Microhabitat preference of Egernia napoleonis in undisturbed jarrah forest, and availability and introduction of microhabitats to encourage colonization of restored forest

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 722-728

  Christie, Kimberley ^a   Stokes, Vicki L ^b   Craig, Michael D ^a,c   Hobbs, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ALCOA INC   (United States)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Faunal colonization; Introduced habitat; Radio tracking; Reptile

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COLONIZATION; FAUNA; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT SELECTION; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRACKING;

ANIMALIA; EGERNIA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE;

EID: 84887159756     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12002     Document Type: Article

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