Ecology of burrowing bettongs, Bettongia lesueur (Marsupialia: Potoroidae), on Dorre and Bernier Islands, Western Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 651-669

  Short, Jeff ^a   Turner, Bruce ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; HABITAT SELECTION; MARSUPIAL; MORPHOLOGY; MOVEMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION;

AUSTRALIA; BERNIER ISLAND; DORRE ISLAND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BETTONGIA LESUEUR;

EID: 0032780133     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR98039     Document Type: Article

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