Are nest boxes a viable alternative source of cavities for hollow-dependent animals? Long-term monitoring of nest box occupancy, pest use and attrition

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-42

  Lindenmayer, David B ^a   Welsh, Alan ^b   Donnelly, Christine ^a   Crane, Mason ^a   Michael, Damian ^a   Macgregor, Christopher ^a   McBurney, Lachlan ^a   Montague Drake, Rebecca ^a   Gibbons, Philip ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arboreal marsupials; Conservation; Forest management; Pest invertebrates; Tree hollows

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FAUNA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INVERTEBRATE; NEST BOX; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; GYMNOBELIDEUS LEADBEATERI; INVERTEBRATA; METATHERIA; SORBUS;

EID: 57049171875     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.09.026     Document Type: Article

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