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How well do crop modeling groups predict wheat phenology, given calibration data from the target population?
Wallach, Daniel, Palosuo, Taru, Thorburn, Peter, Gourdain, Emmanuelle, Asseng, Senthold, Basso, Bruno, Buis, Samuel, Crout, Neil, Dibari, Camilla, Dumont, Benjamin, Ferrise, Roberto, Gaiser, Thomas, Garcia, Cecile, Gayler, Sebastian, Ghahramani, Afshin, Hochman, Zvi, Hoek, Steven, Hoogenboom, Gerrit, Horan, Heidi, ..., Seidel, Sabine J.. 2021. "How well do crop modeling groups predict wheat phenology, given calibration data from the target population?" European Journal of Agronomy. 124, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2020.126195

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Forest Carbon Storage and Species Richness in FSC Certified and Non-certified Community Forests in Nepal
Charmakar, Shambhu, Oli, Bishwa Nath, Joshi, Nabin Raj, Maraseni, Tek Narayan and Atreya, Kishor. 2021. "Forest Carbon Storage and Species Richness in FSC Certified and Non-certified Community Forests in Nepal." Small-Scale Forestry. 20 (2), pp. 199-219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11842-020-09464-3

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Sustainability of beef production from brigalow lands after cultivation and mining. 3. Pasture rundown, climate and grazing pressure effects
Clewett, Jeffrey F., Newsome, Tom, Paton, Colin J., Melland, Alice R., Eberhard, Jochen E., Bennett, John McL and Baillie, Craig P.. 2021. "Sustainability of beef production from brigalow lands after cultivation and mining. 3. Pasture rundown, climate and grazing pressure effects." Animal Production Science. 61 (12), pp. 1280-1302. https://doi.org/10.1071/AN20134

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Sustainability of beef production from brigalow lands after cultivation and mining. 2. Acland Grazing Trial pasture and cattle performance
Melland, Alice R., Newsome, Tom, Paton, Colin J., Clewett, Jeffrey F., Bennett, John McL, Eberhard, Jochen and Baillie, Craig P.. 2021. "Sustainability of beef production from brigalow lands after cultivation and mining. 2. Acland Grazing Trial pasture and cattle performance." Animal Production Science. 61 (12), pp. 1262-1279. https://doi.org/10.1071/AN20137

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Sustainability of beef production from brigalow lands after cultivation and mining. 1. Sown pasture growth and carrying capacity
Paton, Colin J., Clewett, Jeffrey F., Melland, Alice R., Newsome, Tom, Eberhard, Jochen, Bennett, John McL and Baillie, Craig P.. 2021. "Sustainability of beef production from brigalow lands after cultivation and mining. 1. Sown pasture growth and carrying capacity." Animal Production Science. 61 (12), pp. 1246-1261. https://doi.org/10.1071/AN20135

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Deep learning hybrid model with Boruta-Random forest optimiser algorithm for streamflow forecasting with climate mode indices, rainfall, and periodicity
Ahmed, A. A. Masrur, Deo, Ravinesh C., Feng, Qi, Ghahramani, Afshin, Raj, Nawin, Yin, Zhenliang and Yang, Linshan. 2021. "Deep learning hybrid model with Boruta-Random forest optimiser algorithm for streamflow forecasting with climate mode indices, rainfall, and periodicity." Journal of Hydrology. 599, pp. 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126350

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Applying risk-based principles of dispersive mine spoil behaviour to facilitate development of cost-effective best management practices
Bennett, John, Raine, Steve, Reardon-Smith, Kate, Dale, Glenn and Thomas, Evan. 2017. Applying risk-based principles of dispersive mine spoil behaviour to facilitate development of cost-effective best management practices. Unpublished.

Technical report

Controlled traffic farming delivers improved agronomic performance of wheat as a result of enhanced rainfall and fertiliser nitrogen use efficiency
Hussein, Mahmood A., Antille, Diogenes L., Kodur, Shreevatsa, Chen, Guangnan and Tullberg, Jeff N.. 2021. "Controlled traffic farming delivers improved agronomic performance of wheat as a result of enhanced rainfall and fertiliser nitrogen use efficiency." Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science. 71 (5), pp. 377-398. https://doi.org/10.1080/09064710.2021.1903984

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Species composition, diversity, and carbon stock in trees outside forests in middle hills of Nepal
Bhandari, Shes Kanta, Maraseni, Tek, Timilsina, Yajna Prasad and Parajuli, Rajan. 2021. "Species composition, diversity, and carbon stock in trees outside forests in middle hills of Nepal." Forest Policy and Economics. 125, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102402

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Strengthening inter-sectoral coordination and governance for the effective implementation of Nepal's NDCs based on a voluntary national quality-of governance standard for forest sector activities and programmes
Lopez-Casero, Federico, Shivakoti, Binaya Raj, Maraseni, Tek and Pokheral, Krishna. 2021. Strengthening inter-sectoral coordination and governance for the effective implementation of Nepal's NDCs based on a voluntary national quality-of governance standard for forest sector activities and programmes. Japan. Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research.

Technical report

Seasonal diet preferences of chital deer in the northern Queensland dry tropics, Australia
Watter, Kurt, Baxter, Greg, Brennan, Michael, Pople, T. and Murray, Peter. 2020. "Seasonal diet preferences of chital deer in the northern Queensland dry tropics, Australia." The Rangeland Journal. 42 (3), pp. 211-220. https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ20015

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Dietary overlap between cattle and chital in the Queensland dry tropics
Watter, Kurt, Baxter, Greg S., Pople, Anthony and Murray, Peter J.. 2020. "Dietary overlap between cattle and chital in the Queensland dry tropics." The Rangeland Journal. 42 (3), pp. 221-225. https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ20075

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You Are Not My Handler! Impact of Changing Handlers on Dogs’ Behaviours and Detection Performance
Jamieson, La Toya J., Baxter, Greg S. and Murray, Peter J.. 2018. "You Are Not My Handler! Impact of Changing Handlers on Dogs’ Behaviours and Detection Performance." Animals. 8 (10), pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani8100176

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Who’s a Good Handler? Important Skills and Personality Profiles of Wildlife Detection Dog Handlers
Jamieson, La Toya J., Baxter, Greg S. and Murray, Peter J.. 2018. "Who’s a Good Handler? Important Skills and Personality Profiles of Wildlife Detection Dog Handlers." Animals. 8 (12), pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani8120222

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Effects of wet season mineral nutrition on chital deer distribution in northern Queensland
Watter, Kurt, Baxter, Greg S., Pople, Tony and Murray, Peter J.. 2019. "Effects of wet season mineral nutrition on chital deer distribution in northern Queensland." Wildlife Research. 46 (6), pp. 499-508. https://doi.org/10.1071/WR19039

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What is driving the increased demand for red panda pelts?
Bista, Damber, Baxter, Greg S. and Murray, Peter John. 2020. "What is driving the increased demand for red panda pelts?" Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 25 (4), pp. 324-338. https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2020.1728788

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Identifying suitable detection dogs
Jamieson, La Toya J., Baxter, Greg S. and Murray, Peter J.. 2017. "Identifying suitable detection dogs." Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 195, pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2017.06.010

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Inorganic arsenic species removal from water using bone char: A detailed study on adsorption kinetic and isotherm models using error functions analysis
Alkurdi, Susan S. A., Al-juboori, Raed A., Bundschuh, Jochen, Bowtell, Les and Marchuk, Alla. 2021. "Inorganic arsenic species removal from water using bone char: A detailed study on adsorption kinetic and isotherm models using error functions analysis." Journal of Hazardous Materials. 405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124112

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Decline in body condition and high drought mortality limit the spread of wild chital deer in north-east Queensland, Australia
Watter, Kurt, Baxter, Greg, Brennan, Michael, Pople, Anthony and Murray, Peter. 2019. "Decline in body condition and high drought mortality limit the spread of wild chital deer in north-east Queensland, Australia." The Rangeland Journal. 41 (4), pp. 293-299. https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ18113

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Monitoring the behaviour of Australian Vertosols in response to the shrink–swell characteristic and cotton picker traffic
Al-Shatib, Mohammed A. M., Chen, Guangnan, Bennett, John McL. and Jensen, Troy A.. 2021. "Monitoring the behaviour of Australian Vertosols in response to the shrink–swell characteristic and cotton picker traffic." Soil Research. 59 (4), pp. 396-405. https://doi.org/10.1071/SR20222

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Is the European red fox a vector of the invasive basket asparagus (Asparagus aethiopicus) in eastern Australia?
O'Connor, J., Burrows, D.M., Allen, B.L. and Burnett, S.. 2019. "Is the European red fox a vector of the invasive basket asparagus (Asparagus aethiopicus) in eastern Australia?" Australian Mammalogy. 42 (2), pp. 204-210. https://doi.org/10.1071/AM19001

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Strategic use of alkaline irrigation water: soil structural constraints and predictive amendment management
Ali, Aram. 2021. Strategic use of alkaline irrigation water: soil structural constraints and predictive amendment management. PhD Thesis Doctor of Philosophy. University of Southern Queensland. https://doi.org/10.26192/e7sc-gy67

PhD Thesis

Growing-season soil microbial respiration response to long-term no tillage and spring ridge tillage
Wang, Gang, Jia, Honglei, Zhuang, Jian, Glatzel, Stephan, Bennett, John McL. and Zhu, Yingcan. 2020. "Growing-season soil microbial respiration response to long-term no tillage and spring ridge tillage." International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. 13 (4), pp. 143-150. https://doi.org/10.25165/j.ijabe.20201304.5587

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Response to comments on 'Compassionate Conservation deserves a morally serious rather than dismissive response - reply to Callen et al., 2020'
Callen, Alex, Hayward, Matt W., Klop-Toker, Kaya, Allen, Benjamin L., Ballard, Guy, Beranek, Chad T., Broekhuis, Femke, Bugir, Cassandra K., Clarke, Rohan H., Clulow, John, Clulow, Simon, Daltry, Jennifer C., Davies-Mostert, Harriet T., Di Blanco, Yamil E., Dixon, Victoria, Fleming, Peter J. S., Howell, Lachlan G., Kerley, Graham I. H., Legge, Sarah M., ..., Wuster, Wolfgang. 2020. "Response to comments on 'Compassionate Conservation deserves a morally serious rather than dismissive response - reply to Callen et al., 2020'." Biological Conservation. 244, pp. 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108517

Letter

Minimizing animal welfare harms associated with predation management in agro‐ecosystems
Allen, Benjamin L. and Hampton, Jordan O.. 2020. "Minimizing animal welfare harms associated with predation management in agro‐ecosystems." Biological Reviews. 95 (4), pp. 1097-1108. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12601

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Expansion of Vertebrate Pest Exclusion Fencing and Its Potential Benefits for Threatened Fauna Recovery in Australia
Smith, Deane, Waddell, Kristy and Allen, Benjamin L.. 2020. "Expansion of Vertebrate Pest Exclusion Fencing and Its Potential Benefits for Threatened Fauna Recovery in Australia." Animals. 10 (9), pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10091550

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Habitat use by yellow-footed rock-wallabies in predator exclusion fences
Smith, Deane and Allen, Benjamin L.. 2021. "Habitat use by yellow-footed rock-wallabies in predator exclusion fences." Journal of Arid Environments. 184, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104329

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Impacts of exclusion fencing on target and non‐target fauna: a global review
Smith, Deane, King, Rachel and Allen, Benjamin L.. 2020. "Impacts of exclusion fencing on target and non‐target fauna: a global review." Biological Reviews. 95 (6), pp. 1590-1906. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12631

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Envisioning the future with ‘compassionate conservation’: An ominous projection for native wildlife and biodiversity
Callen, Alex, Hayward, Matt W., Klop-Toker, Kaya, Allen, Benjamin L., Ballard, Guy, Beranek, Chad T., Broekhuis, Femke, Bugir, Cassandra K., Clarke, Rohan H., Clulow, John, Clulow, Simon, Daltry, Jennifer C., Davies-Mostert, Harriet T., Di Blanco, Yamil E., Dixon, Victoria, Fleming, Peter J. S., Howell, Lachlan G., Kerley, Graham I. H., Legge, Sarah M., ..., Wuster, Wolfgang. 2020. "Envisioning the future with ‘compassionate conservation’: An ominous projection for native wildlife and biodiversity." Biological Conservation. 241, pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108365

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas: The Nepal, Bhutanese, and Tibetan Himalayas
Kunwar, Ripu M., Subedi, Bhishma P., Baral, Sushim R., Maraseni, Tek, LeBoa, Chris, Adhikari, Yagya P. and Bussmann, Rainer W.. 2020. "Ethnobotany of the Himalayas: The Nepal, Bhutanese, and Tibetan Himalayas." Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H. and Bussmann, R.W. (ed.) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Cham, Switzerland. Springer. pp. 65-103

Edited book (chapter)

Ionicity of clay-cation bonds in relation to dispersive behavior of Mg and K soil clays as influenced by pH
Zhu, Yingcan, Marchuk, Alla and Bennett, John McLean. 2020. "Ionicity of clay-cation bonds in relation to dispersive behavior of Mg and K soil clays as influenced by pH." Clays and Clay Minerals. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42860-020-00100-x

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Evaluating a trait-based approach to compare natural enemy and pest communities in agroforestry vs. arable systems
Staton, Tom, Walters, Richard J., Smith, Jo, Breeze, Tom D. and Girling, Robbie D.. 2021. "Evaluating a trait-based approach to compare natural enemy and pest communities in agroforestry vs. arable systems." Ecological Applications. 31 (4). https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2294

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Conserving threatened beneficial insects: bees, wasps and hoverflies in UK silvoarable systems
Staton, Tom, Walters,Richard J., Smith, Jo, Breeze, Tom D., Davies, Sian K. and Girling, Tom Staton. 2021. "Conserving threatened beneficial insects: bees, wasps and hoverflies in UK silvoarable systems." 5th European Agroforestry Conference (EURAF2020). Sardinia, Italy 17 - 19 May 2021 Italy.

Presentation

Management to Promote Flowering Understoreys Benefits Natural Enemy Diversity, Aphid Suppression and Income in an Agroforestry System
Staton, Tom, Walters, Richard, Smith, Jo, Breeze, Tom and Girling, Robbie. 2021. "Management to Promote Flowering Understoreys Benefits Natural Enemy Diversity, Aphid Suppression and Income in an Agroforestry System." Agronomy. 11 (4), p. 651. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11040651

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Field-scale effects of air pollution on invertebrate community composition in wheat
Ryalls, JMW, Staton, T., Bromfield, LM, Mullinger, N, Langford, B and Girling, RD. 2021. "Field-scale effects of air pollution on invertebrate community composition in wheat." 36th Annual Meeing of the International Socity of Chemical Ecology. South Africa 05 - 10 Sep 2021 South Africa.

Presentation

Diesel exhaust and ozone pollution reduce insect-mediated pollination services
Ryalls, James M W, Langford, Ben, Mullinger, Neil, Bromfield, Lisa M, Nemitz, Eiko, Pfrang, Christian and Girling, Robbie D. 2021. "Diesel exhaust and ozone pollution reduce insect-mediated pollination services." 36th Annual Meeing of the International Socity of Chemical Ecology. South Africa 05 - 10 Sep 2021 South Africa.

Presentation

Rural livelihood diversity and its influence on the ecological intensification potential of smallholder farms in Kenya
Kansiime, Monica K., Girling, Robbie D., Mugambi, Idah, Mulema, Joseph, Oduor, George, Chacha, Duncan, Ouvrard, David, Kinuthia, Wanja and Garratt, Michael P. D.. 2021. "Rural livelihood diversity and its influence on the ecological intensification potential of smallholder farms in Kenya." Food and Energy Security. 10 (1), p. e254. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.254

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Identifying the drivers and constraints to adoption of IPM among arable farmers in the UK and Ireland
Creissen, Henry E, Jones, Philip J, Tranter, Richard B, Girling, Robbie D, Jess, Stephen, Burnett, Fiona J, Gaffney, Michael, Thorne, Fiona S and Kildea, Steven. 2021. "Identifying the drivers and constraints to adoption of IPM among arable farmers in the UK and Ireland." Pest Management Science. 77 (9), pp. 4148-4158. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6452

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Research Progress on Setting and Hardening of Geopolymers and Their Control
Wang, Aiguo, Wang, Xingyao, Sun, Daosheng, Zhu Yingcan, Liu, Kaiwei, Jing, Yan and Guan, Yanmei. 2021. "Research Progress on Setting and Hardening of Geopolymers and Their Control ." Cailiao Daobao/Materials Reports. 35 (13), pp. 13001-13010.

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Overview of Finite-Element Analysis in Simulation of SiC Power Device Packaging
Li, Liangtao, Tang, Jiuyang, Zhang, Jon Qingchun, Zhang, Jing, Zhu, Yingcan, Zhang, Guoqi and Liu, Pan. 2021. "Overview of Finite-Element Analysis in Simulation of SiC Power Device Packaging." 2021 18th China International Forum on Solid State Lighting & 2021 7th International Forum on Wide Bandgap Semiconductors (SSLChina: IFWS). Shenzhen, China 06 - 08 Dec 2021 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). pp. 53-57 https://doi.org/10.1109/SSLChinaIFWS54608.2021.9675174

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