Review of the ecology of Australian urban fauna: A focus on spatially explicit processes

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 126-148

  Garden, Jenni ^a   McAlpine, Clive ^a   Peterson, Ann ^a   Jones, Darryl ^b   Possingham, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological level; Habitat condition; Landscape context; Long term study; Scale

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT QUALITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33644659327     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01578.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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