Demographic consequences of sex-biased dispersal in a population of brushtail possums

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 503-517

  Efford, Murray ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Age dependent mark recapture model; Brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula; New Zealand; Seasonal mortality; Sex biased dispersal

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; MARSUPIAL; NATAL DISPERSAL; SEX RATIO;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; ORONGORONGO VALLEY; WELLINGTON;

TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0031876954     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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