Estimating body condition in the mountain brushtail possum, Trichosurus caninus

Wildlife Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 499-509

  Viggers, K L ^a   Lindenmayer, D B ^b   Cunningham, R B ^c   Donnelly, C F ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION;

TRICHOSURUS CANINUS;

EID: 0032445320     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR96110     Document Type: Article

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