Effect of food availability and habitat on the distribution of platypus (ornithorhynchus anatinus) foraging activity

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 263-277

  Serena, M ^a   Worley, M ^a   Swinnerton, M ^a   Williams, G A ^a  

^a Australian Platypus Conservancy   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACACIA; ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; POPULUS; SALIX; VERTEBRATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0034877752     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO00089     Document Type: Article

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