The conservation status of rodents in the monsoonal tropics of the Northern Territory

Wildlife Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 421-435

  Woinarski, J C Z ^a  

^a Parks Wildl Commn of the N Terr ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RODENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

BOS TAURUS; CONILURUS PENICILLATUS; MAMMALIA; MESEMBRIOMYS MACRURUS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; NOTOMYS ALEXIS; NOTOMYS AQUILO; PSEUDOMYS CALABYI; PSEUDOMYS DESERTOR; PSEUDOMYS HERMANNSBURGENSIS; PSEUDOMYS JOHNSONI; RATTUS RATTUS; RATTUS TUNNEYI; RODENTIA; VICTORIA; XEROMYS; XEROMYS MYVOIDES; ZYZOMYS MAINI; ZYZOMYS PALATALIS;

EID: 0033907061     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR97047     Document Type: Article

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