Long-term changes in the mammal fauna of logged, coastal forests near bega, New South Wales, detected by analysis of dog and fox scats

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-114

  Lunney, Daniel ^a   Matthews, Alison ^a   Triggs, Barbara ^b  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^b Dead Finish   (Australia)

Author keywords

Logging; Long term monitoring; Mammals; Predator movements; Scat analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019057797     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM01101     Document Type: Article

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