Seasonal changes in digestive performance of common ringtail possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) fed Eucalyptus foliage

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 327-336

  Hume, I D ^a   Bladon, R V ^a   Soran, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS HAEMASTOMA; EUCALYPTUS PUNCTATA; PEREGRINUS; PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS; MYRTACEAE;

COMMON RINGTAIL POSSUM; DIGESTION; FOLIVORY; NUTRITION;

EID: 0029659497     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO9960327     Document Type: Review

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