Value of large-scale linear networks for bird conservation: A case study from travelling stock routes, Australia

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 302-309

  Lentini, Pia E ^a   Fischer, Joern ^a,b   Gibbons, Philip ^a   Hanspach, Jan ^a,c   Martin, Tara G ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corridor; Ecosystem services; Landscape supplementation; Linear remnant; Matrix; Scattered tree

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LINEARITY; MATRIX; NATIVE SPECIES; PASTURE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES;

EID: 79958061202     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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