Changes to a population of common ringtail possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) after bushfire

Wildlife Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 389-396

  Russell, B G ^a   Smith, Barbara ^a   Augee, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE; MARSUPIAL; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS; CANIDAE; FELIS CATUS; METATHERIA; MORELIA SPILOTA; PEREGRINUS; PSEUDOCHEIRUS; PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS; PYTHONIDAE; VARANUS; VARANUS VARIUS;

EID: 0141763555     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR01047     Document Type: Article

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