Birds in patches of old-growth ash forest, in a matrix of younger forest

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-121

  Loyn, Richard H ^a  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PATCH USE;

AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL HIGHLANDS; VICTORIA;

AVES; SORBUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0032300510     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc980111     Document Type: Article

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