Avian assemblages in eucalypt forests, plantations and pastures in northern NSW, Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1036-1046

  Hsu, Tina ^a   French, Kris ^a   Major, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avian assemblage; Birds; Eucalypt plantation; Feeding guild; Riparian; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; DRYLAND; EUCALYPT FOREST; EUCALYPT PLANTATIONS; FEEDING GUILD; FEEDING GUILDS; FOREST HABITATS; HABITAT TYPE; MANAGEMENT POLICY; PLANTATION ESTABLISHMENT; RIPARIAN FORESTS; RIPARIAN HABITATS; RIPARIAN SPECIES; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SIMILAR NUMBERS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; SURVEYS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; EVERGREEN FOREST; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; NATIVE SPECIES; PASTURE; PLANTATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSECT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS; FEEDING; FORESTRY; PLANTATIONS; SURVEYS;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955513821     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.06.028     Document Type: Article

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