Testing alternative models for the conservation of koalas in fragmented rural-urban landscapes

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 529-544

  Mcalpine, Clive A ^a   Bowen, Michiala E ^a   Callaghan, John G ^b   Lunney, Daniel ^c   Rhodes, Jonathan R ^a   Mitchell, David L ^c   Pullar, David V ^a   Poszingham, Hugh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c Australian Koala Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat configuration; Habitat loss; Koala; Logistic regression; Prediction; Road

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MARSUPIAL; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NOOSA; QUEENSLAND;

PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 33745155359     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01603.x     Document Type: Article

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