Responses of four Critical Weight Range (CWR) marsupials to the odours of native and introduced predators

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-222

  Russell, Benjamin G ^a   Banks, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bandicoot; Chemical signal exploitation; Fox; Possum; Predator prey interactions; Quoll; Scat

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MARSUPIAL; NATIVE SPECIES; ODOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CANIDAE; DASYURUS MACULATUS; ISOODON MACROURUS; ISOODON OBESULUS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PERAMELES NASUTA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33645151998     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2005.018     Document Type: Article

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