Digging and soil turnover by a mycophagous marsupial

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 569-578

  Garkaklis, Mark J ^a   Bradley, J S ^a   Wooller, R D ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bettongia penicillata; Biopedturbation; Population size; Sclerophyll woodland

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SOIL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

BETTONGIA; BETTONGIA PENICILLATA; FUNGI; MACROPUS SP.; METATHERIA; PENICILLATA;

EID: 0347662393     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(03)00061-2     Document Type: Article

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