Effects of landscape, habitat and fire on the distribution of the white-footed dunnart sminthopsis leucopus (marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in the eastern otways, Victoria

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-38

  Wilson, B A ^a   Aberton, J G ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dasyurid; Fire; Habitat; Landscape models; Marsupial; Sminthopsis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014562724     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM06004     Document Type: Article

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