Roadside connectivity does not increase reptile abundance or richness in a fragmented mallee landscape

Austral Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 383-391

  Williams, Joel R ^a,b   Driscoll, Don A ^b   Bull, C Michael ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Corridor; Habitat fragmentation; Isolation; Mallee

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPE; LIZARD; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; EYRE PENINSULA; MALLEE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

MENETIA GREYII; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84860240982     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02292.x     Document Type: Article

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