Age structure and density of red-capped robin populations vary with habitat size and shape

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 901-908

  Major, Richard E ^a   Christie, Fiona J ^a   Gowing, Greg ^a   Ivison, Tessa J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Corridor; Fragmentation; Metapopulation; Remnants

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALIA;

PETROICA GOODENOVII;

EID: 0033390681     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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