Heterogeneous wetland complexes, buffer zones, and travel corridors: Landscape management for freshwater reptiles

Biological Conservation

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-76

  Roe, John H ^a   Georges, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chelodina longicollis; Habitat complementation; Landscape connectivity; Landscape heterogeneity; Migration; Turtles

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT USE; MIGRATION ROUTE; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; TURTLE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CHELODINA LONGICOLLIS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33845418866     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.09.019     Document Type: Article

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