Diversity and abundance of pit-trapped reptiles in Australian arid and mesic habitats: Biodiversity for environmental impact assessments

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 120-135

  Thompson, Graham G ^a   Thompson, Scott A ^a   Withers, Philip C ^b   Pianka, Eric R ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Australia; Diversity; EIA; Pit trapping; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PITFALL TRAP; REPTILE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA;

GEKKONIDAE; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; TYPHLOPIDAE;

EID: 0242369739     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc030120     Document Type: Article

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