Geographic variation in size and shape in the southern brown bandicoot, Isoodon obesulus (Peramelidae: Marsupialia), in Western Australia

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-152

  Cooper, Marie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARSUPIAL; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ISOODON OBESULUS; METATHERIA; PERAMELIDAE;

EID: 0031876057     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO97057     Document Type: Article

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