Evaluation of techniques for indirect measurement of body composition in a free-ranging large herbivore, the southern hairy-nosed wombat

Wildlife Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 649-660

  Woolnough, Andrew P ^a   Foley, William J ^a,b   Johnson, Christopher N ^a   Evans, Murray ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE; BODY COMPOSITION; SOUTHERN HAIRY-NOSED WOMBAT;

BIA; LASIORHINUS LATIFRONS; LASIOTHINUS; LASIOTHINUS LATIFRONS; VOMBATIDAE; VOMBATIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 0031424057     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR97010     Document Type: Article

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