The dynamics and conservation of a spatially subdivided avian population in a fragmented landscape

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 159-169

  Luck, Gary W ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Population growth rates; Rufous treecreeper; Source sink populations; Woodland birds

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AVES; CLIMACTERIS RUFA; GALLIFORMES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0036951314     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc020159     Document Type: Article

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