Squirrel glider home ranges near urban edges in eastern Australia

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 285, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 256-265

  Brearley, G ^a   McAlpine, C ^a   Bell, S ^a   Bradley, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arboreal mammals; Edge; Forest fragmentation; Home range; Squirrel glider; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; LANDSCAPE; MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RODENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN REGION; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PETAURUS NORFOLCENSIS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 80855138694     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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