Sex-biased dispersal in the rufous bettong aepyprymnus rufescens

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 233-235

  Johnson, C N ^a   Payne, A ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Toowoomba City Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Home range; Marsupialia; Philopatry; Potoroidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015762297     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am02233     Document Type: Short Survey

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