What influences farmers to keep trees?. A case study from the Brigalow Belt, Queensland, Australia

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 266-281

  Seabrook, Leonie ^a   McAlpine, Clive ^a   Fensham, Rod ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cultural values; Generalised linear models; Native vegetation; Socio economic

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

CULTURAL VALUES; FARMERS; GENERALISED LINEAR MODELS; LANDSCAPES; NATIVE VEGETATION; PADDOCK TREES;

LANDFORMS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FOREST CLEARANCE; LANDOWNERSHIP; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIMBER INDUSTRY; URBAN SOCIETY; VEGETATION TYPE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRIGALOW BELT;

EID: 38849201071     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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