Residency and site fidelity of marked populations of the common blossom bat Syconycteris australis in relation to the availability of Banksia inflorescences in New South Wales, Australia

Oikos

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 447-458

  Law, Bradley S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKSIA; SYCONYCTERIS AUSTRALIS;

COMMON BLOSSOM BAT; NECTIVORY; POLLEN; RESIDENCY; SITE FIDELITY;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0030303317     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545934     Document Type: Article

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