Measurement / Monitoring / Reporting

Prospects for improving savanna biophysical models by using multiple-constraints model-data assimilation methods

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dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT04139
Barrett D.J., Hill M.J., Hutley L.B., Beringer J., Xu J.H., Cook G.D., Carter J.O. and Williams R.J. (2005). <i>Australian Journal of Botany</i> 53, 689-714. (PDF file, 2 MB).

Barrett D.J., Hill M.J., Hutley L.B., Beringer J., Xu J.H., Cook G.D., Carter J.O. and Williams R.J. (2005). "Prospects for improving savanna biophysical models by using multiple-constraints model-data assimilation methods". Australian Journal of Botany 53, 689-714.

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Modelling the rate and pattern of woody thickening in Australian savanna pastures

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www.mssanz.org.au/MODSIM01/Vol%204/Ludwig.pdf
Modelling of woody thickening in the VRD indicates that thickening is rapid on red soils that are heavily grazed an unburnt, and can be reduced with regular burning and reducing stocking rates.

Ludwig, J.A., Liedloff, A.C., Dyer, D.M., Café, L.M. and Coughenour, M.B. 2001. Modelling the rate and pattern of woody thickening in Australian savanna pastures. PP 1877-1882 in MODSIM 2001: Proceedings, International Congress on Modelling and Simulation edited by Ghassemi, F., Whetton, P., Little, R. and Littleboy, M. Australian National University, Canberra. Canberra: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.

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Land Manager's Monitoring Guide

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http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/monitoring_guide/index.html
The Land Manager's Monitoring Guide by the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management provides monitoring information to help land managers assess the sustainability of their management actions.

The Land Manager's Monitoring Guide by the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Managment, provides monitoring information to help land managers assess the sustainability of their management actions.

 

Guides are available for the following indicators

  • Depth to groundwater
  • Ground cover
  • Native plant richness
  • Native vegetation area
  • Soil pH
  • Photopoints

 

Guides are also being developed for a range of other indicators

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Monitoring standing dead wood for carbon accounting in tropical savanna

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dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT04109
Fensham R.J. 2005. <i>Australian Journal of Botany</i> 53, 631-638. Standing dead wood is valuable for its carbon storage, so the contribution of the loss of dead wood in fires to carbon emissions need to be considered.

Fensham R.J. (2005). "Monitoring standing dead wood for carbon accounting in tropical savanna". Australian Journal of Botany 53, 631-638.

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Assessment of vegetation change and landscape variability by using stable carbon isotopes of soil organic matter

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dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT04124
Krull E.G. and Bray S.S. (2005). <i>Australian Journal of Botany</i> 53, 651-661. This paper describes a technique for measuring vegetation change based on soil profiles of stable carbon isotopes and soil organic matter.

Krull E.G. and Bray S.S. (2005). "Assessment of vegetation change and landscape variability by using stable carbon isotopes of soil organic matter". Australian Journal of Botany 53, 651-661.

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Dynamics of a savanna-forest mosaic in the Australian monsoon tropics inferred from stand structures and historical aerial photography

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dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT04141
Banfai & Bowman 2005. <i>Australian Journal of Botany</i> 53, 185-194. In Litchfield National Park, rainforests expanded into savanna where fires were infrequent or of low intensity, and were replaced by savanna where fires were frequent or intense.

Banfai D.S. and Bowman D.M.J.S. (2005). "Dynamics of a savanna-forest mosaic in the Australian monsoon tropics inferred from stand structures and historical aerial photography". Australian Journal of Botany 53, 185-194.

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Monitoring the impacts of fire regimes on vegetation in northern Australia: an example from Kakadu National Park

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dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF03031
Edwards A., Kennett R., Price O., Russell-Smith J., Spiers G. and Woinarski J. (2003). "Monitoring the impacts of fire regimes on vegetation in northern Australia: an example from Kakadu National Park". <i>International Journal of Wildland Fire</i> 12, 427-440.

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