The dietary preferences of koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus, in southwest Queensland

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-102

  Wu, Huiying ^a   McAlpine, Clive A ^a   Seabrook, Leonie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Diet leaf chemistry; Marsupial folivore; Water content

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIETARY SHIFT; DROUGHT STRESS; EVERGREEN TREE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORE; MARSUPIAL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; TOXIN;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; METATHERIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 84870169596     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2012.009     Document Type: Article

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