Distribution, abundance, and individual strategies: A multi-scale analysis of dasyurid marsupials in arid central Australia

Ecography

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-300

  Haythornthwaite, Adele S ^a   Dickman, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MARSUPIAL; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

DASYCERCUS CRISTICAUDA; DASYURIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; METATHERIA; NINGAUI RIDEI; PLANIGALE; PLANIGALE TENUIROSTRIS; SMINTHOPSIS HIRTIPES; SMINTHOPSIS MURINA; SMINTHOPSIS YOUNGSONI; SPINIFEX;

EID: 33745096150     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0906-7590.04307.x     Document Type: Article

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