Natural Resources Research Articles
Submissions from 2025
Salinity in Calcarosols occurs through the presence of sodium, chloride, bicarbonate and sulfate ions, is caused by sodicity, and leads to decreased osmotic potential, Edward G. Barrett-Lennard, Geoffrey C. Anderson, Rushna Munir, David J. M. Hall, Glen Riethmuller, and Wayne Parker
A multidecadal analysis of groundwater level and streamflow decline in Southern Forest catchments, Western Australia, Richard J. George, Rose-Anne Bell, W. Lachlan McCaw, and Gregory Paul Raper
Response of wheat to phosphorus-enriched ironstone gravel, David Weaver, David Rogers, Ron Master, Peta Richards, Robert Summers, and Simon D V Clarendon
Effect of Clay Amendment and Strategic Deep Tillage on Soil Water Dynamics and Plant Growth Under Control Environment, Kanch Wickramarachchi, Giacomo Betti, and Gaus Azam
Adaptive water body detection: Integrating deep learning, normalised difference water index, and vector data for farm dam water monitoring with OmniWaterMask, Nicholas J. Wright, John M A Duncan, Nik Callow, Sally E. Thompson, and Richard J. George
Training sensor-agnostic deep learning models for remote sensing: Achieving state-of-the-art cloud and cloud shadow identification with OmniCloudMask, Nicholas J. Wright, John M A Duncan, Nik Callow, Sally E. Thompson, and Richard J. George
Submissions from 2024
Liming acidic soils creates profits, land use options but often more emissions, Sud Kharel, Christophe d'Abbadie, Amir Abadi Ghadim, Chris Gazey, and Ross Kingwell
Fire and ant interactions mediated by honeydew and extrafloral nectar in an australian tropical savanna, Fernanda M. P. Oliveira, Carlos H. F Silva, Melinda L. Moir, Inara R. Leal, and Alan N. Andersen
Soil amendment and tillage to reduce phosphorus loss in coastal Western Australia, Robert N. Summers and David Weaver
Validation of critical soil-test phosphorus values from the Better Fertiliser Decisions for Pastures meta-analysis, David Weaver, David Rogers, Eric Dobbe, Robert N. Summers, Ronald Master, Robert McFerran, Graham Mussell, Justin Mercy, Luke Dawson, and Kath Lynch
The impact of repayment obligations arising as a by-product of input use on partial inefficiency: Evidence from Western Australian farm businesses, Steele C. West, Amin W. Mugera, and Ross Kingwell
Submissions from 2023
Identifying areas of high drought risk in southwest Western Australia, Amanda R. Bourne, John Bruce, Meredith M. Guthrie, Li-Ann Koh, Kaylene Parker, Stanley Mastrantonis, and Igor Veljanoski
Regenerative Agriculture - a literature review on the practices and mechanisms used to improve soil health, Ravjit Khangura, David Ferris, Cameron Wagg, and Jamie Bowyer
High performance of a low input, mixed western Australian farming system: public policy implications from the case of Tolga farm, Bradley Plunkett, Daniel Roberts, Sud Kharel, Kevin J. Foster, Tim Overheu, and Brendon Savage
Farm size limits agriculture's poverty reduction potential in Eastern India even with irrigation-led intensification, Anton Urfels, Kai Mausch, Dave Harris, Andrew J. McDonald, Avinash Kishore, Balwinder-Singh, Gerardo van Halsema, Paul C. Struik, Peter Craufurd, Timothy Foster, Vartika Singh, and Timothy J. Krupnik
Agronomic soil tests can be used to estimate dissolved reactive phosphorus loss, David Weaver, Robert N. Summers, and Andreas Neuhaus
Improved whole-farm planning for mixed-enterprise systems in Australia using a four-stage Stochastic Model with Recourse, Michael Young, John Young, Ross S. Kingwell, and Philip E. Vercoe
Representing weather-year variation in whole-farm optimisation models: Four-stage single-sequence vs eight-stage multi-sequence, Michael Young, John Young, Ross Kingwell, and Philip E. Vercoe
Submissions from 2022
An ecosystem services penalty system for evaluating international trade proposals, David C. Cook, Rob W. Fraser, and Janet Haddock-Fraser
Lowering the water solubility of phosphorus fertilisers impacts leaching, plant growth and residual soil phosphorus, Robert N. Summers and David Weaver
Valuable phosphorus retained by ironstone gravels can be measured as bicarbonate extractable P, David Weaver, Robert N. Summers, Steffen Schweizer, Matthais Leopold, and Craig Scanlan
Submissions from 2021
Digital soil mapping of coarse fragments in southwest Australia: Targeting simple features yields detailed maps, Karen Holmes, Edward Arnold Griffin, and Dennis van Gool
Critical phosphorus values from the Better Fertiliser Decisions for Pastures project: early insights from validation trials, David Rogers, David Weaver, Robert N. Summers, Eric Dobbe, Ronald Master, Robert McFerran, Graham Mussell, Luke Dawson, Justin Mercy, Peta Richards, and Deborah Holtham
Digital soil mapping and assessment for Australia and beyond: A propitious future, Ross Searle, Alex McBratney, Mike Grundy, Darren Kidd, Brendan P. Malone, Dominique Arrouays, Uta Stockmann, Peter Zund, Peter Wilson, John Wilford, Dennis van Gool, John Triantafilis, Mark Thomas, Liz Stower, Brian Slater, Nathan Robinson, Anthony Ringrose-Voase, José Padarian, Jim Payne, Thomas Orton, Nathan Odgers, Lauren O'Brien, Budiman Minasny, John McLean Bennett, Craig Liddicoat, Edward Jones, Karen Holmes, Ben Harms, Jonathon Gray, Elisabeth Bui, and Kaitlyn Andrews
Runoff and leaching of dissolved phosphorus in streams from a rainfed mixed cropping and grazing catchment under a Mediterranean climate in Australia, Rajesh Sharma, Mike TF Wong, David Weaver, R W. Bell, Xiaodong Ding, and Ke Wang
Phosphorus retention of a permeable reactive barrier surpassed by an unvegetated artificial pond, Robert N. Summers and David Weaver
Sediment budgets for small salinized agricultural catchments in Southwest Australia and implications for phosphorus transport, Robert J. Wasson and David Weaver
Phosphorus status and saturation in soils that drain into the Peel Inlet and Harvey Estuary of Western Australia, David Weaver and Robert N. Summers
Submissions from 2020
Sulfate sorption measured by a buffering index over a range of properties of soils from south Western Australia, Geoff Anderson
Soil surveyor knowledge in digital soil mapping and assessment in Australia, Elisabeth Bui, Ross Searle, Peter R. Wilson, Seonaid R. Philip, Mark Thomas, Dan Brough, Ben Harms, Jason V. Hill, Karen Holmes, Henry Smolinski, and Dennis van Gool
Operationalising digital soil mapping – Lessons from Australia, Darren Kidd, Ross Searle, Mike Grundy, Alex McBratney, Nathan Robinson, Lauren O'Brien, Peter Zund, Dominique Arrouays, Mark Thomas, José Padarian, Edward Jones, John McLean Bennett, Budiman Minasny, Karen Holmes, Brendan P. Malone, Craig Liddicoat, Elizabeth A. Meier, Uta Stockmann, Peter Wilson, John Wilford, Jim Payne, Anthony Ringrose-Voase, Brian Slater, Nathan Odgers, Jonathon Gray, Dennis van Gool, Kaitlyn Andrews, Ben Harms, Liz Stower, and John Triantafilis
Submissions from 2019
The application of AEM to mapping sea-water intrusion at La Grange, WA, David Annetts, Tania Ibrahimi, Aaron C. Davis, Richard J. George, Kevin Cahill, Tim Munday, and Robert J. Paul
The influence of particle size and mineralogy on both phosphorus retention and release by streambed sediments, Simon D V Clarendon, David Weaver, Peter Davies, and Neil A. Coles
Rate of success for a groundwater drilling program planned from AEM, Gascoyne River, WA, Aaron C. Davis, Tim Munday, and Richard J. George
Accuracy of six years of operational statistical seasonal forecasts of rainfall in Western Australia (2013 to 2018), Fiona H. Evans, Meredith M. Guthrie, and Ian Foster
Modern and palaeogeographic trends in the salinisation of the Western Australian Wheatbelt, Richard J. George, Jonathan Clarke, and Pauline English
The development and application of functions describing pasture yield responses to phosphorus, potassium and sulfur in Australia using meta-data analysis and derived soil-test calibration relationships, Cameron J P Gourley, David Weaver, Richard J. Simpson, Sharon R. Aarons, Murray M. Hannah, and Ken I. Peverill
An agricultural practise with climate and food security benefits: “Claying” with kaolinitic clay subsoil decreased soil carbon priming and mineralisation in sandy cropping soils, Samantha P. Grover, Clayton R. Butterly, Xiaojuan Wang, Deirdre Gleeson, Lynne M. Macdonald, David Hall, and Caixian Tang
The ‘Exploring For The Future’ groundwater programme: a multi-physics, inter-disciplinary systems approach for de-risking investment in agriculture in northern Australia, Ken Lawrie, Narelle Neumann, Ross S. Brodie, Neil Symington, Laura Gow, Larysa Halas, Chris Harris-Pascal, Kok Piang Tan, Donna Cathro, Martin Smith, Sam Buchanan, Peter Milligan, Des Yin Foo, John Wischusen, Niels B. Christensen, D L. Bennett, and Richard J. George
The East Kimberley Ord Bonaparte Plains Project: de-risking investment in agriculture and water infrastructure through airborne and ground geophysical investigations, Neil Symington, Larysa Halas, Ken Lawrie, Ross C. Brodie, Ross S. Brodie, John Magee, Kok Piang Tan, D L. Bennett, and Richard J. George
Submissions from 2018
The use of ground EM systems to accurately assess salt store and help define land management options for salinity management, Donald L. Bennett, Richard J. George, and Ben Whitfield
Critical factors affecting the adoption of airborne geophysics for management of dryland salinity, Richard J. George and Peter Woodgate
The distribution and origins of extremely acidic saline groundwaters in the south of Western Australia – groundwater and digital mapping datasets provide new insights, Adam M. Lillicrap, Vera Biermann, Richard J. George, David Gray, and Carolyn E. Oldham
Validation of allometric biomass models: How to have confidence in the application of existing models, Keryn I. Paul, Philip J. Radtke, Stephen H. Roxburgh, John Larmour, Robert Waterworth, Don Butler, Kim Brooksbank, and Fabiano Ximenes
Capital Structures for Large Scale Australian Agriculture: Issues and Lessons, Bradley Plunkett, Andrew Duff, Ross Kingwell, and David Feldman
Re-thinking the unimpeded tube-well growth under the depleting groundwater resources in the Punjab, Pakistan, Muhammad Arif Watto, Amin W. Mugera, Ross Kingwell, and Muhammad Mudasar Saqab
Submissions from 2017
The Role of managed aquifer recharge in developing northern Australian agriculture, R. Evans, L. Lennon, G. Hoxley, R. Krake, D. Yin Foo, Christopher Schelfhout Dr, and John A. Simons
Traditional farm expansion versus joint venture remote partnerships, Ross Kingwell, Quenten Thomas, David Feldman, Imma Farré, and Bradley Plunkett
An Examination of broadacre farm size and performance in Western Australia, Tim Lefroy, James Key, and Ross Kingwell
Australian agricultural scale and corporate agroholdings: environmental and climatic impacts, Bradley Plunkett, Andrew Duff, Ross Kingwell, and David Feldman
Submissions from 2016
High soil sodicity and alkalinity cause transient salinity in south-western Australia, Edward G. Barrett-Lennard, Geoff C. Anderson, Karen W. Holmes, and Aidan Sinnott
Policy implications of managing reservoir water for multiple uses of irrigation and fisheries in southeast Vietnam, L. D. Tran, D. Zilberman, S Schilizzi, and R. Kingwell
Submissions from 2015
Protecting stranded biodiversity using groundwater pumps and surface water engineering at Lake Toolibin, Western Australia, Richard J. George, S Dogramaci, J Wyland, and P Lacey
Large-area spatial disaggregation of a mosaic of conventional soil maps: evaluation over Western Australia, Karen Holmes, Edward Arnold Griffin, and N P. Odgers
An Error Budget for Mapping Field-Scale Soil Salinity at Various Depths using Different Sources of Ancillary Data, Jingyi Huang, E G. Barrett-Lennard, Tanya Kilminster, Aidan Sinnott, and John Triantafillis
Derivation of soil-attribute estimations from legacy soil maps, Nathan P. Odgers, Karen Holmes, Ted A. Griffin, and Craig Liddicoat
Management options for water-repellent soils in Australian dryland agriculture, M. M. Roper, S. L. Davies, P. S. Blackwell, D. J. M. Hall, D. Bakker, R. Jongepier, and P. R. Ward
Morphological and moisture availability controls of the leaf area-to-sapwood area ratio: analysis of measurements on Australian trees, Henrique Furstenau Togashi, Iain Colin Prentice, Bradley John Evans, David Ian Forrester, Paul Drake, Paul Feikema, Kim Brooksbank, Derek Eamus, and Daniel Taylor
Submissions from 2014
Broadacre farm productivity and profitability in south-western Australia, Nazrul Islam, Vilaphonh Xayavong, and Ross Kingwell
Rapid emission of nitrous oxide from fallow over summer following wetting in a Mediterranean-type environment, Sudheesh Manalil, Glen Riethmuller, and Ken C. Flower
Fit-for-purpose phosphorus management: do riparian buffers qualify in catchments with sandy soils?, David Weaver and Robert N. Summers
Submissions from 2013
Predictions of watertable depth and soil salinity levels for land capability assessment using site indicator species, Sarita Jane Bennett and E G. Barrett-Lennard
The relative profitability of dairy, sheep, beef and grain farm enterprises in southeast Australia under selected rainfall and price scenarios, Natalie Browne, Ross Kingwell, Ralph Behrendt, and Richard Eckard
Estimating farm to catchment nutrient fluxes using dynamic simulation modelling – Can agri-environmental BMPs really do the job?, Mark R. Rivers, David Weaver, Keith R J Smettem, and Peter Davies
Submissions from 2012
Estimating and modifying the effects of agricultural development on the groundwater balance of large wheatbelt catchments, Richard J. George
Salinity threatens the viability of agriculture and ecosystems in Western Australia, Richard J. George, D J. McFarlane, and Bob Nulsen
Use of the electromagnetic-induction meter (EM38) as a tool in managing salinisation, R C. McKenzie, Richard J. George, S A. Woods, M E. Cannon, and Don Bennett
Submissions from 2011
Field-scale spatial variability of saturated hydraulic conductivity on a recently constructed artificial ecosystem, Willis Gwenzi, Christoph Hinz, Karen Holmes, Ian R. Phillips, and Ian J. Mullins
Spatial analysis of fine root distribution on a recently constructed ecosystem in a water-limited environment, Willis Gwenzi, Erik Veneklaas, Karen Holmes, Timothy M. Bleby, Ian R. Phillips, and Christoph Hinz
Meeting bulk density sampling requirements efficiently to estimate soil carbon stocks, Karen Holmes, Andrew Wherrett, Adrian Keating, and Daniel Murphy
Managing complexity in modern farming, Ross Kingwell
The whole-farm benefits of controlled traffic farming: An Australian appraisal, Ross Kingwell and Amy Fuchsbichler
A longitudinal examination of business performance indicators for drought-affected farms, R. A. Lawes and Ross Kingwell
Optimizing competitive uses of water for irrigation and fisheries, Lap Doc Tran, Steven Schilizzi, Morteza Chalak, and Ross Kingwell
Submissions from 2010
A methodology to estimate the future extent of dryland salinity in the southwest of Western Australia, Peter Caccetta, Robert Dunne, Richard J. George, and Don J. McFarlane
Temporal and spatial patterns of salinity in a catchment of the central wheatbelt of Western Australia, Michael J. Robertson, Richard J. George, M H. O'Connor, W Dawes, Y M. Oliver, and Gregory Paul Raper
Submissions from 2009
Identifying the value of pasture improvement using wholefarm modelling, A. Bathgate, C. Revell, and Ross Kingwell
Constraints to farmers managing dryland salinity in the central wheatbelt of Western Australia, M. J. Robertson, Ross Kingwell, T. G. Measham, M. O'Connor, and G. Batchelor
Effectiveness of a publicly-funded demonstration program to promote management of dryland salinity, M. J. Robertson, T. G. Measham, G. Batchelor, Richard J. George, Ross Kingwell, and K. Hosking
Submissions from 2008
Modern and palaeogeographic trends in the salinisation of the Western Australian wheatbelt: a review, Richard J. George, Jonathan Clarke, and Pauline English
Computer games and fun in farming‐systems education?: A case study, V. Stewart, S. Marsh, R. S. Kingwell, D. Pannell, A. Abadi, and S G.M Schilizzi
Eucalyptus globulus agroforestry on deep sands on the southeast coast of Western Australia: The promise and the reality, R. A. Sudmeyer and J. A. Simons
Submissions from 2007
The influence of farm landscape shape on the impact and management of dryland salinity, Ross Kingwell and Michele John
A review of a community-based approach to combating land degradation: dryland salinity management in Australia, Ross Kingwell, Michele John, and Michael Robertson
Relative effects of mammal herbivory and plant spacing on seedling recruitment following fire and mining, Michael H. Parsons, Christine M. Rafferty, Byron B. Lamont, Kenneth Dods, and Meredith M. Fairbanks
Submissions from 2006
Assessing salt-affected soils using remote sensing, solute modelling, and geophysics, J Farifteh, A Farshad, and Richard J. George
Planting density effects and selective herbivory by kangaroos on species used in restoring forest communities, Michael H. Parsons, John Koch, Byron B. Lamont, Stephen Vlahos, and Meredith M. Fairbanks
Submissions from 2005
Rainfall and farm efficiency measurement for broadacre agriculture in South-Western Australia, Ben Henderson and Ross Kingwell
Economic trends and drivers affecting the Wheatbelt of Western Australia to 2030, Ross Kingwell and David Pannell
Agricultural systems for saline soil: The potential role of livestock, David G. Masters, H C. Norman, and E G. Barrett-Lennard
Submissions from 2004
Evaluation of the impacts of deep open drains on groundwater levels in the wheatbelt of Western Australia, Riasat Ali, Tom Hatton, Richard J. George, John Byrne, and Geoff Hodgson
Submissions from 2003
Groundwater processes, sandplain seeps and interactions with regional aquifer systems in South-Western Australia, Richard J. George
Hydraulic properties of groundwater systems in the saprolite and sediments of the wheatbelt, Western Australia, Richard J. George
The role of soil organic matter in the geochemical cycling of chloride and bromide, Robert G. Gerritse and Richard J. George
An economic evaluation of deep tillage to reduce soil compaction on crop-livestock farms in Western Australia, Amir Abadi Ghadim, R. S. Kingwell, and David Pannell
Preclearing hydrology of the Western Australia wheatbelt: target for the future, Tom Hatton, John Ruprecht, and Richard J. George
Quality assurance certification and implementation: growers' costs and perceived benefits, Ross Kingwell
The Effect of Climatic Risk on Dryland Farm Management, R. S. Kingwell, D. A. Morrison, and A. D. Bathgate
Dryland pasture improvement given climatic risk, R. S. Kingwell and S G.M Schilizzi
A mathematical programming model of a crop-livestock farm system, D. A. Morrison, Ross S. Kingwell, David J. Pannell, and Michael A. Ewing
