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"Land Condition" As A Surrogate For Biodiversity Health In Tropical Savanna Rangelands
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Author
Fisher, A.
Kutt, A.
Anderson, A.
Karfs, R.
Milne, D.
Risler, J.
Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2004
Body

There are well- established procedures and indicators for assessing and monitoring "land condition" in Australian rangelands. None of the current monitoring programs explicitly encompasses biodiversity, although it has been suggested that some indicators of land condition may also be useful surrogates for biodiversity health. We tested this assumption through detailed biodiversity assessment at sites in arange of condition states in two pastoral regions in northern Australia, the Victoria River District (Northern Territory) and the Dalrymple Shire (Queensland). ...

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Paper
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Use this form to cite paper: Anderson, L., van Klinken,R.D.,and Shepherd, D. (2008). Aerially surveying Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) in the Pilbara. In: ‘A Climate of Change in the Rangelands. Proceedings of the 15thAustralian Rangeland Society Biennial Conference’. (Ed. D. Orr) 4 pages. (Australian Rangeland Society: Australia).
Conference Name
13th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs
Collection
Australian Rangelands
Keywords
monitoring techniques
taxa