The effects of habitat fragmentation due to forestry plantation establishment on the demography and genetic variation of a marsupial carnivore, Antechinus agilis

Biological Conservation

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 581-597

  Banks, S C ^a   Finlayson, G R ^a   Lawson, S J ^b   Lindenmayer, D B ^b   Paetkau, D ^c,d   Ward, S J ^e   Taylor, A C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d WILDLIFE GENETICS INTERNATIONAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Antechinus; Genetic variation; Habitat fragmentation; Patch occupancy; Softwood plantation

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MARSUPIAL; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANTECHINUS; EUCALYPTUS; METATHERIA;

EID: 10044245184     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.09.013     Document Type: Article

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