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Publication Date
1993
Location
New Zealand
Description
A matrix ranking (MR) technique was used by graziers in western New South Wales to rank rangeland plants according to preference. Graziers preferred a variety of plant species in their paddocks: "bushes" and "50f1 feed", perennials and annuals, winter-and summergrowing plants, on both stock-based and non-stock-based criteria, The criteria for evaluation were rarely independent of each other nor of different soil types on the grai:ier's property. Drought resistance was perceived as one of the more important criteria, followed by stock-based criteria such as "nutritious", "palatable" or "quick fattening" stock feed. The utility of MR for allowing graziers' knowledge to be expressed is discussed.
Citation
Kersten, S.M M. and Ison, R L., "Grazier's Pattern of Understanding Vegetation in the Semi-arid Rangelands of New South Wales" (1993). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 1.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1993/session15/1)
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Grazier's Pattern of Understanding Vegetation in the Semi-arid Rangelands of New South Wales
New Zealand
A matrix ranking (MR) technique was used by graziers in western New South Wales to rank rangeland plants according to preference. Graziers preferred a variety of plant species in their paddocks: "bushes" and "50f1 feed", perennials and annuals, winter-and summergrowing plants, on both stock-based and non-stock-based criteria, The criteria for evaluation were rarely independent of each other nor of different soil types on the grai:ier's property. Drought resistance was perceived as one of the more important criteria, followed by stock-based criteria such as "nutritious", "palatable" or "quick fattening" stock feed. The utility of MR for allowing graziers' knowledge to be expressed is discussed.
