Mammal responses to matrix development intensity

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-45

  Brady, Megan J ^a,b   Mcalpine, Clive A ^a   Miller, Craig J ^b   Possingham, Hugh P ^a   Baxter, Greg S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Edge; Mammal; Matrix; Peri urban landscape; Urban rural gradient

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FERAL ORGANISM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE; MAMMAL; NATIVE SPECIES; PATCHINESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN REGION;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79251503963     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02110.x     Document Type: Article

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