Temperate Woodland Conservation and Management

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Csiro Publishing, 2010 - Nature - 386 pages
This book summarizes the main discoveries, management insights and policy initiatives in the science, management and policy arenas associated with temperate woodlands in Australia. More than 60 of Australia's leading researchers, policy makers and natural resource managers have contributed to the volume.

It features new perspectives on the integration of woodland management and agricultural production, including the latest thinking about whole of paddock restoration and carbon farming, as well as financial and social incentive schemes to promote woodland conservation and management.

Temperate Woodland Conservation and Management will be a key supporting aid for farmers, natural resource managers, policy makers, and people involved in NGO landscape restoration and management.

KEY FEATURES
* High quality chapters from the nation's leading researchers, managers and policy makers in temperate woodlands
* New perspectives on the integration of woodland management and agricultural production
* Easy to follow format that distills key new insights and lessons for future conservation and management initiatives
 

Contents

PART A
5
PART B
51
PART C
259
PART D
309
Conclusion
361
Index
375
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About the author (2010)

David Lindenmayer is a Professor at The Australian National University. He has worked on the conservation of forests and their wildlife for more than 35 years. He has published 45 books and over 1100 scientific papers, and has broad interests in conservation biology, landscape ecology, vertebrate ecology, forest ecology and woodland conservation. He has received numerous awards and is a member of the Australian Academy of Science and an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow. Richard Hobbs is Professor of Restoration Ecology at the University of Western Australia, where he holds an ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship, and leads the Ecosystem Restoration Laboratory.

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