Reproductive demographics among brush-tailed phascogales (Phascogale tapoatafa) in south-western Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 247-257

  Rhind, S G ^a  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARSUPIAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

AUSTRALIA;

METATHERIA; PHASCOGALE; PHASCOGALE TAPOATAFA; VERTEBRATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0036407197     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR01013     Document Type: Article

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