Towards a habitat model for the New Holland Mouse Pseudomys novaehollandiae in Tasmania - Population vegetation associations and an investigation into individual habitat use

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-148

  Lazenby, Billie ^a   Pye, Terence ^b   Richardson, Alastair ^c   Bryant, Sally L ^a,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b School of Zoology University of Tasmania ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d Bonorong Wildlife Conservation Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

habitat; habitat model; home range; New Holland mouse; Psuedomys novaehollandiae; radiotracking

Indexed keywords

AOTUS ERICOIDES; LEPIDOSPERMA; PSEUDOMYS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; XANTHORRHOEA;

EID: 80052009227     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM07018     Document Type: Article

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