The current decline of tropical marsupials in Australia: Is history repeating?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 181-190

  Fisher, Diana O ^a   Johnson, Chris N ^b   Lawes, Michael J ^c   Fritz, Susanne A ^d   Mccallum, Hamish ^e   Blomberg, Simon P ^a   Vanderwal, Jeremy ^f   Abbott, Brett ^g   Frank, Anke ^b,h   Legge, Sarah ^c,i   Letnic, Mike ^k   Thomas, Colette R ^f   Fisher, Alaric ^c,h   Gordon, Iain J ^j   Kutt, Alex ^f,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

^h The Arts and Sport   (Australia)

ⁱ AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY   (Australia)

^j SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^l NONE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Comparative methods; Critical weight range; Introduced predators; Mammal extinction; Marsupials; Random forest models; Tropical conservation

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTINCTION; FELID; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AUSTRALIA;

CANIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84891488184     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12088     Document Type: Article

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