Understanding adoption of on-farm conservation practices in the burdekin dry tropics, Queensland

Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 278-288

  Herr, Alexander ^a   Greiner, Romy ^a   Stoeckl, Natalie ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 80052637334     PISSN: 14486563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14486563.2004.10648624     Document Type: Article

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