Quail eggs, modelling clay eggs, imprints and small mammals in an Australian woodland

Emu

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 255-258

  Fulton, Graham R ^a,b   Ford, Hugh A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; EGG; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NEST PREDATION;

ANTECHINUS STUARTII; AVES; MAMMALIA; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS; PHASIANIDAE; STREPERA GRACULINA;

EID: 0242370171     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU02007     Document Type: Article

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