Drought-driven change in wildlife distribution and numbers: A case study of koalas in south west Queensland

Wildlife Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 509-524

  Seabrook, Leonie ^a   McAlpine, Clive ^a   Baxter, Greg ^a   Rhodes, Jonathan ^a   Bradley, Adrian ^a   Lunney, Daniel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate variability; distribution; faecal standing crop method; habitat loss; Phascolarctos cinereus

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT STRESS; EXTINCTION RISK; FECAL PELLET; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HABITAT LOSS; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 81355139117     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR11064     Document Type: Article

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