Influence of urban edges on stress in an arboreal mammal: A case study of squirrel gliders in southeast Queensland, Australia

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1407-1419

  Brearley, Grant ^a   McAlpine, Clive ^a   Bell, Sarah ^a   Bradley, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arboreal mammal; Cortisol; Edge effects; Hair; Linear mixed effects models; Physiological stress; Residential; Roads; Squirrel glider

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARBOREAL SPECIES; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EDGE EFFECT; FECUNDITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HAIR; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; ROAD; STEROID; SURVIVORSHIP; TREEHOLE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

MAMMALIA; PETAURUS NORFOLCENSIS; SCIURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84868601857     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-012-9790-8     Document Type: Article

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