Swamp wallabies and Tasmanian pademelons show intraspecific preferences for foliage

Australian Forestry

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-20

  Lawler, Ivan R ^a   Foley, William J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0003352228     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.1999.10674757     Document Type: Article

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