Categorizing Australian landscapes as an aid to assessing the generality of landscape management guidelines

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Hobbs, Richard J ^a   McIntyre, S ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate classification; IBRA bioregions; Landscape alteration; Landscape modification; Landscape variation; Management guidelines; Vegetation types

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12444317627     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2004.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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