Home range and den characteristics of the brush-tailed rabbit-rat (Conilurus penicillatus) in the monsoonal tropics of the Northern Territory, Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 397-407

  Firth, Ronald S C ^a   Woinarski, John C Z ^b   Noske, Richard A ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEN; HOME RANGE; MONSOON; RADIOTELEMETRY; RODENT; TROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

CONILURUS PENICILLATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33747201684     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR05057     Document Type: Article

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