Foraging activity by the southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) as a mechanism for soil turnover

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 419-423

  Valentine, Leonie E ^a,b   Anderson, Hannah ^a   Hardy, Giles E Stj ^a   Fleming, Patricia A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

biopedturbation; ecosystem engineering; soil movement

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MARSUPIAL; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; TURNOVER;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YALGORUP NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; BETTONGIA; ISOODON OBESULUS; MACROTIS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PERAMELIDAE; POTOROUS;

EID: 84878615894     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: 14465698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO13030     Document Type: Article

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