell Grass Downs Bioregion, have (until recently) no commercially available or adapted sown pasture legume. Other regions and land types with clay soils too, such as the Brigalow region, have had a very...

In previous chapters of this volume, various authors describe the development of herbaceous legumes for pastures on clay soils in Queensland until about the 1980s. Emphasis is on the collection and evaluation of the genus Desmanthus, given its relatively recent addition to agriculture and...

Sixty-one accessions of 19 species belonging to nine genera potentially adapted to heavy clay soils in drier conditions were tested at six western Queensland sites in a range of climatic conditions in 13 experiments involving three trial designs: single strips (2), small swards (8) and transplants...

A simple initial evaluation trial of germplasm potentially adapted to heavy clay soils was undertaken by the establishment of spaced plants of 90 accessions (12 genera involving 20 species) at three locations. The sites formed a rainfall gradient and the environments ranged from tropical moist...

In order to link likely sources of potentially valuable forage germplasm and sites of utilization, 76 locations with clay soils in the dry tropics were subjected to a grouping programme based on their climates, altitudes and latitudes and inferences were made as to the value of this approach to...

In this chapter some basic disease principles that result in the patterns that are seen in populations such as in cases involving a particular village outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, and outbreak of pregnancy toxaemia in sheep Q fever (due to Coxiella burnetti infection) are presented.

Predicting the potential distribution of invasive alien pests (i.e. habitat suitability modelling) and their potential spread from existing populations (i.e. habitat susceptibility modelling) is critical to guide management responses at local, regional and national scales. We use the management of...

Red imported fire ants were first detected in Brisbane in February 2001. Since then, the National Red Imported Fire Ant Eradication Program has been collecting data on the locations of detected nests and keeping a record of the areas searched and treated with baits. The result is an exceptionally...