Oil mallees provide foraging habitat for the Western Pygmy Possum (Cercartetus concinnus) in the wheatbelt of Western Australia

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-236

  Short, Marie ^a,c   Smith, F Patrick ^b   Van Etten, Eddie ^c  

^a CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems and Future Farm Industries CRC ^*  (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; MARSUPIAL; SHRUB; WHEAT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BURRAMYIDAE; CERCARTETUS CONCINNUS;

EID: 70649091292     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2009.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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