Differential habitat use by a local population of subadult common dunnarts, Sminthopsis murina, following wildfire in coastal wet heath, New South Wales, Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 617-624

  Monamy, Vaughan ^a,b   Fox, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MARSUPIAL; SITE FIDELITY; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

METATHERIA; SMINTHOPSIS; SMINTHOPSIS MURINA;

EID: 28244473009     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR04105     Document Type: Article

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