The value of 'bat boxes' for attracting hollow-dependent fauna to farm forestry plantations in southeast Queensland

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-46

  Smith, Geoffrey C ^a   Agnew, Gordon ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antechinus; Biodiversity; Farm forestry; Glider; Marsupial; Microbat; Nest box; Roost

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; BAT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MARSUPIAL; PLANTATION; ROOST SITE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ACROBATES PYGMAEUS; ANIMALIA; ANTECHINUS; ANTECHINUS FLAVIPES; METATHERIA; NYCTOPHILUS GOULDI; PETAURUS BREVICEPS; PETAURUS NORFOLCENSIS; SCIURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942743544     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-8903.2002.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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