Tree use by Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) on St. Bees island, Queensland report of a pilot study

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland

Volumn 112, Issue , 2005, Pages 47-51

  Pfeiffer, A ^a   Melzer, A ^b   Tucker, G ^b   Clifton, D ^b   Ellis, W ^c  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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