Response of the agile antechinus to habitat edge, configuration and condition in fragmented forest

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Johnstone, Christopher P ^a   Lill, Alan ^a   Reina, Richard D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; STRESS HORMONE; LIPID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ANTECHINUS AGILIS; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HEMATOCRIT; LIPID STORAGE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MICROHABITAT; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

ANIMALIA; ANTECHINUS; ANTECHINUS AGILIS; EUCALYPTUS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBINS; LIPIDS; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TREES;

EID: 80455149857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027158     Document Type: Article

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