Ranking conservation and timber management options for Leadbeater's Possum in southeastern Australia using population viability analysis

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 235-251

  Lindenmayer, David B ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED MAMMAL; FIRE; LEADBEATER'S POSSUM; LOGGING; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; TIMBER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA;

GYMNOBELIDEUS LEADBEATERI; MAMMALIA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0029667695     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10010235.x     Document Type: Article

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