Ecology of the western bearded dragon (Pogona minor) in unmined forest and forest restored after bauxite mining in south-west Western Australia

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-116

  Craig, Michael D ^a   Garkaklis, Mark J ^b   Hardy, Giles E St J ^a   Grigg, Andrew H ^c   Grant, Carl D ^c   Fleming, Patricia A ^a   Hobbs, Richard J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^c ALCOA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GENERALIST; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; MINING; RADIOTELEMETRY; RECOLONIZATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; POGONA MINOR;

EID: 34249819978     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO07002     Document Type: Article

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