Flooding in Barmah-Millewa Forest: Catastrophe or opportunity for non-aquatic fauna?

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-115

  Ballinger, Andrea ^a   Mac Nally, Ralph ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barmah Millewa Forest; Flooding; Insectivores; Invertebrates; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BARMAH-MILLEWA FOREST; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33644543120     PISSN: 00359211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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