
%0 Journal Article
%A Welsh, A. H. 
%A Lindenmayer, D. B. 
%A Donnelly, C. F. 
%A Ruckstuhl, A. 
%T Use of nest trees by the mountain brushtail possum (<emph type="2">Trichosurus caninus</emph>) (Phalangeridae : Marsupialia). IV. Transitions between den trees
%J Wildlife Research
%D 1999/02/10
%V 25
%N 6
%P 611-625
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/WR97080
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/WR97080 
%X Statistical models of the patterns of den-tree choice by the mountain brushtail possum (Trichosurus caninus) at Cambarville in the mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) forests of the central highlands of Victoria, south-eastern Australia are presented. These models enable us to predict, for a particular possum, the choice of den tree on the basis of patterns of recent den-tree usage and are required for individual-based simulation studies. The models show that the pattern of den-tree use is more complicated than might have been expected, in the sense that it is animal-specific, and that old animals exhibit more complicated patterns of den-tree choice than young ones. 
