Provision of supplementary nest material to colonial egrets

Emu

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 145-150

  Baxter, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD COLONY; CATTLE EGRET; GREAT EGRET; INTERMEDIATE EGRET; LITTLE EGRET; NEST MATERIAL;

ARDEA ALBA; ARDEA IBIS; ARDEA INTERMEDIA; EGRETTA GARZETTA;

EID: 0030303453     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU9960145     Document Type: Article

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