Studies on the arboreal marsupial fauna of eucalypt forests being harvested for woodpulp at eden, N.S.W. II. Relationship between the fauna density, richness and diversity, and measured variables of the habitat

Wildlife Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1983, Pages 231-247

  Braithwaite, L W ^a   Dudzihski, M L ^a   Turner, J ^b  

^a CS1RO ^*  (Australia)

^b State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

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EID: 84971075049     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR9830231     Document Type: Article

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