Effect of age at release on the susceptibility of captive-reared malleefowl Leipoa ocellata to predation by the introduced fox Vulpes vulpes

Emu

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-41

  Priddel, David ^a   Wheeler, Robert ^a  

^a University for New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RED FOX; SURVIVAL;

LEIPOA OCELLATA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0029661674     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU9960032     Document Type: Article

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