Habitat selection by adult female eastern grey kangaroos

Wildlife Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 439-445

  Moore, Benjamin D ^a,b   Coulson, Graeme ^a   Way, Sarah ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Ecology Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; MARSUPIAL; RADIOTELEMETRY;

AUSTRALIA;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS GIGANTEUS; METATHERIA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0036967759     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR01057     Document Type: Article

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