ECOLOGY OF THE HONEY POSSUM, TARSIPES ROSTRATUS, IN SCOTT NATIONAL PARK, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-38

  Bradshaw, Don ^a   Phillips, Ryan ^a   Tomlinson, Sean ^a   Holley, Rebecca ^a   Jennings, Sarah ^a   Bradshaw, Felicity ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banksia; fire; home range; marsupial; nectarivore; Phytophthora; rainfall; Tarsipes rostratus

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649114667     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM07003     Document Type: Article

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