Fragmentation, vegetation change and irruptive competitors affect recruitment of woodland birds

Ecography

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 163-171

  Bennett, Joanne M ^a   Clarke, Rohan H ^a   Thomson, James R ^b   Mac Nally, Ralph ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

AVES; MANORINA MELANOCEPHALA;

EID: 84922670895     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.00936     Document Type: Article

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