Optimising pasture and grazing management decisions on the Cicerone Project farmlets over variable time horizons

Animal Production Science

Volumn 53, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 796-805

  Behrendt, Karl ^a   Cacho, Oscar ^b   Scott, James M ^b   Jones, Randall ^c  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c Industry and Investment NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PASTURE; PERSISTENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; STOCHASTICITY; STOCKING DENSITY;

EID: 84884561513     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: 18365787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN11174     Document Type: Article

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