Anthropogenic changes to the landscape resulted in colonization of koalas in north-east New South Wales, Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 355-363

  Lee, Kristen E ^a   Ellis, William A H ^a   Carrick, Frank N ^a   Corley, Sean W ^a   Johnston, Stephen D ^a   Baverstock, Peter R ^b   Nock, Catherine J ^b   Rowe, Kevin C ^c   Seddon, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonization; Genetic; Koala; Land clearing; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARIDITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; CONNECTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HABITAT QUALITY; IMMIGRATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MARSUPIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOVEMENT; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAINFOREST; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 84876801040     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02414.x     Document Type: Article

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