Factors affecting the use of reforested sites by reptiles in cleared rainforest landscapes in tropical and subtropical Australia

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-76

  Kanowski, John J ^a   Reis, Terry M ^a   Catterall, Carla P ^a   Piper, Scott D ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat quality; Isolation; Lizards; Monitoring; Restoration; Snakes

Indexed keywords

HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT QUALITY; ISOLATION EFFECT; RAINFOREST; RECOLONIZATION; REFORESTATION; REPTILE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRANSLOCATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33646675271     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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