Do kangaroos exhibit water-focused grazing patterns in arid New South Wales? A case study in Sturt National Park

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-100

  Montague Drake, Rebecca ^a   Croft, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid rangeland; Artificial watering point; Grazing pressure; Line transect; Piosphere; Red kangaroo; Sturt National Park; Trailmaster

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961780386     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am04087     Document Type: Article

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