Geometry of large woodland remnants and its influence on avifaunal distributions

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 401-416

  Harwood, Walter ^a   Mac Nally, Ralph ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bayesian analyses; Birds; Box ironbark forests; Habitat fragmentation; Landscapes; Patch shapes; Peninsular effect

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; GEOMETRY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PATCHINESS; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WORLD;

AVES;

EID: 26244441588     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-004-3163-x     Document Type: Article

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