Title Integrating wildlife conservation in farm landscapes / David Lindenmayer, Damian Michael, Mason Crane, Sachiko Okada, Daniel Florance, Philip Barton and Karen Ikin

Published Clayton, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; The underlying philosophy of our applied research work and the scientific process; The concept of 'scale'; The structure of this book; Our use of common and scientific names; Caveats; 2 Birds; Bird breeding success in woodland patches; Birds in nest boxes; Birds and paddock trees; Networks of species -- friends and foes; Not all patches of bush are equal -- bird responses to different kinds of broad vegetation structure; Why are there such marked differences in bird occurrence between the different kinds of vegetation? Which attributes of remnants are important for birds?Which attributes of plantings are important for birds?; Birds and travelling stock reserves; Pines and woodland patches; Bird responses to total vegetation cover at different scales; Bird occurrence over time; Do plantings get better with age?; Birds and the Millennium Drought; Management interventions and birds; Are birds good indicators?; Concluding comments; 3 Mammals; Introduction; Habitat trees, paddock trees and arboreal marsupials -- the case of the Squirrel Glider Countryside elements and mammals -- the special case of the Squirrel GliderMammals in nest boxes; What makes a good woodland remnant for arboreal marsupials?; Mammals and travelling stock reserves; Can there be too many mouths to feed?; Change in mammal abundance over time; Mammals in woodland patches surrounded by pine stands; Concluding comments; 4 Reptiles; A way of categorising reptiles; Reptiles and regrowth woodland; Do reptiles use tree plantings?; Boulenger's Skink and lizard morphology; Rocky outcrops and reptiles; Management interventions and reptiles; Reptile assemblages Reptiles in woodlands surrounded by stands of pineConcluding comments; 5 Invertebrates; Kangaroos and beetles; Ants in grazing landscapes; Butterflies in grazing landscapes; 'Bugs' and pines -- what happens to invertebrates in eucalypt patches surrounded by pine plantations; Concluding comments; 6 Vegetation cover and plants; Introduction; Increase in vegetation cover over time; Changes in vegetation attributes over time; How management interventions changes and improves vegetation; Where in landscapes are key vegetation structures most likely to occur? Paddock trees as keystone elements in agricultural landscapes -- changes in paddock trees over timeMistletoe as a key resource; Large logs as a critical resource; Home grown -- native grass as a key habitat resource; Rocks are good for plants too; Regeneration dynamics in grazing landscapes; Where it is best to do plantings and how they should be designed?; Concluding comments; 7 Managing wildlife friendly farms; Introduction; Protect what is already there; Restore what is missing; Putting it all together -- evidence-based farm planning for integrating farming, biodiversity and other values Summary New and novel perspectives on integrating farming practices and wildlife conservation and other environmental values Analysis Australian Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Wildlife conservation -- Australia Wildlife management -- Australia Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- Australia Farm management -- Australia Land use, Rural -- Australia -- Management TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General. Agriculture -- Environmental aspects Farm management Land use, Rural -- Management Wildlife conservation Wildlife management Australia Form Electronic book Author Michael, Damian, author Crane, Mason, author Okada, Sachiko, author Florance, Daniel, author Barton, Philip (Ecologist), author. Ikin, Karen, author ISBN 9781486303113 1486303110

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