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Publication Date
2005
Location
Dublin Ireland
Description
In many semi-arid pastoral systems, landscape processes easily become dysfunctional. Shifts to less functional states may be irreversible, and have long-term consequences for pastoral profitability and social viability of rural communities. Typically, shifts to lower functional states involve a decline in perennial grasses (Hodgkinson, 1994). Here we develop a conceptual basis for modelling the basal area of perennial grasses in a semi-arid grassland and validate the model using data from a 10-year grazing study.
Citation
Marsden, S. G. and Hodgkinson, K. C., "Modelling Basal Area of Perennial Grasses in Australian Semi-Arid Wooded Grasslands" (2005). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 3.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/satellitesymposium6/3)
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Modelling Basal Area of Perennial Grasses in Australian Semi-Arid Wooded Grasslands
Dublin Ireland
In many semi-arid pastoral systems, landscape processes easily become dysfunctional. Shifts to less functional states may be irreversible, and have long-term consequences for pastoral profitability and social viability of rural communities. Typically, shifts to lower functional states involve a decline in perennial grasses (Hodgkinson, 1994). Here we develop a conceptual basis for modelling the basal area of perennial grasses in a semi-arid grassland and validate the model using data from a 10-year grazing study.
