Impact of roadside habitat on swamp wallaby movement and fitness

Wildlife Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 512-522

  Ben Ami, Dror ^a   Ramp, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Home range; Road kill; Roads; Wallabia bicolor

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANOPY; FITNESS; FOREST COVER; HABITAT; HOME RANGE; MARSUPIAL; MOVEMENT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SWAMP; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 84887588173     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR13034     Document Type: Article

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