Demography of a yellow-footed rock-wallaby petrogale xanthopus colony in the threatened New South Wales sub-population

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-227

  Sharp, Andy ^a,b   Norton, Melinda ^a,c   Marks, Adam ^a,d  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^b South Australian Department of Environment and Heritage   (Australia)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demography; Juvenile; Management; Mark recapture; Petrogale xanthopus; Population dynamics; Recruitment; Survival rate; Threatened species; Yellow footed rockwallaby

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956908274     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM06030     Document Type: Article

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