The mammalian fauna of greater Melbourne: Diversity, loss, adaptation and change

Victorian Naturalist

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 233-248

  Menkhorst, Peter W ^a   Loyn, Richard H ^a  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Colonisation; Declining mammals; Historical change; Urban mammals

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955235636     PISSN: 00425184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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