Mammal decline in southern Western Australia - Perspectives from Shortridge's collections of mammals in 1904-07

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 605-624

  Short, Jeff ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease; Extinction; Feral cat; Fox; Gastrolobium; Historical ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; MAMMAL; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEMIARID REGION; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BETTONGIA LESUEUR; CANIDAE; FELIS CATUS; GASTROLOBIUM; LAGOSTROPHUS FASCIATUS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; MUS MUSCULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PERAMELES BOUGAINVILLE; RODENTIA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33751303435     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/az.2004.006     Document Type: Review

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