Wildlife Conservation in Farm Landscapes.

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 Glider -- Mammals 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 pine -- Concluding 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 time -- Mistletoe 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 -- Developing evidence-based farm plans -- Concluding comments -- 8 General discussion -- Generating co-benefits - farming, carbon and wildlife -- Being paid to conserve biodiversity on farms -- The dangers of over-intensification -- Fire and farm planning -- Why monitoring is important -- Concluding comments -- Appendix 1 - List of common and scientific names -- Appendix 2 - References -- Index.

Novel perspectives on integrating farming practices and wildlife conservation and other environmental values.

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