Hollow futures? Tree decline, lag effects and hollow-dependent species

Animal Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 395-403

  Manning, A D ^a   Gibbons, P ^a   Fischer, J ^b   Oliver, D L ^c   Lindenmayer, D B ^a,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nest hollows; Paddock trees; Scattered tree ecosystems; Tree decline; Tree mortality; Tree recruitment

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TREE;

AUSTRALIA;

POLYTELIS SWAINSONII; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 84881027173     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12006     Document Type: Article

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