Pellet counts to estimate density of a rainforest kangaroo

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 991-996

  Vernes, Karl ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Density; Kangaroo; Pellet counts; Pellet decay; Rainforest; Thylogale stigmatica

Indexed keywords

FECAL PELLET; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RAINFOREST;

AUSTRALIA;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS SP.; METATHERIA; THYLOGALE STIGMATICA;

EID: 0343775828     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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