Emerging disease and population decline of an island endemic, the Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii

Biological Conservation

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 307-324

  Hawkins, C E ^a,b   Baars, C ^c   Hesterman, H ^a,b   Hocking, G J ^a   Jones, M E ^a,b,d   Lazenby, B ^a   Mann, D ^a,b   Mooney, N ^a   Pemberton, D ^e   Pyecroft, S ^a   Restani, M ^f   Wiersma, J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Cerberustr 15   (Netherlands)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY   (Australia)

^f ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Population decline; Tasmanian devil; Threatened species; Wildlife diseases

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION DECLINE; TUMOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; SARCOPHILUS HARRISII;

EID: 33744936007     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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