Seasonal energetics of the long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta) in coastal New South Wales

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-136

  Thums, Michele ^a   Hume, Ian D ^a   Gibson, Lesley A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; SEASONALITY; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTRALIA;

METATHERIA; PERAMELES; PERAMELES NASUTA; PERAMELIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038756456     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO02076     Document Type: Article

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