Seasonal migration of predators and prey - A study of pythons and rats in tropical Australia

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 149-156

  Madsen, Thomas ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Foraging; Home range; Predator prey; Rodent; Seasonality; Snake; Weather

Indexed keywords

LIASIS FUSCUS; MAMMALIA; PYTHONIDAE; RATTUS COLLETTI; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; SERPENTES;

DUSKY RAT; MIGRATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEASONALITY; WATER PYTHON;

AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, FOGG DAM;

EID: 0030417420     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265663     Document Type: Article

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