Short-term response of the long-nosed bandicoot, Perameles nasuta, and the southern brown bandicoot, Isoodon obesulus obesulus, to low-intensity prescribed fire in heathland vegetation

Wildlife Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 731-744

  Hope, Ben ^a  

^a OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

home range; kernel density estimate; Ku ring gai Chase National Park; radio tracking

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HEATHLAND; HOME RANGE; MARSUPIAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RADIOTELEMETRY; SURVIVAL; TRACKING;

AUSTRALIA; KU-RING-GAI CHASE NATIONAL PARK; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANIMALIA; ISOODON OBESULUS; ISOODON OBESULUS OBESULUS; PERAMELES; PERAMELES NASUTA; PERAMELIDAE;

EID: 84871837301     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR12110     Document Type: Article

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