Bird communities in remnant woodland on the New England Tablelands, New South Wales

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-63

  Debus, S J S ^a   Ford, H A ^a   Page, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird communities; Habitat complexity; Remnant woodland; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; HABITAT STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AVES;

EID: 33645153346     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc060050     Document Type: Article

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