Role of movement, interremnant dispersal and edge effects in determining sensitivity to habitat fragmentation in two forest-dependent rodents

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 184-196

  Bentley, Joss M ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Edge; Habitat fragmentation; Matrix; Remnant habitat; Small mammal

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; RADIOTELEMETRY; RODENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MELOMYS CERVINIPES; RATTUS; RATTUS FUSCIPES; RODENTIA;

EID: 40149086967     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01806.x     Document Type: Article

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