Palaeo-ecology of the Gap and Coturaundee Ranges, western New South Wales, using stick-nest rat (Leporillus spp.) (Muridae) middens

Austral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 333-343

  Allen, V ^a   Head, L ^a   Medlin, G ^b   Witter, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Environmental change; Holocene; Palynology; Semi arid zone

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LEPORILLUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE;

EID: 0003287740     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2000.01042.x     Document Type: Article

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