Influence of the noisy miner Manorina melanocephala on avian diversity and abundance in remnant Grey Box woodland

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-69

  Grey, Merilyn J ^a   Clarke, Michael F ^a   Loyn, Richard H ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOOD;

AVES; EUCALYPTUS MICROCARPA; EUCALYPTUS SIDEROXYLON; GALLIFORMES; INSECTA; MANORINA MELANOCEPHALA; MOHO BRACCATUS; MUGGA; SIDEROXYLON;

EID: 0032427198     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc980055     Document Type: Article

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