Retention of reproductive barriers and ecological differences between two introduced sympatric Macropus spp. in New Zealand

Animal Conservation

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 195-202

  Taylor, Andrea C ^a,b   Sunnucks, P ^a   Cooper, D W ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS; MACROPUS EUGENII; MACROPUS PARMA;

EID: 0000761550     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943099000529     Document Type: Article

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