Very large area requirements for frugivorous birds in monsoon rainforests of the Northern Territory, Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 169-180

  Price, Owen F ^a,b   Woinarski, John C Z ^a   Robinson, Doug ^c  

^a Parks and Wildlife Service Northern Territory   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RMB 1134 ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Forest fragmentation; Frugivorous birds; Monsoonal rainforest; Northern Territory

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PATCH USE; RAINFOREST;

AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

AVES; CHLAMYDERA NUCHALIS; COLUMBA; COLUMBIFORMES; DUCULA BICOLOR; EUDYNAMYS SCOLOPACEA; ORIOLUS; ORIOLUS FLAVICINTUS; PTILINOPUS REGINA; PTILONORHYNCHIDAE; SPHECOTHERES VIRIDIS;

EID: 0032720968     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00081-6     Document Type: Article

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