Interspecific competition and conservation management of continuous subtropical woodlands

Wildlife Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 617-626

  Howes, Alison L ^a,b   Maron, Martine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avian diversity; Bayesian model averaging; Brigalow Belt; Ecological restoration; Feral grazing; Fire regimes; Manorina melanocephala; Private conservation reserves

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FERAL ORGANISM; FIRE HISTORY; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PASSERINE; REFUGE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURVEY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; MANORINA MELANOCEPHALA; PASSERIFORMES; PSYLLIDAE;

EID: 71049125294     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR09054     Document Type: Article

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