Publications

Selected Publications Relevant to Long Paddock

This is a list of key references related to past and current projects undertaken by our staff and collaborators. In some cases abstracts of these documents and/or full versions are made available for download.

Dalal, R. C., & Carter, J. O. (2019). Soil organic matter dynamics and carbon sequestration in Australian tropical soils. In J. M. Kimble & B. A. Stewart (Eds.), Global climate change and tropical ecosystems (pp. 283–314). CRC Press.

Henry, B., Conant, R., Carter, J., Droulez, V., & Grace, P. (2013). Increasing food production sustainably in a changing climate: Understanding the pressures and potential. In Q. Farmar-Bowers, V. Higgins, & J. Millar (Eds.), Food security in Australia (pp. 227–248). Springer.

Bange, M. P., Constable, G. A., McRae, D., & Roth, G. (2010). Cotton. In C. Stokes & M. Howden (Eds), Adapting agriculture to climate change: Preparing Australian agriculture, forestry and fisheries for the future. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia.
Carter, J., Bruget, D., Henry, B., Hassett, R., Stone, G., Day, K., Flood, N., & McKeon, G. (2010). Modeling vegetation, carbon and nutrient dynamics in the savanna woodlands of Australia with the AussieGRASS model’. In M. J. Hill & N. P. Hanan (Eds.), Ecosystem function in savannas: Measuring and modelling at landscape to global scales. CRC Press. 
Parton, W., Scholes, R. J., Day, K., Carter, J. O., & Kelley, R. (2010). CENTURY-SAVANNA model for true-grass ecosystems. In M. J. Hill & N. P. Hanah (Eds.), Ecosystem function in savannas: Measurement and modelling at landscape to global scales. CRC Press.
Abawi, Y., Llanso, P., Harrison, M., & Mason, S. (2008). Water, health and early warnings. In A. Troccoli, M. Harrison, D. L. T. Anderson, & S. J. Mason (Eds.), Seasonal climate: Forecasting and managing risk (pp. 361-410). Berlin Heidelberg. Springer.
Henry, B., McKeon, G. M., Syktus, J., Carter, J. O., Day, K. A., & Rayner, D. P. (2007). Climate variability, climate change and land degradation. In M. V. K. Sivakumar & N. Ndiang’ui (Eds.), Climate and land degradation (pp. 205–221). Berlin Heidelberg, Springer. 

Day, K. A., Rickert, K. G., & McKeon, G. M. (2005). Monitoring agricultural drought in Australia. In V. K. Boken, A. P. Cracknell, & R. L. Heathcote (Eds.), Monitoring and predicting agricultural drought: A global study (pp. 369–385).

McKeon, G., Hall, W., Henry, B., Stone, G., & Watson, I. (Eds.). (2004). Pasture degradation and recovery in Australia's rangelands: Learning from history. Department of Natural Resources Mines & Industry, Queensland Government
Syktus, J., & McKeon, G. (2002). Evaluation of global and regional climate models in simulating spatial and temporal patterns of seasonal rainfall variability in the Australian region. In G. McKeon & W. Hall (Eds.), Learning from history: Preventing land and pasture degradation under climate change. Climate Impacts and Natural Resource Systems, Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines.

Carter J. O., Hall W. B., Brook K. D., McKeon G. M., Day K. A., & Paull C. J. (2000). Aussie GRASS: Australian grassland and rangeland assessment by spatial simulation. In G. Hammer, N. Nicholls, & C. Mitchell (Eds.), Applications of seasonal climate forecasting in agricultural and natural ecosystems: The Australian experience (pp. 183–195). Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Key Reference: GRASP Model
Rickert, K. G., Stuth, J. W., & McKeon, G. M. (2000). Modelling pasture and animal production. Field and laboratory methods for grassland and animal production research, 29-66.

Howden, S. M., Walker, L., McKeon, G. M., Hall, W. B., Ghannoum, O., Day, K. A., Conroy, J. P., Carter, J. O., & Ash, A. J. (1998). Simulation of changes in CO₂ and climate on native pasture growth. In G. M. McKeon, J. O. Carter, K. A. Day, W. B. Hall, & S. M. Howden (Eds.), Evaluation of the impact of climate change in northern Australian grazing industries: Final report on DAQ139A to RIRDC (pp. 141–184).

Tothill, J., & Partridge, I. (Eds.). (1996). Monitoring grazing lands in northern Australia: Proceedings of a workshop held in Gatton, Queensland, Australia. Tropical Grassland Society of Australia. (Occasional Publication No. 9. 98pp)
Daly, J. J & Queensland. Department of Primary Industries. (1994). Wet as a shag, dry as a bone : drought in a variable climate / Dan Daly. Brisbane : Dept. of Primary Industries Queensland
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