Hotspots of biodiversity or homogeneous landscapes? farm dams as biodiversity reserves in Australia

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3043-3052

  Brainwood, Meredith ^a   Burgin, Shelley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Biodiversity reservoirs; Farm ponds; Heterogeneous environment; Heterogeneous landscape; Macroinvertebrate assemblage; Macroinvertebrate diversity; Refugia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; REFUGIUM; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; URBANIZATION; WATER USE; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70350617815     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9623-5     Document Type: Article

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