Can wooden poles be used to reconnect habitat for a gliding mammal?

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-146

  Ball, Tina M ^a   Goldingay, Ross L ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gliding mammal; Gliding poles; Habitat fragmentation; Petaurus; Squirrel glider

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MAMMALS;

HABITAT CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT PATCHES; PETAURUS; RADIO TRACKING; SAMPLING DEVICES; TIMBER POLES; WOODEN POLES;

POLES;

CONNECTIVITY; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GLIDING; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; MARSUPIAL; TIMBER;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PETAURUS; PETAURUS NORFOLCENSIS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 47249165525     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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