Gap-crossing decisions of forest birds in a fragmented landscape

Austral Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-446

  Robertson, Oliver J ^b   Radford, James Q ^a  

^a Bush Heritage Australia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Call playback; Colluricincla harmonica; Cormobates leucophaeus; Functional connectivity; Gap tolerance; Habitat fragmentation

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONSPECIFIC; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; MOVEMENT; PASSERINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

AVES; COLLURICINCLA HARMONICA; CORMOBATES LEUCOPHAEUS; TURDIDAE;

EID: 66249145052     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.01945.x     Document Type: Article

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