Effects of variable-intensity logging on mammals, reptiles and amphibians at Waratah Creek, southeastern New South Wales

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 326-347

  Kavanagh, Rodney P ^a   Webb, Garry A ^a,b  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^b Sumitomo Chemical Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arboreal marsupials; Disturbance; Frogs; Lizards; Logging; Mammals; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; RECOLONIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; WARATAH CREEK;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BREVICEPS; GEOCRINIA; GEOCRINIA VICTORIANA; HELEIOPORUS; HELEIOPORUS AUSTRALIACUS; LIMNODYNASTES PERONII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; NIVEOSCINCUS; NIVEOSCINCUS COVENTRYI; PETAUROIDES VOLANS; PETAURUS AUSTRALIS; PETAURUS BREVICEPS; PSEUDOPHRYNE; PSEUDOPHRYNE BIBRONII; REPTILIA; RIPARIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0032288379     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc980326     Document Type: Article

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