Does available foraging area, location or colony character control the size of multispecies egret colonies?

Wildlife Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-32

  Baxter, G S ^a,b   Fairweather, P G ^a,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLONY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION SIZE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

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

EID: 0031788542     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR95006     Document Type: Article

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