Measure it to better manage it: A biodiversity monitoring framework for the Australian rangelands

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-253

  Eyre, Teresa J ^a   Fisher, Alaric ^b   Hunt, Leigh P ^c   Kutt, Alex S ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

adaptive monitoring; conservation; rangeland condition; rangeland management; reference sites.

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052695735     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ10071     Document Type: Review

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