Use of space by the yellow-footed antechinus, Antechinus flavipes, in a fragmented landscape in South Australia

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 741-752

  Marchesan, Doreen ^a   Carthew, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antechinus flavipes; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape connectivity; Metapopulation; Movements; Remnant vegetation

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; MARSUPIAL; METAPOPULATION; MOVEMENT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SPACE USE; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; ANTECHINUS FLAVIPES; DASYURIDAE;

EID: 46249130781     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-008-9234-7     Document Type: Article

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