The influence of snow cover on home range and activity of the bush-rat (Rattus fuscipes) and the dusky antechinus (Antechinus swainsonii)

Wildlife Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 489-496

  Sanecki, Glenn M ^a   Green, Ken ^b   Wood, Helen ^c   Lindenmayer, David ^a   Sanecki, Karen L ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Environment and Conservation Snowy Mountains Region ^*  (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIEL VARIATION; HEATHLAND; HOME RANGE; MAMMAL; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KOSCIUSZKO NATIONAL PARK; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERISHER CREEK;

ANIMALIA; ANTECHINUS SWAINSONII; RATTUS FUSCIPES;

EID: 33749383246     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR05012     Document Type: Article

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