There is a critical weight range for Australia's declining tropical mammals

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1058-1061

  Murphy, Brett P ^a   Davies, Hugh F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical weight range; Extinction; Feral cat; Mammal; Marsupial; Predation; Red fox; Rodent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905915571     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12173     Document Type: Letter

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