The use of nest boxes in urban natural vegetation remnants by vertebrate fauna

Wildlife Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 509-516

  Harper, Michael J ^a   McCarthy, Michael A ^b   Van Der Ree, Rodney ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FAUNA; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS; AVES; BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS; PHALANGERIDAE; PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 32444442837     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR04106     Document Type: Article

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