A reverse keystone species affects the landscape distribution of woodland avifauna: A case study using the Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) and other Australian birds

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1383-1394

  Montague Drake, Rebecca M ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^a   Cunningham, Ross B ^a   Stein, John A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation management; Isoleg theory; Manorina melanocephala; Noisy Miner; Reverse keystone species; Temperate woodlands; Woodland avifauna

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; HABITAT QUALITY; KEYSTONE SPECIES; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

AVES; MANORINA MELANOCEPHALA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 80855132888     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9665-4     Document Type: Article

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