Dispersal and the influence of rainfall on a population of the carnivorous marsupial swamp antechinus (Antechinus minimus maritimus)

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 446-454

  Magnusdottir, Rannveig ^a,b   Wilson, Barbara A ^a,c   Hersteinsson, Pall ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; CARNIVORE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISPERSAL; DROUGHT; EXTINCTION; JUVENILE; MARSUPIAL; NATIVE SPECIES; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAINFALL; RANGE EXPANSION; VULNERABILITY; WEANING;

ANTECHINUS; ANTECHINUS MINIMUS; DASYURIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 49949111470     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR06156     Document Type: Article

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