The benefits of habitat restoration for rock-dwelling velvet geckos Oedura lesueurii

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 432-439

  Croak, Benjamin M ^a   Webb, Jonathan K ^b   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic degradation; Capture mark recapture; Restoration monitoring; Rock outcrop; Saxicolous reptiles

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; LIZARD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; OUTCROP; SANDSTONE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; VIABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

GEKKONIDAE; OEDURA LESUEURII; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84875678749     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12040     Document Type: Article

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