Responses of mammals to rainforest fragmentation in tropical Queensland: A review and synthesis

Wildlife Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 603-612

  Laurance, William F ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST FRAGMENTATION; MAMMAL; RAINFOREST;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030665434     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR96039     Document Type: Article

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