The platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus in headwater streams, and effects of pre-code forest clearfelling, in The South Esk River catchment, Tasmania, Australia

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 458-473

  Koch, N ^a,b   Munks, Sarah A ^b,c   Utesch, M ^a,b   Davies, P E ^c   McIntosh, P D ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Forest Practices Authority   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment management; Conservation; Distribution; First order streams; Forestry; Habitat quality; Headwater streams; Platypus; Stream management

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FORESTRY; HABITAT QUALITY; HEADWATER; MAMMAL; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STREAM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS;

EID: 38949192139     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2006.018     Document Type: Article

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