Adult free zones in small mammal populations: Response of Australian native rodents to reduced cover

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 868-876

  Spencer, R J ^a,b   Cavanough, V C ^a   Baxter, G S ^a   Kennedy, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Behaviour; Cover reduction; Fraser Island; Giving up densities; Patch use; Population dynamics; Predation risk; Rattus fuscipes; Small mammal; Trade off; Xanthorrhoea johnsonii

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; FRASER ISLAND; QUEENSLAND;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS FUSCIPES; RODENTIA; XANTHORRHOEA;

EID: 31344464386     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01530.x     Document Type: Article

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