Interpretive review of conceptual frameworks and research models that inform Australia's agricultural vulnerability to climate change

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-123

  Pearson, Leonie J ^a   Nelsonc, Rohan ^a,b   Crimp, Steve ^a   Langridge, Jenny ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Australian Department of Climate Change   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biophysical models; Contextual vulnerability; Outcome vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES; AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; AGRICULTURE SECTORS; AUSTRALIA; BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CONTEXTUAL VULNERABILITY; LITERATURE REVIEWS; OPERATIONAL MODEL; OUTCOME VULNERABILITY; QUALITATIVE METHOD; RESEARCH MODELS; RESEARCH PRIORITIES; STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS; AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURES; BIOPHYSICAL MODELLING;

AGRICULTURE; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE MODELS; OPEN SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; LAND USE CHANGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY MAKING; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78049315768     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.07.001     Document Type: Review

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