Conservation of the false water rat (Xeromys myoides) depends on landscape complementation

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-87

  Russell, Tanya L ^a,b,c   Hale, Peter T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impacts; Habitat preferences; Intertidal wetlands; Logistic regression.

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; RODENTIA; SCAPTEROMYS AQUATICUS; XEROMYS MYOIDES;

EID: 70450227234     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM09006     Document Type: Article

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