Predator avoidance, feeding and habitat use in the red-necked pademelon, Thylogale thetis, at rainforest edges

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-58

  Wahungu, Geoffrey M ^a,b   Catterall, Carla P ^a   Olsen, Mike F ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT USE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; RAINFOREST; VIGILANCE;

THYLOGALE THETIS;

EID: 0035015317     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO00044     Document Type: Article

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