Beyond cattle: Potential futures of the pastoral industry in the Northern Territory

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-194

  Puig, C J ^a   Greiner, R ^a   Huchery, C ^a   Perkins, I ^b   Bowen, L ^c   Collier, N ^a   Garnett, S T ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LPM Creative Rural Solutions   (Australia)

^c Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association Inc   (Australia)

Author keywords

cattle production; diversification of land use; participatory planning; system dynamics model

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 79959555097     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ10043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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