Assessment of the potential for competition between two sympatric herbivores - The northern hairy-nosed wombat, Lasiorhinus krefftii, and the eastern grey kangaroo, Macropus giganteus

Wildlife Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 301-308

  Woolnough, Andrew P ^a,b   Johnson, Christopher N ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; HERBIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MARSUPIAL;

AUSTRALIA;

LASIORHINUS KREFFTII; MACROPUS GIGANTEUS;

EID: 0034077571     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR99053     Document Type: Article

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