Competition and habitat use in native Australian Rattus: Is competition intense, or important?

Oecologia

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 526-538

  Maitz, Wendy E ^a   Dickman, Chris R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enclosure; Field experiment; Interference; Radiotracking; Rodents

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RODENT;

AUSTRALIA;

CAREX DENSA; RATTUS; RATTUS FUSCIPES; RATTUS LUTREOLUS; RODENTIA; SCAPTEROMYS TUMIDUS;

EID: 0034876139     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100689     Document Type: Article

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