Habitat selection by common brushtail possums in a patchy Eucalypt-forestry environment

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-127

  Le Mar, Kirsten ^a   McArthur, Clare ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Home range; Plantation; Population density; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977800065     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am05119     Document Type: Article

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