Inter-den tree movements by Leadbeater's Possum

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 464-468

  Lindenmayer, David B ^a   McBurney, Lachlan ^a   Blair, David ^a   Banks, Sam ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arboreal marsupials; Buffer zones; Den sites; Hollow bearing trees; Logging; Radio tracking

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; BUFFER ZONE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LOGGING (TIMBER); MARSUPIAL; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; TREE;

GYMNOBELIDEUS LEADBEATERI; METATHERIA;

EID: 85055771659     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2017.028     Document Type: Article

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