Basic ecological theory can inform habitat restoration for woodland birds

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 293-300

  Huth, Neil ^a,b   Possingham, Hugh P ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian birds; Explanatory model; Habitat complexity score; Management; Policy; Species richness model; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIRD; DATA SET; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; PATCH SIZE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES;

EID: 79952595981     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01936.x     Document Type: Article

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