The influence of social behaviour, dispersal and landscape fragmentation on population structure in a sedentary bird

Biological Conservation

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 237-248

  Cale, Peter G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Dept Primary Industries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Dispersal; Fragmentation; Metapopulation; Scale

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DISPERSAL; FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES; POMATOSTOMUS; POMATOSTOMUS SUPERCILIOSUS; TIMALIIDAE;

EID: 0037289864     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00152-0     Document Type: Article

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