Lifetime reproductive success in a population of female red kangaroos Macropus rufus in the sheep rangelands of western New South Wales: Environmental effects and population dynamics

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-60

  Bilton, Amanda D ^a   Croft, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Empirical modelling; Lifetime reproductive success; Macropus rufus; Population dynamics; Red kangaroo

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049242433     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am04045     Document Type: Article

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