Den trees, hollow-bearing trees and nest boxes: Management of squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) nest sites in tropical Australian woodland

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-116

  Ball, Tina ^a,b   Goldingay, Ross L ^c   Wake, Judith ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

den use; hollow availability; hollow estimate; radio tracking

Indexed keywords

METATHERIA; PETAURUS NORFOLCENSIS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 79953116753     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM10050     Document Type: Article

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