Contrasting mammal responses to vegetation type and fire

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 395-408

  Lindenmayer, D B ^a   MacGregor, C ^a   Welsh, A ^b   Donnelly, C ^a   Crane, M ^a   Michael, D ^a   Montague Drake, R ^a   Cunningham, R B ^a   Brown, D ^a   Fortescue, M ^c   Dexter, N ^c   Hudson, M ^c   Gill, A M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arboreal marsupials; Fire; Medium sized mammals; Small terrestrial mammals; South eastern Australia; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARBOREAL SPECIES; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIRE HISTORY; MARSUPIAL; RODENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BOODEREE NATIONAL PARK; JERVIS BAY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANTECHINUS STUARTII; BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PERAMELES; PERAMELES NASUTA; PETAUROIDES VOLANS; PHALANGERIDAE; PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS; RATTUS; RATTUS FUSCIPES; RATTUS LUTREOLUS; SCAPTEROMYS TUMIDUS; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 49949112543     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR07156     Document Type: Article

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