Improving the economic and environmental performance of a New Zealand hill country farm catchment: 3. Short-term outcomes of land-use change

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-169

  Dodd, M B ^a   Quinn, J M ^b   Thorrold, B S ^c   Parminter, T G ^a   Wedderburn, M E ^a  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c Dairy NZ   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Catchment management; Hill country; Intensification; Land use change

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STAKEHOLDER;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 49149127041     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288230809510444     Document Type: Article

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