The challenge of managing multiple species at multiple scales: Reptiles in an Australian grazing landscape

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-44

  Fischer, Joern ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^a   Cowling, Ann ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Fragmentation; Hierarchical experimental design; Landscape models; Variegated landscapes

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; REPTILE; SCALE EFFECT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANNIELLIDAE; ARANEAE; CARLIA; CARLIA TETRADACTYLA; COLEOPTERA; CTENOTUS ROBUSTUS; DELMA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS ALBENS; EUCALYPTUS MELLIODORA; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MORETHIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 1142269654     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2004.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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