Social organisation and warren use of the burrowing bettong, Bettongia lesueur (Macropodoidea: Potoroidae)

Wildlife Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-157

  Sander, Ute ^b   Short, Jeff ^a   Turner, Bruce ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETTONGIA LESUEUR;

AGONISTIC INTERACTION; BURROWING BETTONG; DOMINANCE HIERARCHY; POLYGYNY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, SHARK BAY;

EID: 0030617890     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR96021     Document Type: Article

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