Using camera-trap data to model habitat use by bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus) and cattle (Bos taurus) in a south-eastern Australian agricultural riparian ecosystem

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-22

  Borchard, Philip ^a   Wright, Ian A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burrowing; Cattle; Habitat use; Riparian; Wombat

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS; CANIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VOMBATIDAE; VOMBATUS URSINUS;

EID: 77950269163     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM09010     Document Type: Article

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