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.

Irvine, S., Carter, J., & Stone, G. (2024). Estimating Historical Domestic Grazing Density for Australia 1788-1980. Grazing Land Systems, Earth Observations and Social Sciences, Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Brisbane.
Irvine, S., & Holloway, C. (2019). Spatial grazing land management land types of Queensland: Review and amendments (Version 5.4). Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland.
Day, K.A., Ahrens, D.G. and Peacock A. (Issued monthly 2001–2015). Queensland summer rainfall (November to March) in relation to sea-surface temperature in the previous autumn and winter. Seasonal Pacific Ocean Temperature Analysis – 1 (SPOTA–1), www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au. To obtain the password and gain access to the SPOTA-1 reports, visit the SPOTA-1 web site for more information.

Bastin, G., Carter, J., Tickle, P., Stone, G., Trevithick, R., O’Reagain, P. J., Phelps, D. G., Cowley, R. A., Pringle, M., Scanlan, J. C., & Hoffmann, M. B. (2015). Remotely sensed and modelled pasture biomass, land condition and the potential to improve grazing-management decision tools across the Australian rangelands. Meat and Livestock Australia Limited. [Executive summary] / [Final report — Volume 1]

Carter, J., Stone, G., Trevithick, R., O’Reagain, P., Phelps, D., Cowley, R., Pringle, M., Scanlan, J., & Hoffman, M. (2015). Estimating pasture total standing biomass (TSDM) from Landsat fractional cover (Final report—Volume 2, Project ERM.0098). Meat and Livestock Australia Limited.

Klingaman, N.P. (2012). A literature survey of key rainfall drivers in Queensland, Australia: Rainfall variability and change. QCCCE Research Report: Rainfall in Queensland (Part 1). Department of Environmental and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia. 
Klingaman, N.P. (2012). Empirical orthogonal teleconnection analysis of interannual-variability in Queensland rainfall. QCCCE Research Report: Rainfall in Queensland (Part 3). Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia.
Klingaman, N.P. (2012). Is the inter-annual variability in Queensland rainfall due to variability in rainfall frequency, intensity, or both? QCCCE Research Report: Rainfall in Queensland (Part 2). Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia.
Klingaman, N.P. (2012). The ability of HiGEM to simulate Queensland's rainfall variability and its drivers. QCCCE Research Report: Rainfall in Queensland (Part 4). Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia.
The Part 4/1 report is available (PDF, 1.4M, last updated 03:08PM, 28 June 2012)* on the Long Paddock web site.
The Part 4/2 report is available (PDF, 2.7M, last updated 03:08PM, 28 June 2012)* on the Long Paddock web site.
The Part 4/3 report is available (PDF, 639K, last updated 03:08PM, 28 June 2012)* on the Long Paddock web site.
The Part 4/4 report is available (PDF, 479K, last updated 03:08PM, 28 June 2012)* on the Long Paddock web site.
Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence: Coastal Unit. (2011). Queensland Coastal Processes and Climate Change. Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia. 
Tessendorf, S., Bruintjes, R., Wilson, J., Roberts, R., Brandes, E., Knight, C., Dixon, M., Pocernich, M., Ikeda, K., Arnold, C., Axisa, D., Hall, W., Freney, E., Buseck, P. R., Towler, E., May, P., Peter, J., Wilson, L., Manton, M., Siems, S., Collis, S., Richter, H., Pepler, A., Craig, I., Stone, R., Piketh, S., Burger, R., & Collins, D. (2011). The Queensland Cloud Seeding Research Project. Bulletin of the American Meteorology Society.
Office of Climate Change & Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence. (2010). Increasing Queensland's Resilience to Inland Flooding in a Changing Climate. Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia. 
Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence. (2010). Climate Change in Queensland: What the Science is Telling Us. Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia. 

Bastin, G., Abbott, B., & Chewings, V. (2008). Validating a remotely sensed index of landscape leakiness in the Burdekin Dry Tropics, Queensland (Report for the Reef Catchment Systems Project, Water for a Healthy Country Flagship [Healthy Water Ecosystems Theme]). CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship.

Brown, I. W., Scandol, J., Mayer, D., Campbell, M., Kondylas, S., McLennan, M., Williams, A., Krusic-Golub, K., & Treloar, T. (2008). Reducing uncertainty in the assessment of the Australian spanner crab fishery: Final report on Project 2003/06 to the Fishing Industry Reseach and Development Corporation. Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland Government.
McKeon, G., Chilcott, C., McGrath, W., Paton, C., Fraser, G., Stone G. and Ryan, J. (2008) ‘Assessing the value of trees in sustainable grazing systems’ (NBP.316). Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water, Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Environmental Protection Agency. Published July 2008, Meat & Livestock Australia, NSW.  
McKeon, G. M., Flood, N., Carter, J. O., Stone, G. S., Crimp, S. J., & Howden, S. M. (2008). Simulation of climate change impacts on livestock carrying capacity and production for the Garnaut Climate Change Review.   
Rayner D., Wall, C., Willcocks, J., Barley, R., & Prior, K. (2008). Climate and greenhouse. In The state of environment in Queensland: Atmosphere (pp. 48-61). Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland Government. 
Stokes, C. J., Crimp, S., Gifford, R., Stone, G., Cobon, D., Ash, A., Howden, S. M., & McKeon, G. (2008). Broad acre grazing. In S. J. Stokes & S. M. Howden (Eds.), An overview of climate change adaptation in Australian primary industries: Impacts, options and priorities. CSIRO.
Syktus, J., & Jeffrey, S. (2008). Stratospheric Ozone Depletion. In The state of environment in Queensland, Atmosphere (pp. 62-74). 

Syktus, J., Jeffrey, S., Williams, A., Smith, I., Rayner, D., Toombs, N., Ahrens, D., Kociuba, G., Peacock, A., & Casaril, C. (2008). Potential effects of climate change on water resources in the Wide Bay-Burnett region. Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence (QCCCE).

The GRASP Modelling Team. (2008). Improving Grazing Management using the GRASP Model (Final Report No. NBP.338). Meat and Livestock Australia.
Zhang, B. (2008). Climate risk assessment report (prototype). Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence, Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland Government.
Zhang, B., Panjkov, A., & Stone, G. (2008). Guide to using FORAGE (Prototype). Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence, Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland Government.
Cobon, D. H., & Toombs, N. R. (2007). Practical adaptation to climate change in regional natural resource management: Desert Channels Queensland report: Climate change impacts on the water resources on the Cooper Creek catchment (Project EP08). Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra.
Cobon, D. H., & Toombs, N. R. (2007). Practical adaptation to climate change in regional natural resource management: Fitzroy Basin Report, Part B: Climate change impacts on the sediment load for the Nogoa catchment of the Fitzroy Basin (Project EP08). Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra.
Cobon, D. H., & Toombs, N. R. (2007). Practical adaptation to climate change in regional natural resource management: Queenland Case Studies, Fitzroy Basin Report, Part A: Production and natural resource indicators in beef systems under climate change conditions (Project EP08). Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra. 
Cobon, D. H., & Toombs, N. R. (2007). Practical adaptation to climate change in regional natural resource management: Queensland Murray Darling Basin Report. Climate change impacts on the water resources of the Queensland Murray Darling Basin (Project EP08). Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra.  
Cobon, D. H., & Toombs, N. R. (2007). Practical adaptation to climate change in regional natural resource management: South-East Queensland Western Catchments Report. Climate change impacts on water resources of South-East Queensland Western Catchments (Project EP08). Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra.  
McRae, D., Bange, M., & Roth, G. (2007). Climate change in cotton catchment communities – A scoping study. Cotton Catchment Communities CRC for the Australian Greenhouse Office, Department of Environment and Heritage, Canberra. 
Park, S., Howden, M., Higgins, A., McRae, D., Horan, H., & Hennessy, K. (2007). Climate change: informing the Australian sugar industry of potential impacts, possible strategies for adaptation and best-bet options for future R&D. In S. Park, C. Creighton, & M. Howden, Final report of projects CSE019 and SRD011. Sugar Research and Development Corporation.
Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence. (2007). The South East Queensland Drought to 2007. Department of Natural Resources and Water, Queensland Government. 
Stone, G., Bruget, D., Carter, J., Hassett, R., McKeon, G., & Rayner, D. (2007). Pasture production and condition issue. In The state of environment in Queensland: Land. Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland Government.
Crimp, S., Flood, N., McKeon, G., & Howden, M. (2004). Managing agricultural systems in a variable, non-stationary climate: Part II. Natural Resource Management and Grazing Systems. Department of Natural Resources & Mines, Queensland Government.
Department of Natural Resources & Mines. Queensland Government. (2004). Queensland climate change and community vulnerability to tropical cyclones: Oceans hazard assessment (1999-2004).
Synthesis Report (2004) | Stage 1 (2001) | Stage1a (2004) | Stage 2 (2004) | Stage 3 (2004) | Stage 4 (2003)
Gabriel, M., Willcocks, J., Crimp, S., Brook, K., Henry, H., McKeon, G., Syktus, J., Peacock, A., & Day, K. (2004). Climate change—The challenge for natural resource management. Department of natural Resources & Mines, Queensland Government.
Cai, W., Crimp, S., McInnes, K., Hunt, B., Suppiah, R., Collier, M., Elliot, T., Hennessy, K., Jones, R., Page, C., & Whetton, P. (2003). Climate change in Queensland under enhanced greenhouse conditions (Annual report 2002-2003). A report on research undertaken for Queensland Departments of State Devlopment, Main Roads, Health, Transport, Treasury, Public Works, Primary Industries & Fisheries, Environmental Protection, Natural Resources & Mines, Queensland Rail, SunWater, CS Energy. CSIRO Atmospheric Research. 

Ostendorf, B. F., Lewis, M. M., & Grech, A. M. (2003). Land condition monitoring: Integrating ground surveys, Aussie GRASS and satellite remote sensing. University of Adelaide, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Paull, C., & Peacock, A. (2003). Survey of users of the DPI SOI Hotlines. Department of Primary Industry, Queensland Government.
Paull, C. (2002). The value and benefits of using seasonal climate forecasts in making business decisions: A review. Department of Primary Industries, Queensland Government.  
Collet, L., Hassett, R., Taube, C., Flood, N., & Hall, W. (2001). Validation of NOAA fire scar maps in the Laura Basin using Landsat TM imagery and field data. Climate Impacts and Natural Resource Systems, Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines.
Day, K., & Paull, C. (2001). Development and evaluation of reports on seasonal conditions for Queensland. Rural Risk Strategies Unit, Department of primary Industry, Queensland Government. 
Dyer, R., Café, L., & Craig, A. (2001). Australian grassland and rangeland assessment by spatial simulation (Aussie GRASS) NT and Kimberley rangeland sub-project. Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland Government. 
Hall, W., Bruget, D., Carter, J., McKeon, G., Yee Yet, J., Peacock, A., Hassett R., & Brook K. (2001). The Aussie GRASS final report for the climate variability in agriculture program (QNR9). Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland Government.
McKeon, G., & Hall, W. (2001). Can seasonal climate forecasting prevent degradation of Australia's grazing lands?  Climate Variability in Agriculture Program, Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland Government. 
Paull, C., Cliffe, N., & Hall, W. (2001). Australian grassland and rangeland assessment by spatial simulation (Aussie GRASS) extension sub-project. Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland Government.   
Paull, C., Cliffe, N., & Hall, W. (2001). The Aussie GRASS final report: Extension sub-project for the Climate Variability in Agriculture Program (QNR9). Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland Government.
Richards, R., Watson, I., Bean, J., Maconochie, J., Clipperton, S., Beeston, G., Green D., & Hacker R. (2001). Australian grassland and rangeland assessment by spatial simulation (Aussie GRASS): Southern pastures sub-project. Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland Government.
Tupper, C., Crichton, J., Alcock, D., & Mavi, H. (2001). Australian grassland and rangeland assessment by spatial simulation (Aussie GRASS): High rainfall zone temperate pastures sub-project. Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland Government.
DroughtPlan
McKeon, G. M., Ash, A. J., Hall, W. B., & Stafford Smith, D. M. (2000). Simulation of grazing strategies for beef production in north-eastern Queensland (DroughtPlan Working Paper No. 8). Queensland Department of Natural Resources.
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