Factors affecting the abundance of hollows in logs in jarrah forest of south-western Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-160

  Williams, Matthew R ^a,b   Faunt, K ^a  

^a Dept of Conserv and Land Mgmt ^*  (Australia)

^b Science and Information Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arboreal marsupials; Fallen trees; Nest sites; Poisson regression

Indexed keywords

FALLEN LOG; JARRAH FOREST; LOG HOLLOW; MAMMAL; MICROHABITAT;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 0030763410     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00015-7     Document Type: Article

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