Research in ARGOS
Environmental Monitoring & Analysis
- Sheep/Beef & High Country Specific
Apart from those research focused on environmental issues in a general sense, there are also four areas of particular interest: weeds, streams, soils and birds.
Other Reports
ARGOS High Country Environmental Report
No. 1, August 2006 - High
Country Environmental Monitoring Report 2005-06
Weeds
Research Reports
06/05 Prevalence
and diversity of non-forage herbaceous plants on sheep/beef
pastures in the South Island, by Grant Blackwell, Dave
Lucock, Henrik Moller, Richard Hill, Jon Manhire and Martin Emanuelsson
06/02 Hill R, Moller H, Lucock D, Hunt L, Manhire J, Emanuelsson M 2006. A survey of weed management on South Island sheep/beef farms.
Published Articles
Journal Articles
Blackwell G, Lucock D, Moller H, Hill R, Manhire J, Emanuelsson M 2011. Abundance and diversity of herbaceous weeds in sheep/beef pastures, South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 54: 53–69.
Laliberte E, Norton DA, Tylianakis JM, Scott D 2010. Comparison of two sampling methods for quantifying changes in vegetation composition under rangeland development. Rangeland Ecology and Management 52: 123–128
Norton DA, Reid N 2009. Sheep grazing reduced Hieracium pilosella flowering. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 52: 129-131.
Ledgard, N.J. & Norton, D.A. (2008) The impact of browsing on wilding conifers in the South Island high country. New Zealand Journal of Forestry, 52(4): 29-34.
Research Notes
High
Country Woody Weeds
Streams
Published Articles
Conference Papers
Magbanua, F., Matthaei, C., Blackwell G. & Townsend, C. (2007) Community responses of stream macroinvertebrates to conventional, integrated and organic farming practices in the South Island, New Zealand. NZ Freshwater Sciences Society Conference, Queenstown, December.
Research Notes
Monitoring
stream health on farms
Stream
management: it really matters what you do on your own farm! also available in French
Posters
Stream macroinvertebrate responses to
conventional, integrated and organic farming practices, by F.S. Magbanua, C.D. Matthaei, G. Blackwell & C.R. Townsend.
Soils
Research Reports
08/04 Soil Properties on ARGOS Dairy and Sheep & Beef Farms 2007, by Carey P, Lucock D and Benge J
07/01 Carey P, Lucock D, Phillips A (2007). Soil Properties on ARGOS Dairy and Sheep & Beef Farms 2005-6.
05/03Soil
quality on ARGOS sheep & beef farms, 2004-2005, by
Andrea Pearson, Jeff Reid, and Dave Lucock, June 2005
Soil
Phosphorus and Sulphur levels in Sheep & Beef farms
Birds
Published Articles
Journal Articles
Weller F 2012. A comparison of different approaches to monitoring bird density on New Zealand sheep and beef farms. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 36 (3): (in press). Environmental monitoring and analysis
Weller F, Blackwell G, Moller H 2012. Detection probability for estimating bird density on New Zealand sheep & beef farms. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 36(3): (in press).
Theses
Weller F. 2009. Monitoring bird abundance on New Zealand pastoral farms. The Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CSAFE). University of Otago, Dunedin
Research Notes
Birds
on sheep/beef farms, also available in French
Research Reports
05/07 Interspecific
interaction and habitat use by Australian magpies (Gymnorhina
tibicen) on sheep and beef farms, South Island, New Zealand,
by Marcia Green, Erin O'Neill, Joanna Wright, Grant Blackwell
and Henrik Moller, July 2005
Published Articles
Newspaper Articles
Not Specified (Wednesday, 12 May 2010) Bird count’s dramatic difference. Country-Wide. [Online] Available from http://www.country-wide.co.nz/article/11639.html |
