Terrestrial small mammals of the Abydos Plain in the north-eastern Pilbara, Western Australia

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 71-82

  How, R A ^a   Cooper, N K ^a  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual variation; Capture rate; Dasyurid; Fire response; Habitat prefrence; Rodent; Trapping

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; FIRE; MAMMAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

DASYKALUTA ROSAMONDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; NINGAUI TIMEALEYI; PSEUDOMYS; PSEUDOMYS HERMANNSBURGENSIS; RODENTIA; TRIODIA; ZYZOMYS; ZYZOMYS ARGURUS;

EID: 0038621819     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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