Bird responses at inherent and induced edges in the Murray Mallee, South Australia. 1. Differences in abundance and diversity

Emu

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 157-169

  Luck, Gary W ^a,b   Possingham, Hugh P ^a   Paton, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; LANDSCAPE CHANGE;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY MALLEE;

AVES; GYMNORHINA TIBICEN; MOHO BRACCATUS; PARDALOTUS PUNCTATUS; PHASIANIDAE; POMATOSTOMUS SUPERCILIOSUS; SPINY;

EID: 0032868989     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU99019     Document Type: Article

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