Integration by case, place and process: Transdisciplinary research for sustainable grazing in the Lachlan River catchment, Australia

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1219-1230

  Sherren, Kate ^a   Fischer, Joern ^a   Clayton, Helena ^a   Schirmer, Jacki ^a   Dovers, Stephen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fertiliser use; Landscape restoration; Rotational grazing; Scattered trees; Sustainable grazing; Transdisciplinary research; Tree decline

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CATCHMENT; ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRAZING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NATIVE SPECIES; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; REGENERATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALIA; LACHLAN BASIN; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 80053537393     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9494-x     Document Type: Article

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