Assessing the habitat quality of oil mallees and other planted farmland vegetation with reference to natural woodland

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-227

  Smith, F Patrick ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Alley farming; Biodiversity conservation; Farm forestry; Revegetation; Vegetation condition

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT CREATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; RECOLONIZATION; REVEGETATION; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE PLANTING; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70649090344     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2009.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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