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

Biological Conservation

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 281-291

  Soderquist, Todd R ^a,b   Mac Nally, Ralph ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Box ironbark forest; Eucalyptus; Marsupials; Mesic gullies; Source and sink populations

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST DEGRADATION; FOREST; HABITAT; MAMMAL; SURVIVAL; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT QUALITY; MAMMAL; NATURE CONSERVATION; WATER STRESS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034051724     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00153-6     Document Type: Article

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