Comparative use of active searches and artificial refuges to survey reptiles in temperate eucalypt woodlands

Wildlife Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-162

  Michael, Damian R ^a   Cunningham, Ross B ^a   Donnelly, Christine F ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

agricultural landscapes; artificial refuges; long term monitoring; reptiles; survey method; temperate woodlands.

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRYPSIS; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; EVERGREEN FOREST; HERPETOFAUNA; MONITORING SYSTEM; REFUGE; REPTILE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEEL; SURVEYING; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ELAPIDAE; GEKKONIDAE; PYGOPODIDAE; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE;

EID: 84859360108     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR11118     Document Type: Article

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