Monogamy in an Australian arboreal marsupial, the yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis)

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-195

  Brown, Meredeth ^a,b   Carthew, Susan M ^a   Cooper, Steven J B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; COEXISTENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOME RANGE; MARSUPIAL; MONOGAMY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

METATHERIA; PETAURUS AUSTRALIS;

EID: 34347333545     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO07027     Document Type: Article

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