Does re-vegetating poor-performing patches in agricultural fields improve ecosystem function in the northern sandplain of the Western Australian wheatbelt?

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 912-920

  Lawes, R A ^a,c   Dodd, M B ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c CSIRO Centre for Environment and Life Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ARABLE LAND; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FIELD; PATCH SIZE; PATCH USE; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; REVEGETATION; SALINITY; WHEAT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70349204171     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP08352     Document Type: Article

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