The importance of integrating science and management: lessons from terrestrial vegetation change on macquarie and heard Islands

Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 25-32

  Kirkpatrick, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Cats; Climate change; Exotic plant invasion; Heard island; Macquarie island; Management; Myxomatosis; Rabbits; Science; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749261787     PISSN: 00804703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26749/rstpp.143.1.25     Document Type: Article

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