Nesting strategies of the Water Mouse Xeromys myoides in southeast Queensland

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 453-479

  Van Dyck, Steve ^a   Gynther, Ian ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RODENT;

AUSTRALIA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE; RODENTIA; SCAPTEROMYS AQUATICUS; SPOROBOLUS; SPOROBOLUS VIRGINICUS; XEROMYS MYOIDES;

EID: 0141906737     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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