Ecology of Australian tropical rainforest mammals. II. The Cape York melomys, Melomys capensis (Muridae: Rodentia)

Wildlife Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 307-316

  Leung, Luke K P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; RODENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

AUSTRALIA; CAPE YORK PENINSULA; QUEENSLAND;

MELOMYS CAPENSIS;

EID: 0032984259     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR96043     Document Type: Article

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