Predation risk and competitive interactions affect foraging of an endangered refuge-dependent herbivore

Animal Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 447-457

  Tuft, K D ^a   Crowther, M S ^a,b   Connell, K ^a   Muller S ^a   Mcarthur, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Climate Change and Water ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological interaction; Fox; Macropod; Marsupial; Petrogale penicillata; Rock wallaby

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECAL PELLET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; MARSUPIAL; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; REFUGE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; PETROGALE; PETROGALE PENICILLATA;

EID: 79960838347     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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