Is biodiversity management effective? Cross-sectional relationships between management, bird response and vegetation attributes in an Australian agri-environment scheme

Biological Conservation

Volumn 152, Issue , 2012, Pages 62-73

  Lindenmayer, David ^a   Wood, Jeff ^a   Montague Drake, Rebecca ^a   Michael, Damian ^a   Crane, Mason ^a   Okada, Sachiko ^a   MacGregor, Chris ^a   Gibbons, Phil ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscapes; Bird conservation; Management intervention; Reduced grazing pressure; Temperate woodland; Vegetation condition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CROSS SECTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATIVE SPECIES; OVERSTORY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES;

EID: 84862680663     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.02.026     Document Type: Article

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