Koala and possum populations in Queensland during the harvest period, 1906-1936

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-99

  Gordon, Greg ^a,b   Hrdina, Frances ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fur trade; Koala; Koala abundance; Koala disease; Phascolarctos cinereus; Population irruption; Possum; Trichosurus vulpecula; Wildlife harvest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUNTING; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 24144455293     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2005.006     Document Type: Article

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