Using artificial rocks to restore nonrenewable shelter sites in human-degraded systems: Colonization by fauna

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 428-438

  Croak, Benjamin M ^a   Pike, David A ^a   Webb, Jonathan K ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Habitat restoration; Invertebrates; Nonrenewable resource; Rock dwelling reptiles; Sandstone outcrop

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FAUNA; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVERTEBRATE; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE; OUTCROP; SANDSTONE;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; HOPLOCEPHALUS BUNGAROIDES; INVERTEBRATA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77955156427     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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