Regional faunal decline - Reptile occurrence in fragmented rural landscapes of south-eastern Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-18

  Brown, Geoff W ^a   Bennett, Andrew F ^b   Potts, Joanne M ^a,c  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PATCH DYNAMICS; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPTILE; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; VICTORIA RIVER;

REPTILIA;

EID: 40849113182     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR07010     Document Type: Article

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