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Vertebrates of the jarrah forest

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The Jarrah Forest

Part of the book series: Geobotany ((GEOB,volume 13))

Abstract

Vertebrates fulfil a number of important roles in maintaining the ecological balance of forest ecosystems. They serve as pollinators, predators, decomposers, grazers, and are prey for other vertebrates. In any one ecosystem a dynamic form of stability is retained by maintaining numbers of all vertebrate fauna groups within specific, but usually unknown limits.

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  1. School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, 6150, Western Australia, Australia

    B. Dell

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  3. Division of Forestry and Forest Products, CSIRO, Wembley, 6014, Western Australia, Australia

    N. Malajczuk

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Nichols, O.G., Muir, B. (1989). Vertebrates of the jarrah forest. In: Dell, B., Havel, J.J., Malajczuk, N. (eds) The Jarrah Forest. Geobotany, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3111-4_10

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