The interaction between land use and catchment physiognomy: Understanding avifaunal patterns of the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 293-304

  Camilleri, Steven ^a   Thomson, James R ^a   Mac Nally, Ralph ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biodiversity; Bird atlas; Birds; Catchment; Multivariate correlations; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ATLAS; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CATCHMENT; CROPPING PRACTICE; DATA SET; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPACE USE; SPECIES INVENTORY; WATERSHED;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

AVES;

EID: 74849124786     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02212.x     Document Type: Article

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