Movements and home ranges of radio-tracked Crocodylus porosus in the Cambridge Gulf region of Western Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 495-508

  Kay, Winston R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CROCODILIAN; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; CROCODYLUS POROSUS;

EID: 12344275949     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR04037     Document Type: Article

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