The Australian Collaborative Rangelands Information System: Preparing for a climate of change

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-125

  Bastin, G N ^a   Smith, D M Stafford ^a   Watson, I W ^a   Fisher, A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b The Arts and Sport   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Institutions; Landscape function; Livestock; Rangeland monitoring; Seasonal quality; Socio economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949120014     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ08072     Document Type: Article

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