Selective predation on the broad-toothed rat, Mastacomys fuscus (Rodentia: Muridae), by the introduced red fox, Vulpes vulpes (Carnivora: Canidae), in the Snowy Mountains, Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 353-359

  Green, K ^a  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine; Diet; Preferential predation; Snow; Subalpine; Trap shy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CANID; DIET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; PREY PREFERENCE; RODENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SNOWY MOUNTAINS; WORLD;

CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; MURIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS FUSCIPES; RODENTIA; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0037881605     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01187.x     Document Type: Article

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