Using the GrassGro decision support tool to evaluate some objective criteria for the definition of exceptional drought

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 301-313

  Donnelly, J R ^a   Freer, M ^a   Moore, A D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DROUGHT; GRAZING; PLANNING METHOD; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032123382     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(98)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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