Evaluating simultaneous impacts of three anthropogenic effects on a floodplain-dwelling marsupial Antechinus flavipes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 527-536

  Lada, Hania ^a   Thomson, James R ^a   Mac Nally, Ralph ^a   Horrocks, Greg ^a   Taylor, Andrea C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus camaldulensis; Fallen timber; Flooding; Murray river; River red gum; River regulation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOODPLAIN; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER FLOW;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER;

ANTECHINUS; ANTECHINUS FLAVIPES; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 33845289818     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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