The use of hollows and dreys by the common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) in different vegetation types

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Lindenmayer, David B ^a   MacGregor, Christopher ^a   Welsh, Alan ^b   Donnelly, Christine F ^a   Brown, Darren ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; HOME RANGE; MARSUPIAL; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE USE; SHRUBLAND; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRACKING; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BOODEREE NATIONAL PARK; NEW SOUTH WALES;

BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS; METATHERIA; PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 49949093108     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO08054     Document Type: Article

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