Influence of contrasting urban edges on the abundance of arboreal mammals: A study of squirrel gliders (Petaurus norfolcensis) in southeast Queensland, Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-71

  Brearley, Grant ^a   Bradley, Adrian ^a   Bell, Sarah ^a   McAlpine, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arboreal mammals; Edge contrast; Edge effects; Fragmentation; Mixed effects modeling; Residential edges; Roads

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARBOREAL SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PATCH SIZE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; RODENT; UNDERSTORY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

MAMMALIA; PETAURUS NORFOLCENSIS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 71649088078     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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