Applying network analysis to the conservation of habitat trees in urban environments: A case study from Brisbane, Australia

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 861-870

  Rhodes, Monika ^a   Wardell Johnson, Grant W ^b   Rhodes, Martin P ^b   Raymond, Ben ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Hollow using fauna; Roost connectivity; Scale free network; Tadarida australis

Indexed keywords

BAT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; TREE; URBAN AREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAT; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHIROPTERA; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; TREES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

MICROCHIROPTERA; MOLOSSIDAE; TADARIDA AUSTRALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745149318     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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