Impacts of clearing, fragmentation and disturbance on the bird fauna of Eucalypt savanna woodlands in central Queensland, Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 261-276

  Hannah, D ^a   Woinarski, J C Z ^b   Catterall, C P ^c   McCosker, J C ^a   Thurgate, N Y ^b,e   Fensham, R J ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b Department of Natural Resources Environment and the Arts ^*  (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Corridor; Exotic pasture grass; Grazing; Miner; Remnant

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST CLEARANCE; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PASSERINE; SAVANNA; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

AVES; BOS; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; MELIPHAGIDAE;

EID: 33947690152     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01683.x     Document Type: Article

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