Seasonal changes in the diet of the long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta) assessed by analysis of faecal scats and of stable isotopes in blood

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-93

  Thums, Michele ^a,c   Klaassen, Marcel ^b   Hume, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FECAL PELLET; SEASONALITY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORLD;

ACACIA; ARANEAE; CICADA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; PERAMELES NASUTA; PERAMELIDAE; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS;

EID: 18544362984     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO04030     Document Type: Article

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