Inducing whole-assemblage change by experimental manipulation of habitat structure

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 643-650

  Mac Nally, Ralph ^a   Horrocks, Greg ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian analyses; Birds; Eucalyptus camaldulensis; River red gum; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOME RANGE; PASSERINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODY DEBRIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUCALYPTUS; FEMALE; FORESTRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EUCALYPTUS; FEMALE; FORESTRY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

AVES; CLIMACTERIDAE; CLIMACTERIS PICUMNUS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; LICHENOSTOMUS PENICILLATUS; MELIPHAGIDAE; PLATYCERCUS ELEGANS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 34250730730     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01247.x     Document Type: Article

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