Identifying priority areas for conservation action in agricultural landscapes

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 106-123

  Bennett, Andrew F ^a   Mac Nally, Ralph ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Farmland; Landscape planning; Restoration; Revegetation; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; REVEGETATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 5444239982     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc040106     Document Type: Article

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