Learning for life: Training marsupials to recognise introduced predators

Behaviour

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1361-1376

  McLean, Ian G ^a,b,c   Schmitt, Natalie T ^a   Jarman, Peter J ^d   Duncan, Colleen ^e   Wynne, C D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0034551945     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853900501971     Document Type: Article

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