Intraspecific variation in detection of bird-habitat relationships: Declining birds in southern Australian woodlands

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-312

  Maron, Martine ^a,b   Lill, Alan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Habitat degradation; Habitat relationships; Spatial and temporal variation; Woodland birds

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AVES;

EID: 33846880513     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC060301     Document Type: Article

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