Diet of herbivorous marsupials in a Eucalyptus marginata forest and their impact on the understorey vegetation

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 47-54

  Shepherd, K A ^a   Wardell Johnson, G W ^b,c   Loneragan, W A ^a   Bell, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Research Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; EXCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HERBIVORY; JARRAH; MARSUPIAL; UNDERSTOREY VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, PERUP NATURE RESERVE;

BILLARDIERA VARIIFOLIA; BOSSIAEA ORNATA; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; LOGANIA SERPYLLIFOLIA; MACROPUS EUGENII; MACROPUS FULIGINOSUS; MACROPUS IRMA; OPERCULARIA HISPIDULA; PSEUDOCHEIRUS OCCIDENTALIS; TETRARRHENA LAEVIS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0031399399     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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