Ecological restoration of farmland: Progress and prospects

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1492, 2008, Pages 831-847

  Wade, Mark R ^a   Gurr, Geoff M ^b   Wratten, Steve D ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agri environmental schemes; Biodiversity; Ecological restoration; External costs; Sustainable agriculture; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; FINANCIAL PROVISION; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; POLLUTION; REVIEW; SOIL; STANDARD; WILD ANIMAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INSECTS; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 40949164244     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2186     Document Type: Review

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