Using canopy bridges to link habitat for arboreal mammals: Successful trials in the Wet Tropics of Queensland

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-105

  Weston, Nigel ^a,b   Goosem, Miriam ^a   Marsh, Helene ^a   Cohen, Martin ^a   Wilson, Robyn ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Natural Resource Management Board (NT)   (Australia)

Author keywords

canopy gap; Hemibelideus lemuroides; linear barriers; World Heritage Area

Indexed keywords

HEMIBELIDEUS LEMUROIDES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79953108409     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM11003     Document Type: Article

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