Assessing the impact of pasture resting on pasture condition in the extensive grazing lands of northern Australia

MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 877-883

  Scanlan, J C ^a   Whish, G L ^a   Pahl, L I ^a   Cowley, R A ^b   MacLeod, N D ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

^b Department of Resources ^*  (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extensive grazing systems; Grazing management; Pasture condition; Pasture rest

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATIC PERIODS; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; GRAZING LAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GRAZING SYSTEMS; GROWING PERIOD; GROWING SEASON; IMPROVED PASTURES; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; PASTURE CONDITION; PASTURE REST; REST PERIODS; SIMULATION APPROACH; SIMULATION MODEL; WET SEASON;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LAND USE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84858807284     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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