Wildlife Conservation in Farm Landscapes
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4863-0310-6 (ISBN)
An increasing number of Australians want to be assured that the food and fibre being produced on this continent have been grown and harvested in an ecologically sustainable way. Ecologically sustainable farming conserves the array of species that are integral to key ecological processes such as pollination, seed dispersal, natural pest control and the decomposition of waste.
Wildlife Conservation in Farm Landscapes communicates new scientific information about best practice ways to integrate conservation and agriculture in the temperate eucalypt woodland belt of eastern Australia. It is based on the large body of scientific literature in this field, as well as long-term studies at 790 permanent sites on over 290 farms extending throughout Victoria, New South Wales and south-east Queensland. Richly illustrated, with chapters on birds, mammals, reptiles, invertebrates and plants, this book illustrates how management interventions can promote nature conservation and what practices have the greatest benefit for biodiversity. Together the new insights in this book inform whole-of-farm planning.
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. Damian Michael is a Senior Research Officer in Ecology at The Australian National University. He has broad interests in landscape ecology, biodiversity conservation, herpetology and understanding the ecological importance of rocky outcrops in agricultural landscapes. He manages several large-scale biodiversity monitoring programs in New South Wales and has published 90 scientific papers and six books. Mason Crane has been a field-based research officer with the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the ANU for the last 15 years. Sachiko Okada is a senior research officer at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the ANU. Daniel Florance manages the Australian Government's Environmental Stewardship Program. Since 2012, he has worked as a research officer at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the ANU. Philip Barton is a community ecologist interested in the drivers of insect diversity in box-gum grassy woodlands. Karen Ikin is a postdoctoral fellow with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, based at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the ANU.
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Birds
3. Mammals
4. Reptiles
5. Invertebrates
6. Vegetation cover and Plants
7. Managing wildlife friendly farms
8. General discussion
Appendix 1: References
Appendix 2: Common and scientific names
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 07.09.2016 |
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Zusatzinfo | 164 colour photographs, 12 illustrations |
Verlagsort | Melbourne |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 170 x 245 mm |
Gewicht | 587 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4863-0310-2 / 1486303102 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4863-0310-6 / 9781486303106 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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