Contrast between the visible abundance of the brush-tailed rock-wallaby, Petrogale penicillata, and its rarity in fox and dog scats in the Gorges East of Armidale, New South Wales

Wildlife Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 373-380

  Lunney, Daniel ^a   Law, Bradley ^a,b   Rummery, Catherine ^a  

^a University for New South Wales   (Australia)

^b State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BRUSH-TAILED ROCK-WALLABY; BRUSHTAIL POSSUM; CATTLE; DOG; FOX; RABBIT; SCAT ANALYSIS; SWAMP WALLABY;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, ARMIDALE;

BOS TAUNUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MACROPODIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PETROGALE PENICILLATA; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; VULPES VULPES; WALLABIA BICOLOR;

EID: 0029730434     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR9960373     Document Type: Article

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