A survey design for monitoring the abundance of arboreal marsupials in the Central Highlands of Victoria

Biological Conservation

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 161-167

  Lindenmayer, D B ^a   Cunningham, R B ^a   MacGregor, C ^a   Incoll, R D ^a,b   Michael, D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Government of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal abundance; Arboreal marsupials; Monitoring; Montane ash forests; South eastern Australia; Survey design; Zero inflated data

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SURVEY DESIGN;

AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL HIGHLANDS; VICTORIA;

ANIMALIA; FRAXINUS; GYMNOBELIDEUS LEADBEATERI; METATHERIA; PETAUROIDES VOLANS; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS CANINUS; TRICHOSURUS CUNNINGHAMII; VICTORIA;

EID: 0037354915     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00171-4     Document Type: Article

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