Habitat requirements of the squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) and associated possums and gliders on the New South Wales central coast

Wildlife Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 291-301

  Smith, A P ^a   Murray, M ^a  

^a Austeco Environmental Consultants   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT USE; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA IRRORATA; ANGOPHORA COSTATA; ANIMALIA; BANKSIA; BANKSIA SPINULOSA; BROSIMUM RUBESCENS; CORYMBIA GUMMIFERA; CORYMBIA MACULATA; EUCALYPTUS GUMMIFERA; EUCALYPTUS HAEMASTOMA; EUCALYPTUS ROBUSTA; EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PETAURUS NORFOLCENSIS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; XANTHORRHOEA;

EID: 0041566739     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR01115     Document Type: Article

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