Coexistence of a locally undifferentiated foraging guild: Avian snatchers in a southeastern Australian forest

Austral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-82

  Mac Nally, Ralph ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Birds; Eucalyptus; Foraging; Golden Whistler; Log linear model; Rose Robin; Rufous Whistler

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006906667     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2000.01013.x     Document Type: Article

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