Interactions between water and nitrogen in Australian cropping systems: physiological, agronomic, economic, breeding and modelling perspectives

VO Sadras, PT Hayman, D Rodriguez… - Crop and Pasture …, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
This paper reviews the interactions between water and nitrogen from physiological,
agronomic, economic, breeding and modelling perspectives. Our primary focus is wheat; we …

Ecosystem service of biological pest control in Australia: the role of non‐crop habitats within landscapes

V Gagic, C Paull, NA Schellhorn - Austral Entomology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Semi‐natural areas surrounding field crops are generally shown to enhance natural
enemies of pests and biocontrol services within field crops worldwide. However, most of the …

Calculating the benefit of conservation actions

M Maron, JR Rhodes, P Gibbons - Conservation letters, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The benefit (or additionality) attributable to a conservation action is the difference between
the outcomes of two scenarios:(1) the scenario with the conservation action, and (2) the …

Beyond pattern to process: current themes and future directions for the conservation of woodland birds through restoration plantings

DJ Belder, JC Pierson, K Ikin… - Wildlife …, 2018 - CSIRO Publishing
Habitat loss as a result of land conversion for agriculture is a leading cause of global
biodiversity loss and altered ecosystem processes. Restoration plantings are an …

Surprisingly fast recovery of biological soil crusts following livestock removal in southern Australia

CF Read, DH Duncan, PA Vesk… - Journal of Vegetation …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Question: Biological soil crusts (BSCs) exist in arid and semi‐arid ecosystems
worldwide, and their recovery following the removal of a disturbance agent is integral to the …

Biological soil crust distribution is related to patterns of fragmentation and landuse in a dryland agricultural landscape of southern Australia

CF Read, DH Duncan, PA Vesk, J Elith - Landscape Ecology, 2008 - Springer
The dryland agricultural landscape of north-west Victoria, Australia, includes isolated
remnants of eucalypt woodland that are exposed to ongoing disturbance from sheep grazing …

Who participates in conservation incentive programs? Absentee and group landholders are in the mix

AJ Bond, PJ O'Connor, TR Cavagnaro - Land Use Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Voluntary incentive programs are widely used to generate conservation actions on private
land. Although there is a growing body of research about factors that influence landholder …

Exclusion of agricultural lands in spatial conservation prioritization strategies: consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem service representation

AP Durán, JP Duffy, KJ Gaston - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Agroecosystems have traditionally been considered incompatible with biological
conservation goals, and often been excluded from spatial conservation prioritization …

Using empirical models of species colonization under multiple threatening processes to identify complementary threat‐mitigation strategies

AIT Tulloch, A Mortelliti, GM Kay… - Conservation …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Approaches to prioritize conservation actions are gaining popularity. However, limited
empirical evidence exists on which species might benefit most from threat mitigation and on …

[图书][B] Restoring farm woodlands for wildlife

D Michael, M Crane, D Florance, E Burns… - 2018 - books.google.com
Millions of hectares of temperate woodland and billions of trees have been cleared from
Australia's agricultural landscapes. This has allowed land to be developed for cropping and …