Recolonisation of powerline corridor vegetation by small mammals: Timing and the influence of vegetation management

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 108-116

  Clarke, Donna J ^a   White, John G ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mammal succession; Rights of way; Vegetation succession

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MAMMALS; RIGHTS OF WAY; TIMING CIRCUITS;

BREEDING POPULATIONS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INFLUENCE OF VEGETATIONS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION SUCCESSIONS;

VEGETATION;

BREEDING POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECOLONIZATION; SMALL MAMMAL; SUCCESSION; TRAPPING;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 48949115561     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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