Female home range size and the evolution of social organization in macropod marsupials

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1083-1098

  Fisher, Diana O ^a,b   Owens, Ian P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home range size; Macropodidae; Mating system; Potoroidae; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; DIET; HOME RANGE; MARSUPIAL; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EUTHERIA; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS SP.; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; POTOROIDAE;

EID: 0034492294     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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