What makes a good farm for wildlife?

Cover......Page 1
Contents
......Page 6
Biographies of the authors......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
What are temperate woodlands?......Page 16
Why is conserving biodiversity on farms beneficial and important?......Page 18
Background material for this book......Page 25
Introduction......Page 32
The ground layer......Page 34
The understorey layer......Page 39
The overstorey layer......Page 42
Remnant size......Page 46
The importance of adjacency and landscape context......Page 49
Summary......Page 51
Introduction......Page 58
Where should you plant?......Page 61
How big should your planting be?......Page 68
What shape should a planting be?......Page 69
What should you plant?......Page 72
Management of plantings......Page 75
Summary......Page 79
Introduction......Page 86
Paddock trees......Page 88
Threats to paddock trees and threat management......Page 89
Fallen timber......Page 93
Native grasses......Page 99
Shrubs and saltbush......Page 104
Summary......Page 106
Introduction......Page 112
Ecological value of rocky outcrops......Page 115
Attributes of rocky outcrops......Page 119
Threats to rocky outcrops and their management......Page 123
Summary......Page 131
Introduction......Page 134
Attributes of well-managed streams and natural drainage lines......Page 135
Attributes of well-managed farm dams......Page 140
Summary......Page 152
Introduction......Page 154
The importance of variation or heterogeneity in native vegetation on farms......Page 155
Conserving biodiversity on farms – impediment or opportunity?......Page 156
Developing a farm plan......Page 157
Beyond the farm – the landscape scale......Page 160
Travelling stock reserves as critical parts of agricultural landscapes for biodiversity conservation......Page 165
Summary......Page 166
Conclusion......Page 168
Index......Page 172