Temporal activity patterns of the swamp rat (Rattus lutreolus) and other rodents in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-233

  Meek, Paul D ^a,b   Zewe, Frances ^c   Falzon, Greg ^b  

^a Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

camera trap.

Indexed keywords

ANTECHINUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; PSEUDOMYS ORALIS; RATTUS; RATTUS FUSCIPES; RATTUS LUTREOLUS; RODENTIA; SCAPTEROMYS TUMIDUS;

EID: 84866645518     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM11032     Document Type: Review

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