Prevalence of threatened native species in canid scats from coastal and near-coastal landscapes in south-eastern Australia

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-126

  Claridge, Andrew W ^a,b   Mills, Douglas J ^a   Barry, Simon C ^c  

^a OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

diet; forests; foxes; wild dogs

Indexed keywords

ANTECHINUS; BURRAMYIDAE; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; CANIS LUPUS; ISOODON OBESULUS; MAMMALIA; PETAURUS AUSTRALIS; POTOROUS TRIDACTYLUS; PTEROPUS POLIOCEPHALUS; RATTUS; SMINTHOPSIS LEUCOPUS; VOMBATIDAE; VULPES; WALLABIA BICOLOR;

EID: 77956940452     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM09038     Document Type: Article

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