Brave new green world - Consequences of a carbon economy for the conservation of Australian biodiversity

Biological Conservation

Volumn 161, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-90

  Bradshaw, Corey J A ^a,b   Bowman, David M J S ^c   Bond, Nick R ^d   Murphy, Brett P ^c,e   Moore, Andrew D ^f   Fordham, Damien A ^a   Thackway, Richard ^g   Lawes, Michael J ^h   McCallum, Hamish ^d   Gregory, Stephen D ^a   Dalal, Ram C ⁱ   Boer, Matthias M ^j   Lynch, A Jasmyn J ^k   Bradstock, Ross A ^l   Brook, Barry W ^a   Henry, Beverley K ^m   Hunt, Leigh P ^f   Fisher, Diana O ^g   Hunter, David ⁿ   Johnson, Christopher N ^c   Keith, David A ⁿ   Lefroy, Edward C ^c   Penman, Trent D ^l   Meyer, Wayne S ^a   Thomson, James R ^o   Thornton, Craig M ^p   VanDerWal, Jeremy ^q   Williams, Richard J ^f   Keniger, Lucy ^g   Specht, Alison ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^j WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^m QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

ⁿ New South Wales Department of Environment Climate Change and Water   (Australia)

^o MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^p Queensland Department of Natural Resources Mines and Energy Rockhampton   (Australia)

^q JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon price; Carbon sequestration; Carbon tax; Cropping; Emissions; Feral animals; Fire; Forestry; Greenhouse gases; Invasive species; Livestock; Plantings; Regrowth; Stocking

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LAND MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION POLICY; REGROWTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84876351437     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.02.012     Document Type: Review

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