Habitat preference, diet and demography of the smoky mouse, Pseudomys fumeus (Rodentia: Muridae), in south-eastern New South Wales

Wildlife Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-101

  Ford, Fred ^a,b   Cockburn, Andrew ^a   Broome, Linda ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; HABITAT SELECTION; RODENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EPACRIS; EPACRIS IMPRESSA; FUNGI; LEPTOSPERMUM; LEPTOSPERMUM TRINERVIUM; MONOTOCA; MONOTOCA SCOPARIA; MURIDAE; PSEUDOMYS; PSEUDOMYS FUMEUS; RODENTIA; SCOPARIA; VERTEBRATA; XANTHORRHOEA;

EID: 0038368828     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR01092     Document Type: Article

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