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Parma Wallaby (Macropus parma) Fact Sheet: Bibliography & Resources

Parma Wallaby Macropus parma

Bibliography

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Hartman J. 2011. 2010 North American regional studbook: parma wallaby Macropus parma. Kansas City (KS): Kansas City Zoo.

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Jarman PJ, Coulson G. 1989. Dynamics and adaptiveness of grouping in macropods. In: Grigg G, Jarman P, Hume I, editors. Kangaroos, wallabies and rat-kangaroos. Chipping Norton (Australia): Surrey Beatty & Sons. p. 527-547.

Kilgallon CP, Bicknese B, Fagan DA. 2010. Successful treatment of chronic periapical osteomyelitis in a parma wallaby (Macropus parma) using comprehensive endodontic therapy with apicoectomy. J Zoo Wildl Med. 41(4):703-709.

Lentle RG, Haslett S, Hume ID, Stafford KJ , Kennedy M, Springett BP. 2003. Foraging behaviour in tammar (Macropus eugenii) and parma (Macropus parma) wallabies. Aust J Zool. 51:297–305.

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Vernes K. 2010. Mycophagy in a community of macropodoid species. In: Coulson G, Eldridge M, editors. Macropods: the biology of kangaroos, wallabies and rat-kangaroos. Collingwood (Australia): CSIRO Publishing. p. 155-169.

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