Ecology of the northern bettong, Bettongia tropica, a tropical mycophagist

Wildlife Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 549-559

  Johnson, C N ^a   Mcllwee, A P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; MYCOPHAGY; NORTHERN BETTONG;

ALLOCASUARINA; BETTONGIA; BETTONGIA TROPICA; CASUARINACEAE; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; LILIUM; MYRTACEAE; POTOROUS; ULMUS;

EID: 0030656289     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR96034     Document Type: Article

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