Application of grazing land models in ecosystem management: Current status and next frontiers

L Ma, JD Derner, RD Harmel, J Tatarko, AD Moore… - Advances in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Grazing land models can assess the provisioning and trade-offs among ecosystem services
attributable to grazing management strategies. We reviewed 12 grazing land models used …

Simple, efficient and robust techniques for automatic multi-objective function parameterisation: Case studies of local and global optimisation using APSIM

MT Harrison, PP Roggero, L Zavattaro - Environmental Modelling & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Several techniques for automatic parameterisation are explored using the software PEST.
We parameterised the biophysical systems model APSIM with measurements from a maize …

Grazing alters the phenology of alpine steppe by changing the surface physical environment on the northeast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

G Li, C Jiang, T Cheng, J Bai - Journal of Environmental Management, 2019 - Elsevier
The response of vegetation phenology to environmental changes is very complex. We used
time-lapse digital cameras to monitor the phenology of an alpine steppe in four winter …

Heavy grazing effects on stem elongation and internode allometry: Insights from a natural pasture grass

Z Liu, Z Zhang, T Zhang, R Gao… - Grass and Forage Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Limited plant stem elongation is hypothesized to be the primary cause of decreased plant
growth in response to long‐term heavy grazing (LHG). However, it remains largely unknown …

Effect of stubble height and irrigation management on the growth, botanical composition and persistence of perennial ryegrass, tall fescue and chicory swards in cool …

AD Langworthy, RP Rawnsley… - Crop and Pasture …, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
The profitability of dairying in south-eastern Australia can be improved by increasing pasture
production during summer–autumn, when growth rates for the existing perennial ryegrass …

Mitigating the detrimental effects of hot and dry summers on the south-eastern Australian dairy feedbase

A Langworthy - 2019 - figshare.utas.edu.au
This thesis investigated strategies for mitigating detrimental effects of hot and dry summers
(ie supraoptimal temperatures and soil water deficit stress) on home-grown feed production …