Modelling tropical landscapes for ecological management: What can we learn from preliminary Savanna.au simulations?

MODSIM05 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 354-360

  Liedloff, A C ^a   Ludwig, J A ^a   Bartley, R ^a   Coughenour, M B ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Eco hydrology; Infiltration; Plant production; Run off; Scale; Sediment; Vegetation patchiness

Indexed keywords

CATTLE GRAZING; COMPLEX INTERACTION; COMPLEX MODEL; COMPUTER MODELS; ECO-HYDROLOGY; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; ENTERPRISE PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS; FIELD DATA; HILLSLOPES; HYDROLOGICAL FACTORS; LANDSCAPE SCALE; MANAGEMENT TOOL; MODEL CHANGE; MODEL COMPLEXITY; NORTH QUEENSLAND; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; PLANT PRODUCTION; RAINFALL DATA; RARE EVENT; SCALE; SCALE MODELS; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENT LOSS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SOIL HYDROLOGY; SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL SCALE; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM OUTPUT; ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENTS; HYDROLOGICAL MONITORING; RUNOFF AND SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STORMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; LAND USE; TROPICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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