Properties of land mosaics: Implications for nature conservation in agricultural environments

Biological Conservation

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 250-264

  Bennett, Andrew F ^a   Radford, James Q ^a   Haslem, Angie ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Farmland; Heterogeneity; Landscape structure; Spatial configuration; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; LAND USE; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AVES;

EID: 33748602123     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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