Diet of the squirrel glider in a fragmented landscape near Mackay, central Queensland

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 295-304

  Ball, Tina ^a,b   Adams, Eddie ^b   Goldingay, Ross L ^c  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Faecal analysis; Foraging behaviour; Gliding mammal; Petaurus norfolcensis; Radio tracking

Indexed keywords

FECES; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HOME RANGE; LARVA; MARSUPIAL; MOTH; SAMPLING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MACKAY; QUEENSLAND;

INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA; MELALEUCA; PETAURUS NORFOLCENSIS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 72149101011     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO08095     Document Type: Article

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