Enhancing biodiversity persistence in intensively used agricultural landscapes: A synthesis of 30 years of research in the Western Australian wheatbelt

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 132, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 173-191

  Prober, Suzanne M ^a   Smith, F Patrick ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation intensification; Exotic invasion; Fire; Fragmentation; Nutrient enrichment; Production landscapes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATURE CONSERVATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DECLINE; RESEARCH; TAXONOMY; WHEAT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

UNGULATA;

EID: 65949084728     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.04.005     Document Type: Review

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