Short-term movement patterns and diet of small dasyurid marsupials in semiarid Australia

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-54

  Warnecke, Lisa ^a,d   Krtner, Gerhard ^a   Burwell, Chris J ^b,c   Turner, James M ^a,d   Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

arid zone; Dasyuridae; insectivorous diet; nesting range; Planigale; Sminthopsis

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; DASYURIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; METATHERIA; ORTHOPTERA; PLANIGALE; PLANIGALE GILESI; SMINTHOPSIS; SMINTHOPSIS CRASSICAUDATA; SMINTHOPSIS MACROURA;

EID: 84858669738     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM10052     Document Type: Article

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