Comparison of habitat selection by two sympatric macropods, Thylogale billardierii and Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus, in a patchy eucalypt-forestry environment

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 674-683

  Le Mar, Kirsten ^a   McArthur, Clare ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Home range; Population density; Red bellied pademelon; Red necked wallaby; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS RUFOGRISEUS; MACROPUS RUFOGRISEUS RUFOGRISEUS; METATHERIA; THYLOGALE; THYLOGALE BILLARDIERII;

EID: 28444450433     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01510.x     Document Type: Article

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