Home range areas of koalas in an urban area of north-east New South Wales

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-80

  Goldingay, Ross L ^a   Dobner, Barbara ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Friends of the Koala   (Australia)

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EID: 84896359871     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM12049     Document Type: Article

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