Locomotor performance in the squirrel glider, Petaurus norfolcensis, and the sugar glider, Petaurus breviceps

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-36

  Flaherty, Elizabeth A ^a   Scheibe, John S ^b   Goldingay, Ross ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost of transport; gliding; Petaurus breviceps; Petaurus norfolcensis

Indexed keywords

GLAUCOMYS; MAMMALIA; PETAURUS BREVICEPS; PETAURUS NORFOLCENSIS;

EID: 77953019776     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM08003     Document Type: Article

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