Terrestrial avifauna of the Gippsland Plain and Strzelecki Ranges, Victoria, Australia: Insights from Atlas data

Wildlife Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 531-555

  Radford, James Q ^a   Bennett, Andrew F ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION STATUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SPECIES INVENTORY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GIPPSLAND; STRZELECKI RANGES; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 32444436513     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR04012     Document Type: Article

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