Bird declines over 22 years in forest remnants in southeastern Australia: Evidence of faunal relaxation?

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2756-2768

  MacHunter, Josephine ^a   Wright, Wendy ^a   Loyn, Richard ^b   Rayment, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

FAUNAL RELAXATION; FRAGMENTED ECOSYSTEMS; MANORINA MELANOCEPHALA; RURAL LANDSCAPES;

FORESTRY;

AVIFAUNA; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LAND USE CHANGE; PASSERINE; PATCH DYNAMICS; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALS; CLIMATES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; PLANTS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AVES; MANORINA MELANOCEPHALA;

EID: 34247204855     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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