Australia's Stock Route Network: 1. A review of its values and implications for future management

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-127

  Lentini, Pia E ^a   Fischer, Joern ^b   Gibbons, Philip ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^a   Martin, Tara G ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Linear remnant; Roadside vegetation; SRN; Stock reserve; Stock route; Travelling stock; TSR; Verge

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL HERITAGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LANDHOLDING; LINEARITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; PUBLIC SPACE; REVEGETATION; ROAD TRANSPORT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 79960703788     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00591.x     Document Type: Review

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