A large-scale 'experiment' to examine the effects of landscape context and habitat fragmentation on mammals

Biological Conservation

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 387-403

  Lindenmayer, D B ^a   Cunningham, R B ^a   Pope, M L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Landscape context; Mammals; Plantation design; Remnant vegetation; Sampling methods for mammals; Southeastern Australia

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MAMMAL;

AUSTRALIA;

ANTECHINUS STUARTII; EUCALYPTUS; PINUS RADIATA; RATTUS FUSCIPES; TRICHOSURUS CANINUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; VOMBATUS URSINUS; WALLABIA BICOLOR;

EID: 0032985248     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00111-6     Document Type: Article

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