The conservation value of mesic gullies in dry forest landscapes: Avian assemblages in the box-ironbark ecosystem of southern Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-302

  MacNally, Ralph ^a   Soderquist, Todd R ^a,b   Tzaros, Christopher ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Birds; Box ironbark forests; Densities; Dry woodlands; Eucalyptus; Gullies; Mesic woodlands; Upland slopes ridges

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; HABITAT; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034005958     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00154-8     Document Type: Article

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