Conservation status of mammals and birds in southwestern Australian forests. II. Are there unstudied, indirect or long-term links between forestry practices and species decline and extinction?

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 315-325

  Calver, M C ^a   Dell, J ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b W Australian Mus of Nat Sciences ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; EXTINCTION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; POPULATION DECLINE; TIMBER INDUSTRY;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032287364     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc980315     Document Type: Article

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