Home range and habitat use by Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) within a rainforest fragment in north Queensland

Wildlife Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-145

  Newell, Graeme R ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MARSUPIAL; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRITORIALITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATHERTON TABLELAND; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

DENDROLAGUS LUMHOLTZI;

EID: 0032986109     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR98016     Document Type: Article

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