Blowing in the wind? Nutrient enrichment of remnant woodlands in an agricultural landscape

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-119

  Duncan, David H ^a   Dorrough, Josh ^a,b   White, Matt ^a   Moxham, Claire ^a  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cereal cropping; Edge effects; Fragmentation; Grazing; Intensification; Phosphorus; Semi arid woodlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; EDGE EFFECT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FRAGMENTATION; GRAZING PRESSURE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL NUTRIENT; VIABILITY; WIND; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 37349098014     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9160-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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