Which birds are useful bioindicators of mining and grazing impacts in arid South Australia?

Environmental Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 215-232

  Read, J L ^a,b   Reid, N ^b   Venables, W N ^c  

^a BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Bioindicators; Birds; Mining; Pastoralism; South Australia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AVIFAUNA; BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINING;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPING; MINING; NONHUMAN;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033936257     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002670010083     Document Type: Article

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