Habitat-dependent population regulation in an irrupting population of long-nosed bandicoots (Perameles nasuta)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 745-754

  Dexter, Nick ^a   Hudson, Matt ^a   Carter, Tony ^a   Macgregor, Christopher ^b  

^a Booderee National Park   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bandicoots; Habitat selection; Isodars; Marsupial; Perameles

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HEATHLAND; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION REGULATION; PREDATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFUGE; UNDERSTORY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; BOODEREE NATIONAL PARK; NEW SOUTH WALES;

INVERTEBRATA; METATHERIA; PERAMELES; PERAMELES NASUTA; PERAMELIDAE;

EID: 80055012854     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02213.x     Document Type: Article

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