Density dependence in foraging habitat preference of eastern grey kangaroos

Oikos

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 393-402

  Ramp, Daniel ^a,b   Coulson, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; MARSUPIAL;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS; MACROPUS GIGANTEUS; MACROPUS SP.; METATHERIA;

EID: 0036745140     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.980304.x     Document Type: Article

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