Water and energy balance of captive and free-ranging spinifexbirds (Eremiornis carteri) north (Aves : Sylviidae) on Barrow Island, Western Australia

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-117

  Ambrose, S J ^a   Bradshaw, S D ^b   Withers, P C ^b   Murphy, D P ^b  

^a Roy Australasian Ornithologists U   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; EREMIORNIS CARTERI; PASSERIFORMES; SYLVIIDAE;

EID: 0002017225     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO9960107     Document Type: Article

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