Review of gene movement by bats and birds and its potential significance for eucalypt plantation forestry

Australian Forestry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-53

  Southerton, S G ^a   Birt, P ^b   Porter, J ^b   Ford, H A ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b University of New England ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal behaviour; Birds; Chiroptera; Eucalypts; Feeding behaviour; Forest ecology; Forest management; Gene flow; Geographical dispersal; Geographical distribution; Nectar; Pollen; Pollination; Pollinators; Pteropodidae

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; HARVESTING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHIROPTERA; FOREST ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISPERSAL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NECTAR; PTEROPODIDAE;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; HARVESTERS; PLANTATIONS; POLLINATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHIROPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; HEXAPODA; MELIPHAGIDAE; MILETINAE; PTEROPODIDAE;

EID: 1842660784     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2004.10676205     Document Type: Article

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