The mammal fauna of the Sir Edward Pellew island group, Northern Territory, Australia: Refuge and death-trap

Wildlife Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 307-322

  Woinarski, J C Z ^a,b   Ward, S ^a   Mahney, T ^a   Bradley, J ^c   Brennan, K ^a   Ziembicki, M ^a,d   Fisher, A ^a  

^a Department of Natural Resources Environment the Arts and Sport ^*  (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cane toad; conservation management; ethno biology; extinction; feral cat; island biogeography.

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ETHNOBOTANY; FELID; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; REFUGE; TOAD;

AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; SIR EDWARD PELLEW GROUP;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; CONILURUS PENICILLATUS; DASYURUS HALLUCATUS; FELIS CATUS; ISOODON MACROURUS; MAMMALIA; MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHALANGERIDAE; PHASCOGALE; PHASCOGALE TAPOATAFA; PIRATA; PSEUDOMYS NANUS; RATTUS; RATTUS SORDIDUS; RATTUS TUNNEYI; RATTUS VILLOSISSIMUS; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 80052778452     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR10184     Document Type: Article

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