Changes in the status and distribution of four species of parrot in the south of Western Australia during 1970-90

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-199

  Mawson, Peter R ^a,b   Long, John L ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Declines; Parrots; Populations; South west Australia

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BARNARDIUS ZONARIUS; PLATYCERCUS ICTEROTIS; POLYTELIS ANTHOPEPLUS; PURPUREICEPHALUS SPURIUS;

EID: 0030473226     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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