Australia's tree-kangaroos: Current issues in their conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Newell, Graeme R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dendrolagus bennettianus; Dendrolagus lumholtzi; Fecundity; Habitat; Translocation

Indexed keywords

NATURE CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032889439     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00052-4     Document Type: Article

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