Relict Bettongia lesueur warrens in Western Australian deserts

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-103

  Burbidge, Andrew A ^a   Short, Jeff ^b,d   Fuller, Phillip J ^a,c  

^a Wildlife Research Centre   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Wildlife Research and Management Pty Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^d Wildlife Research and Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bettongia lesueur; Relict warrens; Western deserts

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOGENIC STRUCTURE; CLAY SOIL; DESERT SOIL; EXTINCTION; ICHNOLOGY; LANDSCAPE; MAMMAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RELICT SPECIES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GIBSON DESERT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BETTONGIA LESUEUR; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 40749129625     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2007.008     Document Type: Article

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