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xii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
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Session 1. Setting the scene -- Farming with nature (1) / Lindsay Nicolson -- Farming with nature (2) / Biz Nicolson -- Biodiversity does matter / Denis Saunders -- Session 2. The two-edged sward -- Native grasslands - a South Australian perspective / Millie Nicholls -- Native grasslands in Tasmania / Cynthia & Tom Dunbabin -- Monaro, NSW - a question of need / Charles Litchfield -- Native grasslands on the Victorian Basalt Plains / Val Lang -- Native grasslands - who needs them? / Owen Whitaker -- Session 3. Biodiversity of the grassy landscape -- Bats in rural landscapes - a significant but largely unknown faunal component / Lindy Lumsden & Andrew Bennett -- Plains-wanderers, native grasslands and biodiversity / David Baker-Gabb -- Sun moths in the back paddock / Fabian Douglas -- Conservation management networks - a model for coordinated protection and management of remnant vegetation / Kevin Thiele & Suzanne Prober -- The significance and weed management of temperate native grasslands and box grassy woodlands in SA / Rick Davies -- Management of the Pygmy Bluetongue Lizard (Tiliqua adelaidensis) on private grazing properties, Mid-North SA / Sylvia Clarke -- Session 4. The nature of the business -- Grazing management of native pastures in hill country (abstract only) / Simon Ellis -- The farm business and natural resource management / Jim Crosthwaite -- Marketing opportunities / Geoff Watson -- Creating private markets for nature conservation / Carl Binning -- Session 5. Looking back - moving forward -- Indigenous land management perspective on conservation and production / Adrian Stanley -- Community perceptions of grassy vegetation / Kathryn Williams -- Rediscovering the past and making a future / Martin Driver -- A guide to best practice conservation of temperate native grasslands / James Ross -- Session 6. Managing native pasture -- Balancing pasture development options for landscape diversity / Peter Simpson -- Perennial native grasses - the quiet achievers / Bill Johnston -- Cropping native pasture and conserving biodiversity - a potential technique / Christine Jones -- Managing grassland composition with grazing / David Kemp -- Session 7. A broader look at grassy landscapes -- Conservation of biodiversity in grazed landscapes - some patchy principles / David Freudenberger -- Ecological limits to pasture intensification / Sue McIntyre - Perennial farming systems / Ted Lefroy -- Maintaining tree cover health in temperate pastoral landscapes / Nick Reid. Program agai |
| Notes |
"The conference was organised and funded by Bushcare, a program of the Commonwealth Government's Natural Heritage Trust." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
| Notes |
Also available electronically via the WWW |
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Copyright of the papers in these proceedings resides with the individual authors, and any inquiries in regards to their publication, either in whole or in part, should be addressed to them |
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Agricultural conservation -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Agricultural ecology -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Conservation of natural resources -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Agricultural ecology -- Australia.
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Conservation of natural resources -- Australia.
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Grassland conservation -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Grassland ecology -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Grassland ecology -- Australia.
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Land use, Rural -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Landscape ecology -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Landscape ecology -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Barlow, Tim.
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Thorburn, Roberta
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Natural Heritage Trust (Australia)
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Bushcare Grassy Landscapes Conference (1999 : Clare, S.A.)
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| LC no. |
00002136 |
| ISBN |
0642194785 |
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