Distribution and individual condition reveal a hierarchy of habitat suitability for an area-sensitive passerine

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2509-2523

  Maron, Martine ^a   Goulding, William ^a   Ellis, Rebecca D ^a   Mohd Taib, Farah Shafawati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Conservation physiology; Fragmentation; Habitat selection; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BLOOD; BODY CONDITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTINCTION RISK; GRASS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING;

AUSTRALIA;

ACANTHIZA NANA; EOPSALTRIA AUSTRALIS; MELIPHAGIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84865443378     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0314-2     Document Type: Article

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