Landholder participation in native vegetation management in irrigation areas: Research report

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-48

  Mendham, Emily ^a   Millar, Joanne ^a   Curtis, Allan ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Institute for Land   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Irrigation; Landholder adoption; Murray Irrigation; Native vegetation

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION; LANDOWNERSHIP; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATIVE SPECIES; POLICY APPROACH; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33847628292     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2007.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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