Step‐functional incidence and impact of drought in Pastoral Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8384231 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G H Dury (Institute of Geography, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-91 |
| Publication date | 1983-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Geographical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-9190 • E-ISSN: 1467-8470 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8470.1983.tb00424.x |
| OpenAlex | W2042269044 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 9 |
Sequences of precipitation in pastoral Australia can be described by square waves: that is to say, their variation is step‐functional. Sampling suggests that similar variation typifies pasture quality, station income, station economies in general, and rates of stock loss. Patterns of management response to drought can also display abrupt change, in consequence of certain types of managerial decision. Where stock losses ascribed to drought can be separated off from total losses, step functions again appear. Up to certain limits, however, drought appears to be merely one of several killers. Prospects of drought prediction appear to be minimal, unless successful use can be made of analogue prediction and/or of variations in the Southern Oscillation and related systems. The incidence of runs of wet and dry years is essentially random. Where an individual series can be recognised as random with persistence, the persistence effect means the prolongation of drought, when this actually occurs
Climatology · El Niño Southern Oscillation · Geography · Hydrology (agriculture · Meteorology · Pasture · Persistence (discontinuity · Precipitation · Southern oscillation · Stock (firearms · Environmental Science · Forestry · Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock · Geology · Mathematics · Pasture and Agricultural Systems · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
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An Appraisal of Rainfall Trends in Northeast New South Wales
A climatic analysis of New South Wales
An Historical Geography of New South Wales to 1901
A Hundred Years of Pastoral Banking. A History of the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company, 1863-1963
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 1988 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |