Using broad-scale, community survey data to compare species conservation strategies across regions: A case study of the Koala in a set of adjacent 'catchments'

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Crowther, Mathew S ^a,b   McAlpine, Clive A ^c   Lunney, Daniel ^a   Shannon, Ian ^a   Bryant, Jessica V ^a  

^a OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation actions; Cross regional variability; Eucalypt forests; Generalized linear models; Model averaging; Roads

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVERGREEN FOREST; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE; MARSUPIAL; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 65149086760     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2009.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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