The importance of shelter to the Quokka, Setonix brachyurus (Marsupialia), on Rottnest Island

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1972, Pages 281-299

  Kitchener, D J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

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EID: 84970589400     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: 14465698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO9720281     Document Type: Article

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