Differing responses to landscape change: Implications for small mammal assemblages in forest fragments

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2997-3016

  Holland, Greg J ^a   Bennett, Andrew F ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Functional connectivity; Habitat fragmentation; Mammals; Patch isolation; Patch size; Species richness; Vegetation characteristics

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PATCH SIZE; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 70350621363     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9621-7     Document Type: Article

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