The recovery of populations of bush rat Rattus fuscipes in forest fragments following major population reduction

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 649-658

  Lindenmayer, David B ^a   Cunningham, Ross B ^a   Peakall, Rod ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance regimes; Fragmentation; Genetic tagging; Manipulative experiment; Population depletion; Population genetics; Population recovery; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; RODENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS FUSCIPES;

EID: 28244474461     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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