Food limitation in Australian desert rodents: Experiments using supplementary feeding

Oikos

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 512-522

  Predavec, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD LIMITATION; POPULATION DECLINE; RODENT;

NOTOMYS ALEXIS; PSEUDOMYS HERMANNSBURGENSIS;

EID: 0034504109     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.910313.x     Document Type: Article

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