Diet and breeding of the rufous spiny bandicoot Echymipera rufescens australis, Iron Range, Cape York Peninsula

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-175

  Shevill, D I ^a,b   Johnson, C N ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

bandicoot ecology; breeding biology; life history; Peramelidae; Peroryctinae

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDONEAE; ECHYMIPERA RUFESCENS; ECHYMIPERA RUFESCENS AUSTRALIS; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; PANDANUS; PERAMELIDAE; ZEA;

EID: 84896700840     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM07021     Document Type: Article

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