Restoring native vegetation in an agricultural landscape: Spatial optimization for woodland birds

Land Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 252-271

  Polyakov, Maksym ^a   Pannell, David J ^a   Chalak, Morteza ^a   Park, Geoff ^b   Roberts, Anna ^b   Rowles, Alexei D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Natural Decisions Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; HABITAT RESTORATION; NATIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

AVES;

EID: 84929664488     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.91.2.252     Document Type: Article

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