Environmental, landscape and social predictors of native grassland loss in western Victoria, Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 308-318

  Williams, Nicholas S G ^a,b  

^a Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation assessment; Grey literature; Land cover change; Roadside vegetation

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 34147138775     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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