Breeding biology of Australian owlet-nightjars Aegotheles cristatus in Eucalypt Woodland

Emu

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 316-321

  Brigham, R Mark ^a,b   Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING BIOLOGY; BROODING BEHAVIOUR; FLEDGLING BEHAVIOUR; PREDATION; ROOST SITE;

ANNIDALE; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AEGONTHELES CRISTATUS; AEGOTHELES CRISTATUS;

EID: 0031447941     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU97046     Document Type: Article

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