Predation of southern brown bandicoots Isoodon Obesulus by the European red fox Vulpes Vulpes in Southeast Victoria.

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-110

  Coates, T D ^a   Wright, C J ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; European red fox; Predation; Southern brown bandicoot; Victoria

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007078143     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am03107     Document Type: Article

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