Landscape and local influences on patterns of reptile occurrence in grazed temperate woodlands of southern Australia

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 277-288

  Brown, Geoff W ^a   Dorrough, Josh W ^b   Ramsey, David S L ^a  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biogeographic pattern; Multivariate model; Native pasture; Reptile; Tree cover

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERN; MULTIVARIATE MODELING; NATIVE PASTURE; REPTILE; TREE COVER;

FARMS;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROPPING PRACTICE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRAZING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; PASTURE; POLICY APPROACH; POPULATION DECLINE; REPTILE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; UNDERSTORY; WOODLAND; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA;

PYGOPODIDAE; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE;

EID: 80054871932     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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