Hollow use by vertebrates in the Top End of the Northern Territory

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 462-476

  Taylor, Robert ^a   Woinarski, John ^b   Chatto, Ray ^a  

^a Parks and Wildlife Service Northern Territory   (Australia)

^b Natural Systems   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birds; Forest; Frogs; Mammals; Northern territory; Reptiles; Tree hollows

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; TREEHOLE; VERTEBRATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

ANURA; AVES; MAMMALIA; POACEAE; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347930600     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2002.024     Document Type: Article

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