Historical and current land use shape landscape restoration options in the Australian wheat and sheep farming zone

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 124-132

  Duncan, David H ^a   Dorrough, Josh W ^b  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Grazing; Intensification; Land use change; Native vegetation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; GRAZING; INTENSIFICATION; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LAND-USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE RESTORATION; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA; VEGETATION PATCHES;

LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GRAZING; HISTORY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; NATIVE SPECIES; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHAPE; SHEEP; VEGETATION COVER; WHEAT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MALLEE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WIMMERA;

OVIS ARIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 67349228770     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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