Effects of rainforest fragmentation on non-flying mammals of the Eastern Dorrigo Plateau, Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-189

  Cox, Michelle P ^a   Dickman, Chris R ^a   Hunter, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Mammals; Species abundance; Species richness; Warm temperate rainforest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FRAGMENTATION; MAMMAL; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA; EASTERN DORRIGO PLATEAU; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ALOPIAS; ANTECHINUS STUARTII; DASYURIDAE; MAMMALIA; MELOMYS CERVINIPES; PERAMELES NASUTA; PERAMELIDAE; PEREGRINUS; PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS; RATTUS FUSCIPES; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0242381303     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00105-8     Document Type: Article

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