Differential responses of plants, reptiles and birds to grazing management, fertilizer and tree clearing

Austral Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 569-582

  Dorrough, J ^a,b,c   Mcintyre, S ^a,b   Brown, G ^a,c   Stol, J ^a,b   Barrett, G ^a,b,e   Brown, A ^a,d  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Livestock; Native pasture; Nutrient enrichment; Rotational grazing; Woodland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIRD; DATA SET; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GRAZING PRESSURE; LIVESTOCK; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PASTURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPTILE; SOIL NUTRIENT; TAXONOMY; WOODLAND;

AVES; REPTILIA;

EID: 84864137139     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02317.x     Document Type: Article

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