Monitoring change in the vertebrate fauna of central Queensland, Australia, over a period of broad-scale vegetation clearance, 1973-2002

Wildlife Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 263-274

  Woinarski, J C Z ^a   McCosker, J C ^b   Gordon, G ^b   Lawrie, B ^b   James, C ^b   Augusteyn, J ^b   Slater, L ^c   Danvers, T ^b  

^a Department of Natural Resources Environment and the Arts ^*  (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c Australasian Resource Consultants Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIRD; MAMMAL; MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ACANTHAGENYS RUFOGULARIS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; BUFO MARINUS; COLLURICINCLA HARMONICA; COTURNIX; COTURNIX AUSTRALIS; COTURNIX YPSILOPHORA; MACROPUS GIGANTEUS; MALURUS MELANOCEPHALUS; MAMMALIA; MOHO BRACCATUS; PETAUROIDES VOLANS; PHASIANIDAE; PLECTORHYNCHA LANCEOLATA; RATTUS TUNNEYI; RHIPIDURA FULIGINOSA; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745675331     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR03110     Document Type: Article

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