Land use, habitat change and the conservation of birds in fragmented rural environments: A landscape perspective from the Northern Plains, Victoria, Australia

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 244-261

  Bennett, Andrew F ^a   Ford, Leigh A ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Birds; Habitat Fragmentation; Landscape Pattern; Northern Plains; Remnant Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIRD COMMUNITY; CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION;

AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, NORTHERN PLAINS;

EID: 0031400343     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc970244     Document Type: Article

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