Population ecology and reproductive seasonality in three species of Antechinus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in the wet tropics of Queensland

Wildlife Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 531-547

  Watt, Annemarie ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Nature Conservation Agency   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; REPRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY; SEASONALITY;

ANTECHINUS; ANTECHINUS FLAVIPES; ANTECHINUS FLAVIPES RUBECULUS; ANTECHINUS GODMANI; ANTECHINUS STUARTII; ANTECHINUS STUARTII ADUSTUS; DASYURIDAE; METATHERIA;

EID: 0030678002     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR96033     Document Type: Article

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