Rainfall-human-spatial interactions in a salinity-prone agricultural region of the Western Australian wheat-belt

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 812-824

  Asseng, S ^a   Dray, A ^b   Perez, P ^b,c   Su, X ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Dry land salinity (no irrigation); Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION PROCESS; AGENT-BASED MODEL; AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRY AND WET; DRY SEASONS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FARMING SYSTEM; INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR; LAND COVER; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LAND-USE CHANGE; LAND-USE DECISIONS; MARKET DRIVERS; MARKET PRICE; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RAINFALL DECLINE; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; SALINITY CHANGE; SHEEP PRODUCTION; SPATIAL DYNAMICS; SPATIAL INTERACTION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WET SEASON;

CATCHMENTS; COMMERCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURING; DROUGHT; FARMS; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; ARABLE LAND; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FARMERS ATTITUDE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASTURE; PROFITABILITY; RAINFALL; SALINITY; SHEEP; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SURVIVAL; WHEAT;

AUSTRALIA; KATANNING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

OVIS ARIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 74549226531     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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