Fauna-habitat relaionships: A basis for identifying key stand structural attributes in temperate Australian eucalypt forests and woodlands

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-110

  McElhinny, Chris ^a   Gibbons, Phil ^b   Brack, C ^a   Bauhus, Juergen ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity indicator; Fauna habitat; Forest structure; Structural attribute; Structural complexity; Woodland structure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FAUNA; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; WOODLAND;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 33745844488     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC060089     Document Type: Review

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