In defence of small habitat islands: Termites (Isoptera) in the Western Australian central wheatbelt, and the importance of dispersal power in species occurrence

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-39

  Abensperg Traun, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dispersal power; Eucalyptus remnants; Fragmentation; Termites

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DISPERSAL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TERMITE;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS CAPILLOSA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 0034532356     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC000031     Document Type: Article

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