Explaining bird species composition and richness in eucalypt-dominated remnants in subhumid Tasmania

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1415-1426

  MacDonald, Michael A ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscapes; Bird species richness; Competition; Eucalypt remnants; Habitat fragmentation; Noisy miner; Tasmania; Urban remnants

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES; MANORINA; MANORINA MELANOCEPHALA;

EID: 0141538141     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00927.x     Document Type: Article

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