Long-term dynamics of a rodent community in an Australian tropical rainforest

Wildlife Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-198

  Heinsohn, George ^a   Heinsohn, Robert ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RODENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

MELOMYS CERVINIPES; RATTUS FUSCIPES; UROMYS CAUDIMACULATUS;

EID: 0033059520     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR98020     Document Type: Article

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