Responses of Eastern Yellow Robins Eopsaltria australis to translocation into vegetation remnants in a fragmented landscape

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 194-202

  Debus, S J S ^a   Ford, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation management; Dispersal; Eastern Yellow Robin; Habitat fragmentation; Reintroduction; Robins (Petroicidae); Rural landscapes; Species relocation; Wildlife corridors; Woodland birds

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; EXTINCTION; FLEDGING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; SHRUB; TRANSLOCATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WILD POPULATION; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AVES; EOPSALTRIA AUSTRALIS; PETROICA MULTICOLOR; PETROICIDAE;

EID: 84872453741     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc130194     Document Type: Article

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