Diet and habitat preference of the Cape York short-nosed bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus peninsulae) in north-east Queensland

Wildlife Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-265

  Keiper, P ^a   Johnson, C N ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT SELECTION; MARSUPIAL; RAINFALL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAMB RANGE; QUEENSLAND;

ALLOCASUARINA; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; ISOODON; ISOODON MACROURUS; ISOODON OBESULUS; ISOODON OBESULUS PENINSULAE; LAMB; MACROURUS; METATHERIA; VERTEBRATA; XANTHORRHOEA; XANTHORRHOEA SP.;

EID: 4344654135     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR02030     Document Type: Article

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