The regional distribution of large gliding possums in southern Queensland, Australia. I. The yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-86

  Eyre, Teresa J ^a   Buck, Rosalie G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arboreal marsupials; Geographic Information Systems; Landscape ecology; Logistic regression; Model validation; Spatial models; Statistical modelling

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GIS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MARSUPIAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

METATHERIA; PETAURUS AUSTRALIS;

EID: 19444362741     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.03.012     Document Type: Article

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