Heading for greener pastures? Defining the foraging preferences of urban long-nosed bandicoots

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 341-349

  Hughes, Nelika K ^a,b   Banks, Peter B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

bandicoot; foraging preferences; microhabitat selection; Perameles nasuta; radiotelemetry; urban wildlife

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; LANDSCAPE; LINEARITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARSUPIAL; MATRIX; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASTURE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION COVER;

ANIMALIA; PERAMELES; PERAMELES NASUTA; PERAMELIDAE;

EID: 79955087112     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO10051     Document Type: Article

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