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.
Bange M.P., Constable, G.A., McRae D., and Roth G. (2010). Cotton. In C. Stokes and 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 Ecosystem Function in Savannas: Measuring and Modelling at Landscape to Global Scales. eds. Hill, M.J. & Hanan, N.P. CRC Press.
Parton, W., Scholes, R.J., Day, K., Carter, J.O. & Kelley, R. (2010). ‘CENTURY-SAVANNA Model for True-Grass Ecosystems’. in Ecosystem Function in Savannas – Measurement and Modelling at Landscape to Global Scales., eds. M.J. Hill & N.P. Hanah,. CRC Press.
Abawi, Y., Llanso, P., Harrison, M. and Mason, S. (2008) ‘Water, health and early warnings’ in Troccoli, A., Harrison, M., Anderson, D.L.T. and Mason, S.J. (eds.) Seasonal Climate: Forecasting and Managing Risk, NATO Science Series. Berlin Heidelberg. Springer. pp.361–410.
Henry, B., McKeon, G.M., Syktus, J., Carter, J.O., Day, K.A. and Rayner, D.P. (2007) ‘Climate variability, climate change and land degradation’. in Sivakumar, M.V.K. and Ndiang’ui, N. (eds.) Climate and Land Degradation. Berlin Heidelberg. Springer. pp.205–221
Day, K. A., Rickert, K. G., & McKeon, G. M. (2005). Monitoring agricultural drought in Australia. Monitoring and Predicting Agricultural Drought: a Global Study,.(Eds VK Boken, AP Cracknell and RL Heathcote.) 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 (PDF, 7.9M)*’ in ‘Learning From History: Preventing land and pasture degradation under climate change’ (McKeon and Hall, 2002) 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. and Paull C.J. (2000) Aussie GRASS: Australian grassland and rangeland assessment by spatial simulation. Applications of Seasonal Climate Forecasting in Agricultural and Natural Ecosystems - The Australian Experience, G. Hammer, N. Nicholls and C. Mitchell, Eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp.183-195.
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. (1994). 'Wet as a shag, dry as a bone : drought in a variable climate / Dan Daly'. Information series (Queensland. Department of Primary Industries) QI93028. Bibliography. pp. 145-150.