The value of nest boxes in the research and management of Australian hollow-using arboreal marsupials

Wildlife Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 161-174

  Beyer, Georgia L ^a   Goldingay, Ross L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARSUPIAL; NEST BOX; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACROBATES PYGMAEUS; BURRAMYIDAE; CERCARTETUS NANUS; METATHERIA; PHASCOGALE TAPOATAFA;

EID: 33744774955     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR04109     Document Type: Review

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