Koalas use young Eucalyptus plantations in an agricultural landscape on the Liverpool Plains, New South Wales

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 297-305

  Kavanagh, Rodney P ^a,b   Stanton, Matthew A ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arboreal marsupial; Carbon sequestration; Habitat loss; Revegetation; Salinity; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVERGREEN TREE; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT RESTORATION; HOME RANGE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MARSUPIAL; PLANTATION; SALINITY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; LIVERPOOL PLAINS; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84867884670     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/emr.12005     Document Type: Article

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