Abundance of large macropods in the eastern highlands of Australia

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 125-132

  Southwell, Colin J ^a,b   Cairns, Stuart C ^c   Palmer, Russell ^d   Delaney, Robyn ^e,f   Broers, Richard ^g  

^a Australian Nature Conservation Agency   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g Australian Surv and Land Info Grp   (Australia)

Author keywords

abundance; Australia; ground survey; line transect; macropod

Indexed keywords

COMMON WALLAROO; EASTERN GREY KANGAROO; GROUND SURVEY; POPULATION SIZE; WHIPTAIL WALLABY;

AUSTRALIA, EASTERN HIGHLANDS;

MACROPUS GIGANTEUS; MACROPUS PARRYI; MACROPUS ROBUSTUS; MACROPUS ROBUSTUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 0030616597     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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