Compact development minimizes the impacts of urban growth on native mammals

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 794-804

  Villaseñor, Nélida R ^a   Tulloch, Ayesha I T ^a   Driscoll, Don A ^a,b   Gibbons, Philip ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

arboreal marsupials; edge effect; forest; ground dwelling mammals; land sharing; land sparing; residential development; spatially explicit scenarios; urban infill; urban planning

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SPRAWL; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA;

ANTECHINUS STUARTII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PETAURUS AUSTRALIS; RATTUS FUSCIPES;

EID: 84998854602     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12800     Document Type: Article

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