Body mass and extinction risk in Australian marsupials: The 'Critical Weight Range' revisited

Austral Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-40

  Johnson, Christopher N ^a   Isaac, Joanne L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exotic predator; Extinction selectivity; Feral cat; Marsupialia; Population decline; Red fox

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EXTINCTION RISK; FELID; FERAL ORGANISM; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION DECLINE; RAINFALL; SIZE EFFECT;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; VULPES;

EID: 58249113915     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01878.x     Document Type: Article

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