Fluctuations of rodent populations in response to rainfall and fire in a central Australian hummock grassland dominated by Plectrachne schinzii

Wildlife Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-303

  Southgate, Richard ^a   Masters, Pip ^a  

^a Parks and Wildlife Service Northern Territory   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE; HUMMOCK GRASSLAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFALL; RODENT;

AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, WATARRKA NATIONAL PARK;

MUS DOMESTICUS; NOTOMYS ALEXIS; PLECTRACHNE SCHINZII; PSEUDOMYS HERMANSBURGENSIS;

EID: 0029750431     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR9960289     Document Type: Article

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