The effects of fragmentation and disturbance of rainforest on ground-dwelling small mammals on the Robertson Plateau, New South Wales, Australia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-201

  Dunstan, Catherine E ^a,b   Foxt, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Dasyuridae; Disturbance; Fragmentation; Mammals; Marsupials; Rainforest; Rodentia; Small; Species richness; Temperate

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, ROBERTSON PLATEAU;

ANTECHINUS STUARTII; ANTECHINUS SWAINSONII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; RATTUS FUSCIPES; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030304558     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1996.d01-220.x     Document Type: Article

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