Understanding landholder values and intentions to improve remnant vegetation management in Australia: The box-ironbark case study

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 93-105

  Dettmann, P D ^a   Hamilton, S D ^a   Curtis, A L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biodiversity management; Box Ironbark forest; Landholders; Private land management; Remnant vegetation; Values; Victoria

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT LOSS;

AUSTRALIA;

VICTORIA;

EID: 0033780614     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v16n03_07     Document Type: Article

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