Summative evaluation of climate application activities with pastoralists in western Queensland

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 361-374

  Cobon, D H ^a,b   Bell, K L ^a   Park, J N ^a,c   Keogh, D U ^c,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c Department of Natural Resources and Mines ^*  (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Changed knowledge; Grazier; Quantitative data; Ranchers; Seasonal climate forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149103046     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ06030     Document Type: Article

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