The edge effect and ecotonal species: Bird communities across a natural edge in southeastern Australia

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3048-3059

  Baker, Jack ^a,b   French, Kris ^a   Whelan, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Australian bird community; Bird densities; Dasyornis brachypterus; Eastern Bristlebird; Ecotonal species; Ecotone; Generalist vs. specialist; Heathland; Species richness; Woodland

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DENSITY; ECOTONE; EDGE EFFECT; HEATHLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

(SOUTHEAST); AUSTRALIA;

AVES; DASYORNIS BRACHYPTERUS;

EID: 0037800372     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[3048:TEEAES]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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