Natural histories of Australia's stick-nest rats, genus Leporillus (Rodentia:Muridae)

Wildlife Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 513-539

  Copley, Peter ^a  

^a Government of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HISTORY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; SURVIVAL;

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANIDAE; FELIS CATUS; INVERTEBRATA; LEPORILLUS; LEPORILLUS APICALIS; LEPORILLUS CONDITOR; MURIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 0032785473     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR97056     Document Type: Article

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