Blandowski's mammals: Clues to a lost world

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-89

  Menkhorst, Peter W ^a,b  

^a Department of Sustainability and Environment   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extinction of small medium sized mammals; Feral predators; Historic fauna survey; Impacts of pastoralism

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MAMMAL; MUSEUM; PASTORALISM; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; ZOO;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80055098572     PISSN: 00359211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RS09061     Document Type: Conference Paper

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