Factors at multiple scales affecting distribution patterns and their implications for animal conservation - Leadbeater's Possum as a case study

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-35

  Lindenmayer, D B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest management; Landscape analysis; Leadbeater's Possum; Logging effects; Spatial scale; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALIA;

GYMNOBELIDEUS LEADBEATERI;

EID: 0033953791     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008943713765     Document Type: Article

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