Regional planning in Queensland's rangelands: Challenges and prospects for biodiversity conservation

Geographical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-42

  McAlpine, Clive A ^a   Heyenga, Sonja ^a,b   Taylor, Bruce ^b   Peterson, Ann ^a   McDonald, Geoff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity targets; Cross scalar issues; Knowledge management; Plan evaluation criteria; Priorities; Science planning integration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GRAZING PRESSURE; NATURAL RESOURCE; RANGELAND; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 33846783015     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2007.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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