Monitoring indicates greater resilience for birds than for mammals in Kakadu National Park, northern Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 397-407

  Woinarski, J C Z ^a,b   Fisher, A ^a,b   Armstrong, M ^a   Brennan, K ^a   Griffiths, A D ^a   Hill, B ^a   Choy, J Low ^a   Milne, D ^a   Stewart, A ^a,b   Young, S ^a   Ward, S ^a   Winderlich, S ^c   Ziembicki, M ^a,d  

^a Arts and Sport ^*  (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Kakadu National Park   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cane toad; conservation; fire; threatened species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIRD; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIRE BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; MONITORING; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA; KAKADU NATIONAL PARK; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

AMYTORNIS WOODWARDI; ANURA; AVES; BUFO MARINUS; COLUMBA; GEOPHAPS SMITHII; MAMMALIA; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 84863535831     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR11213     Document Type: Article

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