Dispersal and population structure of the rufous bettong, Aepyprymnus rufescens (Marsupialia: Potoroidae)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 572-580

  Pope, L C ^a,b   Blair, D ^a   Johnson, C N ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Macropodoidea; Mating system; Sex biased dispersal; Source sink dynamics

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AEPYPRYMNUS RUFESCENS; MACROPODOIDEA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; POTOROIDAE;

EID: 28244473082     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01472.x     Document Type: Article

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