Communal nesting in the usually solitary marsupial, Phascogale tapoatafa

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 261, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-351

  Rhind, Susan G ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brushtailed phascogale; Communal nesting; Nest sharing; Nesting behaviour; Phascogale tapoatafa; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MARSUPIAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

METATHERIA; PHASCOGALE; PHASCOGALE TAPOATAFA;

EID: 0347693083     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903004308     Document Type: Article

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