Climate change in Queensland's grazing lands. I. Approaches and climatic trends

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-176

  McKeon, G M ^a   Hall, W B ^a   Crimp, S J ^b   Howden, S M ^b   Stone, R C ^c   Jones, D A ^d  

^a Resource Sciences Centre   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^d BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; ENSO; Queensland; Rangelands; SOI

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000255728     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ9980151     Document Type: Article

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