A ground cover-based incentive approach to enhancing resilience in rangelands viewed as complex adaptive systems

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-291

  Hacker, Ronald B ^a   Jessop, Peter J ^b   Smith, Warren J ^a   Melville, Gavin J ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b Industry and Investment NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

conservation outcomes; erosion reduction; natural resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956655370     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ10011     Document Type: Article

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