Size matters: Extraordinary rodent abundance on an Australian tropical flood plain

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-365

  Madsen, Thomas ^a,b,c   Ujvari, Beata ^a   Shine, Richard ^b   Buttemer, William ^a   Olsson, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Australia; Biomass; Dusky rat; Flood plain; Small herbivores

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY FLOW; FOREST; HERBIVORE; MAMMAL; RODENT;

ADELAIDE RIVER; AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS COLLETTI; RODENTIA;

EID: 33645909253     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01564.x     Document Type: Article

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