Habitat requirements of the threatened snake species Hoplocephalus stephensii (Elapidae) in eastern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 465-474

  Fitzgerald, Mark ^a   Shine, Richard ^a   Lemckert, Francis ^b   Towerton, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Research and Development Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arboreal; Conservation; Forest; Management; Rainforest; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; SNAKE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ELAPIDAE; HOPLOCEPHALUS STEPHENSII; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 21444438797     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01489.x     Document Type: Article

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