Prioritising the protection of habitat utilised by southern cassowaries Casuarius casuarius johnsonii

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-61

  Campbell, Hamish A ^a   Dwyer, Ross G ^a   Fitzgibbons, Sean ^a   Klein, Carissa J ^a   Lauridsen, Graham ^b   McKeown, Adam ^c   Olsson, Annebelle ^d   Sullivan, Scott ^e   Watts, Matthew E ^a   Westcott, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Tully Veterinary Surgery   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Airport Veterinary Surgery   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

GPS; LoCoH; Ratite; Spatial conservation prioritisation; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLIGHTLESSNESS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOME RANGE; PROTECTED AREA; RAINFOREST; TELEMETRY;

AUSTRALIA;

CASUARIUS CASUARIUS; PALAEOGNATHAE;

EID: 84903139443     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00397     Document Type: Article

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