Why conservation reserves should not always be concentrated in riparian areas: A study of ground-dwelling beetles in wet eucalypt forest

Biological Conservation

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 156-168

  Baker, Susan C ^a   Richardson, Alastair M M ^a   Barmuta, Leon A ^a   Thomson, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Clearcut logging; Headwater streams; Species richness; Species turnover; Upslope habitat

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; NATURE RESERVE; NUMERICAL RESPONSE; RIPARIAN FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 33748629931     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.05.029     Document Type: Article

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