Foraging in a risky environment: A comparison of Bennett's wallabies Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) and red-bellied pademelons Thylogale billiardierii (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) in open habitats

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 756-764

  While, Geoffrey M ^a   Mcarthur, Clare ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feeding ecology; GIS; Logistic regression; Plantation; Predation risk; Scat counts

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARSUPIAL; PREDATION RISK;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS RUFOGRISEUS RUFOGRISEUS; METATHERIA; THYLOGALE;

EID: 28444452906     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01516.x     Document Type: Article

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