Longer-term responses of a floodplain-dwelling marsupial to experimental manipulation of fallen timber loads

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 458-465

  Mac Nally, Ralph ^a   Horrocks, Gregory ^a  

^a Policy and Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antechinus flavipes; Environmental water allocations; Eucalyptus camaldulensis; Habitat manipulations; Logs; River red gum; Woody debris; Yellow footed antechinus

Indexed keywords

ANTECHINUS; ANTECHINUS FLAVIPES; ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; LYCOSIDAE; METATHERIA;

EID: 44349136395     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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