Koalas on North Stradbroke Island: Diet, tree use and reconstructed landscapes

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 606-611

  Woodward, W ^a   Ellis, W A ^a   Carrick, F N ^a   Tanizaki, M ^a   Bowen, D ^a   Smith, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Consolidated Rutile Limited ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LANDSCAPE; MAMMAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTH STRADBROKE ISLAND; QUEENSLAND;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS PILULARIS; EUCALYPTUS ROBUSTA; LOPHOSTEMON CONFERTUS; MELALEUCA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE;

EID: 56649096012     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR07172     Document Type: Article

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