Do utility corridors affect movements of small terrestrial fauna?

Wildlife Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 488-495

  Carthew, Susan M ^a   Horner, Briony ^a   Jones, Katherine M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST CLEARANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MOVEMENT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANTECHINUS FLAVIPES; ANURA; BASSIANA DUPERREYI; DASYURIDAE; MAMMALIA; NEOBATRACHUS PICTUS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70350092968     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR08090     Document Type: Article

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