Does habitat structure influence capture probabilities? A study of reptiles in a eucalypt forest

Wildlife Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 509-515

  Craig, Michael D ^a   Grigg, Andrew H ^b   Garkaklis, Mark J ^c   Hobbs, Richard J ^a   Grant, Carl D ^b   Fleming, Patricia A ^b   Hardy, Giles E St J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALCOA INC   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REPTILE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; HEMIERGIS; LERISTA; REPTILIA;

EID: 70350116609     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR09014     Document Type: Article

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