THE INFLUENCE OF ANNUAL RAINFALL UPON CAPTURE RATES OF A NECTAR-DEPENDENT MARSUPIAL

Authors
WOOLLER RD RICHARDSON KC GARAVANTA CAM SAFFER VM ANTHONY C WOOLLER SJ
Citation
Rd. Wooller et al., THE INFLUENCE OF ANNUAL RAINFALL UPON CAPTURE RATES OF A NECTAR-DEPENDENT MARSUPIAL, Wildlife research, 25(2), 1998, pp. 165-169
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,Ecology
Journal title
Wildlife research → ACNP
ISSN journal
10353712
Volume
25
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
165 - 169
Database
ISI
SICI code
1035-3712(1998)25:2<165:TIOARU>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The capture rates of honey possums, Tarsipes rostratus, on the south c oast of Western Australia were significantly related to annual rainfal l in the preceding year. It is suggested that numbers of the short-liv ed and aseasonally breeding honey possum fluctuate in relation to nect ar levels, which vary with cumulative water availability.