Eucalypt plantations as habitat for birds on previously cleared farmland in south-eastern Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 533-548

  Loyn, Richard H ^a   McNabb, Edward G ^a   Macak, Phoebe ^a   Noble, Philippa ^a  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird abundances; Bird guilds; Eucalypts; Forest remnants; Generalised linear models; Habitat variables; Landscape variables; Plantations

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; EVERGREEN TREE; GUILD; HABITAT; PLANTATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

AVES;

EID: 34249303468     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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