Regional habitat selection of large gliding possums at forest stand and landscape scales in southern Queensland, Australia. II. Yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 239, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 136-149

  Eyre, Teresa J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest management; Forest structure; Habitat selection; Landscape; Selection logging impacts

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; INFORMATION THEORY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOOD;

FOREST STRUCTURE; HABITAT SELECTION; PETAURUS AUSTRALIS; SELECTION LOGGING IMPACTS;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; LOGGING (TIMBER); MARSUPIAL; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STAND STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS LONGIROSTRATA; PETAURUS AUSTRALIS;

EID: 33846194947     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.11.018     Document Type: Article

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