Reevaluating suitable habitat for reintroductions: Lessons learnt from the eastern barred bandicoot recovery program

Animal Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 184-195

  Cook, C N ^a   Morgan, D G ^a   Marshall, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Evaluation; Logistic regression; Predictive modelling; Translocation; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; MARSUPIAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRANSLOCATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

PERAMELES GUNNII;

EID: 77952704591     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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