Habitat use by sympatric populations of Pseudomys novaehollandiae and Mus domesticus in coastal heathland

Austral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-80

  Haering, Ron ^a,b   Fox, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Habitat selection; Heath; Mus; Niche overlap; Niche separation; Pseudomys; Rodents

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444392152     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00642.x     Document Type: Article

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