Climate-mediated habitat selection in an arboreal folivore

Ecography

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 336-343

  Crowther, Mathew S ^a   Lunney, Daniel ^b,c   Lemon, John ^b   Stalenberg, Eleanor ^b,d   Wheeler, Robert ^b   Madani, George ^a   Ross, Karen A ^b   Ellis, Murray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIET; FEEDING; FOLIAGE; HABITAT SELECTION; HERBIVORE; MARSUPIAL; NUTRIENT; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SHELTER; SOIL TYPE; THERMOREGULATION; TREE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANIMALIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE;

EID: 84897111787     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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