Endoparasites of an insular subspecies of the western grey kangaroo, Macropus fuliginosus

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 623-633

  Webley, L S ^a,b   Beveridge, I ^a   Coulson, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOPARASITE; MARSUPIAL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KANGAROO ISLAND; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

CESTODA; CLOACINA; CLOACINA KARTANA; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS; MACROPUS EUGENII; MACROPUS FULIGINOSUS; MACROPUS SP.; NEMATODA;

EID: 12544251872     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO04011     Document Type: Article

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