Relationships between native small mammals and native and introduced large herbivores

Austral Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 236-243

  Pedersen, Simen ^a,b   Andreassen, Harry P ^a   Keith, David A ^c,d   Skarpe, Christina ^a   Dickman, Christopher R ^e   Gordon, Iain J ^f   Crowther, Mathew S ^e   Mcarthur, Clare ^e  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal heathland; Fire; Introduced cervid; Rusa deer; Swamp wallaby

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DEER; FIRE HISTORY; HEATHLAND; HERBIVORE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; RODENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ANTECHINUS STUARTII; CERVIDAE; MACROPODIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS; PSEUDOMYS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; RATTUS; RATTUS FUSCIPES; SCAPTEROMYS TUMIDUS; WALLABIA BICOLOR;

EID: 84896487761     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12072     Document Type: Article

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