Reintroduction and establishment of the western barred bandicoot Perameles bougainville (Marsupialia: Peramelidae) at Shark Bay, Western Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-195

  Richards, J D ^a   Short, Jeff ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bandicoot; Cat; Extinction; Predation; Translocation

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; MAMMAL; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PERAMELES BOUGAINVILLE; PERAMELIDAE; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0037289868     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00140-4     Document Type: Article

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