Cross-sectional vs. longitudinal research: A case study of trees with hollows and marsupials in Australian forests

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 557-580

  Lindenmayer, D B ^a   Wood, J ^a,b   McBurney, L ^a   Michael, D ^a   Crane, M ^a   Macgregor, C ^a   Montague Drake, R ^a   Gibbons, P ^a   Banks, S C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Forest management; Forest structure; Hollow dependent arboreal marsupials; Longitudinal studies; Southeastern Australia; Trees with hollows; Wildlife population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; DEN; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MARSUPIAL; NESTING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [VICTORIA]; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 81055134268     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0279.1     Document Type: Article

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