Extinction and outbreaks accompany fragmentation of a reptile community

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 220-240

  Driscoll, Don A ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allozyme electrophoresis; Blind snake; Conservation; Corridor; Dispersal; Dragon; Genetic variation; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape ecology; Legless lizard; Livestock grazing; Roads

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; REPTILE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AMPHIBOLURUS; AMPHIBOLURUS NOBBI; ANNIELLIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TYPHLOPIDAE;

EID: 1242345292     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5248     Document Type: Article

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