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dc.contributor.authorRowston, C
dc.contributor.authorCatterall, CP
dc.contributor.authorHurst, C
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:13:27Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:13:27Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.date.modified2009-11-06T05:49:18Z
dc.identifier.issn0378-1127
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00594-1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/6682
dc.description.abstractTwenty seven sites, located in a range of sizes of bushland remnants (10 to >2000 ha) and spanning a range of altitudes (0-500 m), were surveyed for squirrel gliders. All sites were open forest or woodland with an overstorey of eucalyptus, although the floristic composition and physical structure of the habitat varied. The gliders were present in remnants as small as 10-20 ha, had higher densities in remnants between 200 and 1000 ha and were restricted to altitudes below 240 m. Squirrel gliders occurred mainly in areas containing plant species typical of drier eucalyptus open forest and woodland, and were less frequently located in vegetation containing eucalyptus and other plants typical of higher rainfall areas, near rainforest or along creeks and drainlines. Where gliders did occur, there was a significant positive correlation between glider abundance and the density of stags (standing dead trees) and trees (>1 m, >10 cm diameter at breast height (dbh)). Squirrel gliders in southeast Queensland appear to be quite tolerant of the current level of fragmentation of their habitat, but their persistence in the longer term will depend on retaining adequate cover of lowland eucalyptus forest and woodland, particularly the spotted gum-ironbark and related vegetation types. Further decrease in forest cover may reduce habitat linkages and result in the extirpation of this species from small remnants in which they currently occur.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03781127
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom197
dc.relation.ispartofpageto209
dc.relation.ispartofjournalForest Ecology and Management
dc.relation.ispartofvolume164
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAgricultural, veterinary and food sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHistory, heritage and archaeology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode30
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode43
dc.titleHabitat preferences of squirrel gliders, Petaurus norfolcensis, in the fragmented landscape of south east Queensland
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2002 Elsevier : Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher : This journal is available online - use hypertext links.
gro.date.issued2002
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorCatterall, Carla P.


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