Status of warru (Petrogale lateralis MacDonnell Ranges race) in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands of South Australia. 2. Population dynamics

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-151

  Ward, Matthew J ^a,b   Ruykys, Laura ^b   Van Weenen, Jason ^a   De Little, Siobhan ^b   Dent, Anika ^c   Clarke, Amber ^a   Partridge, Thalie ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

black footed rock wallaby; capture mark recapture; demography; Macropodidae; marsupial

Indexed keywords

FELIS CATUS; MACROPODIDAE; METATHERIA; PETROGALE LATERALIS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 80052868506     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM10055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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