The use of nest boxes by arboreal marsupials in the forests of the Central Highlands of Victoria

Wildlife Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 259-264

  Lindenmayer, D B ^a   MacGregor, C I ^a   Cunningham, R B ^a   Incoll, R D ^a,b   Crane, M ^a   Rawlins, D ^a   Michael, D R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Government of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; CONSERVATION; HEIGHT; MARSUPIAL;

AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL HIGHLANDS; VICTORIA;

BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; GYMNOBELIDEUS LEADBEATERI; METATHERIA; PEREGRINUS; PHALANGERIDAE; PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS; SORBUS; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS CANINUS; TRICHOSURUS CUNNINGHAMI; VERTEBRATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0041566755     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR02047     Document Type: Article

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