Rodents of the arid Northern Territory: Conservation status and distribution

Wildlife Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 437-449

  Cole, Jeffry R ^a   Woinarski, J C Z ^a  

^a Parks and Wildlife Service Northern Territory   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RODENT;

AUSTRALIA;

DASYURIDAE; FUCUS; LEPORILLUS APICALIS; NOTOMYS AMPLLUS; NOTOMYS CERVINUS; NOTOMYS FUCUS; NOTOMYS LONGICAUDATUS; PERAMELIDAE; PSEUDOMYS AUSTRALIS; PSEUDOMYS FIELDI; PSEUDOMYS JOHNSONI; RATTLUS; RATTLUS TUNNEYI; RODENTIA; ZYZOMYS PEDUNCULARUS; ZYZOMYS PEDUNCULATUS;

EID: 0033906462     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR97053     Document Type: Article

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