Fire and habitat management for a mycophagous marsupial, the Tasmanian bettong Bettongia gaimardi

Austral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-105

  Johnson, C N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bettongia gaimardi; Castoreum; Ectomycorrhizae; Eucalyptus tenuiramus; Fire; Mesophellia; Mycophagy; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444411169     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00645.x     Document Type: Article

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