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Microclimate of daytime den sites in a tropical possum: implications for the conservation of tropical arboreal marsupials

Date

Authors

Isaac, Joanne

De Gabriel, Jane

Goodman, B.A.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Abstract

Tree cavities are an important shelter site for a variety of vertebrate species, including birds, reptiles and mammals. Studies indicate that in most taxa favoured tree hollows are those in larger trees and higher from the ground, generally thought to be

Keywords

Keywords: arboreal species; climate change; endemic species; habitat loss; marsupial; microclimate; microhabitat; predation risk; rainforest; Australasia; Australia; Aves; Mammalia; Metatheria; Phalangeridae; Reptilia; Vertebrata Climate change; Endemic mammal; Eucalypt; Rainforest; Tree hollow; Wet Tropics Bioregion

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/56692

Collections

Open Access Research

Source

Animal Conservation

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00177.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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