A land management history for central Queensland, Australia as determined from land-holder questionnaire and aerial photography

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 409-420

  Fensham, Roderick J ^a   Fairfax, Russell J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Australia; Clearing; Fire; Grazing; Land management; Land use; Queensland; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AGRICULTURE; ANTENNAS; FIRES; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA; CLEARING; GRAZING; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LAND TYPES; MANAGEMENT HISTORY; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SITE COMBINATIONS;

LAND USE;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DEFORESTATION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE;

ACACIA; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUCALYPTUS; FIRE ECOLOGY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LAND USE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLOWING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ACACIA;

EID: 0141727354     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4797(03)00110-5     Document Type: Article

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