Eucalypt plantings on farms benefit woodland birds in south-eastern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 635-650

  Kavanagh, Rodney P ^a   Stanton, Matthew A ^a   Herring, Matthew W ^b  

^a Science and Research   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird; Fragmentation; Habitat restoration; Plantation; Remnant; Revegetation; Salinity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; FLORISTICS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REVEGETATION; SALINITY; SHRUB; SONGBIRD; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

AVES; BOS; OVIS ARIES; PETROICA GOODENOVII; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34547677604     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01746.x     Document Type: Article

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